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Tipping Monkey Privacy Policy
Tipping Monkey appreciates your interest in and support for our services, and we strive to provide you with the most accurate information and best-of-breed services. We value the trust you have placed in Tipping Monkey, and we understand your concern about our privacy policy and what kinds of information we gather from you, when do we collect information, and what we do with any such collected information.
This document provides the details of the Tipping Monkey Privacy Policy for your reference. References to “Tipping Monkey” in this Privacy Policy shall include tippingmonkey.com and its parent company. References to “tippingmonkey.com” shall include the actual Web site and services offered by the Web site. Should you have any further questions regarding the Privacy Policy, please contact the Tipping Monkey contact listed at the end of this document.
By registering for a Tipping Monkey member account or by using the tippingmonkey.com Web site, you give your consent to the collection and use of personal information by Tipping Monkey as explained in this statement. Any dispute over our Privacy Policy is subject to this notice and the Tipping Monkey Terms and Conditions, including arbitration of disputes and limitation of damages.
What kind of information is collected? Tipping Monkey collects information from you directly and indirectly. The information we collect directly from you includes the information necessary to communicate with you, which includes, but is not limited to: your name, email address, name, location, occupation, and date of birth.
The information we collect indirectly from you includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, Internet Service Provider (ISP), time stamps, pages visited, services used, Web sites visited prior to or following tippingmonkey.com, and links or banners that you clicked. The tippingmonkey.com Web site uses cookies to help collect the information, which are small text digests sent back and forth between the Web server and your computer. Cookies send operational data between your browser and the Web server to improve usability and enhance your user experience with the Web site. When is the information collected? Most of your information is collected directly from you when you sign up for a tippingmonkey.com member account or subscribe to the mailing list. We also collect information when you access Tipping Monkey services such as, but not limited to, browsing Web content, using member-only services, or using the Forum. This information enables us to offer products and services that should be of interest to you.
Why do we collect your information? There are several reasons why we collect your information, which are all related to providing you with the best level of service and user experience. Information is collected when you sign up for a member account and allows us to contact you for important notices and updates. Information we collect indirectly helps us identify your preferences and helps us anticipate your needs as well as to help us safeguard your privacy.
How do we use your information?
Tipping Monkey cannot stress enough the importance of attaining your trust to our continued success. As a consequence, we use your personal information only as appropriate to provide you with quality services in a secure fashion. Your information is used to create your account, establish and verify your identity, and as a means to contact you. Your information also helps us provide you with additional services that you should find interesting. In the event where you decide to close your account with Tipping Monkey, we will retain your information in order to comply with regulatory requirements and to periodically contact you to offer you the opportunity to reactivate your account or participate in other valuable offers. Do we share information with other parties, and who are they? Tipping Monkey may share information with affiliates if the information is required to provide the product or service you have requested or to provide you the opportunity to participate in the products or services our affiliates offer. Tipping Monkey also forges partnerships and alliances, which may include joint marketing agreements, with other companies who offer high-quality products and services that might be of value to our clients. In order to ensure that these products and services meet your needs and are delivered in a manner that is useful and relevant, Tipping Monkey may share some information with partners, affiliates and alliances. This allows them to better understand the offers that are most relevant and useful. We may also compare our client lists with those of our partners and affiliates to ensure that they are not sending messages to you if you’ve elected not to be so notified. In our strategic relationships, we will require that it be identified that an offer is being extended because of the relationship with us. The use of your personal information is limited to the purposes identified in our relationship with the partner or affiliate. Under these circumstances, the types of information shared are name, e-mail address, general account and demographic information, if applicable. An affiliate is a company that we own or control or with which there is common ownership with us and our parent company. We may share information with our affiliates about our transactions and experiences with you such as name, e-mail address, general account and demographic information. This information may be used for internal reporting, and business development strategies. Do we share information with other third parties? Tipping Monkey does not sell, license, lease or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third party for any reason, except as noted earlier and as described below:
All third parties with which we share personal information are required to protect personal information in a manner consistent with the way Tipping Monkey protects personal information. Examples of information shared are identifying information such as name, e-mail address, user preferences and account activity information. If at any time you choose to purchase a product or service offered by another company, any personal information you share with that company will no longer be controlled under our Privacy Policy. Tipping Monkey further reserves the right to disclose your personal information to third parties where permitted by law or where required by law to law enforcement, regulatory, or other government authorities. We may also disclose your information to credit reporting or collection agencies as necessary, or when necessary to protect our rights or property. What are our efforts to protect your privacy?
When you sign up for a tippingmonkey.com member account, you are asked to enter a Username and Password of your choice that will be used to identify you when you access the tippingmonkey.com Web site. Other Tipping Monkey members may be able to obtain your personal information such as your email address or instant messenger account name, but your personal information is hidden from other members by default, unless you explicitly elect to make your personal information public. Please bear in mind that you are ultimately responsible for safeguarding the confidentially of your password, and Tipping Monkey strongly recommends that you do not share this information with others.
Does our Privacy Policy apply to external sites to which we link?
No. This Privacy Policy applies only to Tipping Monkey and we are not responsible for the Privacy Policies of any external party to whose Web sites we link. You should first understand the Privacy Policy of third parties before providing any personal information to such third parties.
Content that you post on the Tipping Monkey website
Please note that any information or comments you post to a public area of the tippingmonkey.com Web site, such as a weblog, is available to all persons accessing that portion of the Web site. Tipping Monkey shall not be held responsible for any unsolicited or unwelcome communication from third parties as a result of your public posting.
Does Tipping Monkey use Encryption to protect personal and account information?
Yes. Tipping Monkey uses SSL and 128-bit encryption technologies to transfer your personal information, such as your password and email address, to and from your computer and our servers. However, it should be noted that we do not encrypt general content traffic transferred between your computer and our servers. What action will we take if this Privacy Policy is changed in the future? Tipping Monkey reserves the right to amend our Privacy Policy to adapt to changes in legal requirements, services offered, and business practices. In the event where Tipping Monkey materially changes this Privacy Policy, the revised Privacy Policy will promptly be posted to the Web site with a notice on the Web site informing you of any such changes. Additionally, this Privacy Policy has an effective date displayed in the top right corner indicating when it was last updated. You should review this Privacy Statement periodically to remain informed of any changes that may have occurred. You agree to accept posting of a revised Privacy Statement electronically on the Web site as actual notice to you. Who do I contact if I have further questions? For further questions or concerns, please contact: privacy@tippingmonkey.com.
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