Privacy Policy

UpAdvisor.com is serious about protecting your online privacy. This Privacy Statement explains our views and practices concerning privacy, and how they may pertain to you as a user of our website.

“You” or “Your” means you as a participant in or as a user of the UpAdvisor.com website. “We” or “Our” or “Us” means UpAdvisor.com. “Our site” means UpAdvisor.com.

All information transmitted, printed or otherwise submitted toUpAdvisor.com via this website shall be deemed to be the property of UpAdvisor.com and UpAdvisor.com shall be free to use such information for any lawful purpose as detailed herein.

This site contains links to other sites and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.

We reserve the right to release such information to law enforcement or other governmental officials as we, in our sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary to comply with the law.

End User Consent

By accessing the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to adhere to all of the terms of this Privacy Policy as well as the Site’s Terms Of Use. Please refrain from using this Site if you do not agree to all of these terms and exit the Site. Do not access the Site again unless you fully agree to the terms set herein.

Section 1: Collected Information

We automatically collect and/or track the following:

Web page http headers (home server domain names, IP address, type of client computer, and type of Web browser);

Information knowingly provided by you through on-line forms, registration forms, surveys, and/or other entries, such as email addresses, personal, financial or demographic information;

Information, user specific or aggregate, on what pages our visitors access; and

E-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with UpAdvisor.com via e-mail.

Section 2: Use of Data Collected

We use your personal, demographic and profile data to enhance your experience at our site and to enable us to present content we think you might be interested in. We use your contact information to send you information about our company and promotional material from our partners. We may also use your personal, demographic and profile data to improve our site, for statistical analysis, for marketing and promotional purposes, and for editorial or feedback purposes for our advertisers. Information collected by us may be added to our databases and used for future telemarketing, SMS text-messaging, e-mails or postal mailings regarding site updates, new products and services, upcoming events, and/or status of orders placed online. By using this site, you agree that you may be contacted in any manner contemplated in this section even if your number is found on a do not call registry, in-house list or similar registry.

Section 3: Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

If you choose to provide personal information, it will be used for the following purposes:

considering you for an UpAdvisor.com product;

as required by law; and

for marketing products and services which we determine, in our sole judgment, that you might find of interest. We reserve the right to share, rent, sell, or otherwise disclose data we collect to third parties. Any third party we share, rent, sell, or otherwise disclose data to will be prescreened by us, determined by us to be reputable, and will use the personal data for marketing products and services which we determine, in our sole judgment, that you might find of interest.

Section 4: Your Opt-Out Rights

You may opt-out of receiving communications from us and/or our partners by not submitting your information. We also allow you to remove your information from our marketing lists. If you remove your information from our marketing lists it will no longer be used by us to send promotional correspondence to you. You can remove your information from our marketing lists by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email we send you, or by sending your request, in writing, via email to: supportATUpAdvisorDOTcom (Please replace “AT” with @ and “DOT” with .)

Section 5: We Do Not Intend to Collect Data from Children

The information and services provided to us or our affiliates, sponsors, and advertisers are not intended to be viewed by children (under 18 years old). No information collected from children is knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside UpAdvisor.com. No part of UpAdvisor.com’s web site is structured to attract anyone under the age of 18.

Section 6: Our Right to Contact You

We reserve the right to contact you regarding your account status and changes to subscriber agreements, privacy policy, or any other policies or agreements relevant to you.

Section 7: Our Right to Change

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by notifying you of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy policy or by posting the changes online at our site.

Section 8: Our Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact us via email sent to: supportATUpAdvisorDOTcom (Please replace “AT” with @ and “DOT” with .)

Section 9: Anti Spam Policy. Can-Spam Act Compliance

UpAdvisor.com is dedicated to ensuring compliance with the ‘Can-Spam Act’, which took effect January 1, 2004. You may receive email from UpAdvisor.com in the following circumstances:

Acknowledging your application has been received and requesting additional action

Requests for additional information to support your current application

Response to your inquiries regarding the status of your transactional requests

Thanking you for your valued business

Advertisements for our products, services, changes in services, new product availability

Advertisements for third party products and services where we have determined that such product or service may be of interest to our customers

To ensure compliance with the Can-Spam Act, UpAdvisor.com has implemented the following guidelines for email delivery:

All emails sent to you by UpAdvisor.com will clearly identify UpAdvisor.com as the sender. FROM / SENDER:  someone@UpAdvisor.com (NOTE: The actual sender will alter from department to department, but all from addresses will end with  @UpAdvisor.com).

The Subject Line of any email you receive will always accurately describe the subject matter of the email.

Any email from UpAdvisor.com will include the ability to unsubscribe from future email messages.

Unsubscribing will ensure the customer is removed from ALL lists at UpAdvisor.com; this excludes customer service emails regarding the processing and status of a current product.

All emails sent to you directly by UpAdvisor.com include valid postal address information in the footer.

All third party marketing partners are required to comply with the Can-Spam Act.

Emails sent to you directly by UpAdvisor.com will include an email address and physical address where you can send suggestions, complaints or other correspondence.

Section 10: Information for ISPs

Web site: UpAdvisor.com

Email Address:  supportATUpAdvisor.com

(Please replace “AT” with @ and “DOT” with .)

UpAdvisor.com understands consumers’ concerns over the use of their personal information. We hope this information will relieve any concerns your company may have regarding our email policies. UpAdvisor.com and its affiliated sites use only an “opt-in or opt out” method of obtaining customer information, and it is not our policy or desire to send unsolicited email. We obtain email addresses and personal information from third parties that follow the same set of policies. UpAdvisor.com email messages sent always include information about the origin of the emails and instructions on how recipients can unsubscribe from receiving future email messages.

From time to time, UpAdvisor.com will enter into an arrangement with a third party website to allow individuals to opt into our marketing program on those third party websites. In each case the third party websites have represented and warranted to us, among other things,

that the data was collected voluntarily from individuals on website registrations and co-registrations,

that the sellers have a right, under any applicable privacy statements, to transfer the data to us, and

com has the right to send marketing offers to the individuals.

We hope this information satisfies any questions or concerns you may have regarding the email practices of UpAdvisor.com. If you have additional questions or wish to discuss this matter further, please contact us at: supportATUpAdvisorDOTcom (Please replace “AT” with @ and “DOT” with .)

Section 11: Remarketing

We may collect certain information that will allow us to display advertisements to you from Third Party Service Providers from past visits to our Site through the use of cookies and IP data collection. You may opt-out of this type of targeting by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.htm and following the directions necessary to do so. Also you may opt out of this ad service from multiple advertising companies using the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out pagehttp://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

Section 12: Tracking Methods and Purpose

Use of Cookies

If enabled, cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser, and allows the websites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to help us serve you the proper information and to facilitate purchases through our Site. We use cookies to help us understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business. Please keep in mind that if cookies are disabled for one or any of our webpages or if you delete your cookies, our Site may not work as intended and may cause problems while trying to use certain features and functions.

Other Tracking Devices

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your Users based on their visit to our Sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. We may also use other Third Party Service Providers and their technology to create a better User experience. We use pixels and pixel tags within our Site and our emails to Users that helps us determine our marketing efforts and the legitimacy of the data we collect.

Third Party Websites and Their Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy is for the governance of this site only. Any third-party or other site that you have access to from our site employs their own privacy policy and terms and conditions which explain their usage and disclosure of data collection and practices. Please be sure to read those before engaging in the use of those sites as we are not responsible for their actions or practices.

Section 13: California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

California Law requires us, at your request to do the following:

Inform you of the categories of Personally Identifiable Information that we collect and share with third parties and who they are.

Provide you with the name and addresses of all said third parties.

Give you examples of the products and services marketed by the third parties.

Furthermore, California Law requires us to allow you to control who you would like for us not to share this information with. In order to obtain the information we send and to which third parties, please write us your request by standard mail to the address listed in the contact portion of this policy, you may also email us to the email listed in the contact portion of this policy. Please include your first name, last name, email address, mailing address and what Personally Identifiable Information you want to prevent us from sharing. Please be sure to add “ATTN: LEGAL DEPT” in your email subject. We will correspond with you first to let you know who our Third Party Service Providers are so that you may select who you want to prevent from accessing your Personally Identifiable Information. Please allow 30 days for us to send a response, also please not that there is no charge for this service.

Section 14: Revisions and Contact Information

We reserve the right to make changes and modifications to this privacy policy at any time we feel that it is appropriate to do so. Please check back often to be aware of our modifications.Legal Inquiries: supportATUpAdvisorDOTcom (Please replace “AT” with @ and “DOT” with .)