We are very sensitive to the importance of your privacy. Our Privacy Policy lists our policies regarding the collection, use, and protection of the personal information of those our website. Personal information means information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card number.
We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy, and become familiar with it, but you should know that we do not sell or rent our customers' personal information to third parties.
Please note that we review our Privacy Policy from time to time, and we may make periodic changes to the policy in connection with that review. Therefore, you may wish to bookmark this page and/or periodically review this page to make sure you have the current version.
What personal information is collected and how we use it
- Personal information
Personal information that is associated with your name or personal identity. Hypershots collects personal information when you signup for an account, use Hypershots products or services, or post content on our site. Hypershots may also collect personal information when you enter into promotions or sweepstakes. We use personal information for products and services provision, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, and customer service. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children (meaning those younger than thirteen years of age). A valid credit card is required to create an account on our system.
- Non-personal information
Non-personal information is data about usage and service operation that is not associated with a specific personal identity. Non-personal data we automatically receive and record on our server logs from your browser includes your IP address, cookies, and the pages you requested. We use non-personal information for anonymous reporting, research, and site improvements.
"Cookies" are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat users. SurveyMonkey.com uses cookies to recognize visitors and more quickly provide personalized content or grant you unimpeded access to the website. With cookies enabled, you will not need to fill in password or contact information.
Information gathered through cookies also helps us measure use of our website. Cookie data allow us to track usage behavior and compile data that we can use to improve the site. This data will be used in aggregate form; no specific users will be tracked.
Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside of the Web site that he or she is visiting. You can easily turn off cookies. Most browsers have a feature that allows the user to refuse cookies or issues a warning when cookies are being sent. However, certain features of our site will not function properly without cookies. Enabling cookies ensures a smooth, efficient visit to our website.
We use IP addresses, browser identification, and session information for a variety of purposes, including:
- analyzing trends.
- administering the site.
- track user movement.
- Diagnose and prevent service or technology problems that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
- Estimate the total number of users visiting Hypershots from specific geographical regions.
- Help determine which users have access privileges to certain content, services or resources that we offer.
- Monitor and prevent fraud and abuse.
- Display bandwidth used to gallery owners.
When you post a comment, your Hypershots ID or alias that you are posting under may be visible to other users. You have the ability to post personally identifiable information about yourself in your comments. Additionally, Photographs or images that you upload may contain personally identifiable information about yourself or others. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Children
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") of 1998 is a Federal Law which requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13 years of age. Our web site does not target children under 13 years of ago. However, we realize that with proper adult superversion, some parents might permit their children to visit Hypershots and use our service.
Parents and legal guardians must be notified that:
- Hypershots may collect personal information about children under 13 years of age in order to provide them with access to services and content on our web site.
- Hypershots needs the consent of parents or guardians to collect, use and disclose personally identifiable information about children under 13. This occurs at the time of registration and requires the submission of a valid credit card number to verify that the child's parent or guardian knows and authorizes our information practices related to children protected by COPPA.
- Hypershots may not require children under 13 to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation. Once parental notice and consent has been verified, the information we collect will be treated the same as information collected from any other user of Hypershots. Without verified parental notice and consent, we will not knowingly collect personal information of children under 13 years of age, and if we learn that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will promptly delete it.
- Hypershots has created a mechanism by which parents or guardians can, upon verification, review their children's personal information, ask to have that information deleted, and refuse to allow any further collection or use of their children's personal information. If you know the childs' user name and password, then you can sign in as that user and request an account deletion in the account settings page. Or, you may contact us by email using the address information provided at the bottom of this page. If you request that no further information about your child be collected or used, we will be required to terminate your child's ability to use Hypershots's products and services that require a user to "sign in."
Links
Hypershots contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another web site for which Hypershots has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all such sites as their policies may be materially different from this Privacy Policy.
Your information and third-party companies
Hypershots may also collect information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners. This information might include information necessary to process payments due to us from you such as your credit card number. Hypershots may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or others. Hypershots may use or share your personal information where it is necessary for us to complete a transaction, to operate or improve Hypershots and related products and services, to do something that you have asked us to do, or tell you of products and services that we think may be of interest. In the course of operating our business it may be necessary or appropriate for us to provide access to your personal information to others such as our service providers, contractors and select vendors so that we can operate the Service and our business. Where practical, we seek to obtain confidentiality agreements that are consistent with this policy and that limit others' use or disclosure of the information you have shared.
When you provide personal information through using the Service you are however sharing your personal information with Hypershots, organizations that may hold a majority interest in Hypershots, their divisions or subsidiaries and, Hypershots and any of its divisions or subsidiaries. The use of your personal information by these organizations is subject to this policy.
Opt-out
If you are contacted with an offer or service based on information you have shared with Hypershots, we will do our best to provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of receiving such further communications at the time you are contacted.
Keeping your information secure
Hypershots is committed to protecting the information you provide us. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, to maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the appropriate use of the information, Hypershots has in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect. However, no data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make efforts to ensure security on our systems.
Your Hypershots account information is password-protected. We use the industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information. SSL encryption is designed to make the information unreadable by anyone but us. This security measure is working when you see either the symbol of an unbroken key or closed lock (depending on your browser) on the bottom of your browser window. Keep in mind, though, that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.
Credit card numbers are used only for processing payment and are not used for other purposes. As part of real-time payment processing, Hypershots may share other personal information with fraud management services. Such services gives you and Hypershots an extra level of security to guard against credit card fraud to protect your financial data.
If we learn of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using this web site or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of this site. Hypershots may post a notice on our web site if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view the Hypershots.com web site. Hypershots may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us at privacy@hypershots.com.
Other Disclosures
In addition to the circumstances described above, Hypershots may disclose member information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of Hypershots or its affiliated companies or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.
In addition, if Hypershots or substantially all of its assets are acquired, personally identifiable information you have shared with us is generally one of the business assets that will be transferred. The transferred personally identifiable information will remain subject to the promises made in this privacy policy or subsequent policies to which you have consented.