Privacy and Affiliate Disclosure Statement for Proparison.com

Proparison.com is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that provides a powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy and Affiliate Disclosure applies to the Proparison.com site and governs data collection, usage, and affiliate promotional programs. By using the Proparison.com site, you consent to the data practices and affiliate disclosures described in this statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information

Proparison.com collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. Proparison.com also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

Additionally, information about your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by Proparison.com. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by Proparison.com for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Proparison.com site.

Please note that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Proparison.com public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Proparison.com does not read any of your private online communications.

Proparison.com encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Proparison.com so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. Proparison.com is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Proparison.com family of websites.

Use of Your Personal Information

Proparison.com collects and uses your personal information to operate the Proparison.com website and deliver the services you have requested. Proparison.com also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Proparison.com and its affiliates. Proparison.com may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or potential new services that may be offered.

Proparison.com does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. Proparison.com 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.g., email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Proparison.com 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 Proparison.com, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Proparison.com does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Proparison.com keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Proparison.com, in order to determine which Proparison.com services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Proparison.com to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Proparison.com websites 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 Proparison.com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Proparison.com; and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Proparison.com, or the public.

Affiliate Promotional Programs

Proparison.com participates in various affiliate promotional programs, which means we may earn a commission on purchases made through our links to third-party sites. These affiliate relationships do not influence the information provided on our site, and we are not responsible for the actions or policies of these third-party sites.

Proparison.com does not assume any legal obligations towards users for the products, services, or content provided by these affiliates. We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the information on our site is accurate and up-to-date, but some of the programs, prices, rules, terms, and conditions listed on our site might become outdated. Users are responsible for verifying the most recent information directly with the respective firm.

Proparison.com does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information regarding affiliate programs. It is the user's responsibility to ensure that any product or service meets their needs before making a purchase.

Use of Cookies

The Proparison.com website uses "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 Proparison.com pages, or register with Proparison.com site or services, a cookie helps Proparison.com 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 Proparison.com website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Proparison.com 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 Proparison.com services or websites you visit.

Security of Your Personal Information

Proparison.com secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Proparison.com 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 websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to This Statement

Proparison.com will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy and Affiliate Disclosure to reflect company and customer feedback. Proparison.com encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Proparison.com is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Proparison.com welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy and Affiliate Disclosure. If you believe that Proparison.com has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Proparison.com at support@proparison.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.