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OUR PRIVACY POLICY
You have reached a website that is owned and managed by Fitness Quest Inc.
Because your privacy is very important to us, we want you to understand our
practices with regard to using information that we collect about you online and
the steps we take to safeguard it. When this Privacy Policy uses the term
"personally identifiable information" ("PII"), we mean information that
identifies a particular individual, such as the individual's name, postal
address, e-mail address, credit card number, and telephone number. When certain
other information such as, for example, consumer product preferences or "body
statistics" (height, weight, etc.) is directly associated with PII, this other
information also becomes PII for purposes of this Privacy Policy. We sometimes
refer to PII in this Privacy Policy as "personal information."
We are committed to bringing you beneficial information that is tailored to
your personal wants and needs. This is how we will handle information we learn
about you from your visit to our website. As explained below, the information we
receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site. By visiting this
website, you accept the practices and procedures described in this Privacy
Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy relates only to information that we
gather online and does not necessarily apply to personal information that we
obtain through other channels, such as over the telephone or via the mail.
Information We Collect
a. Using our Website
This website does not require or collect personal information from visitors
who simply want to gain access to any part of our site without more.
However, if you then use the site or download information, such as consumer
information, articles, and the like, we will collect and store the following
information:
- the name of the domain from which you accessed the Internet (for example,
"aol.com," if you are connecting from an American Online account, or
"princeton.edu" if you are connecting from the Princeton University's domain);
- the date and time you accessed our site;
- the address of the website, if any, from which you linked directly to our
site;
- personal information you as a user elect to submit, which is further
explained below under Cookies.
We collect this information to measure, in the aggregate, the number of
visitors to the different sections of our site, to improve our site's content,
and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. In addition, we may use
the information gathered to conduct internal marketing analysis to improve our
web site for our users.
If you choose to identify yourself by, for example, ordering a product, or
sending an online e-mail to request product information, or otherwise
communicating with us online, you will usually be sending us personal
information. This may include your name, street address, email address, credit
card information and anything else that you disclose on our website.
b. Links to Other Websites
This website also may contain links that you can choose to reach other sites
on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. This website is
not responsible for the availability of or the content located on or through any
such third party site. Nor do we have any control over that site owner's privacy
policy, so if you are not sure how PII will be collected and used through that
site, you must check the policy that is posted on that site.
c. Cookies
Like many direct marketers, we use cookies on our site. Cookies are pieces of
information that a site transfers to an individual's hard drive for
record-keeping purposes. This type of information includes, for example, the
type of browser used to access the internet, the domain of the visitor's
internet service provider, and all information provided by the user in order for
the user not to have to re-enter information such as demographics, body
composition (height and weight), e-mail address, and any other information
originally provided by the user.
That way, when you re-enter our site, the site knows immediately who you are
and automatically loads your information. However, this information is kept and
stored only for our website to track usage patterns on our site. We never save
passwords or credit card information in cookies. Most computers allow you to
check for and control the use of such cookies on your computer.
d. Chat Rooms
Your postings to our chat sessions are not private. Any information posted in
our public chat sessions may be seen and/or collected by others. Therefore,
please be careful about any personal information you post via these sessions.
Use of the Data We Collect
a. Our Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information
We work to provide you with the best possible service. In order to do this,
we may use the personal information we collect from you to:
- Process and track your order
- Provide any services you request
- Contact you about the status of an order
- Send you promotional offers we believe will be of interest to you
- Provide information about products you have purchased or product recalls
- Improve our merchandise selection and customer service
We will use your e-mail address to respond to questions or other emails we
receive from you. We may share your personal information with our parent company
or with any of our corporate affiliates so that they may communicate on matters
that may be of interest to you.
We may request information from you such as your name, e-mail address, or
other information needed in order for us to provide it to our on-line personal
trainers and nutritionists in whom your have an interest. The information
supplied in that manner will be used solely for the specific purpose for which
you supplied it unless otherwise stated at the time the information is
requested.
You may wish to receive future e-mails from us as well as e-mail from third
parties and you may be given that option from time to time. The personal
information you provide for these purposes are likely to be disclosed to the
third parties so that they can provide such mailings.
We use the aggregate information, described above, that we collect from our
customers in a manner that does not personally identify any individual. We use
it to make our site more interesting and useful to you. When we track the pages
or documents accessed within our site, we use the information for systems
administration and for analyzing and improving the value of the material
available on our website. This aggregate non-personal information is used to
help our advertisers or our site design team to create advertisements our guests
might like.
This website does not sell or give the information it gathers through cookies
to any third parties, with the exception, noted above, when it must be disclosed
to our personal trainers or nutritionists with whom you are working. In turn,
they may share your personal information with us when we have to respond to
something you communicated to them. As noted, credit card information and
passwords are not saved in cookies.
b. Information We Share with Contractors
We may contract with other companies (e.g.,credit card processors, shippers,
sweepstakes promoters, website developers) to provide certain services to help
us fulfill orders, create promotions and our website, and otherwise. In some
instances, these contractors may have access to personally identifiable
information, but they are obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the
information and to use it only for purposes of carrying out our business. They
are prohibited from using this information for their own marketing purposes or
from sharing this information with anyone other than us. We try to limit the
information we provide to outside contractors to what they need to carry out
their responsibilities.
c. Information We Share with Other Third Parties
From time to time, we make customer information, including PII, available to
carefully screened companies whose products or services we believe will be of
interest to you.
Disclosure Exceptions
In general, we will not use personal information in a manner inconsistent
with the ways we have described in this policy. However, notwithstanding the
above policies, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information to
appropriate third parties if we are required to do so by law or we believe that
such action is necessary, for example:
- To comply with legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court
order;
- To protect the company's rights and property;
- To investigate reports of fraud or of users sending material using a false
e-mail address or users sending harassing, threatening, or abusive messages;
- To protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our web site; or
- In emergencies, such as when we believe someone's physical safety is at
risk.
E-mail Use
When you provide us your e-mail address, we may send you e-mails necessary to
process your order or respond to a request, or, if you do not object to it, to
receive or e-messages from our customer service department. Instructions on how
to unsubscribe from e-mails that are not related to your transactions with us
are included in each e-mail.
Internet Advertisements
We use third-party service providers to serve ads on our behalf across the
Internet and to analyze the visits those ads bring to our website. They may
collect anonymous information about your visits to our Web site, and your
interaction with our ads, but this information cannot identify you as an
individual. These companies may use technologies similar to those outlined above
to measure the effectiveness of ads and e-mails. They may also use information
about visits you or others made to this and other Web sites so that we can
provide the most effective advertisements about our goods and services.
Security
It is our intent to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of
information that we have collected from you. We use a variety of current
technologies and processes for protection of our customer data.
Privacy of Children on Our Web Site
Our web site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we
do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
Policy Changes
From time to time, we may need or want to use customer information for new
uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information
practices change, we will post these changes on our web site. We encourage you
to review our privacy policy periodically. This policy was last updated on
December 31, 2006.
Questions or Comments?
Questions regarding our privacy policy or the use of your personal
information should be directed via e-mail to webmaster@Fitnessquest.com. You may
also reach us by facsimile transmission at 330-478-9797 or write to us at
Fitness Quest Inc., 1400 Raff Road, S.W., Canton, Ohio, 44750.
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