About SizzleFizzle.com
SizzleFizzle.com ("Site") is committed to protecting your on-line
privacy.We
also aim to providing you with the very best on-line experience.In order to enhance your experience at our site, we gather certain
personal information about you that helps us customize our content to your
tastes and preferences.
To
enrich our members' experience, we request and display some
personal information to other members and visitors.
Site
users visit the Site but do not transact business on the Site.Site members are registered users of the Site authorized to transact
business on the Site.
Site members
can change their profile information at any time.
This Privacy Policy will inform you of our policies in handling personal
information about our users and members and may change from time to time, so
please check back periodically.
SizzleFizzle.com cares deeply about online privacy. If you
have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please
email us at
privacy@SizzleFizzle.com.
What
personally identifiable information is collected?
Site collects some
generic information about the computers of its users, such as computer speed,
modem connection, and browser type to analyze trends, administer the site, and
gather broad demographic information.This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with
third-parties to provide more relevant services and
advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded
for security and monitoring purposes.
Site
collects additional information from its Members including the name and address
of the Member and other information requested on the Site's Member
Registration Form and "Contestant Materials" Submission Form.This information is collected in order to track and report to the Member
personalized information such as voting history and accumulated sweepstakes
entries.Some user Profile information including members' pictures, name, and city
and country of residence are displayed to people.
Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new
friends to join Site, and to send notifications related to
the service. We may also use a user's email address to
send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service.
Users may choose not to receive email of this type by using
the "unsubscribe" option at the bottom of such e-mails or by
writing to
privacy@SizzleFizzle.com.
Is
Submission of Personal Information Optional? Users are not required to submit personal information to use the Site.However, there are portions of the Site limited to Members only.Only Members may enter into transactions on the Site, including,
Submission of Contestant Materials and Voting.Submission
of personal information is required to become a Member.
Refer-a-Friend and other Communications to Non-members Site members can
invite friends to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. SizzleFizzle.com
does not store the email addresses that members provide and
simply sends the invitations using the Site's automated
system. You may prevent SizzleFizzle.com email
invitations and other messages from being sent to any email
address you control by sending an email to
privacy@SizzleFizzle.com.
Please note that the email must come from the account you
wish to block.
Use of Cookies SizzleFizzle.com uses cookies to
store visitors' preferences and to record session
information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors
are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to
customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content
based on browser type and user profile information. We do
not link the information we store in cookies to any
personally identifiable information you submit while on our
site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or
reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is
set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu
of your browser to learn how to change your cookie
preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from
SizzleFizzle.com in order to use most functions on the site.
Please note that Site allows 3rd party advertisers that are
presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and
access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of
cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the
Site Privacy Policy.
Links SizzleFizzle.com contains links to other
sites. SizzleFizzle.com is not responsible for the privacy
policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to
another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on
that site. Our privacy policy only governs information
collected on SizzleFizzle.com.
Can
a user delete or deactivate personal information collected by the Site?
SizzleFizzle.com users may modify or remove any of their
personal information at any time by logging into their
account and accessing the "Update Profile" page.
We provide users with a mechanism to delete/deactivate personal information from
the site's database upon request by contacting customerservice@SizzleFizzle.com.However, because of backups, and records of deletions, it may be
impossible to delete a user's entry without some residual information.
Email Choice/Opt-out Members who no longer wish
to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by
clicking on the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any such
newsletter or notification.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by
SizzleFizzle.com or one of our Web advertising partners. Our
Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies
allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time
they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad
servers may compile information about where you, or others
who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and
determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows
an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they
believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy
statement covers the use of cookies by SizzleFizzle.com and
does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security SizzleFizzle.com member accounts are
secured by member-created passwords. SizzleFizzle.com takes
precautions to ensure that member account information is
kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member
information that is stored within our database, and we
restrict access to member information to those employees who
need access to perform their job functions, such as our
customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note
that we cannot guarantee the security of member account
information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software
failure, and other factors may compromise the security of
member information at any time.
How
the information is used?
We use personal information to customize the Site, to make appropriate service
offerings to you, to track voting history and progress of Contestant Submissions,
and Contest results.We
will email you about the Site, about research, purchase and selling
opportunities on the Site or related to the subject matter of the Site.We also use personal information to contact you in response to specific
inquiries you have made to us, or to provide you with specific information and
services you have requested or agreed to be notified about. We may share aggregated information about our users, including the
demographics of our users and Members with our Directors, Members, Agencies and
third party vendors. We will only share personal information about you with
third parties if you have permitted us to do so.
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement,
Site will not disclose personal information to any third
party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to
conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena,
search warrant or other legal process received by
SizzleFizzle.com, whether or not a response is required by
applicable law; (2) to enforce the SizzleFizzle.com Terms of
Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect
the safety of members of the public and users of the
service. Site reserves the right to transfer personal
information to a successor in interest that acquires rights
to that information as a result of the sale of Site or
substantially all of its assets to that successor in
interest.
What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes? From
time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy. If
we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users
aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we
may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the
policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have
been posted. If, however, we are going to use users'
personally identifiable information in a manner materially
different from that stated at the time of collection we will
notify by posting a notice on our Web site.
Chat
Rooms, Forums, and Message Boards.Users
are warned that disclosing personally identifiable information online through
Chat Rooms, Forums, and Message Boards makes the information submitted public
information; such disclosure may increase the chance of receiving "spam" or
unsolicited email.Users should be
extra careful and to use their discretion when disclosing information online.
This
Site is not directed at children.
Members are required to be thirteen years or older. Contestants are
required to be 18 years and older.
Consent.
By your use of our web site, you consent to the use of your
personal information as expressed in this privacy policy. We reserve the
right to amend this privacy policy at any time, with any such change in the
policy effective immediately on the posting of the revised policy on this Site.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Web site,
please contact us at
privacy@SizzleFizzle.com.
