Purpose of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how LocalEdge.com, a division of Hearst Communications, Inc., treats the personally identifiable information that is collected about you when you visit the web sites to which this policy is linked.
What is Personally Identifiable Information
“Personally identifiable information” is information that we can use to identify you as an individual. Personally identifiable information includes your name, address, telephone number and any other information that is connected with you personally.
Information This Privacy Policy Does Not Apply To
This privacy policy does not apply to information collected about you by anyone except LocalEdge.com and only applies to the web sites to which this policy is linked. Any information you provide when you visit web sites other than those covered by this policy (including other web sites affiliated with LocalEdge.com’s parent corporation and affiliates) is subject to the privacy policies of the organizations who run and/or own those web sites. This policy does not apply to information you may provide to us offline.
Collection of Personally Identifiable Information
LocalEdge.com generally collects personally identifiable information with your specific knowledge and consent. If you contact us to receive information about our business and services, you will be required to provide limited personal information. This information may be collected on our behalf by third party service providers who have been instructed to use the information only as directed by LocalEdge.com.
LocalEdge.com uses this information to provide you with the service you have requested. We may also use your information to contact you by e-mail or off-line with special offers from LocalEdge.com or affiliated parties who have asked LocalEdge.com to market to its users on their behalf. If you don’t want us to send you email messages, you can contact us at Optout@nullLocalEdge.com. We may also initiate marketing contacts with colleagues at your business or institution on the basis of inquiries you may make about our products and services.
If you elect to post comments or review any of the businesses that are listed in our directories, you will be required to register by furnishing your name and email address, and creating a password. Any of the comments that you post will be publicly available. We therefor suggest that you do not post any sensitive information or information that could serve to enable others to locate you.
In addition, LocalEdge.com may share or disclose personally identifiable information about you to other companies or individuals when:
- we utilize third party service providers to provide products, services or functions on our behalf (such as sending emails, newsletters or processing credit cards), and ask these service providers to agree to maintain the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information and not to use your personally identifiable information for any reason except to carry out the purpose(s) for which we hired them;
- we authorize third parties who may have products we think might be of interest to you, to contact you;
- the entity to whom the information is disclosed is one under control of, or under common control with LocalEdge.com (for these purposes, a company controlling 20% or more of the voting stock of another entity shall be deemed to control such entity);
- we need to protect our legal rights (for example, if we are trying to collect money you owe us);
- we must comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal or regulatory process; or
- in connection with a sale, merger, transfer, exchange, or other disposition (whether of assets, stock, or otherwise) of all or a portion of the business conducted by the web sites to which this policy applies.
- If the email address you provide to us is a wireless email address, you agree to receive messages at such address from LocalEdge.com or from third parties. Similarly, we may make available services through which you can receive messages on your phone or wireless device SMS Service or WAP Services. We may also make available content and versions of our Covered Sites available via WAP and Mobile Services. If you subscribe to one of our SMS, WAP or Mobile Services, you thereby agree to receive services and messages at the address you provide for such purposes. Such messages may come from LocalEdge.com, or from third parties. To use the wireless email address, SMS, WAP, or Mobile Service, you must reside in the United States. We may also obtain the date, time and content of your messages. We will use the information we obtain in connection with these services in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Your wireless carrier and other service providers may also collect data about your wireless device usage, and their practices are governed by their own policies. By providing us your wireless email address or by signing up for any SMS, WAP, or Mobile Service, you consent to receiving messages as described above. You understand that your wireless carrier’s standard rates apply to these messages. You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges.
Cookies
LocalEdge.com (or third party service providers on our behalf) may set and access cookies on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of data (often including a unique identifier), that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. LocalEdge.com uses cookies for site administration, to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our site.
We may use cookies to track usage patterns on the sites, to deliver editorial content and to personalize information. These cookies may also be used to track activity across multiple websites over time and to serve you with updates and reminders about our services.
Our cookies may contain personally identifiable information and such cookies may be shared with others to the same extent indicated above.
LocalEdge.com (or third party service providers on our behalf) may also use cookies to collect aggregate information about web site users on an anonymous basis. We may share aggregate demographic and usage information with our prospective and actual business partners, advertisers and other third parties for any business purpose.
If you don’t want cookies, most Web browsers include an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of our sites may not function efficiently.
Data Security
We have in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to protect the information that is collected online and stored in our database. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
IP Address
Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers, gather broad demographic information, and administer our website.
Non-U.S. Users
If you are located outside of the United States, please note that the information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using this web site, you consent to this transfer. You also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with this website in the federal and state courts of, and in accordance with the laws of, the state of the United States in which the editorial staff of this website primarily does business.
Changes to Privacy Policy and Notice
LocalEdge.com may change this policy from time to time in its discretion. Your continued use of our sites indicates your consent to this privacy policy and any amended versions of it. If you have any questions or concerns about use of your personally identifiable information, please contact us at Optout@nullLocalEdge.com.
This policy was last updated on 7/1/2016