Consumer privacy is one of the most important concerns facing the database marketing industry right now. It affects us, and it affects you and how you communicate with your consumers. At MBS, we are committed to protecting the privacy of users of the www.mbsinsight.com Web site, just as we protect the privacy of all of our clients' data. It is integral to the way we do business, online and off.
MBS is the sole owner of the information collected on this Web site. We have adopted this privacy statement to describe our information practices and allow you to make an informed choice about the uses of personally identifiable information we collect from this Web site. By visiting or using this Web site, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement.
Effective Date: July 27, 2001
Information We Collect
You can visit and browse mbsinsight.com without revealing any personally identifiable information. We collect only information that you choose to send us, including your contact information (for example, your postal address or phone number) and any information contained in your communication.
If you choose to register with MBS as a user of this Web site, we collect personal data through a registration process, as well as when you use National Change of Address ("NCOA") service and other online services at mbsinsight.com.
The personal information we collect may include your first and last name, email address, user name, password and any topics of interest you select on the Web site. We also request your company name, title, postal address, and telephone number, but this information is optional.
Registered users are granted access to select content and site features that are unavailable to unregistered users. For instance, if you purchase NCOA services through MBS, then we also collect order information as required by the United States Postal Service, customer identification, tax identification, and telephone number, and credit card numbers. For further details of the NCOA service, please click here.
Use of Information
The personal information collected through the registration process is used to provide you with a more personalized experience while you are on our site. We may use your contact information to send you periodic messages and updates about new white papers, articles, products and Web site features as either online or offline communications. To choose to opt-out of this notification at any time, please see the "Choice/Opt-out" section below.
NCOA Service
Any information collected for the NCOA service is used to provide this service and process your transactions for a renewable one year period. The order information collected is maintained and retained in our databases. We may notify and inform you of the option to renew your account with us. To choose to opt-out of this notification at any time, please see the "Choice/Opt-out" section below. For further details of the NCOA service, please click here.
Disclosure of Information
We do not share your personal information with unaffiliated third parties for their use in marketing directly to you. We may use unaffiliated service companies to help us maintain and operate our Web site or for other reasons related to the operation of our business. We require these service-related companies to take steps to maintain the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information they may receive from us, and require them to use such information only for legitimate business purposes. We may also disclose personally identifiable information about you in connection with legal requirements, such as in response to an authorized subpoena, governmental request or investigation, or as otherwise permitted by law. Finally, as our business develops, we may sell or buy corporate assets, and in such transactions customer information may be one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that MBS, or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information may be one of the assets transferred in such acquisition.
Use of Cookies
A "cookie" is a small text file that is placed on your computer's hard drive to collect information about your activities on a site. The cookie transmits this information back to the Web site's computer that is the only computer that can read it. Most people do not know that cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit Web sites. If you want to know when cookies are being placed on your computer, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a Web site attempts to place a cookie on your computer.
MBS uses cookies that contain your login information to allow you to login automatically when you access the MBS Web site. To disable this cookie, uncheck the "remember me" option on this screen: http://www.mbsinsight.com/account_siteprefs.asp
External Links
This Web site contains links to other Web sites and information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on this Web site. MBS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when you are leaving this Web site and read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption software to encrypt and protect the information (such as credit card information) that you submit to us over the secure portions of our Web site. While on a page that supports encryption, the lock icon that appears at the bottom of many Web browsers (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator) appears locked.
MBS restricts access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you and to those whom you have authorized access to such information. All MBS employees with access to your information are instructed to adhere strictly to this Privacy Statement. Please be aware, however, that any email you send through the Internet cannot be completely protected against unauthorized interception. Accordingly, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, and you must do so at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we use commercially reasonable efforts to protect its security.
Children's Privacy
This Web site is designed for use by persons aged 13 or older. We do not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If we, nevertheless, receive personally identifiable information from an individual who indicates that he or she is, or whom we otherwise have reason to believe is, under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our systems.
Choice/Opt-Out
You are the one in control of your personal information and preferences. If you choose to change your information and/or if you do not want us to use your personal information to send you periodic messages and updates as either online or offline communications, you can do so easily. To change your preferences or opt-out of communications at any time, follow this link: http://www.mbsinsight.com/account_siteprefs.asp, or send an email to webmaster@mbsinsight.com.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
MBS reserves the right to amend, restate, modify or supplement this Privacy Statement at any time. If we make a material change to this Privacy Statement, we will post notice of and information on our homepage and a link to the new policy. If such change materially alters the personally identifiable information we collect, the methods in which we use it, or the circumstances under which it may be disclosed, we will provide a method for you to opt out at that time.
Questions or Concerns Regarding This Privacy Statement
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement or our privacy practices, or if you believe that we are not abiding by the terms of this Privacy Statement, please contact us at webmaster@mbsinsight.com.
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Phone: 631.851.5000