Last Updated:
November
2007
myHitOnline is
committed to protecting your privacy. Please read the
myHitOnline Online Privacy
Statement below.
Collection
of Your Personal Information
In order to access
some myHitOnline services, you will be asked to sign in with an e-mail address
and password, which we refer to as your credentials. As part of creating your credentials,
you may also be requested to provide questions and secret answers, which we use
to help verify your identity and assist in resetting your password, as well as an
alternate email address. Some services may require added security, and in these
cases, you may be asked to create an additional security key.
We ask you to provide
personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or
telephone number. We may also collect demographic information, such as your ZIP
code, age, gender, and preferences.
We may collect information
about your visit, including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions
taken in connection with
myHitOnline. We also collect certain standard information
that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser
type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses.
When you receive
newsletters or promotional e-mail from
myHitOnline, we may use customized links
or similar technologies to determine whether the e-mail has been opened and which
links you click in order to provide you more focused e-mail communications or other
information.
In order to offer
you a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with
myHitOnline,
we may use services from other companies that enable us to derive a general geographic
area based on your IP address in order to customize certain services to your geographic
area.
Use of Your Personal Information
myHitOnline collects
and uses your personal information to operate and improve its site and deliver the
services or carry out the transactions you have requested. These uses may include
providing you with more effective customer service; making the site or services
easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information;
performing research and analysis aimed at improving our products, services and technologies;
and displaying content and advertising that are customized to your interests and
preferences.
We also use your
personal information to communicate with you. We may send certain mandatory service
communications such as welcome letters, billing reminders, information on technical
service issues, and security announcements. We may also occasionally send you product
surveys or promotional mailings to inform you of other products or services available
from myHitOnline or partners.
Personal information
collected on myHitOnline may be stored and processed in the
United States
or any other country in which
myHitOnline operates, and by using the
myHitOnline
site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Sharing of Your Personal Information
Except as described
in this statement, we will not disclose your personal information outside of
myHitOnline
without your consent.
myHitOnline
does not share your contact information with third parties for marketing purposes,
but instead may give you a choice as to whether you wish to receive communications
from myHitOnline on behalf of external business partners about a partner's particular
offering (without transferring your personal information to the third party).
Some
myHitOnline
services may be co-branded and offered in conjunction with another company. If you
register for or use such services, both
myHitOnline and the other company may receive
information collected in conjunction with the co-branded services.
We may hire other
companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing
and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, hosting websites, processing
transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. Those companies
will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the
service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and
are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.
We may access and/or
disclose your personal information if we believe such action is necessary to: (a)
comply with the law or legal process served on
myHitOnline; (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of
myHitOnline (including the enforcement of our agreements);
or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of
myHitOnline
services or members of the public.
Accessing Your Personal Information
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You may have the ability to view or
edit your personal information online. In order to help prevent your personal information
from being viewed by others, you will be required to sign in with your credentials
(e-mail address and password).
Communication Preferences
You can stop the
delivery of future promotional e-mail from the
myHitOnline site and services by
following the specific instructions in the e-mail you receive.
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You may also have the option of proactively
making choices about the communications you receive by selecting the appropriate
options in your account settings.
These communication
choices do not apply to mandatory service communications that are considered part
of myHitOnline services, which you may receive periodically unless you cancel the
service.
Security of Your Personal Information
myHitOnline is
committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a security
technology to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use,
or disclosure. Since the payment service is rendered by PayPal, it is protected
through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol and
other appropriate security mechanisms. For more information please visit the official
PayPal site.
If a password is
used to help protect your accounts and personal information, it is your responsibility
to keep your password confidential. Do not share this information with anyone. If
you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always choose to log out before
leaving the site to protect access to your information from subsequent users.
If it is determined
that a user shares his or her login information with other users to gain access
to the information provided by
myHitOnline, myHitOnline reserve the right to discontinue
service to this user without notice. For more information, please refer to the terms
of use.
Use of Cookies
myHitOnline uses
"cookies" to enable you to sign in to our services and to help personalize your
online experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk
by a Web page server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a web
server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Cookies cannot be used to run
programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
myHitOnline uses
cookies to store your preferences and other information on your computer in order
to save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information
and to display your personalized content and appropriate advertising on your later
visits to these sites.
myHitOnline uses
cookies to improve the sign in experience. For example, your e-mail address may
be stored in a cookie that will remain on your computer after you sign out. This
cookie allows your e-mail address to be pre-populated, so that you will only need
to type your password the next time you sign in.
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 receive targeted information
and services that depend on cookies.
Use of Third Party Ad Networks
The majority of
the online banner advertisements you see on
myHitOnline pages are displayed by
myHitOnline. However, we allow other companies, third-party ad servers or ad networks,
to display advertisements on
myHitOnline Web pages.
Controlling "Spam" or Unsolicited E-mail
myHitOnline is
concerned about controlling unsolicited commercial e-mail, or "spam."
myHitOnline
will not sell, lease or rent its e-mail
subscriber lists to third parties.
Enforcement of This Privacy Statement
If you have questions
regarding this statement, you should contact our support team at
clientsupport@myhitonline.com to resolve your concerns.
Changes to This Privacy Statement
We will occasionally
update this privacy statement to reflect changes in our services and customer feedback.
When we post changes to this Statement, we will revise the "last updated" date at
the top of this statement. If there are material changes to this statement or in
how myHitOnline will use your personal information, we will notify you either by
prominently posting a notice of such changes on the homepage prior to implementing
the change or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically
review this statement to be informed of how
myHitOnline is protecting your information.
Contacting Us
myHitOnline welcomes
your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you have questions about this
statement or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us at
clientsupport@myhitonline.com.