PROBIRT Privacy Policy
This describes the Privacy Policy of Michelle Williamson dba Probirt, ("Probirt " "we," or "us"), a Pennsylvania sole proprietorship, at the Probirt℠ website www.Probirt.com (the "Site"). Probirt wishes to protect the privacy of users to this Website and users of our on-line services.
This privacy policy details how Probirt collects and uses your personal information on the Site. We want you to understand the purposes and uses for our collection of personal information and how we obtain your consent to continue to collect, use, and disclose your personal information for those purposes and uses as set out below.
1. What personally identifiable information Probirt collects.
2. What personally identifiable information third parties collect through Probirt.
3. How Probirt uses the personal information.
4. With whom Probirt may share user information.
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the personal information.
6. What types of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information under Probirt's control.
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the personal information.
If you Have Questions about our Privacy Policy
If you have questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, first contact us at . If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry is not satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact us directly by writing to Probirt.com, PO Box 28, Annville, PA 17003.
Information Collection and Use Information Collection
Probirt is the sole owner of the information collected on the Site. Probirt collects personally identifiable information ("PII") from you and other users at the Site. To become a registered user, we ask you for:
1. your name,
2. email address,
3. mailing address, and
4. telephone number.
This information allows us to ensure that you are able to access and use our on-line services and for us to contact you regarding these services.
We may also ask you to voluntarily supply us with other non-PII information such as gender, birth year, and answers to survey questions that assists us in making the Site better meet the needs of its users.
In addition you will be billed via PayPal, which may ask for additional information to setup a PayPal account if you do not already have a PayPal account. PayPal is an eBay Company.
Account Name and Password
In order for you to use some aspects of this Site, you must choose a unique account name and password. The account name and password are associated with your email address. We use this account name and password to track your activities and to contact you about services on the Site.
Registration
In order to fully use this Site, you must register with the Site. During the registration process, you are required to give us an email address, an account name, and a password. We use this information to contact you at the email address to verify the contact information, and for the purposes of setting up a user account. After becoming a registered user, you must login to the Site using your account name and password to participate at the Site as a registered user.
Personally Identifiable Information
1. e-mail address,
2. password,
3. first name,
4. last name,
5. phone number, and
6. address.
We do not ask for or collect social security numbers or credit card information.
We may disclose PII if legally required to do so such as to protect our rights and property, take emergency action regarding personal safety or where required by operation of law. We do not voluntarily disclose your PII to others without your permission. We do not sell or rent your PII to third parties.
Other Site users will not be able to see any of your PII, unless you voluntarily choose to show it or make it available to the user community. If you choose to show your PII, you will disclose your email address, name, address, and phone number to others, and third parties may harvest this PII for their own uses. As a result, other users or third parties may be able to personally identify you or to use your PII for their own uses.
Information Use
We collect and use the information to process and deliver Site services, to facilitate the services requested by you and other users, to improve the services and features of the Site, to customize our services or delivery of information to you on the Site to make your use of the Site more effective and efficient, to resolve disputes, to troubleshoot problems and enforce this privacy policy. We automatically track certain information based on your use of the Site. We use this information to do internal research on our user's demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand the needs of our users. We may track information regarding the URL that you came from (whether from our site or not), which URL you may go to next (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser is being used and your IP address.
We use information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to improve our content and product offerings, and to customize our site's content, layout and services to better meet the needs of users. We collect information to generate statistics and aggregate reports for internal use only. These statistics and aggregate reports will not contain any personally identifiable information. Personal identity is kept anonymous.
We collect and use information from forum messages and works and data voluntarily uploaded to the Site by users. We also collect and use personal correspondence, such as emails or letters sent to us, or if other users or third parties send correspondence about your activities or postings on the Site.
The Site has specific sections, web pages, or services available to all users and other specific sections, web pages, or services available to registered users only.
Profile
We may store information that we collect through cookies, log files, and/or third parties to create your profile. A profile is stored information that we keep on you as a user that details your viewing and Site preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to your PII to improve the content and your use of the Site. This profile is used to tailor your visit to our Site and to direct pertinent communications from us to you. We do not share your profile with other third parties.
Throughout the site, you are identified by your account name. Other Site users members will not be able to see any of your "Profile" information, unless you choose to show it to the user community. If you choose to show your email address, you will disclose your email address to other users, and third parties may harvest your email address for their own uses. As a result, other users or third parties may send you unsolicited email and be able to personally identify your public activities on our site.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We may use cookies on the Site to help analyze our Web site flow, measure promotional effectiveness and promote trust and safety. We may offer certain features that are available through the use of a cookie. We may also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. Cookies may also be used in the future to help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies", meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in declining a cookie, you may not be able to use certain features of the Site and you may be required to re-enter your password more frequently during a session. See your web browser documentation to learn about controlling how your browser handles cookies.
We may allow external advertisements on our Site. We do not provide external advertisers with PII.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by us only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we may use log files. These includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to PII. IP addresses are tied to PII to enable our Web-based service.
Communications from the Site; Special Offers and Updates
We may communicate with you through email with respect to service-related announcements, changes to the Site, customer service, and for other Site-related information and updates.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Although we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on the Site.
Aggregate Information (non-PII)
We do not share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
Third Party Advertisers
We do not share Web site usage information about users with third party advertisers.
Sharing of Personal Information with Third Parties
We DO NOT share PII with third parties. You may choose to make your PII available to others through our Site.
Third Party Intermediaries
We use PayPal to process service fees related to the Site. PayPal processes payments for us and does not provide us with PII or credit card information related to PayPal use.
Business Transitions
In the event Probirt goes through a business transition, such as an incorporation, formation of a limited liability company, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via prominent notice on the Site for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section. We may disclose your personal information to your agent when in the reasonable judgment of Probirt a bona fide agency relationship exists between you and the agent.
We may disclose your personal information to a public agency or entity when in the reasonable judgment of Probirt there is imminent danger to person or property to which such disclosure would avoid or minimize the danger.
Choice/Opt-out
We do not use your personal information for other purposes other than related to our site. We would like to continue to have your consent for the purposes and uses of personal information as set out in this privacy statement; however, you may choose to refuse by not registering as a registered user or you may withdraw your prior consent by terminating your registration.
Links
The Site may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this Site.
We protect your personal information and your privacy by:
1. Only collecting your personal information for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.
2. Ensuring appropriate security measures are in place.
3. Ensuring appropriate confidentiality measures are in place for your personal information when dealing with third parties.
4. Requiring you to keep your personal information up-to-date.
5. Honoring your request for access to your personal information.
6. Not making your personal information available to others unless you voluntarily choose to make such information available to others.
If users have any questions about the security at our Site, please contact us at .
Credit Cards
We do not conduct credit card validation as all credit card processing for our products and services is undertaken by PayPal.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If your personal information changes (such as your name, email address or mailing address, or phone number), or if you no longer desire to be a registered user, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate your personal information by logging in and going to your account page or by emailing us at .
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this document on the Site. Changes in privacy policy are effective immediately upon posting.
If, however, we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via email at least 30 days prior to the change in policy and we will provide you with the ability to remove such information from our Site.