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Effective July 1, 2011
MyTownOffers Online Data Privacy Policy
MyTownOffers uses offline consumer data (e.g., demographic,
purchase and
interest data) in order to create non-personally identifiable
audience segments
that are used for online ad targeting. MyTownOffers takes consumer
privacy very
seriously. We provide this online data privacy policy to help you
understand
what MyTownOffers does and outline your choices regarding how we
use the
information in our care. It is our goal, to meet or exceed current
industry
privacy standards. If you have any questions about our company or
our privacy
practices, please feel free to email us at info@MyTownOffers.com
Opting out from MyTownOffers's online ad targeting service
If you'd like to opt-out from having MyTownOffers use your
Non-PII in
connection with our online ad targeting service, please click
here.
Overview of our online ad targeting service
MyTownOffers uses personally identifiable consumer data (e.g.,
demographic,
purchase and interest data that is generally collected 'offline')
in order to
create non-personally identifiable audience segments that are used
to help
deliver relevant online advertising. A non-personally identifiable
("Non-PII") data segment cannot be used to identify a unique
person.
We work with online advertisers, ad networks and other partners
(collectively, our "Data Partners") that place our audience
segments
into cookies in order to deliver relevant advertising.
MyTownOffers does not share any personally identifiable
information with our
Data Partners or other third parties for online ad targeting
purposes. And
other than our opt-out cookie (described below) MyTownOffers does
not create
cookies. We take reasonable steps to vet our Data Partners, and we
don't work
with any controversial advertisers. We also don't create audience
segments
containing sensitive medical or financial information, or create
children's
segments.
Adherence to Industry Standards of Notice and Choice
MyTownOffers takes reasonable measures to ensure that our Data
Partners
provide Notice and Choice to consumers, and adhere to generally
accepted
privacy standards when they insert our audience segments into
cookies. We also
support and will take reasonable steps to adhere to the additional
Notice
provisions being promulgated by online advertising industry groups
such as the
Network Advertising Initiative.
Cookies
Other than our opt-out cookie, MyTownOffers does not create
cookies for
online behavioral advertising purposes. However, our Data Partners
do utilize
cookies. Cookies are small text files that contain a string of
alphanumeric
characters. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an
extended
period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following
directions
provided in your Internet browser's "help" file. For more
information
about cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/.
Opting out from MyTownOffers's online behavioral advertising
service
If you'd like to opt-out from having MyTownOffers use your
Non-PII in
connection with our online behavioral advertising service, please
click
here. When
you opt out, we will place a opt-out cookie on your computer. The
opt-out
cookie tells us not to use your Non-PII to tailor online
advertisement
campaigns opt-out cookie on your computer. The opt-out cookie
tells us not to
use your Non-PII to tailor online advertisement campaigns. Please
note that if
you delete, block or otherwise restrict cookies, or if you use a
different
computer or Internet browser, you may need to renew your opt-out
choice.
Security
The security of your information is important to us. MyTownOffers
has
implemented reasonable security measures to protect the
information in our
care, both during transmission and once we receive it. This
includes, but is
not limited to the use of firewalls, encryption and reasonable
processes to
de-identify our Non-PII audience segments to ensure that those
segments are not
merged with personally identifiable information. No method of
transmission over
the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure,
however.
Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to
protect your
information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Data Retention
We contractually require our Data Partners that use our ad
targeting service
to retain our audience segments in cookies that expire in fewer
than 24 months.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this policy from time to time. We may do so on our
own
initiative, or in response to new legislation, or for other
reasons such as a
transfer of ownership of MyTownOffers, Inc. to a different company
with a
different privacy policy. Should this policy be amended, the
amended policy
will be posted here.
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