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Privacy Policy
American Dial Tone ("Company") is committed to your privacy. We obey all
laws and regulations in the United States applicable to our
use and disclosure of your information. Except as set forth
in this Privacy Policy, we will not trade, sell, or disclose
to any third party any form of PII (as defined below)
without your consent and we will not disclose or make
available any PII to any third parties seeking to market
third party products without your consent. We have set forth
this Privacy Policy to explain to you how we collect and use
information from our customers who use services and products
from Company and from visitors to our web sites and from
potential customers who have communicated, made contact or
interacted with Company, both in connection with online and
offline services and products offered by Company.
Collection
of Information
Company shall collect personally identifiable information,
including but not limited to name, physical address, email
address, telephone number, credit card information and other
personal information (collectively, "PII"), from Customers
when initiating service and in connection with the provision
or marketing of products and services. Company may collect PII
from visitors in connection with any visit to our web sites,
any communication about our services and products or other
transactions or interactions with Company.
Company may also collect non-personally identifiable
information from customers and visitors regarding usage of
our services or our web site ("Non-PII"). Non-PII may
include web site pages viewed, time spent using certain
services, demographic data, cookies and other information
which does not specifically identify any one individual.
"Cookies" are pieces of information that may be placed on
your computer by a web site for the purpose of facilitating
and enhancing your communication and interaction with that
web site. Many web sites use cookies for these purposes. We
may use cookies to customize your visit to our web sites and
for other purposes to make your visit more convenient or to
enable us to enhance our service. Google, as a third part
vendor, uses cookies to server the ads our our website.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to server ads to
you based on your visit to our site. Users may opt out of
the use of the DART cookie by visiting the
Google ad and content network privacy policy.
You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your
computer, including third party cookies, or flush them from
your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences, in
which case you may still use our web site, but it may
interfere with some of its functionality.
Anti-Spyware Policy
Company believes that Spyware is a threat to consumer privacy
and a consumer's experience online. Therefore, we forbid any
Company employee, agent, partner, affiliate or contractor from
intentionally deploying or using Spyware (as defined in this
policy) on behalf of Company. Spyware refers to any executable
software application that is installed on a user's personal
computer and covertly gathers and transmits PII through the
user's Internet connection without the knowledge or consent
of the user. Cookies are not considered Spyware. Spyware may
gather PII, such as e-mail addresses and credit card
information, and may even alter personal computer settings.
Intentional use of Spyware by any Company employee, agent,
partner or affiliate on Company's behalf will not be tolerated
and will be considered grounds for dismissal, contract
termination and/or loss of payment.
Use of Information
Company will use PII (1) to market products and services to
customers and visitors that Company believes may be of interest
to them, (2) to provide services and products requested by
customers and visitors and (3) to enable its vendors and
contractors to provide and assist Company in the marketing and
provision of such services and products to Company, customers or
visitors. However, we will not share your credit card
information with any third parties unless they are involved
in processing payments for services that you have purchased
from Company. Company only works with partners whom we believe
maintain high standards with respect to privacy and consumer
rights.
Company may also use and disclose PII to investigate and help
prevent potentially unlawful activity or activities that
threaten the integrity of our service or network, to
investigate fraud or violations of our
Terms of Service, as required by courts or
administrative agencies or in connection with a sale, merger
or reorganization of Company's business.
Non-PII may be shared with any number of third parties by
Company.
CPNI
In the course of providing services to you, we collect
and maintain certain customer proprietary network
information ("CPNI"). CPNI includes the types of services
you currently purchase, related usage and billing
information for those services. Your telephone number, name
and address are not CPNI. We value our relationships with
our customers and are committed to respecting and protecting
your CPNI. Accordingly, we do not sell, trade or share your
CPNI, including your calling records outside of Company or with
anyone not authorized to offer our products or services, or
to perform functions on our behalf except as authorized by
you or required by law. Generally, we can use your CPNI to
offer additional services to you, and for billing and
collections purposes. We can also disclose your CPNI for
legal or regulatory reasons, including in response to
subpoenas and court orders. We can also use CPNI to
investigate fraud and to prevent violation of our Terms of
Service and unlawful use of our network, services and other
customers.
Security
Company has invested and deployed a wide variety of
technology and security features to make reasonable efforts
to ensure the privacy of information on its network. In
addition, Company has implemented operations guidelines to
ensure customer and visitor privacy is safeguarded at every
level of its organization. Company will continue to revise
policies and implement additional security features as new
technologies becomes available. However, no system or
service can give a 100% guaranty of security, especially a
service that relies upon the public Internet. Therefore, you
acknowledge the risk that third parties may gain
unauthorized access to your information when using our
services.
Communications
Company will not read, listen to or disclose to any third
parties private e-mail, conversations, or other
communications that are transmitted using Company services
except as required to ensure proper operation of services or
as otherwise authorized by law.
Account Information
Subject to certain security requirements,
Company will do its
best to honor requests from customers for account
information, for example, name, address, company, or billing
information. The customer is responsible for ensuring that
the information on file with Company is current and accurate.
Third Party Web Sites and Services
Our service may contain links to other web sites and
services not maintained by Company. In addition, other web sites
and services may also reference or link to Company. We encourage
you to be aware when you leave our service, or surf the
Internet, and to read the privacy statements of each and
every web site and service that you visit. We do not
endorse, screen or approve, and are not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of, such other web sites
and services.
Company uses third-party advertising
companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These
companies may use information (not including your name,
address, email address, telephone number, or credit card
information) about your visits to this and other websites in
order to provide advertisements about goods and services of
interest to you. If you would like more information about
this practice and to know your choices about not having this
information used by these companies,
click here.
Company does not assume any liability for third parties that
have been provided with information as permitted by this
Privacy Policy or who have collected information as
permitted by this Privacy Policy (such as advertisers using
third party cookies).
Changes to policy
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change,
modify, add, or remove portions from this policy at any time
by posting such changes here. You should review this policy
regularly for changes. However, if at any time in the future
we plan to use PII in a way that differs from this policy,
we will post such changes here and provide you the
opportunity to opt-out of such differing uses. Your
continued use following the posting of any changes to this
policy means you accept such changes.
Terms of Service
For customers, this Privacy
Policy is subject to the Company
Terms of Service or other agreements between you and
Company. If
you are a customer, please refer to the
Terms of Service or
such other agreements regarding certain rights and
limitations with respect to your use of Company's services.
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