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Privacy
Statement
Test-World.com ("Company") understands the
importance of online privacy. The following Policy outlines
how we do business, what information we collect and how, under
what circumstances the information is shared with third parties,
and your options to control what communications you receive
from us and from our marketing partners. If you have any questions
or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Information We Collect And How It Is Used In order to participate
in this promotion, you must first complete the registration
information requested. We ask for an email address so that we
may contact you if necessary and we ask for a mailing address
so we know where to ship the products that you have chosen pertaining
to our special offers.
Registering for this promotion automatically subscribes you
to the Test-World newsletter, a periodic email communicating
various offers that we think you might like based on the registration
information you provided, and any offers that you selected in
this promotion. Users may unsubscribe from this newsletter an
any time by clicking on the automated link provided at the end
of the email.
We request a limited amount of personally identifiable information
from users who participate in the promotions on this site. This
information includes, but is not limited to the following:
* email address
* name
* address, city, state, zip
* phone number
We use this information to communicate with you about the status
of your premium and/or any offers you have selected from our
sponsoring companies. We request your address and phone number
for shipping purposes.
We use information provided by our users to enhance their experience
on this and similar Web sites. We also use the information provided
voluntarily to send out electronic mailings for offers that
we think will be of interest to you. At all times, Users have
the option to unsubscribe from such mailings by clicking on
the unsubscribe link provided on each mailing.
We create internal reports on user demographics and traffic
patterns to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
and promotions, and to report results to our marketing partners.
We do not use any personally identifiable information to compile
these reports.
The cost of your cash or gift certificate redemption is absorbed
by the sponsoring companies featured on this site. Users who
opt-in to the offerings from these companies are also electing
to receive additional information from these companies. The
companies may request additional demographic and/or personally
identifiable information for their use in subsequent marketing
and promotion activities.
How We Collect Information
The Company gathers information in the following ways:
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file stored on a user's computer for
record-keeping purposes. The Company uses cookies only to enable
users to be routed properly through our site. We also provide
links to external advertisers and marketing Partner companies;
these sites may choose to use cookies to better promote their
products and services. These advertisers and marketing partner
companies have their own privacy procedures and policies that
are not controlled by the Company.
We encourage our users to be aware of the individual privacy
policies of every Web site that the user contacts.
Clear Gif's (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
The Company may also use a software technology called clear
gif's (Web Beacons or Web Bugs), that help us determine what
content on our site is most effective. Clear gif's are tiny
graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies,
and are used to track the online movements of Web users. We
do not tie the information gathered by clear gif's to our customers'
personally identifiable information.
We also use clear gif's in our HTML-based emails so that we
know which emails have been opened. We use this information
to monitor the effectiveness of our email campaigns and to validate
our results to our marketing partners.
Log Files
Log files are also used to track and monitor traffic patterns
on our site. They are not used to track or monitor personally
identifiable information.
Tell-A-Friend
Users may forward the email address of another person who may
also be interested in this particular offer. The information
is used only to forward the information to that person and is
not retained for any other purpose.
User Feedback/Inquiries
Users may contact the Company with any feedback, questions or
comments. The Company uses contact information only to respond
to the feedback.
Other Circumstances
Subsequent to this promotion, the Company may sponsor sweepstakes,
contests or other events for which we need to collect and retain
personally identifiable information. The Company may co-sponsor
such events with other companies. In such cases, no personally
identifiable information will be released to such third parties
without the user's consent. We endeavor at all times to do business
only with other companies similarly committed to our users'
privacy.
Information We Share
This Privacy Policy applies to consumers that have signed up
on the Test-Worlds website. We may use the personal information
that you supply to us and work with other third party businesses
to bring selected retail opportunities to our members via direct
mail, email and telemarketing. These businesses may include
providers of direct marketing services and applications, including
lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation
and email marketing. The Company collects minimal demographic
and personally identifiable information from many users. This
information is aggregated and analyzed to help us tailor future
offers and to help our marketing partners and advertising agencies
understand the demographics of our customers in order to evaluate
the potential effectiveness and profitability of doing business
with us. Part of our business model involves sharing personally
identifiable information, such as name and address, with third-party
marketing concerns. While the Company cannot control the practices
of our advertisers and third-party marketers, we endeavor at
all times to do business with reputable partners who also follow
a best practices model regarding your privacy.
All information provided to the Company by the users of this
site may be used to support our suppression, validation and
enhancement services to other marketing companies, advertising
agencies, compilers and data companies.
As an example, opt-out information may be shared with other
marketing partners so that those users opting out of further
offers are suppressed from the partner's mailings or promotions,
as well as our own. In addition to complying with our users'
preferences, it simply makes good business sense to mail only
to those customers who have indicated a desire to receive such
mailings.
The Company's business model includes participating in affiliate
network programs and other co-marketing partnerships to promote
our site. We receive and share only that information necessary
to analyze site traffic and patterns so that we can evaluate
the effectiveness of such programs. We do not receive or share
personally identifiable information for these purposes, however.
The Company as a rule will not intentionally disclose personally
identifiable information about its users to any third party
without first receiving the user's permission. However, the
Company may disclose personally identifiable information if
required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to (a) conform to edicts of law of comply
with legal processes; (b) protect and defend the rights or property
of the Company's advertising service, and (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of any user of
the Company's advertising service.
Use of Information
This Privacy Policy applies to consumers that have signed up
on the Test-Worlds website, and or have submitted their email
address through our affiliate network program and other co-marketing
partnerships to promote our site. We may use the personal information
that you supply to us and work with other third party businesses
to bring selected retail opportunities to our members via direct
mail, email and telemarketing. These businesses may include
providers of direct marketing services and applications, including
lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation
and email marketing.
Use of Data Collected
We use your personal, demographic and profile data to enhance
your experience at our site and to enable us to present content
we think you might be interested in. We use your contact information
to send you information about our company and promotional material
from our partners. We may also use your personal, demographic
and profile data to improve our site, for statistical analysis,
for marketing and promotional purposes, send SMS alerts or notification,
and for editorial or feedback purposes for our advertisers.
Information collected by us may be added to our databases and
used for future telemarketing, SMS text-messaging, e-mails or
postal mailings regarding site updates, new products and services,
upcoming events, and/or status of orders placed online. By using
this site, you agree that you may be contacted in any manner
contemplated in this section even if your number is found on
a do not call registry, in-house list or similar registry.
SMS Offering and Opt-out rights
By completing or submitting a registration form or partial registration
form you are consenting to receive SMS, wireless or other mobile
offering to your cell phone. You understand that your wireless
carrier's standard charges and rates apply to these messages.
For SMS text messages, you may remove your information by replying
"STOP", "END", or "QUIT" to the
SMS text message you have received and we will remove your personal
information within 10 days of receiving such request.
Delete/Deactivate Policy
Users at any time may unsubscribe to our electronic mailings
by following the instructions that we include at the end of
every mailing. To correct, update or request that we delete
information you provided, please contact us via email, or by
writing
Test-World.com
10211 Pines Blvd,Suite 215
Pembroke Pines, FL 33025
Notification Of Changes To Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may use customer information for new,
unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice.
If our information practices change at some time in the future
we will post these policy changes to our Web site to notify
you and provide you with the opportunity to opt out of these
new uses. if you are concerned about how your information is
used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
General Security Policy
The Company endeavors at all times to meet and exceed standards
of online privacy protection. When you submit information, your
information is protected both on-line and off-line in accordance
with applicable laws, regulations and industry standards. For
example, without limitation, the company uses a full-time Network
Administrator, SSL servers, pgp and 128-bit encryption to protect
the confidentiality of the information you provide.
In addition to the information collected by us and registration
information submitted by you, we may employ both first-party
and third-party cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored
on your hard drive containing activity-based information about
you, and it is designed to facilitate the receipt of targeted
and relevant advertisements. The cookie is not associated with
your personally identifiable information.
For additional information or specific questions, please contact
us.
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