Agave Mountain, Inc. Privacy Policy
Below is the privacy policy that I hammered out tonight. Although certainly not required, I felt it necessary to tell our customers that we hold their personal information as something to be fiercely protected.
This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your personal information for our services on the Agave Websites. It applies generally to the AgaveMountain.com website and other related websites where this policy appears in the footer of the page. Some websites we operate may be governed by separate privacy policies. The policy that applies on any of our domains or subdomains is always the policy that appears in the footer of each website.
Our subsidiaries’ and joint ventures’ privacy practices are similar to those described in this Privacy Policy. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, we strive to provide a consistent set of privacy practices. By accepting the Privacy Policy and the User Agreement in registration, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and is otherwise effective on September 27, 2007.
Collection of Information
You can browse our sites without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. However, once you give us your personal information, you are no longer anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States.
We may collect and store the following personal information:
- email address, physical contact information, and (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information, such as credit card or bank account numbers;
- transactional information based on your activities on the sites;
- shipping, billing and other information you provide to purchase or ship an item;
- community discussions, chats, dispute resolution, correspondence through our sites, and correspondence sent to us;
- other information from your interaction with our sites, services, content and advertising, including computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data, IP address and standard web log information;
Marketing
We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety.
We may also share your personal information with:
- Members of our corporate family to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and provide joint content and services (for example, registration, transactions and customer support).
- Service providers under contract who help with our business operations (such as fraud investigations, and bill collection).
- Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service).
- Law enforcement or other governmental officials, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity. In such events, we will disclose information relevant to the investigation, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, User ID history, account history, and IP address.
- Other business entities, should we plan to merge with or be acquired by that business entity. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.)
Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy, we will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss or to report suspected illegal activity.
Security
Your information is stored on our servers located in the United States. We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. All personal information is encrypted for transport, and data which is deemed of a sensitive nature is also encrypted before storage to mitigate any damage that might be done in the unlikely event that hardware is stolen or our security systems are breached.
Conflict with Laws
Should any part of this policy come in conflict with the laws of the United States, States where we are qualified to do business and transacting business, or Countries where we are actively engaged in business, those laws will take precedence and we will comply to the fullest extent.
Privacy Policy Amendment
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on this site. All amended terms automatically take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site. In addition, we will notify you through email. If your questions are not answered online, you may write to us at: Agave Mountain, Inc. Attn: Global Privacy Practices, 1695 E County RD D #112, Maplewood, MN 55109.
