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1. COMMITING TO
PRIVACY 1.1 Your privacy
is important for us. Hawk Online is committed to
the privacy of all of its visitors. To
protect your privacy and
security, we provide this privacy
& security policy explaining
our online
information and
business practices. It identifies the type
of data and information Hawk Media L.L.C. collects
from
visitors, how we use and disclose it, and
the steps we take to secure your privacy.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
2.1 Hawk Media LLC collects
personal information when you
a) register for membership
with Hawk Online,
b) use Hawk Online products and
services,
c) visit www.hawkonline.com or our
associate websites
and
d) enter promotions or contests.
2.2 We may
also collect non-personal
information about your visit, such as the
domain name and the
name of the web page from which you entered
our site, how much time you spent on
each page, and
the
IP address associated with your computer.
This information is used
to improve the performance
and
operation of our website.
2.3 When you register for
membership with us, we ask for information such as
your
a) name,
b) company name,
d) country,
e) city,
f) phone numbers,
g) PO Box,
h) email address
and
i) website
2.4 For the delivery of
Hawk products we may also ask for your address and
location.
2.5 Hawk
Online automatically
receives and records
information on our server
from your browser,
including your IP address, Hawk Online cookie
information, and any page you
request.
2.6 Hawk
Online uses the information for the following
general
purposes:
a) to customize the advertising
and
content
b) to complete your requests for
products and
services
c) to improve our
services
d) to contact
you
e) and / or to provide statistical
reporting for internal and external customers.
3. ALTERING INFORMATION
3.1 You can edit your Hawk
Online account information at any time. By
becoming a member with us,
you agree
to receive select information from Hawk Media
L.L.C. and its partners/associate
companies.
4. INTERNET COOKIES ETC
4.1 We may
use cookies to innovate
and improve the content
delivered to you while you are
on our
website. Cookies do not contain or
capture any personal information
but it may capture
computer identification
information. Your decision to refuse cookies from
Hawk Online will not prevent
you from
using our site, but may limit your ability
to take advantage of some of our advanced
features.
4.2 Some
pages of the website may
use computer code called
"one-pixel gifs", "clear gifs" or
"Web
beacons" which are embedded
in web pages to monitor the activity on our
website. This
technology
does not capture or contain any of your personal
information.
5. ADVERTISERS & LINKS
5.1 The Hawk
Online website contains
advertisements from third-party
advertisers or provides links
to
external websites. Hawk Media L.L.C.
is not responsible for the
content or privacy practices of
other websites.
Our partners or advertisers may
use third parties to serve or present
the
advertisements that
appear on our website.
These third parties may place cookies
on your browser when you visit
Hawk Online. Any third party cookies are subject
to the privacy policy of the company that places
them.
6. INFORMATION DISCLOSED
6.1 Hawk Media L.L.C.
may use the information
about how visitors use
our web site and disclose
this
information with our
partners and related third
parties in order to improve our
website and attract
advertisers and sponsors. For example, we may
share how many individuals visit the website
and on
average how long they stay on each page. Such use
and sharing of the information does not
disclose
any
of your personal information to third parties.
6.2 Hawk Media L.L.C. does
not rent, sell, disclose
or share personal information about
you with other
people or nonaffiliated
companies except to
provide products, services,
or information you
have
requested, when we have your
permission, or under the following
circumstances:
a) In response to
subpoenas, court orders, or
legal process, or to establish or
exercise our legal
rights or defend against legal
claims.
b) When it is
necessary to share information in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding
illegal activities, suspected
fraud, situations
involving potential threats to
the physical safety of
any person, violations of our Terms and
Conditions (T&C), or as otherwise required by
law.
6.3 Hawk Media LLC does
not provide any personal information to the
advertiser when you interact
with or
view an advertisement.
7. SECURITY
7.1 Hawk Media
L.L.C. considers your
security seriously andacts with
steps to protect your
information
However, no data transmissions
over the internet is
guaranteed to be 100%
secure. We
cannot ensure
or warrant the security
of any information you transmit
to us and you do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your
transmission, we make
efforts to ensure security on our
systems.However, please
note that this is not a guarantee that such
information may not be accessed, disclosed,
altered
or destroyed by breach of any firewalls or
secure server software we may
employ. Hawk Media
L.L.C.
continues to evaluate and implement
enhancements in security
technology and practices;
however
we can only take steps to help reduce the
risks of unauthorized access.
7.2 By using this
website or providing personal
information to us, you agree that we can
communicate
with you electronically regarding security,
privacy and administrative issues relating to your
use of this
site.
8. SECURE SOCKET LAYER
8.1 Hawk Media L.L.C. uses SSL
(Secure Socket Layer) encryption
when you transmit information
such as
that related with payment. An icon
will be displayed on browsers
window during the
transactions using
credit cards and other modes of
payment. Any time Hawk Media L.L.C.
asks you for credit
card information
for payment or for
verification purposes on Hawk Online, the
information will be
accepted via
SSL encryption. The credit card information
you provide will not be stored
on the servers of
Hawk Media
L.L.C.
8.2 The information will be stored
on the servers of the payment
gateway provider which are secure
and
strictly compliant with relevant
norms. This is entirely
for security and safety
purposes. Once
you choose to
store or enter your credit card number on Hawk
Online, it will be used for one-time use only
and you will need to enter the credit card
information again during your subsequent payment
transaction.
9. SECURE STORAGE
9.1 Hawk Media L.L.C.
maintains physical,
electronic, and
procedural safeguards
that will protect
personal information about you.
10. POLICY
UPDATES 10.1 This
Privacy and Security Policy supersedes and
replaces all previously posted Privacy and
Security
Policies. Hawk Media L.L.C. reserves the
right to update this Privacy and Security Policy
to reflect
any changes
at any time.
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