Privacy Policy
Updated: September 5, 2018
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We are strongly committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience for all our users. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the holdings, sites, products, services or information owned and operated by Great Oracle Inc (GO); it does apply to other online or offline GO sites, products or services. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
Your Privacy Is Serious Business To Us!
The privacy of our visitors and members is very important to us. Since we do gather information about you, we provide this privacy statement to enable you to understand the terms and conditions associated with the collection of this data, as well as how we use it and how you can correct or change it. In addition, we make to you the following pledge:
The GO Privacy Pledge
The information we collect about your business will be used for purposes of site research and development in an effort to better serve your needs.
We will never contact you without your permission, and we will immediately terminate any communications with you upon request.
On This Page
- Collection of your Personal Information
- Use of your Personal Information
- Control of your Personal Information
- Security of your Personal Information
- Protection of Children’s Personal Information
- Use of Cookies
- Use of Web Beacons
- Changes to this Statement
- Contact Information
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested such as receiving information about GO products and services, entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site or service, signing up for an event or training, or when purchasing, downloading and/or registering GO products. The personal information we collect may include your name, title, company or organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information about your job function, information about your company, and credit card information.
The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the site, analyze trends and administer the site. Some of our sites collect information about your hardware and software in order to provide a requested service. Windows Update, for example, needs to know information about your computer in order to recommend needed operating system updates.
GO technical communities provide opportunities to interact with GO employees, experts, and your peers in order to share knowledge and news about GO products and related technologies. In order to avoid your e-mail address or other personal information from being gathered and used by others for inappropriate or harmful purposes, GO advises that you should be cautious about posting a real e-mail address or other personal information to newsgroups, chats, or other public forums. Read more about guidelines for safe use of GO technical communities.
Use of your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, GO may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related GO products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with GO, information collected by GO may be combined with information collected by other GO services.
We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information about other GO products and services, and/or share information with GO partners so they may send you information about their products and services.
We merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of GO, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won’t merge your personal information with site-visitation data.
When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional e-mail, GO may use customized links or similar technologies to track e-mail links that you click. We may associate that information with your personal information in order to provide you more focused e-mail communications or purchase information. Each e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication.
Some services GO holdings offer individuals the ability to publicly display certain personal information, such as for a GO partner who wishes to publish contact information as part of offering a business service. Participation in such services is always optional.
GO occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
GO may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on GO Holdings or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of GO and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of GO employees or agents, users of GO products or services, or members of the public.
Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which GO or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. GO abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of GO and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.
Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to GO in the context of other, separately operated, GO products or services.
GO may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. In some services offered by GO, contact with the customer is an intrinsic part of the service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service(s) you have chosen.
Security of your Personal Information
GO is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access, which are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Protection of Children’s Personal Information
GO is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the site’s features that you customized.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about GO Web site usage, such as how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a GO Web page, blog or a newsletter. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this or other Web sites you visit.
Cookies
All sites owned and operated by GO may use cookies. A cookie is a small data file written to your hard drive. Cookies allow us to understand user behavior so that we can more effectively develop information and programs to serve you better. Our third party ad serving company, Doubleclick, delivers a one-time cookie to your hard drive in order to better track ad impressions and click-through rates. Advertisers require information regarding ad impressions and click-through rates, and by providing them with this information, we are able to keep our sites FREE to our visitors.
GO site may use the services of DoubleClick for the serving and/or targeting of ads, promotions and other marketing messages. To do this, DoubleClick collects anonymous data through the use of cookies. To learn more about DoubleClick, including your ability to opt out of the DoubleClick system, go to http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy/default.asp?asp_object_1=&.
If you are concerned about the use of cookies, you have the option to set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or to turn off cookies entirely. The options to warn or disable cookies can be found in the “Options” or “Preferences” feature of your browser. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ENABLE COOKIES IN ORDER TO USE ANY SITE OWNED AND OPERATED BY GO
Use of Web Beacons
GO Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons – sometimes called single-pixel gifs – that allow GO to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. GO may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. Doing this allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views. GO prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal information.
Changes to this Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Electronic Newsletters
You can choose to subscribe to one of our FREE electronic newsletters. These newsletters are distributed through our list manager. WE ADHERE TO A DOUBLE OPT-IN STANDARD. To subscribe, simply check the box for each newsletter you wish to receive, provide your e-mail address and zip code and then submit. From time-to-time, you may be asked to provide additional information such as job title, number of employees, country of origin, and type of business. You will be sent a confirmation e-mail to verify your e-mail address and to assure that you wish to opt-in to the newsletter(s) chosen. YOU MUST RESPOND TO THIS CONFIRMATION E-MAIL IN ORDER TO BE SUBSCRIBED TO ANY NEWSLETTER(S). As a subscriber to our newsletter, you also agree to receive advertisements, promotions, and special communications from GO and its partners. You can remove yourself from our newsletter e-mail lists by simply following the “Unsubscribe” directions included in each newsletter you receive or by following the instructions at http://review.postmasterdirect.com. Please be assured that information you voluntarily give us will not be shared with any third party beyond our list manager, PostMasterDirect. To learn more about PostMasterDirect and view its privacy policy, go to http://www.postmasterdirect.com/pp.htm.
Special Offers
We periodically provide our members with information and valuable offers by e-mail. Subscription to these lists is completely voluntary, and you may unsubscribe at any time. LIKE OUR NEWSLETTERS, WE ADHERE TO A DOUBLE OPT-IN STANDARD. To subscribe, simply check the box for each category of interest, provide your e-mail address and zip code then submit. From time-to-time, you may be asked to provide additional information such as job title, number of employees, country of origin, and type of business. You will be sent a confirmation e-mail to verify your e-mail address and to assure that you wish to opt-in to the newsletter(s) chosen. YOU MUST RESPOND TO THIS CONFIRMATION E-MAIL IN ORDER TO BE SUBSCRIBED TO ANY NEWSLETTER(S). Offers you receive through this subscription will be identified in the message header as part of your participation in the GO list. To unsubscribe, simply follow the directions provided in the footer of the e-mail or by following the instructions at http://review.postmasterdirect.com. We want you to receive only those offers of interest to you. Please be assured that information you voluntarily give us will not be shared with any third party.
Message Boards & Public Postings
GO is not responsible for the information you volunteer about yourself in the course of discussions in our message boards or other forms of publicly accessible interaction.
Usage Reports
In order to better understand traffic patterns on any site owned and operated by GO, we analyze our site activity to obtain overall usage statistics. These usage statistics provide us with certain information obtained from data within the browser string (information contained in every user’s browser). Information we collect from the browser string includes domain name, browser type, and operating system and MIME type.
Links to Other Sites
Please be aware that when you are on GO or any site owned by GO, or when you receive an email message from us on behalf of a marketer according to permission granted through our opt-in process for newsletters and special offers, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control, such as the marketer’s site. There may be links to other sites from GO pages or from the email message we send to you that take you outside GO. These other sites may send their own cookies to visitors collect data or solicit personal information. The privacy policies of these other sites may be significantly different from this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites and cannot guarantee the security of any of your personal information collected there.
NOTICE: Click here for important information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission.
Pops
GO does serve pop advertisements to visitors upon entry and exit. The frequency of these pops is controlled by cookies, mentioned heretofore in this Privacy Policy. Although we do serve pop advertisements, you can choose to block these pop-up windows by using pop-up blocker software. There are many good pop-up blockers on the market. In order to obtain a pop-up blocker, you can view the list here at Download.com.
Security
Protecting the security of your personal information is very important to us. When we store information you have provided to us, that information is protected by security measures that include “firewalls” (a combination of computer hardware and software that helps keep unauthorized visitors from accessing information within our computer network), “intrusion detection systems” (a combination of computer hardware and software that helps detect any unauthorized visitors), “secure socket layer” (data encryption used when transmitting certain information such as personal information from a form or a transaction within SmallBizBooks.com or Free-Bookstore.com) and other security measures such as secure storage. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data repository can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while GO strives to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of your personal information.
Reporting Unsolicited E-mail
Despite our concerted efforts to prevent unsolicited (spam) e-mail relayed through GO servers, unsolicited e-mail may sometimes get through. GO NEVER sends unsolicited or spam e-mail. We view spam as a serious violation of privacy and a misuse of the Internet in general. If you receive an unsolicited e-mail with a domain of GO, please send it immediately to msc@masonicstampclub.com. Upon receipt of the email, we will do our utmost to track down the offender and take any actions necessary to stop spam messages.
Correcting Information
You can correct or update any information you have provided to GO by following the instructions in any electronic newsletter or offering we send or you may correct your information by sending an email to msc@masonicstampclub.com.
Deactivating
Any user receiving our electronic newsletter or who receives regular offers from our partners may opt out of our email list at any time by simply following the instructions to “Unsubscribe” within each newsletter or offering.
VISITORS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Our Web site and the servers that make this site available worldwide are located in the United States. All matters relating to these sites are governed by the laws of the State of New York in the United States. Any information you provide will be transferred to the United States. By visiting our sites and submitting information, you authorize this transfer.
Contact Information
GO welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that Keystone has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
In the Subject line type “Privacy Issue”
Or you can send US Mail to:
Privacy
GO
P.O. Box 2307
Hagerstown, MD 21741-2307