MikeMurphyFord.com PRIVACY STATEMENT
This confirms that MikeMurphyFord.com is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy
Program. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for MikeMurphyFord.com.
TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build
users’ trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of
fair information practices. MikeMurphyFord.com demonstrates its commitment
to your privacy by disclosing its information practices and having its privacy
practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. By displaying the TRUSTe trustmark,
this web site has agreed to notify you of:
0. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally
identification is collected from you through the web site
0. The organization collecting the information
0. How the information is used
0. With whom the information may be shared
0. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution
of the information
0. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of information under MikeMurphyFord.com control
0. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy,
you should first contact our customer service department by email at customerservice@MikeMurphyFord.com.
If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not
been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org.
TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your concerns.
Information Collection and Use _MikeMurphyFord.com is the sole owner of the
information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this
information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
MikeMurphyFord.com collects information from our users at several different
points on our website and during our sales process.
Registration In order to use some features of our website, a user must first
complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to
give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information
is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they
have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic
information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such
as social security number), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized
experience on our site.
Order We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user
must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial
information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is
used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If we have
trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch
with the user.
Cookies _ A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive
containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked
to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user
closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting
a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than
once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie,
they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will
be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able
to participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that
take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of
our users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our business partners
use cookies on our site (for example, some advertisers). However, we have
no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files _ We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate
use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing _We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person. We may use an outside shipping company to ship orders,
and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services.
These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes. We may partner with another party
to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we
will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third
party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally
identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links _This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we
at MikeMurphyFord.com are not responsible for the privacy practices of such
other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and
to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Newsletter _If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contest's _From time-to-time our site requests information from
users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not
to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information
(such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as
zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners
and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring
or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend _If a user elects to use our referral service for informing
a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email
address. MikeMurphyFord.com will automatically send the friend an email inviting
them to visit the site. MikeMurphyFord.com stores this information for the
sole purpose of sending this email. The friend may contact MikeMurphyFord.com
at remove@MikeMurphyFord.com to request the removal of this information from
their database.
Security _This website takes every precaution to protect our users’
information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your
information is protected both online and off-line. _When our registration/order
form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number
and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected
with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure
page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers
such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked,
as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
To learn more about SSL, follow this link www.rsasecurity.com,
__While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we
also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All
of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information
to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service
representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their
desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access
to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our
security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies
are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance
we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information
is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information
on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage. If you have any
questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to security@MikeMurphyFord.com.
Special Offers _We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password
and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on
products, services, specials, and newsletters. Out of respect for the privacy
of our users we present the option to not receive this type of communication.
Please see our choice and opt-out below.
Site and Service Updates _We also send the user site and service announcement
updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements,
which contain important information about the service. We communicate with
the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to
their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information _If a user’s personally identifiable
information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires
our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove
that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at
the member information page or by emailing our Customer Support.
Choice/Opt-out _Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’
of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our
site at the point where we ask for the information. For example, our order
form has an 'opt-out’ mechanism so users who buy a product from us,
but don’t want marketing materials, can keep their email address off
of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials
from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying
to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at optout@MikeMurphyFord.com.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
Homepage or in another prominemt location on our site so our users are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected,
we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether
or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information
in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.