PRIVACY POLICY
Golfballs.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, (individually or collectively, "we/our/us") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the type of information we may collect from you and/or that you may provide us when you visit and/or use any website, mobile sites and/or mobile applications (individually or collectively, "Website"). "You/your/user" means you as a user of our Website, including any information, tools and services available from the Website, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here, which you accept by continuing to utilize the Websites.
Guide to Contents:
- Scope
- Your Security
- Your Rights
- How To Exercise Your Rights
- Categories of Personal Information We Collect
- Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties
- Categories Of Third Parties With Whom We Share Personal Information
- De-identified, anonymized, or aggregate data
- Third Party Functionalities
- Targeted Advertising And Remarketing
- Other Websites
- Your Choices About How We Use Your Information And Opting-Out
- SMS MESSAGING
- Children
- Your California Privacy Rights
- Disclosure for Legal Purposes
- Non-Confidential Information
- Assignment
- International Users
- Residents of the European Economic Area ("EEA")
- Contact
Golfballs.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, (individually or collectively, "we/our/us") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the type of information we may collect from you and/or that you may provide us when you visit and/or use any website, mobile sites and/or mobile applications (individually or collectively, "Website"). "You/your/user" means you as a user of our Website, including any information, tools and services available from the Website, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here, which you accept by continuing to utilize the Websites.
By accessing the Website, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by the terms hereof, the Terms of Use, and any other terms or policies we post on the Website. If there is anything you do not understand, please email any inquiry to service@golfballs.com . If at any time you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website or provide us with any Personal Information.
We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Policy by posting such changes or updates to the Website or emailing you notice of the changes. Amendments to this Privacy Policy will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. You can tell if this Privacy Policy has changed by checking the last modified date that appears at the end of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.
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SCOPE
We value our users and respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the Personal Information (as defined below) we collect about you online on the Website, why we collect it, how we use it, and when we share it with third parties. This Privacy Policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use certain of that information.
Although many areas of the Website do not require registration and may be accessed by you without having to disclose any personal information, we or our service providers and/or third-party advertisers may ask you for certain kinds of personal information, including but not limited to your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, age, credit/debit card information, user name and password, demographic information and other information that might identify you as an individual ("Personal Information"). The Personal Information we collect about you may also be combined or supplemented with information from other sources. Any Personal Information used in any manner will be used consistent with this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Policy by posting such changes or updates to the Website. Amendments to this Privacy Policy will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. It is your responsibility to review any such changes or updates and to check the Website regularly to be sure you understand all terms and conditions, agreements and policies of the Website and are in compliance with them. You can tell if the policy has changed by checking the last modified date that appears at the end of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.
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YOUR SECURITY
We strive to keep your Personal Information private and safe. We take commercially reasonable physical, technical, and administrative steps to maintain the security of Personal Information collected, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to database servers, as well as employing electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorized access.
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the transmission of data over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we will use reasonable means to ensure the security of information you transmit through the Website, any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that such information will not be intercepted by third parties, and we will not be liable for any breach of the security of your Personal Information resulting from causes or events that are beyond our control, including, without limitation, your own act or omission, corruption of storage media, defects in third-party data security products or services, power failures, natural phenomena, riots, acts of vandalism, hacking, sabotage, or terrorism, and we are not responsible for unauthorized circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
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YOUR RIGHTS
Various state laws provide you with certain rights as a consumer. If you are a resident of any of those states, you may have the following rights:
- The right to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information
- The right to request that we delete your Personal Information (unless we have a legal obligation to maintain such information)
- The right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information from us that would allow you to transmit the data to another company
- The right to opt out of the use of your Personal Information for purposes of targeted advertising
- The right to opt out of the use of your Personal Information for profiling purposes
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
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HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS
If you believe you are a resident of any state that has passed applicable laws relating to your privacy rights, please send your request to exercise any of these rights to us at service@golfballs.com.
You may also fill out our online request form.
If you wish to opt out of the use of your Personal Information for targeted advertising or remarketing, please click here .
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CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect Personal Information in three ways. First, we collect Personal Information that you provide to us. Second, we collect certain Automated Information that may contain Personal Information when you use our Website. Third, we may collect Personal Information from public sources or from third parties who have obtained such Personal Information in compliance with applicable laws and have the legal authority to provide such Personal Information to us.
We will only collect Personal Information which is adequate and reasonably necessary in relation to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information You Provide to Us
The Personal Information you provide to us is generally:
- contact details including name, email, telephone number and shipping, billing address
- login and account information, including unique user ID and password
- personal details including gender, hometown, date of birth and purchase history
- personal preferences including your wish list as well as marketing preferences
- purchase history
- payment or credit card information
We collect Personal Information directly from you when you provide it to us. This typically occurs when you:
- sign up for our email list
- create an account
- order a product or service
- submit, post or access various content or features
- respond to and submit a form from our Website
- participate in our blogs, podcasts or forums,
- entera sweepstakes, contest, promotion or other special initiative,
- sign up for a special offer
- completing a survey
- send feedback
- request or submit information
- apply for a job
- directly contact us by any means
It is optional for you to engage in activities on our Website, however, if you choose to do so, we may require that you provide us certain Personal Information. Depending upon the activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is required and some is voluntary. If you do not provide required information for a particular activity, you may not be permitted to engage in that activity.
We collect Information that you provide provided when you set up your account/become a registered user. You have the opportunity to create account(s) on the Website, which may include a shopping account with us. A shopping account may allow you to shop faster and easier, check on order status and history, post comments to the Website and to use certain other features of the Website. Using your email and password of your choice, you may access your account online at any time to add, delete, or change information.
We collect email lists and information related to meeting requests and marketing services. When you use the Website, you may be given the option to subscribe to or to be added to our subscription or email list, to schedule a personal call/meeting and to request certain resource materials. Whether or not you select this/these option, your Personal Information may be shared with third parties consistent with this Privacy Policy. Subscriptions to the email list or call/meeting requests can be cancelled at any time.
- the IP address of the device you use to connect to the internet (which may include information about your geographic location)
- the unique identifiers of your device
- your browser characteristics
- your device characteristics
- your operating system
- your language preferences
- the websites you visited before coming to our Website or through which you were referred to our Website
- information on actions taken by you on our Website
- dates and times of your visits to our Website
- the pages you accessed on our Website
- deliver our targeted advertisements to you across the Internet;
- provide us with analytical information about your visit to our Website;
- provide us with analytical information about your interactions with our Website and other websites
- deliver our advertisements to you;
- deliver advertisements to you relating to other products and services that may be of interest to you;
- provide us with analytical information about your visit to our Website;
- provide us with analytical information about your interactions with our Website and other websites
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HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may use the Personal Information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- authenticate users
- provide the materials, goods and/or services we offer and/or you request
- enable you to participate in features such as sending and receiving invitations, surveys, reviews, blogs or forums, or to participate in special initiatives and to communicate with you about them
- complete your purchase transactions, fulfill your orders, keep you informed about the status of our goods and services and your orders
- identify your product and service preferences, so we can notify you of new or additional products, services, and promotions that might be of interest to you
- market research and customized offers;
- improve our services and merchandise selections, customer service, and overall Website experience
- analyze the use of our products and services and information about visitors to the Website
- update and maintain the accuracy of our information
- communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone, text message, or other means about our company, our products, or other information that we believe may be of interest to you
- personalize online content and experiences to you
- send you product updates or warranty information;
- administer your account;
- advertise our products to you;
- advertise the products and services of others that may be of interest to you;
- provide others with your information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy
- send you notices of a transactional, administrative or relationship nature or as required by law
- where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your fundamental rights do not override those interests; and
- where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
The Personal Information provided by you and obtained about you is not used for any purpose other than as outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you ever use a public computer to access the Website account, we strongly encourage you to log out at the conclusion of your session. By doing so, although your information may still be stored with us, it should not be accessible to anyone else from that computer.
In creating an account and saving it for your next visit, you authorize us to store your name, address, email address, telephone number and other Personal Information that you may provide. With the exception of email addresses, physical address and cell phone numbers, registered users' voluntary personal profile information, including pictures, are displayed to other registered users in order to facilitate user interaction. Registered users' user names are displayed to all users, although each verified user has the option of having his or her full name displayed to all users instead of his or her user name. We therefore encourage you to choose a user name that is not your actual name. Under no circumstances are email addresses, physical addresses or cell phone numbers directly revealed to other users or disclosed to third parties other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Only some payment processing information is collected by us as we use a third party for payment processing. We do not want you to send us your credit card or bank account information by email or other means except where requested as part of the checkout process. Please review the terms of use and privacy policies of the third party payment processor prior to providing Personal Information to them.
- if you join our electronic mailing list, to send you our electronic communications, including our newsletters and our company announcements, alerts, notices and updates, many times on a daily basis.
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SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
We are committed to maintaining your trust and we want you to understand when and with whom we may share Personal Information and information collected about you. We do not share your Personal Information with any third parties except as set forth herein.
- manage a database of customer information;
- host our Website
- distribute our marketing and other e-mails;
- provide payment processing;
- advertise our products to you;
- assist us with marketing and data collection;
- provide data storage
- provide data analysis;
- provide fraud prevention;
- provide order fulfillment and/or delivery services; and
- provide other services designed to assist us in developing and running our Website and maximizing our business potential.
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DE-IDENTIFIED, ANONYMIZED, OR AGGREGATE DATA
We may generate and use de-identified, anonymized, or aggregate data for various purposes. Such data cannot reasonably be used to identify you. We will maintain and use this data only in a de-identified form and will not attempt to re-identify such data, except as permitted by applicable law. It is measured anonymously and only in the aggregate. We use such data to maintain and administer the Website, analyze trends, gather demographic information and comply with applicable law. We may share this information with others without express notice to you or consent from you, and we may exploit, use and disclose this data without limitation of any kind.
We may combine the anonymous information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other analytical tools with other information we may have collected from you. This information may be used to improve the Website, to personalize your online experience, to help us deliver information to you, to determine the effectiveness of advertising, and for other internal business purposes. We may use and share aggregated and anonymous information to conduct market research and analysis for ourselves and/or for our business partners. Given the anonymous, non-personally identifiable nature of such information, there are no restrictions under this Privacy Policy on how we may use or disclose such information. For example, we may freely share such information with third parties who may use such data for their own marketing, advertising, research, or other business purposes. We may also freely share such information with our service providers in order for them to perform services to or for us.
We authorize certain service providers to utilize anonymous data for their business purposes and in accordance with their privacy policies, such as to report on usage or industry trends to their customer base.
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THIRD PARTY FUNCTIONALITIES
The Website contains links to and/or enables certain third-party functionalities to enhance your experience on the Website, including social plug-ins, tools and APIs. Prior to using any third-party functionalities (e.g., Facebook "Like" button) on the Website, you should consult the privacy notices of the third-party providers of such functionalities (e.g., Facebook), as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, such third parties, or how they may use the information. The privacy policies and data practices of such third parties may significantly differ from ours, and we make no representation or warranty whatsoever about their policies and practices. Your communications and interactions with such third parties are solely between you and them, and are at your own risk.
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TARGETED ADVERTISING AND REMARKETING
You may see advertisements for our products/services on other websites and mobile applications because we work with third party advertisers to engage in remarketing and retargeting activities. Through our relationships with these advertisers, we can target messaging to our users by interest-based, demographic, contextual, and other means. These third party advertisers track your online activities over time and across websites and mobile applications by collecting information through automated means, including through the use of third-party cookies, web server logs, and web beacons. They use this information to show you advertisements that may be tailored to your individual interests. The information our advertising partners may collect includes data about your visits to websites and mobile applications that participate in the relevant advertising networks, such as the pages or advertisements you view and the actions you take on the websites or apps. This data collection takes place both on our Website and on third-party websites and mobile applications that participate in the advertising networks. This process also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. Some third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offer a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies (www.networkadvertising.org).
You may also opt-out of targeted advertising by clicking here.
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OTHER WEBSITES
While visiting the Website, you may link to websites operated by third parties or you may have come to the Website using a link found in another website. This does not mean that we endorse these Website or the goods or services they provide. We do not make any representations or warranties about any Website that may be linked to the Website. Such other Website are independent from us, and we have no control over, or responsibility for their information, products or activities.
In addition, our privacy practices may differ from those of these other Website. If you provide Personal Information at one of those Website, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that Website, not our Privacy Policy. Please make sure you understand any other website's privacy policy before providing Personal Information.
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YOUR CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION AND OPTING-OUT
There are ways by which you can control how your Personal Information is used.
Tracking
You can set your browser to refuse some or all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please visit your specific browser's instructions for doing this. The "Help" function on most browsers contains information on how you can set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies, or you can disable them entirely. If you opt out of cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of various features of the Website that are available to other users. For example, we may use cookies to recognize you by name when you return to this site so you don't have to login again and provide your password each time. If you use more than one browser, you will need to change each browser's settings in order to refuse cookies.
Promotional Offers
If you do not wish to receive our email promotional offers, you may opt-out by checking the relevant box when we collect your information, logging into your account to update your preferences, or clicking on the "unsubscribe" link found in emails we send to you or emailing us at service@golfballs.com. Please allow up to ten (10) business days for changes to your email preferences to take effect. During that time, you may continue to receive email communications from us that were already in process. Opting out of receiving our communications will not affect your receipt of service-related communications, such as payment confirmations and delivery status updates, if we have a data breach, or other such communications for which we have a legal obligation to inform you and/or to prevent fraud or harm to our Website, our business, and/or third parties
Advertising
If you do not want us to use Personal Information that we collect for us to deliver advertisements to you, you can opt-out of receiving such advertising by clicking here .
You may opt out of Internet-based and mobile advertising by visiting TRUSTe's Ad Preference Manager, currently available at https://preferences-mgr.truste.com/, the Digital Advertising Alliance's consumer choice page, currently available at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt out tool currently available at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
If you opt-out of receiving advertising or when using the ad industry opt out tools described above, note that: (a) if you opt-out we may still collect some data about your online activity for operational purposes (such as fraud prevention), but it will not be used by us for the purpose of targeting ads to you; (b) if you use multiple browsers or devices you may need to execute this opt out on each browser or device; and (c) other ad companies' opt-outs may function differently than our opt-out, and we have no control over the practices of any third-parties. If you use any of the third-party opt-out tools listed above, we do not make any representations or warranties about such opt-out services. Such services are independent from us, and we have no control over, or responsibility for their performance.
Our Website use Google Analytics Advertising Features and its associated tracking technologies to help display our ads you see on other sites, and to help us manage and optimize our online advertising efforts. To opt out of Google Analytics Advertising Features, visit Google's Ad Settings page. Website users can also access the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser Add-on. We may also work with Facebook and Apple to provide analytics in connection with our Website, including our mobile applications. For more information, visit Facebook's privacy policy, and Apple's privacy policy.
Registered users who have provided their cell phone number to us may remove it from within their personal profile settings. If you prefer not to receive a text or wireless promotional communications on your mobile device, you can opt-out by replying STOP.
You may ask us to delete your Personal Information from our system, however, because we archive and keep track of past transactions, you cannot delete information associated with past transactions or archived information on the Website. Please also update your Personal Information if it changes.
Registered users may terminate their registration at any time, for any reason, by contacting us. Terminating your registration will not necessarily remove previous public comments or other user content on public display on the Website. You understand it may be impossible to delete Personal Information entirely because of backups and records of deletions. If you wish to cancel your account on the Website or delete your Personal Information previously provided to us, you may send your request to us at service@golfballs.com and indicate in the body of your communication your request.
If you do not receive a response from us to any emails you send to us within ten (10) business days, please send us another email as your original email may not have been received.
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CHILDREN
We do not knowingly permit persons under 18 years of age to use the Website, and we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personal Information from anyone under 18 years of age. If we determine upon collection that a user is under this age, we will not use or maintain this Personal Information without the parent/guardian's consent. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 18, we will make reasonable efforts to delete such information from our records.
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DISCLOSURE FOR LEGAL PURPOSES
You hereby authorize us to disclose any of your Personal Information pursuant to judicial and administrative proceedings and to law enforcement or government agencies if we believe the disclosure is necessary or appropriate. You also authorize us to disclose Personal Information if we believe the disclosure is necessary or appropriate in the event of an investigation of fraud, improper or illegal conduct in connection with the Website, such as fraud, misrepresentation, intellectual property infringement, or other activity that may put us at risk for liability.
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NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
We do not want you to send to us any confidential or proprietary information through email or otherwise. Any information, materials, suggestions, ideas or comments sent to us will be considered non-confidential, and by submitting the same to us, you are giving us the absolute right to use, modify, reproduce, transmit, display and distribute the information for any purpose whatsoever, with no payment or other compensation to you. However, we will not use your name unless we are required by law to identify the source of the materials, information, suggestions, ideas, or comments, or unless we first obtain your permission.
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INTERNATIONAL USERS
For international users, please note that it may be necessary to transfer your information internationally and, in particular, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. For residents of the European Union -- the data protection and other laws of other countries outside of the European Union may not be as comprehensive as those of the European Union. Please be assured that we take steps to ensure that your privacy is protected as described in this Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you agree to have your information used and transferred to the United States as set forth in this policy.
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RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA")
Under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), residents of the European Economic Area ("EEA") are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of Personal Information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates' direct marketing purposes. We acknowledge that, upon a reasonable request, residents of the EEA also have the right to request access to correct, amend, delete, or otherwise alter certain uses of their personal data. We note that we are generally processing your information to fulfill agreements we might have with you (such as an order you have made through our website), or otherwise to pursue legitimate business interests. The previously mentioned notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you are a resident of the EEA and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: Golfballs.com, Inc., 126 Arnould Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506 ATTN: Privacy. You must put the statement "Your GDPR Rights" in the body of the request and state the name of our website with respect to which you are requesting the information as well as your name, street address, city, state, and zip/postal code. In order to comply with these requests, we may ask you to verify your identity. If residents of the EEA prefer to no longer receive messages of any kind, they reserve the right to do so by requesting removal and we are required to process any such requests.
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CONTACT
Under certain circumstances you have a right to rectification, blocking, and deletion of your stored personal data. If you would like to make such a request and/or you have any questions about your privacy or security at the Website, or wish to update your Personal Information, please send an email to service@golfballs.com or write to us at Golfballs.com, Inc., 126 Arnould Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506 ATTN: Privacy, and include your name, mailing address and email address in the message.
We also collect information, some of which may be Personal Information, through automated means, usually through the use of cookies, when you visit our Website ("Automated Information") such as:
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. If you do not wish to have cookies on your system, you can set your browser to refuse them. Please review the specific instructions from your browser in order to do this. However, please note that not accepting cookies may make certain features of our Website unavailable or difficult to view or use.
Third parties may also collect information via our Website through cookies, third party plug-ins, widgets, and other technologies in order to:
We may obtain Personal Information from third parties for marketing and other business purposes. We require that any third parties from whom we may obtain such Personal Information represent to us that they have acquired the Personal Information in compliance with all applicable laws and have the right to provide us such Personal Information for our marketing purposes.
We may also collect Personal Information from publicly available sources.
Third parties may collect information via our Website through cookies, third party plug-ins, widgets, and other technologies in order to:
We may also disclose your Personal Information to outside individuals and/or companies, including who help us: bring you the products and services we offer;, assist us in advertising and marketing; create, operate, and maintain the Website; and provide specialized services. We may share your Personal Information with other companies or individuals in order to:
We provide these companies and individuals only with the information they need to perform their services.
We may also work with third parties, such as ad networks, analytics companies and social networking platforms, and they may collect information about your online activities over time and across our sites and other online services. We require that these outside individuals and/or companies agree to keep all information shared with them confidential and to use the information only to perform their obligations to us. We may also contribute to or participate in cooperative databases, which give other companies access to Personal Information for their own marketing purposes.
We may disclose your Personal Information when legally required to do so, to cooperate with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Website, to limit our legal liability and protect our rights or to protect the rights, property or safety of users of the Website or the public.
We may provide products or services jointly with certain third-party businesses. We may share your Personal Information with such entities to help them deliver to you purchased goods and services, and to provide you with better service and to measure our program's value. Sharing this information will allow such affiliate providers to market products and services directly to you, should they so choose.
In addition, if we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company or a financing, investment, support or funding, sharing or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information will likely be among the assets shared or transferred. If we engage in any of these types of transactions, your information will be subject to our Privacy Policy in effect at the time of the transfer or sharing of such information.