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Privacy Statement |
Introduction
Gas and Cash. respects and
understands consumers' concerns
about the privacy of their personal
information. Gas and Cash, Inc. is a
leading company that understands the
need to treat consumers' information
in a responsible manner. This
Privacy Statement explains Gas and
Cash's commitment not only to your
privacy, but to you as a valued
customer. To that end, we have
created this Privacy Statement to
explain the types of personal and
non-personal information we collect
through the website
GasandCash.com
. We will discuss how we use this
information and to whom and under
what circumstances we disclose such
information.
By using this
Site, you agree, without limitation,
to the practices described in this
Privacy Statement and the Site's
Terms of Use. If you do not agree to
the terms of this Privacy Statement
or our Site's Terms of Use, please
do not visit our Site.
Information Collected
Personal
Information
In general, we may collect
personal information from
visitors to the Site if they ;
(1) contact us (including our
Webmaster, customer service
representatives, or other
employees); (3) complete a
registration form, survey, or
poll; (4) participate in a
sweepstakes or contest; (5) make
product or service inquiries;
(6) purchase products, for
example: (1) information we
receive from visitors when they
call us, redeem coupons or
complete our surveys or other
forms; (2) information visitors
submit to us at special events;
and (3) updated contact and
other information about our
visitors that we may receive
from third parties.
Non-Personal Information
As part of the standard
operation of our Site, we may
collect certain non-personal
information from visitors to our
Site, including, but not limited
to, their browser type (e.g.,
Netscape or Internet Explorer),
operating system (e.g., Windows
or Macintosh), IP address, and
the domain name from which they
accessed the site (e.g.,
lycos.com). In addition, we may
collect information about
visitors' browsing behavior,
such as the dates and times they
visit our Site, the areas or
pages of our Site that they
visit, the amount of time spent
viewing our Site, the number of
times the visitor returns to our
Site, and other click-stream
data. We may use cookies (small
text files that are stored on
the hard drives of visitors'
computers when they access our
Site) to collect this
information as well as for other
purposes, including, but not
limited to, recognizing prior
users, retrieving information
previously provided by visitors
to the Site, remembering
passwords of individuals, and
for direction to certain areas
of our Site.
Visitors to
our Site are always free to
decline cookies, but in doing
so, they may not be able to use
certain features on our Site.
The "Help" segment of the
toolbar on most browsers
explains how to configure a
browser to not accept new
cookies, how to have the browser
inform users when they receive a
new cookie, and how to erase
cookies from their hard drives.
We may also use Web beacons to
track information about visitors
after they leave the Site, to
access cookies, to count page
visits, as part of our e-mail
campaigns, and to otherwise
facilitate visitors' online
experience. In addition, we may
contract with third parties that
place cookies, Web beacons or
other tools on our site to
assist us in collecting
non-personal information about
our visitors.
We may
combine the non-personal
information that we collect with
the personal information that we
collect about our visitors.
Use of
Information
We
may use personal information
collected from visitors to our Site
for any of the following purposes:
(1) to fulfill product orders and
requests for information about
certain products and services; (2)
to contact visitors to our Site when
necessary (e.g., to respond to
inquiries); (3) to send information,
promotional materials, and
newsletters from our company; (4) to
administer contests and sweepstakes
offered on our Site; (5) to help
address problems with our Site; (7)
to conduct internal reviews of our
Sites (e.g., to determine the number
of visitors to specific pages within
the Site); (8) to help us better
understand visitors' use of our
Site; (9) to protect the security or
integrity of our Site; (10) to
conduct market research; (11) to
customize our Site or marketing
communications for our visitors and
customers; and (12) to help us
provide better service to our
visitors and customers. Non-personal
information will be used for these
purposes as well as for conducting
internal reviews and monitoring of
our Site and providing a greater
online experience for our visitors.
Disclosure of
Information
We
may transfer or otherwise disclose
information collected from visitors
to our Site for the following
purposes: (1) to our employees,
independent contractors,
subsidiaries, affiliates,
consultants, business associates,
service providers, and suppliers, if
the disclosure will enable that
party to perform a business,
professional, or technical support
function for Gas and Cash, (2) as
necessary if Gas and Cash,. has
reason to believe that such
disclosure is necessary to identify,
contact, or bring legal action
against someone who may be causing
injury to or interference with our
rights and property, other users of
our Site, or anyone else who could
be harmed by such activities; (3) to
announce winners of sweepstakes and
contests; (4) to announce the
results of surveys and polls; (5) to
respond to judicial process and
provide information to law
enforcement agencies or in
connection with an investigation on
matters related to public safety, as
permitted by law, or otherwise as
required by law; and (6) as provided
for under the "Unforeseen
Circumstances" section below.
Children
Our Site is not directed toward, nor
do we knowingly collect any personal
information from, children under 13.
Third Party
Websites
Our Site may contain links to other
third-party websites, which may have
Privacy Policies/Statements that
differ from our own. We are not
responsible for the activities and
practices that take place on these
websites.
Accordingly, we recommend that you
review the Privacy Policy/Statement
posted on any website that you may
access through our Site.
Unforeseen
Circumstances
In
the event that Gas and Cash or any
of its assets are acquired by a
third party, personal information
acquired by us may be one of the
assets transferred.
Changes to
This Privacy Statement
There may be times when we need to
amend, modify, remove, or change
various aspects of this Privacy
Statement, and we reserve the right
to do so at our discretion. We
recommend that you revisit this
Privacy Statement periodically to
ensure that you are aware of our
current privacy practices. Your
continued use of our service
following any changes signifies your
acceptance of these changes.
Security
We
maintain physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards to protect the
personal information you provide to
us.
Contact Us
If
you have any questions about this
Privacy Statement or the practices
or activities associated with our
Site, or if you'd like to have
access to or correct your personal
information in our database(s) or
remove yourself from our
database(s), please contact us at
(877) 331-1637.
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