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Safeguarding
the privacy of our readers is SurfGold's main priority. Please
read the following policy to understand our information gathering
and dissemination practices for this web site.
1. Notification of Changes
If SurfGold decides to change its privacy policy, those changes
will be posted on the main page of each respective country's
web site as well as each individual's country privacy page,
so that users are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use this information, and under circumstances, if any,
how we disclose it.
If at any point SurfGold decides to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the
time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email.
Users will have a choice as to whether or not SurfGold uses
their information in this different manner.
SurfGold will use information in accordance with the privacy
policy under which the information was collected.
2. Information We Collect From You
When you register in our online forms, or surveys, you are
required to provide us with your contact details. This information
will be processed in order to administer your membership,
provide services to you, and enable you to take advantage
of all member benefits.
The SurfGold web site contains links to other business merchants
and partners. SurfGold is not responsible for the privacy
practices of our business merchants and partners. If you have
any privacy issues or problems with our business merchants
and partners web site, please contact them directly.
3. What Cookies Are and How They Are Used
The SurfGold web site is embedded with cookies to store and
track information about the user. A cookie is a small data
object that sent to your computer via the web browser. When
you visit our SurfGold sites, we will use cookies:
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To automatically track
certain information about surfing behaviour. This information
includes the URL of the page users have visited, the browser
that they are using, and the originating IP address. We
use this information to study the surfing demographics
within the SurfGold web site. |
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To save user passwords so that users
do not have to re-enter passwords every time they log
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A user has choices with respect to cookies. By modifying
the browser preferences, a user has the choice to accept all
cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject
all cookies.
4. Disclosure of Information
When a user registers his or her personal information with
SurfGold, all the personal information will be kept by SurfGold.
SurfGold will not disclose any of this information to any
other party (including our business partners and merchants)
without the user’s express permission except:
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To agents or affiliates
working with SurfGold. |
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As required to comply with the local
government agencies, court orders or requests, to conform
to legal requirements or with legal process. |
If any information is disclosed to third parties, the level
of information will only be given in the form of grouped or
aggregated statistics derived from members' information while
participating in the SurfGold program.
For instance, SurfGold may disclose to business partners approximately
what proportion of SurfGold members are females. In any case,
no personally identifiable information of our members are
distributed, sold, or disclosed to third parties in this manner.
SurfGold members can be registered with the services of our
business partners and merchants. However, SurfGold cannot
control the disclosure of information rules by our business
partners and merchants. The SurfGold disclosure of information
rule is only applicable to SurfGold domains.
5. Guidelines for Children (13 Years and Below)
SurfGold has taken measures to protect children from the use
of this service. That includes, but is not limited to:
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We do not collect any
personally sensitive online information from children
except for the full name, e-mail address and age; which
is mandatory for all users. |
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We do not intentionally market services
to children |
6. Contact
All SurfGold members will be informed of any privacy
policy changes via the SurfGold web site or by email to registered
users
7. Email Links
All email links located in SurfGold's pages allow
users to contact us directly with any questions or comments
they may have.
SurfGold reads every message sent in and will reply all messages,
deemed relevant and legitimate by SurfGold, those require
a response. We will try to respond to these messages promptly.
The information we gather through these emails will be used
to respond directly to your questions or comments. We will
also file your comments to improve the site and program, or
review and discard the information.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this web site, you can contact info@surfgold.com
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