ShoppeSimple™ Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains our information practices, defines your privacy options and describes how your information is collected and used by us, ShoppeSimple.
This policy covers the website at http://www.shoppesimple.com (the "ShoppeSimple Website"). The ShoppeSimple Website is owned and operated by RSSCheck, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Minnesota. Should you have privacy questions or concerns, send an email to privacy@shoppesimple.com or send a letter to us at the following address:
333 Washington Ave N Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55401
By using visiting the ShoppeSimple Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in the manner described in this policy. ShoppeSimple shall have right at any time and without prior notice, at its sole discretion, to revise this policy. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you at this ShoppeSimple Website, by email, by means of a notice the next time you log in to the ShoppeSimple Website, or by means of a notice on the ShoppeSimple Website homepage. Such revisions and additions shall be effective immediately upon notice. You are responsible for reviewing the ShoppeSimple Website periodically for any modification to this policy. Any access or use of the ShoppeSimple Website by you after notice of modifications to this policy shall constitute and be deemed to be your agreement to such modifications.
The Information We Collect
This policy applies to all information collected on the ShoppeSimple Website and any information you provide to ShoppeSimple. You will most likely provide us personal information to us when you register as a user of ShoppeSimple Website, purchase the services offered by ShoppeSimple or participate in certain ShoppeSimple promotions or events. The personal information we may ask you to submit includes: your name; passwords and user names that allow to use the ShoppeSimple services; mailing addresses; email addresses; phone numbers; and credit and debit card information.
Blogs, chatrooms, bulletin boards and product reviews
The ShoppeSimple Website may include blogs, chatrooms, bulletin boards, product reviews, or other message areas that allow users to post information to the ShoppeSimple Website. When you post messages, other site visitors can also view them. We urge you to exercise caution when providing personally identifiable financial or other information in the chatrooms, bulletin boards, product reviews or other message areas. Remember that any information you disclose in these areas becomes public information.
Our Collection of Your Data
In addition to the personal information you supply, we may collect certain information to evaluate how visitors, guests, and customers use the ShoppeSimple Website. We collect data to make the ShoppeSimple Website work better for you in the following ways: to improve the design of the ShoppeSimple Website, to provide personalization on the ShoppeSimple Website, and to evaluate the performance of our marketing programs. The technologies we may use to gather this non-personal information may include "IP" addresses, "cookies", "clear gifs", browser detection, and "weblogs".
How we use information
Our primary goal in collecting your information is to provide you with a personalized, relevant, and positive experience with the ShoppeSimple Website. ShoppeSimple will not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to others except as set forth in this policy.
You can register on the ShoppeSimple Website to receive promotions and updates, or to be contacted for market research purposes. You can control your privacy preferences regarding such marketing communications (see the section below entitled "Your Privacy Preferences").
From time to time, you may be invited to participate in optional customer surveys or promotions, and ShoppeSimple may request that you provide some or all of the above listed personal information in those surveys or promotions. We use information collected from surveys and promotions to learn about our customers in order to improve our services and develop new products and services of interest to our customers.
IP addresses define the Internet location of computers and help us better understand the geographic distribution of our visitors and customers and manage the performance of the ShoppeSimple Website. Cookies are tiny files placed onto the hard drive of your computer when you visit the ShoppeSimple Website, so we can immediately recognize you when you return to the ShoppeSimple Website and deliver content specific to your interests. You may modify your browser preferences to accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is set, or reject all cookies. Please consult your browser instructions for information on how to modify your choices about cookies. If you modify your browser preferences, certain features of the ShoppeSimple Website may not be available to you.
We may also use a technology called clear gifs. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with unique identifiers that are used to track emails and online movements, helping us understand what marketing campaigns and content are effective.
We may detect the type of web browser you are using to optimize the performance of the ShoppeSimple Website and to understand the mix of browsers used by our visitors, guests, and customers. To learn about how people use our site, we examine weblogs, which show the paths people take through the ShoppeSimple Website and how long they spend in certain areas.
ShoppeSimple may contract with unaffiliated third parties to provide services, such as software for features on the ShoppeSimple Website, customer communications, analyzing and evaluating the information we collect, and other services. When we do this, we may provide your personally identifiable information to third parties only to provide those services, and they are not authorized to use your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
Our Commitment to Data Security
Access to your data is limited to authorized ShoppeSimple staff or approved vendors. Although total security does not exist on the Internet, ShoppeSimple shall make commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard the information that you submit to ShoppeSimple.
Use of the ShoppeSimple Website by Children
The ShoppeSimple Website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13.
Your Privacy Preferences
When you sign up as a registered user of the ShoppeSimple Website or related services, ShoppeSimple may ask your permission to send you marketing communications such as e-mail newsletters, product and service updates, promotions, and contests. Our customers generally find these types of communications and materials useful. If you do not want to receive these communications or materials, you can always check the "Take me off the mailing list" box on the user registration page or you can use any of the following three methods: select the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email and follow the instructions; go to your "My Account" tab, select the "Profile" tab, select "Edit", select the appropriate box and click "Save"; or send an email to unsubscribe@shoppesimple.com.
How to Access or Correct Your Information
You can access and maintain your personally identifiable information on your "My Account" page. To protect your privacy and security, we require a user ID and password to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Disclosure of Information
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process. It is also possible that ShoppeSimple would sell all or substantially all of its assets and business. In any transaction of this kind, customer information, including your personally identifiable information, may be among the assets that are transferred. If we decide to so transfer your personally identifiable information, you will be notified by an email sent to the last know email address in our files and/or by notice posted on the ShoppeSimple Website.
The ShoppeSimple Website contains links to other websites. ShoppeSimple is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site, and to read the privacy statements of each web site that collects personally identifiable information. Some linked sites may be co-branded with our trademarks and those of our business partners. They may have the look and feel of www.shoppesimple.com, but the URL in your browser window will indicate that you are visiting a different site. This policy only applies to information collected by the ShoppeSimple Website.
