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PRIVACY POLICY
Environment Hub is committed to protecting your
privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful
and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the
Environment Hub Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using
the Environment Hub website, you consent to the data practices described in
this statement.
COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Environment Hub
collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Environment Hub
also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique
to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests
and favorites.
There is also
information about your computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by Environment Hub. This information can include:
your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Environment Hub
for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the
service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Environment Hub Web site.
Please keep in mind
that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or
personally sensitive data through Environment Hub public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Environment Hub
does not read any of your private online
communications.
Environment Hub
encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you
choose to link to from Environment Hub so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Environment Hub is not
responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites
outside of the Environment Hub and Environment Hub family of Web
sites.
USE OF YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Profile information as well as first
name/last initial, gender and photos are displayed to people in a
user's personal network to support the function of the site as
social community. A users full name is used when a user invites a
friend via email to join the service or attend an event, when we
send notifications to a user related to their use of the service or
when a user specifies in their account to make their full name
public. A user's email
address, home address or phone number are never shared or displayed.
Environment Hub collects and uses your personal
information to operate the Environment Hub Web site and deliver the
services you have requested. Environment Hub also uses your personally
identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from Environment Hub and its affiliates. Environment Hub may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of
current services or of potential new services that may be
offered.
Environment Hub does not sell, rent or lease its customer
lists to third parties. Environment Hub may, from time to time, contact you
on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering
that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address,
telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In
addition, Environment Hub may share data with trusted partners to help us
perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide
customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties
are prohibited from using your personal information except to
provide these services to Environment Hub, and they are required to
maintain the confidentiality of your
information.
Environment Hub does not use
or disclose sensitive personal information, such as phone number,
email, or address, without your explicit
consent.
Environment Hub keeps track of
the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Environment Hub, in
order to determine what Environment Hub services are the most popular. This
data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
Environment Hub to customers whose behavior indicates that they are
interested in a particular subject area.
Environment Hub Web sites will disclose your personal
information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in
the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Environment Hub or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of
Environment Hub; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of Environment Hub, or the
public.
CORRECTING/UPDATING
INFORMATION Members can access, change and update their
registration and personal information by logging onto Environment Hub and
selecting the Modify Profile option. Users who leave the service may
choose to have their personal information deleted by contacting
us.
CHAT
ROOMS, MESSAGE BOARDS & PUBLIC FORUMS Please be aware
that whenever members voluntarily disclose personal information
online - e.g., message boards, chat areas, file uploads, events, and
listings - that information becomes public and can be collected and
used by others. By posting personal information online in public
forums, members may receive unsolicited messages from other
parties.
NEWSLETTER If
a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address. Email addresses will
only be used to send the newsletter. Members may choose to opt-out
of receiving the newsletter anytime.
USE
OF COOKIES The Environment Hub Web site use
"cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie
is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to
your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be
read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to
you.
One of the primary purposes
of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The
purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Environment Hub pages,
or register with Environment Hub site or services, a cookie helps Environment Hub
to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This
simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such
as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return
to the same Environment Hub Web site, the information you previously
provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Environment Hub
features that you customized.
You
have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your
browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to
decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the
interactive features of the Environment Hub services or Web sites you
visit.
SECURITY
OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Environment Hub secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use
or disclosure. Environment Hub secures the personally identifiable
information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure
environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is
transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of
encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
protocol.
CHANGES
TO THIS STATEMENT Environment Hub will
occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and
customer feedback. Environment Hub encourages you to periodically review
this Statement to be informed of how Environment Hub is protecting your
information.
CONTACT
INFORMATION Environment Hub welcomes your
comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that
Environment Hub has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Environment Hub
at http://www.environmenthub.com/contactus.aspx.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine
and remedy the
problem.
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