Ecobly.com Privacy Policy

The terms “we”, “us”, and “ecobly.com” refer to Ecobly, LLC. The terms “you” and “your” refer to you, as an ecobly.com user. Ecobly.com is committed to openly disclosing policies about the collection, use, maintenance, disclosure and security of user information. The term “personal information” means information that you provide to us which personally identifies you to be contacted, such as name, phone number, email address, and any other data that is tied to such information.

This privacy policy does not apply to any third party websites connected to ecobly.com through the membership directory or advertising links.

Ecobly.com uses personal information about its Web site users for specific purposes, outlined herein. We will not share member information with third parties unless we tell users about the disclosures in this Privacy Policy or through other means, have prior consent, or when required by law.

Use Policy: Ecobly.com only gathers personal information from members that they volunteer in order to join the site or participate in website activities. We disclose, at the time of collection, how the information will be generally used by us. Personal information is used to maintain user profiles, provide tailored information about ecobly.com or its partners to members, and to help us respond to information requests.

In addition to personal contact information, we also record information regarding your use of ecobly.com, such as searches you undertake and what members or advertisers sites you click to. We use services such as Google Analytics to collect information about user habits so we can provide the best level of service to users and our members. We also aggregate this data to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of ecobly.com. You cannot be identified from this aggregate information.

Disclosure Policy: We do not disclose personal information to anyone outside of Ecobly.com except as described in this policy or in our other disclosures on our website. If certain data is needed by outside contractors, such as consultants or auditors, we will ensure these uses are consistent with this privacy policy. All outside vendors must agree to protect this information, only use it for the intended purpose and destroy the information when the task is accomplished.

Ecobly.com might be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid legal process such as a subpoena, search warrant or court order.

It is possible that we may need to disclose certain information to ensure the security of our Web site, to protect its integrity, or to take precautions against potential liability. In any of these situations, we will take any reasonable steps to limit the scope of the data disclosed.

We collect information from our individual and business members to facilitate our relationship, provide further information and continue to improve and upgrade the site. This information is password protected, and we will take all reasonable steps to protect the information you provide to ecobly.com. Users provide data and the data is used in these ways:

• Feedback. Users may email, call or mail Ecobly.com. To do so, users are asked to provide certain personal information to facilitate these communications, including the user’s name, email address, phone number or postal address. We will use this information to respond effectively to the feedback, request or concern.
  
• Memberships.
  
  
  • Individual Members: To join ecobly.com and use the site’s full features, individual members (“shoppers”) will be asked for certain personal information to create a profile. This information may include the user’s name, email address, phone number, demographic information, password and postal address. This information is used to process your membership and to provide relevant information, such as to generate an auto-email in response to joining. Individual Members will be able to edit settings which allow for opting out of subsequent email, e-newsletters, mail or phone contact.
    
    
  • Business Members: To join ecobly.com and use the site’s full features, business members are asked to provide business information throughout the application process. This information may include staff contact information, product information, company information, website, and manufacturing information. This information is used to assess criteria necessary to qualify for the ecobly directory. It will also be used to contact the business by email, phone and mail regarding membership, regional opportunities and news about ecobly.com. We recognize that some business information may be confidential and proprietary and will keep this information private and confidential if it is specifically marked as “Confidential” by the business member. We may analyze this data to report trends, inform marketing decisions and serve our members, and may be reported in aggregate. Individual company information will not be shared except under the conditions outlined in this agreement.
    
    
• Surveys. We may survey users on our site or through a third party (such as SurveyMonkey.com) and may ask for personally-identifying information through the survey. This information will be used to analyze the survey results or respond to requests made in the survey, unless clearly stated at the point of data collection.
  
  
• Blogs. To post a comment on the blog, you must be a member of ecobly.com. Your selected username will appear with any comments on an ecobly.com blog along with your comments. Ecobly.com may contact you to follow up on a question or concern, or we may use your comment in other public materials (such as an e-newsletter, featured elsewhere on the site or in press materials.) If your comment is pertinent to a specific business member or category of businesses, we will notify those members and direct them to the public blog posting.
  
  
• Partner or Off-Site Activities. Ecobly.com may partner with business members or advertisers to provide information about sales, promotions, regional events or other particular information to members. This information may be shared with all members or specific interested groups. It may be necessary to share personally identifiable information in order to fulfill requests (for example, if a company provides coupons or merchandise, we will share the contact information of the “winners.”) Users will be notified before participating in any activity that their information may be shared with business partners under this arrangement. Ecobly.com is not responsible for that data once released to a third party. We may collect identifying information through tradeshows, advertisements or direct mail. We will use name, email, mail or phone contact information to follow up on specific activities or to promote the site in general. Those who supply this information will be able to “opt out” at point of collection.

All our employees and processors who have access to the personal data of users will be advised of the confidentiality afforded by this Privacy Policy.

Ecobly.com follows industry standards and uses common tools to ensure a high level of service and a reliable site. While we work to ensure the security of personal information, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and some of these tools and techniques may affect your privacy concerns.

As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Ecobly.com uses cookies only when appropriate, and we never use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie from us.

We may use any information we collect as you participate in ecobly.com in order to investigate, enforce, and apply our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Ecobly.com may maintain standard Web logs or third party analysis software such as Google Analytics that record basic information about visitors to our Web site. These logs contain:

• The Internet domain from which you came to our Web site.
• Your IP address. An IP address is a series of numbers which uniquely identifies your connection to the Internet.
• The type of browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (e.g., Windows 98) you use.
• The date and time you visited the site, and the pages you saw.

We use this information to help improve our Web site and identify popular features. We do not try to identify individuals from Web logs or to link Web logs to other user information. If someone ever tries to damage our Web site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way, we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies. Ecobly.com may provide aggregate information such as the number of users who visit particular pages of the site, or the number of people who link to certain external sites from our site, to other parties.

Ecobly.com does carry advertising on some of its sites and provides links to other sources of information which we believe may be of interest to site visitors. We have no control over the content of the sites to which we link in Ecobly.com’s sites and these sites may have different privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. When you click through to other Web sites, you may get cookies directly from them. Ecobly.com does not see or use these cookies, and we do not control how other sites use cookies.

Ecobly.com’s features and services will change over time and our information-gathering practices and policies may also change.

We will always maintain our philosophy of protecting user information from inappropriate uses and disclosures. This Privacy Policy will be updated periodically to include any change that materially affects the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personal information.

Other changes to this privacy policy statement that reflect refinements, improvements, updates, and new features will be made as appropriate and posted as soon as possible. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will be posted on the site with a date stamp indicating when it was updated. If another company acquires our company or our assets, that company will possess your personal information, and will assume the rights and obligations with respect to that information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Although Ecobly.com has no programs or utilities to collect information other than those which have been outlined in this Privacy Policy, you may request in writing any personal information about you that we hold, or correct or amend information about you if it is inaccurate.

The ecobly.com site is hosted by AdHost in Seattle, Washington. All data is protected by Adhost’s certified safe facility. You can read more at www.adhost.com.

Ecobly.com will work with users to resolve any complaints about our privacy policies or practices.

If you have a complaint about our privacy and fair information practices policy or about our implementation of the policy, you may contact us. Ecobly.com will try to resolve any problems that arise in a fair and prompt manner.

If you want to view your personal information, send a written letter to:
ecobly.com
attn: privacy
P.O Box 70366
Seattle, WA 98127

and detail your request. We will make every reasonable attempt to collect and send your information to you. If you cancel your membership and/or your membership expires, ecobly.com will remove all of your information from the public website, but will maintain a record of pertinent data in the event you rejoin or for our historic records.

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