Terms Of Use
This policy describes the ways we collect, store, use and protect your personal
information. You accept this policy when you use any of our services. We may amend
this policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised
version will be effective at the time we post it.
How we collect information about you
When you visit a TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland website, we collect your
IP address and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages
you accessed on our website. No personal information is ever collected, unless you
enter it on a page and confirm it by return email.
How we use cookies
When you access our website, we, or companies we hire to track how our website
is used, may place small data files called "cookies" on your computer.
We send a "session cookie" to your computer when you log in to your account.
This type of cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple pages on our
site during the same session, so that we don't need to ask you for your password
on each page. Once you log out or close your browser, this cookie expires and no
longer has any effect.
We also use longer-lasting cookies to display your e-mail address on our sign-in
form, so that you don't need to retype the e-mail address each time you log in to
your account.
We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in
them. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but doing so
may interfere with your use of our website.
How we protect and store personal information
Throughout this policy, we use the term "personal information" to describe information
that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized
so that it does not identify a specific user.
We store and process your personal information on our computers in the US, and
we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance
with applicable US federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such
as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings
and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees
who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.
How we use the personal information we collect
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with
a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use your personal information
to:
- provide the services and customer support you request;
- process transactions and send notices about your transactions
- resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
- prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities;
- customize, measure, and improve our services and the content and layout
of our website;
- send you targeted marketing, service update notices, and promotional offers
based on your communication preferences;
- compare information for accuracy and verify it with third parties.
How we share personal information with other TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland
users
To process your payments, we need to share some of your personal information
with the person or company that you are paying or is paying you. Your contact information,
date of sign-up, the number of payments you have received from verified TheFutureOfBellydance.com
and/or Miles Copeland customers, and whether you have verified control of a bank account
are displayed to other TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland customers who you transact
with through TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland.
If you are buying goods or services and pay through TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or
Miles Copeland, we may provide the seller with the shipping address for the goods and
your confirmed credit card billing address to complete your transaction with the
seller. The seller is not allowed to use this information to market their services
to you unless you have agreed to it.
We work with merchants to enable them to accept payments from you using TheFutureOfBellydance.com
and/or Miles Copeland. In doing so, a merchant may share information about you with
us, such as your email address, when you attempt to pay that merchant. We use this
information to confirm to that merchant that you are a TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or
Miles Copeland customer and that the merchant should enable TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or
Miles Copeland as a form of payment for your purchase.
Regardless, we will not disclose your credit card number or bank account number
to anyone you have paid or who has paid you through TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland,
except with your express permission or if we are required to do so to comply with
a subpoena or other legal process.
How we share personal information with other parties
We may share your personal information with:
- Members of our corporate family to help detect and prevent potentially illegal
acts, provide joint services and for other business purposes. However, these
corporate affiliates will not use this information to market their services
to you unless you have approved it.
- Service providers under contract who help with parts of our business operations;
(fraud prevention, bill collection, marketing, technology services). Our contracts
dictate that these service providers only use your information in connection
with the services they perform for us and not for their own benefit.
- Law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when
- we are compelled to do so by a subpoena, court order or similar legal
procedure
- we need to do so to comply with law
- we believe in good faith that the disclosure of personal information
is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected
illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our User Agreement.
- Other third parties with your consent or direction to do so.
TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland will not sell or rent any of your personal information
to third parties in the normal course of doing business and only shares your personal
information with third parties as described in this policy.
How you can restrict TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland from sharing your
personal information
Federal and state laws allow you to restrict the sharing of your personal information
in certain instances. However, these laws also state that you cannot restrict other
types of sharing. Because we have chosen to refrain from certain types of data sharing,
the only type of sharing of your personal information that you may restrict is as
follows:
If you do not want TheFutureOfBellydance.com and/or Miles Copeland to share your personal
information with other financial institutions for the purpose of marketing our jointly
offered products to you, please contact us in writing.
How you can contact us about privacy questions
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact us
by using the "Contact" feature on our site or by writing to us at TheFutureOfBellydance.com
and/or Miles Copeland, Attn: Privacy Department, 5300 Melrose Avenue, B250 Hollywood,
CA 90038.
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