Privacy Policy

Introduction

AlarmPro.org (“Company” or “We” or “Us”) is a website that provides independent home alarm rankings and reviews. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. All the information on this website is published in good faith and for general information purpose only. AlarmPro.org does not make any warranties about the completeness, reliability and accuracy of this information. Any action you take upon the information you find on this website (http://www.alarmpro.org), is strictly at your own risk. AlarmPro.org will not be liable for any losses and/or damages in connection with the use of our website.

This policy describes the types of information We or associated vendors may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the Website http://www.alarmpro.org (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information We collect:

  • On this Website.
  • In any electronic messages between you and this Website.
  • When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
  • any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how We will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after We make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. If you do not agree with the changes to our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website after such changes, you agree to the changes to this Privacy Policy.

Children Under the Age of 18

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to, on or through the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on or through this Website or on or through any of its features, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to Us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name you may use. If We learn We have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, We will delete that information. If you believe We might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact Us at info@alarmpro.org.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We generally do not collect information directly from you except as set forth herein.   To the extent that personal information is collected by this website, the following outlines our current policy regarding your privacy with respect to such collected information.  We may collect, or we may receive from our vendors if you provide such information to them on their websites, several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

  • by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number (“personal information”);
  • that is about you but individually does not identify you and/or;
  • about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and usage details.

We collect this information:

  • Directly from you if and when you provide it to Us (although we generally do not request such information in the course of delivering this vendor ranking service).
  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, search engine used, originating search terms and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.
  • From third parties, for example, our business partners and vendors rated on this Website.

Information You Provide to Us

The information collected through our Website may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in third party forms accessed through our Website. This includes information provided on our business partners’ or third party vendors’ services, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses), if you contact Us.
  • Your responses to surveys that We or our rated vendors might ask you to complete for research and/or ranking purposes.
  • Your search queries on the Website.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although you may set certain privacy settings for such information please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, We cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, We cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Usage Details, IP Addresses and Cookies and Other Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, We may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information We collect automatically is statistical data, and does not identify any individual. It helps Us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling Us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing Us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies We use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. Certain global laws on the use of cookies have changed, and We continue to work to ensure compliance with those laws without affecting your use and/or experience of our Website. If you simply want to browse, you do not have to accept cookies from our site.  You can at any time tell your browser to notify you whenever a website tries to use a cookie so that you can decide whether to accept it, and you can prevent the use of cookies by telling your browser to refuse them. However, please note that doing so may affect your experience of certain websites.   By visiting our Website with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies, We will reasonably conclude that you are signifying to Us your consent to the use of cookies.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and advertisement e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect personal information automatically, but We may tie this information to personal information about you that We collect from other sources or you provide to Us.

Third-party Advertiser Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some advertisements on the Website are served by third-party vendors whose services may be reviewed and links to their websites may be provided, and/or by third-party advertisers, ad networks and ad servers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about our users. This may include information about users’ behavior on this and other websites to serve them interested-based (behavioral) advertising. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement, you should contact the responsible advertiser directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, please see such providers’ privacy policies.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that We collect about you or that you provide to our third party vendors, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from Us or that are offered by Us or our business partners or third party vendors whose services We review and rate.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services We or our business partners or third party vendors whose services We review and rate offer or provide though it.
  • To allow you to participate in any interactive features on our Website.
  • In any other way We may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

We may display advertisements to our advertisers’ and business partners’ and third party vendors’ (whose services We review and rate) target audiences.  If you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

Third Party Links

From our website, you can visit other websites by following hyperlinks to such external sites. While we strive to provide only quality links to useful and ethical websites, we have no control over the content and nature of these sites. These links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before we have the opportunity to remove a link which may have gone ‘bad’.  If and when you visit third party websites for which We provide a link, any data collected by such web sites will be governed by such third party’s privacy policy and terms of use.  Please review such third party policies and terms of use prior to providing any personal information as We have no control or obligation to control such third party’s collection, protection or use of your information.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that We collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
  • To contractors, service providers and other third parties We use to support our business.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Us about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have consented to/not opted out of these disclosures. These third party businesses may include providers of direct marketing service and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation and email marketing.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by Us when you provide the information.
  • With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements.
  • If We believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of AlarmPro.org, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
  • When you request quotes for the third party services referenced on this Website or request to be contacted by a third party vendor or Us concerning such services (in such cases, you are authorizing Us to share such information and permitting Us or such third party vendor to contact you by phone, SMS text messaging or mail). If you do not want further communication from third party vendors from whom you have requested a quote or services, please contact such third party vendors directly.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, AND WILL, PROVIDE YOU WITH LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY PURPOSE IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. IT IS AT YOUR SOLE DISCRETION TO ENTER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ON ANY OF THOSE VENDORS’ WEBSITES. ANY COMMUNICATIONS FROM THIRD PARTY VENDORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEBSITE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH VENDORS’ PRIVACY POLICY AND WE MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT SUCH VENDORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding your personal information. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. We provide you with links to third party advertisers.  It is in your sole discretion if you choose to provide your personal information on their websites.  If you do not want them to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by contacting them directly.
  • We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

If you want to delete any personal information you must directly contact the third party advertiser on whose form your personal information was submitted.  They may not accommodate a request to change information if they believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to info@alarmpro.org.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. We urge you to be careful about giving out information via User Contributions in public areas of the Website. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We do our best to protect your personal information, We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to or through our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after We make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. We do not post when any changes are made to our Privacy Policy.  The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact Us at info@alarmpro.org.

Last modified: 4/2013