WOMF USA, LLC and its licensors know and respect that you
care how information about you is used and shared; WOMF USA, LLC
appreciates your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly.
By registering on the WOMF USA, LLC websites, you are
accepting the Conditions and practices described.
WOMF™ is an online application that helps people find local
services they can trust by soliciting and aggregating reviews. To
accomplish this, WOMF™ users write reviews about local services
that are posted to the WOMF™ Site. These reviews can then be
accessed and read by other WOMF™ users. For the purposes of this
Privacy Policy, a "user" is defined as someone using the WOMF™
Site, and a "friend" is defined as someone you have explicitly invited
to share reviews with you.
To fulfill the purpose of the WOMF™ Site, WOMF™ needs
to display a limited amount of personal information, so that users are
able to evaluate the trustworthiness of a particular review.
By using WOMF™, you permit the collection and use of your
personal information as outlined below in the Privacy Policy. You
should visit this page periodically to review any changes to the
Privacy Policy.
When/if you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable
information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) via reviews, messages,
forums, postings, or in other areas of the WOMF™ site, that
information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your
communication, may be collected and correlated and used by third
parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or
third parties. These activities are beyond the control of WOMF™.
Please do not post any personal information on the WOMF™ site or
in other areas that you expect to keep private.
As a registered WOMF™ user, you can modify your personal
information at any time by accessing the "Registration" section of the
site.
Upon your request, WOMF™ will remove you and your personal
information from our records; however, it may be impossible to remove your
entries as they may have created additional relevant content.
Registered users who wish to delete their registration should do so
by emailing admin@womf.com.
Information WOMF USA, LLC collects:
User submitted account information such as name, age and email
address to identify you and may send you notifications related to the
use of the service.
User submitted location information such as city, state, or zip
code.
User submitted reviews, opinions, experiences and ratings of local
businesses and service providers.
Advertiser submitted advertisements, photos, logo's, specials,
reviews, opinions and incentives to contact their local businesses
E-Lert collects words nominated by you for monitoring of the site.
Some information collected is not explicitly submitted by the user
as WOMF™ logs your browser-type related information, IP address,
requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp.
How WOMF™ Uses Your Information
Information such as your full name and any personally identifiable
information you included in your reviews at the time of review
placement may be shown to other users primarily in conjunction with
reviews you have contributed.
WOMF™ may use your email address to send you updates or news
regarding the WOMF™ Site, but you may choose not to receive
email of this type by accessing the "Registration" tab of the
WOMF™ site and updating your notification settings.
Browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL,
referring URL, and timestamp data help WOMF™ diagnose problems
with the WOMF™ server, administer WOMF™, and otherwise
provide the highest possible level of service to you. WOMF™ may
also use this information to perform statistical analyses of user
behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use
of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such
information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to
or clicked on, their advertising banners.
How E-Lert Uses Your Information
Information such as your full name and any personally identifiable
information you included in your comments at the time of comment
placement may be shown to other users primarily in conjunction with
comment you have contributed.
E-Lert may use your email address to send you updates or news
regarding the WOMF™ Site, but you may choose not to receive
email of this type by accessing the "Registration" tab of the
WOMF™ site and updating your notification settings.
Browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL,
referring URL, and timestamp data help E-Lert diagnose problems with
the E-Lert server, administer E-Lert, and otherwise provide the
highest possible level of service to you. E-Lert may also use this
information to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and
characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various
areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as
well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on,
their advertising banners.
Transfer of Information
Transfer of Information
WOMF USA, LLC will disclose information about
individual users to governmental or judicial authorities or law
enforcement agencies, or to other individuals or entities in response
to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.
WOMF USA, LLC may share information in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or
suspected fraud, or to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of
this Privacy Policy.
WOMF USA, LLC reserves the right to transfer your
personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of
WOMF™ or E-Lert, such as an acquisition by or merger with
another company. In such an event, WOMF USA, LLC will
notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes
subject to a different privacy policy.
WOMF USA, LLC will notify you when information about
you may be provided to third parties in ways other than explained
above, and you will have the option to prevent such information
sharing.
Links
The WOMF™ Site may contain links to third party websites to
which WOMF™ has no affiliation. WOMF USA, LLC does not
share your personal information with those websites and is not
responsible for their privacy practices. WOMF™ suggests you read
the privacy polices on these third party websites.
Use of Cookies
Like most websites, WOMF USA, LLC requires cookies to
function properly. Cookies are small text files that reside on a
user's computer and identify you as a unique user. WOMF™ uses
cookies to refine the WOMF™ Site, E-Lert service and simplify
the user experience. For example, the use of cookies allows registered
users to enter the WOMF™ Site and E-Lert service without
explicitly typing in their email address and password every time. You
should be aware that WOMF™ and E-Lert cannot control the use of
cookies by advertisers or any information advertisers may gather from
their use of cookies. If you do not want information collected through
the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that
allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, you should
note that cookies may be necessary to provide you certain features
(e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the
WOMF™ site and/or E-Lert service.
Security
Your WOMF™ membership and/or E-Lert account is
password-protected.
WOMF USA, LLC tries very hard to protect the WOMF™
and/or E-Lert users' information. WOMF™ and E-Lert use industry
standard measures to protect your information that is stored within
the respective database.
WOMF USA, LLC limits the access to your information to
those employees who need access to perform their job function such as
customer service personnel.
If you have any questions about the security at E-Lert and/or the
WOMF™ Site, please contact WOMF™.
Although WOMF USA, LLC takes appropriate measures to
safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, WOMF™
cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that
WOMF USA, LLC collects will never be disclosed in a manner
that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
You hereby acknowledge that WOMF USA, LLC is not
responsible for any intercepted information sent via the Internet, and
you hereby release WOMF™ and E-Lert from any and all claims
arising out of or related to the use of intercepted information in any
unauthorized manner.
Children
Children are not permitted to use this site.
WOMF™ does not knowingly solicit information from any child.
Should WOMF™ find that a child has accessed the Site their
access will be terminated.
Terms and Modifications to this Privacy Policy
By using the WOMF™ Site, you signify your agreement to the
terms of the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, you
should not use the site. WOMF USA, LLC may modify this
Privacy Policy at any time. If a material change is made to this
Privacy Policy and/or the way WOMF USA, LLC uses
WOMF USA, LLC users' personally identifiable information,
then WOMF™ will post a prominent notice of the nature of such
change on the first page of this Privacy Policy. You are responsible
for reviewing this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure that you are
aware of any changes to it. Your continued use of the site indicates
your assent to any changes to this Privacy Policy.
Security
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Contacting the WOMF™ Site
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the privacy
practices of this site, or if you want to exercise any of the rights
that you are given under this Privacy Policy, you can contact: WOMF USA, LLC
5304 SW Dakota Street
Seattle, WA 98116
206-905-4170
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