Privacy Policy
1. Scope:
This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your personal information for our services on the Key to Biz websites. By using or accessing Key to Biz, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Information we received:
You can browse our sites without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may collect and store the following personal information in the following ways:
A. Registration
In order to become a User, you must provide us the following information to create an account: name, company name, address, email address, and password. Like other passwords, you should choose one that is known only by you. You acknowledge that this information is personal to you, and by creating an account on Key to Biz, you allow others, including Key to Biz, to identify you.
B. Profile and Business Items Information
Once you become a User, you may provide additional information in the Profile and Business Items section describing your company logo, picture, video, unique value proposition, contact information, solutions, news, specials, events, leads and advertisements. Any information you provide at registration or in the Profile and Business Items section may be used by Key to Biz as described in this Privacy Policy, including for the purpose of serving advertisements through the service.
C. Site activity information
We keep track of your interaction with our sites, services, content and advertising, including computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data, IP address and standard web log information.
D. Cookie Information
We use "cookies" (small pieces of data we store for an extended period of time on your computer, mobile phone, or other device) to make Key to Biz easier to use, to make our advertising better, and to protect both you and Key to Biz. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases that may impact your ability to use Key to Biz.
3. How we use your information:
We use the information we collect to try to provide a safe, efficient, and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to:
- provide the services and customer support you request;
- resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
- prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities;
- customize, measure and improve our services, content and advertising;
- tell you about our services, targeted marketing, service updates, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences; and compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties.
4. Our Disclosure of Your Information:
A. We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a listing or other content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety. Such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
B. When you enter into transactions with others or make payments on Key to Biz, we will share transaction information with only those third parties necessary to complete the transaction.We will require those third parties to agree to respect the privacy of your information.
C. We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our services, content and advertising.
5. How we protect information:
We do our best to keep your information secure, but we need your help.
A. Steps we take to keep your information secure. We keep your account information on a secured server behind a firewall. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card numbers and passwords), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We also use automated and social measures to enhance security, such as analyzing account behavior for fraudulent or otherwise anomalous behavior, may limit use of site features in response to possible signs of abuse, may remove inappropriate content or links to illegal content, and may suspend or disable accounts for violations.
B. Risks inherent in sharing information. We cannot control the actions of other users with whom you share your information. We cannot guarantee that only authorized persons will view your information. We are not responsible for third party circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures on Key to Biz. You can reduce these risks by using common sense security practices such as choosing a strong password, using different passwords for different services, and using up to date antivirus software.
6. Your Information Choices:
A. Accessing and Changing Your Account Information. You can review the personal information you provided to us and make any desired changes to the information you publish, or to the settings for your Key to Biz account on the Key to Biz website. Please be aware that even after your request for a change is processed, Key to Biz may, for a time, retain residual information about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database.
B. Closing Your Account. You can close your account through the Key to Biz customer service site. If you close your Key to Biz account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable database. If you close your account, we have no obligation to retain your information, and may delete any or all of your account information without liability. However, we may retain certain data contributed by you if Key to Biz believes it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. Key to Biz disclaims any liability in relation to the deletion or retention (subject to the terms herein) of information or any obligation not to delete the information. Key to Biz does not control when search engines update their cache, which may contain certain public profile information that has since been removed from Key to Biz's publicly viewable database.
C. Memorializing Accounts. If we learn that a User is deceased, we may memorialize the User's account. In these cases we may restrict profile access, remove messaging functionality, and close an account if we receive a formal request from the User's next of kin or other proper legal request to do so.
7. Your Obligations:
As a User, you have certain obligations to other Users. Some of these obligations are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in user-friendly communities of like-minded members such as Key to Biz:
- You must, at all times, abide by the terms and conditions of the then-current Privacy Policy. This includes respecting all intellectual property rights that may belong to third parties (such as trademarks or photographs).
- You must not download or otherwise disseminate any information that may be deemed to be injurious, violent, offensive, racist or xenophobic, or which may otherwise violate the purpose and spirit of Key to Biz and its community of Users.
- You must not provide to Key to Biz and/or other Users information that you believe might be injurious or detrimental to your person or to your professional or social status.
- You must keep your username and password confidential and not share it with others.
- Any violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension or termination of your account at the sole discretion of Key to Biz.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy:
- We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without advance notice. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, or in the Privacy Policy document itself, we will display a notice on the Key to Biz website or send you an email, as provided for above. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that Key to Biz has about you and your account.
- Using the Key to Biz Services after a notice of changes has been sent to you or published on our site shall constitute consent to the changed terms or practices.
9. How to contact us:
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Key to Biz
Attn: Legal Department, Privacy Policy Issues
P.O. Box 821474
Houston, Texas 77282 USA
