Last
Updated: July 20, 2005
PortalToHealing.com
strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet
technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail
address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms
of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your
email address to any unauthorized third party. Period."
How
We Gather Information From Users
How we collect
and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the
activities in which you elect to participate and the services
provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information
when you register for access to certain portions of our site or
request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make
a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in
sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other
interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, PortalToHealing.com
also collects information automatically and through the use of
electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For
example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider
or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information
from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your
user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that
information each time you visit, or may control the number of
times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting
our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather
information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose
not to provide us with information, for example by setting your
browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be
unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked
to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able
to customize the site’s features according to your preferences.
What
We Do With The Information We Collect
Like other
Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and
deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect
your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated
Information (information that does not personally identify you)
may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information
about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from
other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn
which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive).
Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers
and business partners. Again, this information does not include
any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone
to identify you individually.
We may use
Personally Identifiable Information collected on PortalToHealing.com
to communicate with you about your registration and customization
preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy; services
and products offered by PortalToHealing.com and other topics we
think you might find of interest.
Personally
Identifiable Information collected by PortalToHealing.com may
also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to
site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce
transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and
other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide
technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting
service for example) may access such information. We will use
your information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time
to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy,
merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions,
user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also
disclose your information in response to a court order, at other
times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law,
in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us,
and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate
or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior
to disclosure in such cases.
Links
To Other Web Sites
PortalToHealing.com
expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the
privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including
our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers
accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data
collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit
to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a PortalToHealing.com
page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a
third party. Also, through PortalToHealing.com you may be introduced
to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features, contests
or sweepstakes offered by other parties. PortalToHealing.com is
not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties.
You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third
parties when providing information on a feature or page operated
by a third party.
While on our
site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties
may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some
of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example,
some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include
cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have
seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available
on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may
use cookies or other technology to gather information. PortalToHealing.com
does not control the use of this technology by third parties or
the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions
or policies of such third parties.
You should
also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable
Information on message boards or in chat areas, that information
can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third
parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages
from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond
the control of PortalToHealing.com and this policy.
Children
Visiting This Web Site
PortalToHealing.com
does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable
Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted
by law. If we discover we have received any information from a
child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that
information immediately. If you believe PortalToHealing.com has
any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact
us at the address listed below.
Contacting
Us
If you would
like to contact our office, we would like to hear from you. Simply
call our office directly at (949) 722-6797 during the hours of
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Pacific
Standard Time and we will be glad to assist you..
Changes
To This Policy
PortalToHealing.com
reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check
this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our
site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean
you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time
any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws
that applied at the time the information was collected.
Governing
Law
This policy
and the use of this Site are governed by California law. If a
dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve
it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following
location: Orange County, California. Any costs and fees other
than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared
equally by each of us.
If it proves
impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through
mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration
at the following location: Orange County, California, under the
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the
award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court
with jurisdiction to do so.
PortalToHealing.com
is controlled, operated and administered entirely within California.
This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended
to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in
or on behalf of any party.