thoughtfulguy.com Privacy Policy

Last Updated October 1, 2009

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using thoughtfulguy.com, you accept this Privacy Policy.

Information we collect

We might collect personal information that can identify you such as your name, email address, mailing address. We might also collect and store personal information about your Recipients and other persons you identify through your use of the site.

We might also collect information from your computer and about your activities on thoughtfulguy.com. When you visit our thoughtfulguy.com, we may assign your computer cookies to facilitate access to our site and to personalize your experience.

How we use the information we collect

We might use information we collect to deliver the products and services that you order, permit a Partner to deliver products and services you order and/or otherwise manage your orders, manage your account, provide you with customer support, perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, the products and services we offer, enforce our Membership Terms, and manage our business generally.

With whom we share your information

We will not share the personal information you provide to us regarding you or a Recipient or anyone else you identify through the use of our site unless we are required by law or court order or as described in the preceding section. We will endeavor to have a written agreement with each Partner that requires that Partner to use the information about you that we provide to service your orders only. Partners might also have their own privacy policies that describe how they use and disclose personal information. Those policies might govern Partner’s use, handling and disclosure of your personal information once we have shared it with those third parties as described in this Privacy Policy.

Aggregated and non-personal information

We may share aggregated and non-personal information we collect for any lawful purpose.

How you can access your information

If you are Member, then you may review and update your personal information online by logging into your account. You may choose to remove your account at any time by contacting us. After you close your account, you will not be able to sign in to our website or access any of your personal information. You may open a new account at any time after you have deleted your account, consistent with the Membership Terms. If you delete your account, we may still retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce our terms and conditions, take action we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our web site or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. If we have already provided personal information to a Partner prior to your action to modify or delete your account, then retention of that information might be subject to Partner's policies.

How we protect your personal information

We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they may do so only for permitted business functions. In addition, we use encryption in the transmission of your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, and we use firewalls to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal information. We want you to feel confident using our website to transact business. However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or other communications will always remain secure. Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email.

Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission's website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.

Forum Postings

We may provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others. These postings are governed by our Membership Terms. In addition, these postings might appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. For example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages. We cannot control who reads your posting or what other users may do with the information you voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to your personal information.

Children's Privacy

Our website is a general audience site and we will not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address you most recently provided us in your account, profile or registration (unless we do not have such an email address), and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our website. We recommend that you check our website from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information-handling practices please contact us by e-mail at john@thoughtfulguy.com.