BPOMS Privacy Policy
Web4, inc is a division of BPO Management Services Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOM). This privacy
policy applies to our U.S. and global operations pertaining to all products
and services provided within the BPOMS family of businesses.
Privacy Statement
BPOMS takes your privacy very seriously. As we gather information
about our users, we want to help you understand the terms and conditions
surrounding the collection procedure and use of that information. This
privacy statement discloses the type of information we gather, how we
use the information, and how to correct or change the information. These
privacy practices apply to the website that you were previously viewing
when you clicked through to this policy, which is operated by BPOMS.
1. BPOMS Collected Information.
BPOMS's goal in collecting personal information is to provide you
with content and efficient services. Since BPOMS promotes quality
services, collecting information is critical for maintaining the level
of service we promote to our users.
BPOMS collects personally identifiable information when you provide
it to us, such as when you register for our email services or when you
purchase certain products or services, such as our prepaid phone cards.
Once you register for one of our services, you are no longer anonymous
to us.
2. How BPOMS Collects Information.
Cookies
Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" that
stores small amounts of data on your computer whenever you visit our
website. However, cookies do not provide us with your personal information
unless you provide it to us. Cookies activation is not necessary to
peruse our website, although certain web pages of our website may require
cookies. Alternatively, you may elect not to allow the collection of
your information through cookies by exercising options on your browser.
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Web Trends
BPOMS uses software known as "Web Trends" that permit us to
track online user traffic patterns. BPOMS's web servers also obtain
and archive information from your browser, including your IP address and
the time you visited a particular web page on our website
The information that BPOMS tracks is collected in a myriad of ways,
including, but not limited to the following:
- Monitoring the number of return visits to our various
websites or our advertiser's sites.
- Determining which websites our users frequent the most.
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Third-Party
Advertisement Placement
Some of BPOMS's advertisers may use third-party companies to place their
advertisements on our website. Often, these third-party advertising companies
utilize cookies and Web Bug technology to measure advertisement traffic
and productivity. BPOMS does not give any of your personal information
to the third-party advertising companies as part of this relationship. Use
of third-party tracking technology is subject to the privacy policies of
the third-party advertising companies.
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3. How BPOMS
Uses Your Personal Information.
BPOMS uses the personal information we obtain from you for the following
uses:
To update the content on our websites for the benefit of our users.
To track information to determine performance for each web page based upon
online user demographics and traffic to specific web pages.
To fulfill your requests for our products and services such as our prepaid
phone cards and travel services.
To provide you with information about topics of interest that you have expressed
desire to be informed and notified.
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4. Conditions
Which BPOMS Shares Your Personal Information.
Personal Information
BPOMS will share your personal information with third parties only under
the following conditions:
- You consent and permit us to share the information
with third parties
- We have contracted with a third party to work with
or on behalf of BPOMS to provide products or services requested by
you, such as opt-in e-mail announcements.
- In the event you use co-branded services displayed
on the various pages of our website, you grant us permission to pass
your registration information back to our co-branded partner. The utilization
of information by the co-branded partner is based upon the privacy policies
of the co-branded partner.
- In the event we are required by lawful process to respond
to subpoenas, court orders, or any other legal process, we will share
your personal information with the applicable governmental or law enforcement
agency.
- In the event we reasonably believe that your actions
violate or threaten to violate applicable laws, BPOMS's Terms of Use
or any usage guidelines for our products or services, or threaten the
rights, property, or safety of BPOMS, our users, or others, netGuru
reserves the right to disclose your personal information to curb or
halt your actions
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Non-Personally
Identifiable information.
BPOMS may compile your information and disclose such information in
a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties
for marketing, promotional, and other purposes. BPOMS will not disclose
to third parties any information that could be used to identify you personally.
Online Data To Co-Branded
Partners.
If you access services or products from any of our co-branded partners,
you may be required to provide account data for those third party services.
Such account data will be passed on to our co-branded partners when their
ordering system is accessed.
Mergers, Acquisitions Or Other Business Transfers.
We continuously seek to improve our website, products and services. To
accomplish these proposed objectives, we may purchase or sell a company,
or various companies in our corporate family may merge or be acquired
by another company. If we sell a business, we may transfer all or portions
of your information as part of the sale in order to effectively continue
the service being provided to you or for other legitimate business purposes.
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5. User Options.
Online users accessing our website who desire not to disclose any personal
information or other user data need not need register with us. Users can
still view much of the content offered by our website without registering.
Users may also exercise the following options:
- Users may elect not to receive our electronic advertisements
or those of third parties when registering. Users who opt-in may remove
themselves from our mailing list at any time by following the instructions
at the end any e-mail received from us;
- Users may elect not provide certain personal information
when registering for certain products or services on our website.
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7. Online Child Privacy Protection.
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We operate
our website in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or
use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13 years of age.
This requirement is posted during the registration process.
8. Questions.
Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding any other aspects
of our website should be sent to the email addresses listed below or by
corresponding with our principal place of business located at 1290 N. Hancock Street, Suite 202,
Anaheim, CA 92807. We read every message submitted and
try to reply promptly subject to volume query.
E-mail contact list for questions:
webmaster@netguru.com
noc@netguru.com
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