LocalWorldNumber
Privacy Policy
LocalWorldNumber, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”) realizes how important it is to you
to understand what happens to your Personal Information when you use our
service. We are committed to protecting the privacy of data that you, the user
("you"), submit to this website or to websites under our operation and control
(“Website”). To demonstrate this commitment, we have adopted this privacy
policy ("Privacy Policy"). Our policy is based on the principles of
notice/awareness, choice/consent, access/participation, and integrity/security
in the collection and use of all information regarding our users and their
activities at the Website. Please review this policy carefully each time you
use the Website, as it is subject to change at any time with or without notice
by us. Whether or not we place notice on the Website indicating that this
Privacy Policy has been modified, it is your obligation to review the Privacy
Policy from time to time. By accessing the Website, you are affirmatively
indicating your agreement and consent to this Privacy Policy. Any changes to
the Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting to the Website.
Notice of Privacy Policy
LocalWorldNumber, Inc, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively “we”,
“our”, “us”), provides our customers ("you") with a broad range of hosted and
Internet-based telecommunications services, software and client-based
applications, including access numbers around the world, long-distance and
local telephone services, and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VOIP)
communications, features and functionalities more fully described on
www.LocalWorldNumber.com . As used herein, the term “Service” refers
collectively to all our hosted and Internet-based telecommunications services,
as well as any documentation related.
This Privacy Policy supplements and is incorporated into the LocalWorldNumber
”Terms of Use Agreement”,currently available on the Website, and you agree to
be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. We reserve
the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended
version on the Website and such amended Privacy Policy shall become effective
immediately upon such posting. By continuing to use the Service, you agree to
the terms of the then-current version of this Privacy Policy. If at any time
you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, your sole remedy is to
discontinue using the Service. If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy, please contact us at the e-mail address specified in the contact
details.
Information that may be collected based on your use of the Service includes
Personal Information and Non-Personal Information. "Personal Information" is
information that would allow someone to identify or contact you, including, for
example, your full name, address, telephone number, or email address, as well
as information that is associated with or linked to such contact information.
"Non-Personal Information" is information that is not associated with or linked
to the individually identifying contact information of a specific person
including without limitation information about your use of the Service, also
referred to as "Usage Data". "Aggregate Data" is the combined information
collected from all of the users of the Service, or from subgroups of our users,
which does not contain any individually identifying contact information. In
other words, Aggregate Data is never connected to you individually.
1. What Types of Information Is Collected and Why?
Personal Information. You provide certain Personal Information
to us when you: (a) register and sign up for the Service, (b) log into your
account with the Service, or (c) use the Service, submit forms, or send other
information to us.
We may also receive Personal Information about you from other users, our
partners, affiliates, or third parties, who may communicate information to us
about you.
Non-Personal Information. We may collect Non-Personal
Information as well. Our software and servers may automatically collect Usage
Information, which includes, but is not limited to, your frequency and duration
of interaction with the Service.
Information collected by Cookies. We may also make use of
website "cookies" to help you use the Service more easily and to help us
continuously improve the Website and the value of the Service to you. A
"cookie" is a small data file that a website can send to your browser, which
may then be stored on your hard drive to help that website "remember"
information about you when you return to that website, such as the specific web
pages you previously visited. You may have the option of setting your browser
to reject cookies; however, doing so may negatively impact the performance of
the Website or restrict us in effectively serving your needs and interests. The
"Help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent
your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you
when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. The
Personal Information and Non-Personal Information allows us to efficiently and
properly serve you, and to contact you should the need arise in order to
respond appropriately to your requests.
Information collected by 3rd parties. We have contracted with
several outside vendors ("3rd parties") to monitor certain pages of our Web
site for the purpose of reporting web traffic, statistics, advertisement
'click-throughs', and/or other activities on our site. Where authorized by us,
3rd parties may use cookies, Web beacons, and/or other monitoring technologies
to compile anonymous statistics on our Web site visitors. No personally
identifiable data is collected by or transferred by us to 3rd parties.
2. How May We Use Your Personal Information?
We may use your Personal and Non-Personal Information to improve the quality of
the Service and to boost the relevance of the offering delivered to you. We may
use your Personal and Non-Personal Information to provide you with content
(such as offers, advertisements, voicemails, and other promotions) that we
believe will be of interest to you. We will retain information collected on a
secure server so that on re-visiting the Website, your access can be more
easily expedited. We may use this information in an aggregated form to measure
the number of visits, average time spent on the Website, pages viewed, and
other related statistics. We collect this information to measure the use of the
Website and to improve the content of the Website. We may use your personally
identifying information to identify you as a user of the Website and to assist
and speed the completion of transactions through the Website. We may use your
email address to contact you directly regarding services or products that we,
in our sole discretion, believe may be of interest to you. We may also use
information collected about your preferences and activities on the Website,
such as the particular pages you visit on the Website, your history of
purchases, and/or other transactions that you effect through the Website. We
may vary the content you receive in future visits to the Website based on your
past preferences and activities.
We use Usage Data to maintain and improve the Service. We may also use Usage
Data to do such things as operate and enhance the Service and negotiate with
vendors and advertisers.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
By using the Service, you consent to our disclosure of your information to our
partners, affiliates, parent and subsidiary(s) (“Partners”). Other than
disclosure of your Personal Information to our Partners, we will never disclose
any of your Personal Information except when given your permission or under
special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it or under the circumstances described below.
Due to legal rules beyond our control, we cannot fully ensure that your private
communications and other Personal Information will not be disclosed to other
third parties. For example, if we need to investigate or resolve possible
problems or inquiries, or if we receive a subpoena requesting information about
you or communications by or to you, we can, and you authorize us to (without
any opportunity by you to challenge the validity of the request or the
subpoena), disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other
government officials or the party serving the subpoena as we believe necessary
or appropriate.
5. Privacy Protections for Children
We feel very strongly about protecting the privacy of children and encourages
children to involve their parents in any online activities in which they
participate. In order to protect the privacy of younger Internet users,
children under the age of 18 are prohibited from registering for the Service.
6. Accuracy and Access
Certain areas of the Website may restrict access to specific individuals
through the use of passwords and through providing personal data. We strive to
keep your personally identifiable information accurate. We will provide you
with access to your information, including online access to your registration
data so that you may view, update or correct your information on the Website.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to
verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make
corrections. Any links to third-party web sites on the Website are provided
solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave our
Website. We have not reviewed all of these third party sites and do not control
and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content, or their privacy
policies. Thus, we do not endorse or make any representations about them, or
any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any
results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of
the third party sites linked to the Website, you do so at your own risk.
8. Our Security Procedures
Please keep in mind that no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless
network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. 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 the Service, and you do so at your
own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we exert commercially reasonable
effort to ensure its security on our systems by implementing industry-standard
security measures.
9. General.
This Privacy Policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of the State
of California in the United States, without regard to its conflict of laws
principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under or out of this Privacy
Policy shall lie exclusively with the state and federal courts in San Mateo
County, California, and you further consent to the exercise of personal
jurisdiction of the courts therein. If any provision of this Privacy Policy is
found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of
such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of
this Privacy Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect. Under no
circumstances shall we have any liability whatsoever for any consequential,
incidental, indirect or special damages arising out of the breach of this
Privacy Policy, however occasioned. Furthermore, nothing in this Privacy Policy
shall increase our liability or otherwise alter or amend any of the terms and
conditions under the LocalWorldNumber® Terms of Use and End-User License
Agreement
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