USeek® Website Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 28th, 2019

 

Summary

Thank you for visiting the USeek® website located at www.useek.com (the “Site”).  The Site is owned and operated by USeek, Inc. (collectively, “USeek®”, “we”, “our” or “us”).  The following USeek® Website Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth our policy with respect to the collection, storage and use of your personal information and other information that we collect from you.  Please note, if you are a resident of a European Union Member State (“EU Resident”), you are not permitted to use the Site and/or USeek® Offerings (as defined below).

 

Background

This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of personal information and other information that we collect when an end-user visitor to the Site (“User”, “you” or “your”): (a) accesses or uses the Site; (b) accesses and/or views any of the videos, audio, testimonials, text, photographs, graphics, artwork, information and/or other content featured on the Site, as made available by USeek® (collectively, the “Content”); (c) accesses information pertaining to USeek’s® various marketing products and/or services (collectively, the “USeek® Services”) including, without limitation, the USeek® promotional video-based games (collectively, the “USeek® Promotional Videos”); (d) participates as a contestant (“Contestant”) in one of the USeek® Promotional Videos; (e) utilizes the contact form and/or other functionality as a means to request to be contacted by USeek® (collectively, “Contact Services”); and/or (f) accesses links to USeek’s® social media pages/accounts on third-party social media websites, such as Facebook®, Instagram®, LinkedIn® and Twitter® (collectively, “Social Media Pages”, and together with the Site, Content, USeek® Services, USeek® Promotional Videos and Contact Services, the “USeek® Offerings”).  

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the USeek® Website Terms and Conditions (“Terms”).  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN THEIR ENTIRETY, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE USEEK® OFFERINGS.

Instagram® and Facebook® are registered trademarks of (“Facebook”).  LinkedIn® is a registered trademark of LinkedIn Corporation (“LinkedIn”).  Twitter® is a registered trademark of Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”).  Please be advised that USeek® is not in any way affiliated with Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, and the USeek® Offerings are not endorsed, administered or sponsored by Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.

 

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of the State of California and would like to learn how your personal information is shared with third parties, what categories of personal information that we have shared with third parties in the preceding year, as well as the names and addresses of those third parties, please e-mail us at: support@useek.com; call us at: 310-695-1340; or send us U.S. mail to: USeek, Inc. Privacy Coordinator, c/o USeek, Inc., 1005 Baker Ave., Suite F, Whitefish, MT 59937.

Further, if you are a resident of the State of California and would like to opt-out from the disclosure of your personal information to any third-party for marketing purposes, please e-mail us at: support@useek.com; call us at: 310-695-1340; or send us U.S. mail to: USeek, Inc. Privacy Coordinator, c/o USeek, Inc., 1005 Baker Ave., Suite F, Whitefish, MT 59937.

 

Your Nevada Privacy Rights:

If you are a resident of the State of Nevada and would like to opt-out from the sale of your personal information to any third party data broker, please e-mail us at: support@useek.com; call us at: 310-695-1340; or send us U.S. mail to: 1005 Baker Ave., Ste F, Whitefish, MT 59937.

 

Personal Information Collected

We collect personal data when you access certain of the USeek® Offerings and complete the required information request form and/or otherwise provide such information to us.  In connection with the Contact Services, USeek® will collect the following information: (a) the User’s name; (b) the name of the User’s business entity (“Entity”); (c) the User’s e-mail address; and/or (d) any other information requested on the applicable form (collectively, “Business Contact Data”). Where you participate as a Contestant in one of the USeek® Promotional Videos, USeek® will collect the following information: (i) the User’s telephone number; (ii) the User’s e-mail address; and/or (iii) any other information requested on the applicable registration form (collectively, “Promotion Entry Data”).  Contestants who are potential Prize (as defined below) winners in connection with a USeek® Promotional Video may be required to provide some or all of the following: (A) date of birth; (B) Social Security Number; (C) picture proof of identification, which may include a driver’s license, passport, voting card or similar government issued identification; and (D) any other information requested in connection with the Prize verification/award process (collectively, “Prize Winner Data”, and together with your Business Contact Data and Promotion Entry Data, your “Personal Data”).

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, items (B) and (C) in the preceding sentence shall be considered “Sensitive Data”.

 

Use of Personal Information

USeek® will never share, sell, rent, exchange or barter your Business Contact Data and/or Prize Winner Data to or with any third party for financial gain or marketing purposes.  However, by submitting your Promotion Entry Data by and through the Site, you agree that we may share, sell, rent, lease or otherwise provide that Promotion Entry Data to any third-party for any purpose permitted by law, and we may work with other businesses to bring selected retail opportunities to our Users.  These businesses and third-parties may include, but are not limited to: (a) providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation; (b) e-mail marketers; (c) telemarketers (where permitted by applicable law); and (d) direct marketers.  

By making your Personal Data available to USeek®, you grant USeek® the right, subject to applicable law, to use that Personal Data to contact you regarding your use of the USeek® Offerings and/or with information regarding other USeek® products and/or services that we think may be of interest to you.  If you wish to stop receiving future communications from us, please follow the instructions at the end of each such e-mail message or see the “Opt-Out/Unsubscribe” section below.

Where you submit Personal Data, we use the Personal Data that you make available to personalize your experience with the Site and to facilitate the provision of the applicable USeek® Offerings to you, including in connection with customer service and to otherwise respond to any inquiries made by you. 

You also agree that we may contact you at any time with updates and/or any other information that we may deem appropriate for you to receive in connection with your continued use of the USeek® Offerings.    

We may also employ other companies and individuals to perform certain functions on our behalf.  Examples include sending direct and electronic mail, removing duplicate information from User lists, analyzing data and providing marketing analysis.  The agents performing these limited functions on our behalf shall have access to our Users’ Personal Data as needed to perform these functions for us, but we do not permit them to use User Personal Data for other purposes.

We may also use your Personal Data for internal business purposes, such as analyzing and managing our service offerings including, without limitation, the USeek® Offerings.  We may also combine the Personal Data we have gathered about you with information from other sources.    

By submitting your Personal Data by and through the USeek® Offerings, you agree that such act constitutes an inquiry and/or application for purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR §310 et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Rule”) and applicable state do-not-call regulations.  As such, notwithstanding that your telephone number may be listed on the Federal Trade Commission’s Do-Not-Call List, and/or on applicable state do-not-call lists, we retain the right to contact you via telemarketing in accordance with the Rule and applicable state do-not-call regulations.

Where you provide “prior express written consent” within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 USC § 227), and its implementing regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (47 CFR § 64.1200), as amended from time-to-time (“TCPA”), you consent to receive telephone calls from USeek®, including artificial voice calls, pre-recorded messages and/or calls (including SMS text messages) delivered via automated technology, to the telephone number(s) that you provided.  Please note that you are not required to provide consent under the TCPA in order to obtain access to the USeek® Offerings, and your consent simply allows USeek® to contact you via these means.  Please be advised that by agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you are obligated to immediately inform us if and when the telephone number that you have previously provided to us changes.  Without limiting the foregoing, if you: (i) have your telephone number reassigned to another person or entity; (ii) give up your telephone number so that it is no longer used by you; (iii) port your telephone number to a landline or vice versa; or (iv) otherwise stop using that telephone number for any reason (collectively “Phone Number Change”), you agree that you shall promptly notify USeek® of the Phone Number Change via e-mail at: support@useek.com, or by using one of the methods set forth in the “Contact Us” section below.

We reserve the right to release current or past Personal Data (including Sensitive Data): (A) in the event that we believe that the USeek® Offerings are being or have been used to commit unlawful acts; (B) if the Personal Data is subpoenaed or requested pursuant to any court order or legal proceeding; provided, however, that, where permitted by applicable law, we shall provide you with e-mail notice, and opportunity to challenge the subpoena/court order, prior to disclosure of any Personal Data pursuant to a subpoena; or (C) if we are sold, merge with a third-party, are acquired or are the subject of bankruptcy proceedings; provided, however, that if USeek® is involved in a bankruptcy proceeding, merger, acquisition or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on the Site of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Data, as well as any choices that you may have regarding your Personal Data.  

You hereby consent to the disclosure of any record or communication to any third-party when we, in our sole discretion, determine the disclosure to be required by applicable law, including sharing your e-mail address with third-parties for suppression purposes in compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, as amended from time to time, and other e-mail marketing laws.  Users should also be aware that courts of equity, such as U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, might have the authority under certain circumstances to permit Personal Data to be shared or transferred to third-parties without permission.  

 

Non-Personal Information Collection and Use

IP Addresses/Browser Type
We may collect certain non-personally identifiable information about you and your desktop computer and/or mobile device when you visit many of the pages of the Site.  This non-personally identifiable information includes, without limitation, the type of browser that you use (e.g., Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer), your IP address, the type of operating system that you use (e.g., Windows or iOS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Verizon, AT&T).  We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of the USeek® Offerings and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience.  We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze usage of the USeek® Offerings.   

Cookies
When a User visits the Site, we send one (1) or more cookies and/or gif files (collectively, “Cookies”) to assign an anonymous, unique identifier to the applicable User’s computer.  A Cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive containing non-personally identifiable information about you.  Cookies have many benefits to enhance your experience at the Site.  To find out more about Cookies, please visit www.cookiecentral.com.  We use Cookies to improve the quality of the USeek® Offerings, including for storing User preferences and tracking Site-User trends (such as pages opened and length of stay at the Site).

Most Internet browsers are initially set up to accept Cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent.  To disable and reject certain Cookies, follow the instructions associated with your Internet browser.  Even in the case where a User rejects a Cookie, she or he may still use the USeek® Offerings; provided, however, that certain USeek® Offerings-related functions may be impaired or rendered inoperable if the use of Cookies is disabled.  We reserve the right to retain Cookie data indefinitely.

Behavioral Tracking
USeek®, as well as third party entities, such as Google®, use Cookies, pixels and other tracking technology (collectively, “Tracking Technology”) in connection with the Site for purposes of tracking users’ activities (such as websites visited, advertisements selected and pages viewed) after they leave the Site.  USeek®, and its third-party partners, use this Tracking Technology to target applicable users with advertisements featuring USeek® products and/or services, as well as third-party products and/or services, that may be of interest to applicable users.

In general, users may be able to disable some, or all, of this tracking activity by utilizing the “Do Not Track” setting or similar options within most major Internet browsers.  In addition, users may be able to opt-out of this form of tracking utilizing the options made available by the Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance.  

Further, users can opt-out of certain Google®-related tracking technology, and customize the Google® Display Network ads that they receive, by visiting the Google® Ads Settings here.  Google® also recommends installing the Google® Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your web browser, which is available here.  To the greatest extent permissible under applicable law, we are not responsible for the tracking practices of third-parties in connection with the Site.

Cross Device Tracking
USeek® and/or its third party service providers may track Users’ use of the USeek® Offerings across multiple devices, including personal computers and mobile devices.

Aggregate Data
USeek® reserves the right to transfer and/or sell aggregate or group data about Users of the USeek® Offerings for lawful purposes.  Aggregate or group data is data that describes the demographics, usage and other characteristics of USeek® Offerings Users as a group, without disclosing personally identifiable information.

 

Social Media Websites

If you engage in any interaction with USeek® or any third party on any Social Media Pages, you should be aware that: (a) the personal data that you submit by and through such Social Media Pages can be read, collected and/or used by other users of these websites/services (depending on your privacy settings associated with your accounts with the applicable Social Media Websites), and could be used to send you unsolicited messages or otherwise to contact you without your consent or desire; and (b) where USeek® responds to any interaction on such Social Media Pages, your account name/handle may be viewable by any and all members of USeek®’s social media presence.  

We are not responsible for the personal data that you choose to submit on any Social Media Websites.  The Social Media Websites operate independently from USeek®, and we are not responsible for such Social Media Websites’ interfaces or privacy or security practices.  We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings of the Social Media Websites with which you interact to help you understand those Social Media Websites’ privacy practices.  If you have questions about the security and privacy settings of any Social Media Websites that you use, please refer to their applicable privacy notices or policies.    

 

Third-Party Websites

This Site may contain links to third-party owned and/or operated websites including, without limitation, the Social Media Websites.  USeek® is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.  In some cases, you may be able to make a purchase through one of these third-party websites.  In these instances, you may be required to provide certain information, such as a credit card number, to register or complete a transaction at such website.  These third-party websites have separate privacy and data collection practices and USeek® has no responsibility or liability relating to them.

 

Security

We endeavor to safeguard and protect our Users’ Personal Data.  When Users make Personal Data available to us, their Personal Data is protected both online and offline (to the extent that we maintain any Personal Data offline).  Where our registration/application process prompts Users to enter Sensitive Data and when we store and transmit such Sensitive Data, that Personal Data is encrypted with advanced TLS (Transport Layer Security).  

Access to your Personal Data is strictly limited, and we take reasonable measures to ensure that your Personal Data is not accessible to the public.  All of our Users’ Personal Data is restricted in our offices, as well as the offices of our third-party service providers.  Only employees or third-party agents who need User Personal Data to perform a specific job are granted access to User Personal Data.  Our employees are dedicated to ensuring the security and privacy of all User Personal Data.  Employees not adhering to our firm policies are subject to disciplinary action.  The servers that we store User Personal Data on are kept in a secure physical environment.  We also have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of Personal Data under our control.  

Please be advised, however, that while we take every reasonable precaution available to protect your data, no storage facility, technology, software, security protocols or data transmission over the Internet or via wireless networks can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Computer hackers that circumvent our security measures may gain access to certain portions of your Personal Data, and technological bugs, errors and glitches may cause inadvertent disclosures of your Personal Data; provided, however, that any attempt to breach the security of the network, our servers, databases or other hardware or software may constitute a crime punishable by law.  For the reasons mentioned above, we cannot warrant that your Personal Data will be absolutely secure.  Any transmission of data at or through the Site, other USeek® Offerings or otherwise via the Internet or wireless networks, is done at your own risk.

In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, we shall notify you and any applicable regulatory agencies in the event that we learn of an information security breach with respect to your Personal Data.  You will be notified via e-mail in the event of such a breach.  Please be advised that notice may be delayed in order to address the needs of law enforcement, determine the scope of network damage, and to engage in remedial measures.

 

Minors

Visitors under eighteen (18) years of age are not permitted to use, and/or submit their Personal Data, at the Site.  USeek® does not knowingly solicit or collect information from visitors under eighteen (18) years of age.  USeek® encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate and monitor the interactive activities of their children.

 

Opt-Out/Unsubscribe

To opt-out of receiving e-mail and other forms of communications from us, you can: (a) follow the instructions included in the applicable e-mail message or other communication; or (b) e-mail us at: support@useek.com.  

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may continue to contact you for the purpose of communicating information relating to your request for USeek® Offerings, your participation in the USeek® Promotional Videos, as well as to respond to any inquiry or request made by you.  To opt-out of receiving USeek® Offerings-related and/or inquiry response-related messages from USeek®, you must cease requesting and/or utilizing the USeek® Offerings, cease participating in the USeek® Promotional Videos and/or cease submitting inquiries to USeek®, as applicable.

 

Individual Rights: Deleting, Modifying and Updating Your Personal Information

At your request, we will: (a) inform you of what Personal Data we have on file for you, in a machine-readable format; (b) amend the Personal Data that we have on file for you; and/or (c) completely remove Personal Data that you have provided to us, or that we have collected, from our servers/databases.  You may make such a request by e-mailing us at: support@useek.com.  We ask individual Users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests.

Please be advised that deleting your Personal Data may terminate your access to certain of the USeek® Offerings.  If you wish to continue using the full complement of USeek® Offerings, you may not be able to delete all of the Personal Data that we have on file for you.

 

Transfer of Personal Information Internationally

If you are visiting the Site from a country other than the country in which our servers are located, your communications with us may result in the transfer of Personal Data across international boundaries. By visiting the Site and/or otherwise communicating electronically with us, you consent to such transfers.  Even if your jurisdiction does not have the same privacy laws as the jurisdiction where our servers are located, we will treat your information as subject to the protections described in this Privacy Policy.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

USeek® reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a notice on the Site that we are changing our Privacy Policy.  If the manner in which we use Personal Data changes, USeek® will notify Users by: (a) sending the modified policy to our Users via email; and/or (b) by any other reasonable means acceptable under applicable state and federal law.  You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner and we will only use your information in this different manner where you affirmatively consent to such use.   

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices in general, you may email us as at: support@useek.com; call us at: 310-695-1340; send us U.S. mail to: USeek, Inc. Privacy Coordinator, c/o USeek, Inc., 1005 Baker Ave., Suite F, Whitefish, MT 59937; or use the contact form made available on our “Contact Us” page.

 

Filing a Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission

To file a complaint regarding our privacy practices, please click here.