Privacy Statement
Last Update 5 January 2016
Interactive Ties LLC, ities.co & InteractiveTies.com (collectively, "Interactive Ties") strives to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. Because of this Interactive Ties wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices.
Interactive Ties has created this privacy statement ("Statement") in order to demonstrate our commitment to customer privacy. Privacy on the Interactive Ties web site (the "Site") is of great importance to us. Because we gather important information from our visitors and customers, we have established this Statement as a means to communicate our information gathering and dissemination practices. We reserve the right to change this Statement without notice.
Collected Information
We require customers who register to use the services & products offered on our Site (collectively, the "Service"), to give us contact information, such as their name, address, and e-mail address. Customers can update their personal information at any time by submitting a case using the Interactive Ties Service & Support site or by contacting Interactive Ties directly using one of the methods provided at the bottom of this page.
Interactive Ties uses the information that we collect to set up the Service for businesses and individuals (collectively, "Customers"). We may also use the information to contact Customers to further discuss customer interest in our company, the Service that we provide, and to send information regarding our company or partners, such as promotions and events. Customer e-mail addresses and any personal customer information will not be distributed or shared with third parties. Customers can opt out of being contacted by us, or receiving such information from us, at any time by utilizing the opt out link included in all correspondence from us. Separately, customers are also asked to provide an e-mail address when registering for the Service, in order to receive a username and password. We may also e-mail information regarding updates to the Service or company. Again, e-mail will not be distributed or shared and Customers can opt out of receiving any communication at the time it is distributed, or at the time any Customer registers for the Service.
Except as we explicitly state at the time we request information, we do not disclose to third parties the information provided. All information that we collect through the Site is used solely to check the qualifications of prospective customers and to provide the Service. Other third parties, such as content providers, may provide content on the web Site but they are not permitted to collect any information nor does Interactive Ties share user information with these parties.
Interactive Ties may also collect certain information from visitors to and Customers of the Site, such as Internet addresses. This information is logged to help diagnose technical problems, and to administer our Site in order to constantly improve the quality of the Service. We may also track and analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and customers and provide such information to third parties.
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. Interactive Ties will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the site. Interactive Ties does not store this information.
Cookies
When you interact with the Site we strive to make that experience easy and meaningful. When you come to our Web site, our Web server sends a cookie to your computer. Cookies are files that Web browsers place on a computer's hard drive and are used to tell us whether Customers and visitors have visited the Site previously.
Standing alone, cookies do not identify you personally. They merely recognize your browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to Interactive Ties, either by responding to a promotional offer or purchasing our Service, you remain anonymous to Interactive Ties. Cookies come in two types: session and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during an online session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you've closed your browser or turned off your computer. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser.
Interactive Ties uses session cookies containing encrypted information to allow the system to uniquely identify you while you are logged in. This information allows Interactive Ties to process your online transactions and requests. Session cookies help us make sure you are who you say you are after you've logged in and are required in order to use the Site. Interactive Ties uses persistent cookies, which only Interactive Ties can read and use, to identify the fact that you are a Interactive Ties Customer or prior Interactive Ties Website visitor (whatever the case may be). We are especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. For example, we do not store account numbers or passwords in persistent cookies. Users who disable their Web browsers' ability to accept cookies will be able to browse our Website but will not be able to successfully use our Service.
Third Party Cookies: We may from time to time engage third parties to track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from visitors to our website to help us administer our website and improve its quality. Such third parties may use cookies to help track visitor behavior. Such cookies will not be used to associate individual website visitors to any personally identifiable information. All data collected by such third parties on behalf of Interactive Ties is used only to provide us with information on site usage and is not shared with any other third parties.
Third-Party Sites
The Site contains links to other web sites. Interactive Ties is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. Customers and visitors will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites to understand their policies. Customers and visitors who access a linked site may be disclosing their private information. It is the responsibility of the user to keep such information private and confidential.
Security
Our Site has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the Data under our control. Interactive Ties also implements an advanced security method based on dynamic data and encoded session identifications, and hosts the Site in a server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders. Finally, Interactive Ties provides unique user names and passwords that must be entered each time a customer logs on. These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information.
Opt-Out Policy
Interactive Ties offers its visitors and customers a means to choose how we may use information provided. If, at any time after registering for information or ordering the Service, you change your mind about receiving information from us or about sharing your information with third parties, send us a request specifying your new choice.
Correcting & Updating Your Information
If Customers need to update or change registration information they may so by submitting a case using the Interactive Ties Service & Support site or by contacting Interactive Ties directly using one of the methods provided at the bottom of this page.
Other Terms and Conditions
If any of the aforementioned policies are held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, such policy shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of the policy, so that the policies shall remain in full force and effect.
Interactive Ties's failure to insist on or enforce strict performance of these policies shall not be construed as a waiver by Interactive Ties of any provision or any right it has to enforce these policies, nor shall any course of conduct between Interactive Ties and you or any other party be deemed to modify any provision of these policies.
These policies shall not be interpreted or construed to confer any rights or remedies on any third parties.
Additional Information
Questions regarding this Statement or the practices of this Site should be directed to Interactive Ties LLC.