Privacy Policy

The following is the privacy policy for the www.ClipZone.com Site. In this policy, Message Technologies, Inc. (“MTI”), the owner and operator of www.ClipZone.com, ("ClipZone") describes what personal information ClipZone collects on our site, how ClipZone uses it, and your options regarding information ClipZone may collect about you. Where more details are needed to explain our privacy practices as to a particular ClipZone product or service, we may post separate privacy notices to describe how a particular ClipZone product or service processes personal information. These notices are accessible from the topic index to the right of this Policy and/or links to the same. ClipZone strives to adhere to U.S. privacy laws and internationally accepted privacy principles established by the European Union Data Protection Directive, and the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Union Safe Harbor Privacy Principles and this Policy is registered and certified by the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor program to ensure that your personal information is protected adequately. Should you desire more information on the safe harbor principles, please go to www.export.gov/safeharbor.

If you have questions about this policy, please feel free to contact us at:

Message Technologies, Inc.

1995 North Park Place, Meridian Bldg., Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30339 USA

Tollfree: 800.868.3684 (U.S. Only)
Voice: +1.770.240.8000
Fax: +1.770.240.7474

ClipZone's Use of Cookies and E-mail

ClipZone collects cookies on our Web site to capture information about page visits. This information is anonymous and ClipZone uses this information only internally - to deliver the most effective content to our visitors. Information from the cookies is used to gauge page popularity, analyze traffic patterns on our site and guide development of other improvements to our site. ClipZone does not require that you accept cookies. However, some functionality on our Web site and products and services may be affected or disabled if you decline to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. You may also change your cookie settings through preferences options in our products and/or services, where applicable. ClipZone never gives away information about our users. If you choose to e-mail us and provide personally identifiable information about yourself, ClipZone will use this information only to respond to your inquiry. ClipZone will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose that information to third parties unless such disclosure is necessary for the purposes set forth in this Policy, by law or a policy or notice contained or associated with a specific ClipZone product or service. If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact our webmaster.

Volunteered Information and Use of Information

When you license or subscribe to a product or service or open an account or complete an online registration on our site, ClipZone collects personal information from you which may include:

name and email address;
billing information, including credit card information and your shipping address, if applicable;
information concerning software programs downloaded, products and content licensed, accessed, or downloaded through ClipZone products or services;
location information (such as latitude and longitude, zip code, or postal code and country);
computer configuration (such as operating system, connection speed, and peripherals);
the IP Internet (IP) address and URL of the Web site that sent you to the ClipZone registration page;
the types of peripherals (including portable media or recording devices) used by ClipZone products on your computer (to ensure that you have access to the latest fixes and patches for full compatibility with these devices);
demographic information provided by you (such as language, gender and age, and, if applicable, software program and content preferences and personalization information); and
whether you logged into or out of a ClipZone service, or changed your password or billing information.

This information is collected on Web pages using encryption technology to help prevent any third party from intercepting the information. Your credit card information is only used for completing the transaction and is retained only as necessary for administration purposes. ClipZone uses the information provided by our customers to analyze product trends based on, for example, geographic and demographic factors. This analysis helps us improve the quality of our Web site and product and service mix.

Information Collected in Contests

If you enter one of our contests, the data we collect will be handled according to the rules of that particular contest and those rules may differ based on where you live. We provide a privacy policy specific to each contest that you should review prior to entering the contest.

Forums

Membership into our forums is voluntary. When you provide your username, password and e-mail address, you can receive online support from ClipZone and from other ClipZone software users. Please refer to the policy before registering to join our forums.

Newsletters

Subscription to a ClipZone newsletter is voluntary. By providing your e-mail address, you are agreeing that ClipZone can send you important information about our products, including announcements of new releases. You may update your e-mail address or unsubscribe via Web form at any time at http://www.ClipZone.com/community/subscription.asp.

Downloading Software

When you download a ClipZone product, ClipZone asks you to provide your e-mail address in order to provide support for using the software. We may verify the validity of the e-mail address. You may unsubscribe from the follow up e-mails by contacting our webmaster at any time.

NOTICE

ClipZone informs its customers what information it collects, how it is used, whether it may be temporarily transferred to others to provide the products or services requested and how to contact ClipZone with privacy inquiries. ClipZone provides a link to ClipZone's privacy notice on its sites, and in e-mails.

CHOICE

ClipZone offers customers and individuals who provide us information choices about receiving further communications from us; for example, our e-mail newsletters are sent only to those who have expressly asked to receive them, and the newsletters have a link to use to opt out of receiving future messages. ClipZone may ask individuals if they wish to participate in market research, and then contact them if they give us their permission. For those persons who have contacted ClipZone directly to opt out of our direct marketing programs, ClipZone will not contact those customers or individuals for marketing purposes.

TECHNOLOGY

ClipZone uses technology in order to better serve its customers and others. ClipZone informs customers or individuals when ClipZone use technologies that are privacy related.

DATA INTEGRITY & ACCESS

ClipZone takes steps to make sure that the personal information ClipZone uses is correct. ClipZone provides customers and individuals with reasonable access to the personal information they may have provided us so that they can review and correct it, or ask us not to use it. For example, customers or individuals may update their information by using the ClipZone website.

SECURITY

ClipZone protects personal information under its control by industry standard security practices and measures, in order to prevent loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. ClipZone limits access to personal information to those who have a business need. ClipZone does not keep personal information any longer than necessary to meet the business purpose for which it was collected, though in some cases, legal or regulatory reasons require that personal information not be deleted. ClipZone shall use its best efforts to quickly work to remedy any vulnerabilities found in our or software and to alert our customers about any potentially dangerous vulnerabilities. If you have questions about ClipZone's commitment to security or concerns about a security issue in one of our products or sites, please contact our security center.

DATA TRANSFER

ClipZone may transfer personal information to ClipZone databases in countries other than where it was provided. ClipZone's privacy program requires the same high level of security and protection of personal information in all geographies with procedures and contracts in place to help ensure this is so. Data may be temporarily transferred to a vendor or business partner to provide services for ClipZone, such as mailing information or processing credit card transactions. These vendors and business partners are required to protect and manage the personal information to the same high standards ClipZone uses, and they cannot use the information for purposes other than to provide the services ClipZone has requested. Also, ClipZone may disclose or transfer your personal information, including, without limitation, personal information regarding customers under 13, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) satisfy an applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request; (b) enforce applicable ClipZone's Terms of Use, License or Service Agreements; (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (d) to protect against imminent harm to rights, property or safety of ClipZone, its users, or the public at large as required or permitted by law.

INFORMATION PRACTICES FOR CHILDREN

ClipZone does not intentionally collect information from children under the age of 13. If in the future we choose to collect personal information from children, we will comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

NOTIFICATION OF POLICY CHANGES

If major content changes are made to ClipZone's Privacy Policy ,ClipZone will outline and post the changes along with the new version on this ClipZone site.

LINKS

ClipZone may create links to the sites of other parties. Independently operated sites are not associated with ClipZone or authorized by us and may also have links leading to this ClipZone site. ClipZone cannot control any of these links and are not responsible for any content appearing on the sites linked to or from ClipZone's site, or for any personal information gathered at those independently operated sites.

DATA NOT COLLECTED ON THIS SITE

Personal information that is not collected on the site is not generally subject to this Privacy Policy.

NON-U.S. CUSTOMER INFORMATION

If you are a customer or individual who is logging on from outside the United States, the personal information you submit to ClipZone will be sent to and stored in servers in our U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. The personal information practices set out in this Privacy Policy apply to all ClipZone products, services, and customers worldwide. You have a right to access and to correct such data and/or personal information. To exercise these rights, or for other data privacy questions, please contact/send an email to privacy@ClipZone.com.

ENFORCEMENT

ClipZone regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or ClipZone's treatment of personal information by contacting us through this Site at privacy@ClipZone.com or by writing to us at ClipZone Privacy Group, c/o Message Technologies, Inc., 1995 North Park Place, Meridian Building 5th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30339, USA. When ClipZone receives a formal written complaint at this address, it is ClipZone's policy to contact the complaining party regarding his or her concerns. ClipZone will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved by ClipZone and an individual.

NO ERROR FREE PERFORMANCE

ClipZone does not guarantee error-free performance under this Privacy Policy. ClipZone will use reasonable efforts to comply with this Privacy Policy and will take prompt corrective action when ClipZone learns of any failure to comply with our Privacy Policy. ClipZone shall not be liable for any incidental, consequential or punitive damages relating to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia and the United States to the extent applicable.

Last Updated: 11/16/2009 12:27:23