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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This SwooperDeal privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") is to inform you (the "User") of the policies and practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information you may submit to us through SwooperDeal registration and purchases. This Privacy Policy includes, among other items, personal information (your "Personal Information") that may identify you personally name, e-mail address, used identification number and other non-public information that is associated personally with you, and information that is not associated or personally linked to you and does not permit your personal identification.

User Consent Terms and Conditions

Your use and participation in SwooperDeal includes your agreement and acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and the storage and processing of your Personal Information and other information to transmit. Your Personal Information and other information may be stored and processed in the United States as well as other nations, in which laws may be more or less restrictive. Regardless of where stored or processed, SwooperDeal will not use or disclose your Personal Information for which you have not given consent or which disclosure would not be permitted by law.

Must Be Over 18

By using SwooperDeal you are representing that you are at least 18 years of age. No one under the age of 18 years can participate in SwooperDeal. If SwooperDeal discovers that anyone using SwooperDeal is under the age of 18 years, that person"s account will be closed and steps will be taken to remove that person"s Personal Information from SwooperDeal"s databases.

Personal Information Provided By Users

Personal Information voluntarily provided by the User is collected and stored by SwooperDeal, such as your name, email address and password of the User"s choice. Information voluntarily provided for updates, edits and personalization of User"s accounts are collected and stored by SwooperDeal. To provide more personalized service, from time to time SwooperDeal may request that you provide additional information, such as your birth year, gender, zip code and other demographic information, which you may volunteer to provide. SwooperDeal may collect User information from social network websites, as well as "Friends" information from social network websites. As an example, SwooperDeal may collect your user identification profile information that you permitted to be displayed through SwooperDeal in order to display you as a friend or in association with your profile. Of necessity, SwooperDeal collects your credit card information or other payment form information for payment of purchases you make.

Personal Information From Other Sources

Swooper may obtain your Personal Information from other sources with which you have registered or enrolled, from business entities providing offerings through SwooperDeal, and other third parties. This information may be combined with other Personal Information in the records of SwooperDeal.

Email

Information in emails, attachments and feedback forms is collected by SwooperDeal. SwooperDeal may use your full name and email address if you send email notification to a friend through SwooperDeal or the social network through which you connected to SwooperDeal. Your full name and email address may also be used to contact you on behalf of friends, or notifications from a social network or other website with whom you have registered to receive such notifications. Your name and email address will also be used by SwooperDeal to contact you, unless you have notified SwooperDeal of your preference to no longer receive promotional communications as more fully described below.

Information Received Through Technology

User information may also be passively collected and stored on the server logs of the service providers of SwooperDeal. This information may include, among other transmitted items, User internet protocol address, browser and operating system. SwooperDeal may also use "cookies" and other navigational data, such as Uniform Resource Locators ("URL") to gather information such as the date and time of your connection, the information for which you searched and viewed, and which SwooperDeal advertisements you showed an interest in, so that SwooperDeal can tailor its services to meet you selections. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer while you are viewing a website. SwooperDeal may use both "Session Cookies", which close when you close your browser, and "Persistent Cookies", which remain on your computer until intentionally deleted. For full use of SwooperDeal, your web browser must accept "Cookies". Additionally SwooperDeal may enable advertisers and advertisement servers to promote third-party products and services by placing advertisement on SwooperDeal. This may include the use of "Cookies" and "Web Beacons (typically small transparent graphic images) to monitor information related to those advertisements. Users clicking on those advertisements will be directed to a third-party website and advertiser.

THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT COVER THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF ANY ADVERTISER OR AD SERVER TO WHICH USERS MAY CONNECT. RESTRICTED USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Personal Information collected by SwooperDeal is used by SwooperDeal to better provide Users with the SwooperDeals they may desire and to more effectively manage the process between Users and advertisers. SwooperDeal may share the content preferences and other information with the User"s social network, utilized by the User for contact with SwooperDeal, and with those advertisers, business entities and persons as requested by the User. Except as specifically stated in this Privacy Policy, SwooperDeal does not sell, trade, rent, otherwise disclose, to third parties, User"s Personal Information with third parties, without specific authorization by the User.

SwooperDeal may provide your Personal Information to third-party service providers who on behalf of SwooperDeal and with SwooperDeal provide some of the services and features of SwooperDeal, and help with communications with Users. As a condition of providing your Personal Information, each third-party provider must agree not to use Personal Information except as reasonably necessary to provide the relevant service to SwooperDeal. SwooperDeal may share some or all Personal Information, except credit card information) with merchants whose SwooperDeals you have purchased, for their related purposes and to provision the SwooperDeal. Examples of such services include analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, sending emails, and processing payments (including credit card payments)

IF YOU DO NOT WANT SWOOPERDEAL TO USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED ABOUT YOU IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MAY NOT USE SWOOPERDEAL.

SwooperDeal may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information that deletes information which would otherwise identify you. This is for statistical and analytical purposes. Anonymous Information can be disclosed to and used by contractors, advertisers and other entities at the sole discretion of SwooperDeal.

In the event of a merger by SwooperDeal, the acquisition of SwooperDeal by another entity, a similar business entity change, sale of all or a portion of its assets, your Personal Information may be one of the assets transferred. Such transfer shall be permitted by this Privacy Policy. You will be notified of such change and may terminate you SwooperDeal account and usage as provided below. Additionally, your Personal Information may be disclosed if SwooperDeal, in its sole discretion, determines that such disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process or to protect and defend the rights and property of SwooperDeal, its Users or third-parties. Such disclosure is allowed and is not a violation of this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information Viewed By Others

Protection of your Personal Information is a goal of SwooperDeal. Users are in control of what information is provided to SwooperDeal and what information Users provide to others. Each User is responsible for choosing what information is to be submitted and what information is to be open to others. When you use SwooperDeal, certain information you provide, such as your name, your profile, your comments and your reviews, may be available to other Users and posted on portions of SwooperDeal that are available to the public, through public forums, social media applications and similar websites in which you choose to participate. If you choose to disclose Personal Information, when posting comments or other information through SwooperDeal, the information you post will become available to the public and may be collected by others, even those outside the SwooperDeal community. You, not SwooperDeal, are responsible for your disclosures of your Personal Information.

Links To Other Websites

SwooperDeal may contain links to other websites, which you may choose to visit. SwooperDeal has no control over other websites and is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices or content of other websites. You are encouraged to reach the privacy policy and terms of service of every other website you visit. Links to other websites are for your convenience and SwooperDeal does not endorse other websites, third parties, their products, services and content. The SwooperDeal Privacy Policy applies only to SwooperDeal, not to information collected by other websites and operators.

Your Personal Information Choices

At SwooperDeal, you have choices concerning the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information. At any time you may request that SwooperDeal end future contacts for marketing purposes. Promotional communications will include an "opt out" process to unsubscribe and you may also request the termination of promotional communications by sending your request to support@SwooperDeal.com. You may obtain a copy of your Personal Information by sending your request to support@SwooperDeal.com. A reasonable fee may be charged for this service. If incorrect information is included in your Personal Information, you should immediately request a change; you are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide to SwooperDeal. You may update your Personal Information by editing it on the profile settings page of the SwooperDeal website.

Regardless of your submitted email marketing preferences, SwooperDeal may send you administrative emails, such as notice of changes in Terms of Service and in Privacy Policy and confirmation of transactions.

Feedback Disclosure

SwooperDeal may use and disclose feedback from Users, for any purpose, provided the feedback is not associated with the User providing the feedback. Feedback can be accumulated and compiled for SwooperDeal"s purposes. All feedback and emails from Users become the property of SwooperDeal, and, if used to improve, expand or modify the services or policies of SwooperDeal, no royalties, leases, or other compensation will be paid to any user for such use.

Security

In its commitment to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure, SwooperDeal uses a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures. However, neither SwooperDeal nor any other service provider can guarantee that there will never be a security breach.

Contact and Policy Revisions

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time, without prior notice, at the discretion of SwooperDeal. If SwooperDeal makes changes in the use or Personal Information, SwooperDeal will post a notice on its website, describing change. Future use by you will be acknowledgement of your acceptance of such change. If you are unwilling to accept each change posted, you should immediately stop using the SwooperDeal website and notify SwooperDeal to close your SwooperDeal account.

Last Updated: November 9, 2010