Information Collection and Use Policy
Information
Collection
AMERICAN DATABANK is the sole owner of the information
collected on AmericanDatabank.net. AMERICAN DATABANK
collects information from our users at several
different points on our Web site.
Order
We request information from the user on our order
form. A user must provide contact information
such as name, email, and shipping address and
financial information such as credit card number,
expiration date. This information is used for
billing purposes and to fill customer's orders.
If we have trouble processing an order, the information
is used to contact the user.
Information
Use
American DataBank collects personally identifiable
information when you visit our site and submit
your information or when you purchase products.
We may use "cookies" (see below). This
information is used to enhance your user experience
and provide you with information regarding American
DataBank services and special offers. When you
order services or register on American DataBank
properties, we may need you to provide your name,
e-mail address, mailing address, phone number
and credit card information. When processing transactions
such as credit card payments, this information
may be sent to reputable third parties for fraud
detection. These vendors maintain an obligation
of confidentiality with regard to such information.
When you elect to be included in our opt-out program,
we may need you to provide personal information
including but not limited to: your full name,
e-mail address, mailing address, past addresses
and aliases. This information is used to help
prevent your private information, as distinguished
from your public record information, from being
disclosed through American DataBank services.
Profile
We store information that we collect through cookies,
log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to
create a profile of our users. A profile is stored
information that we keep on individual users that
details their viewing preferences. Consequently,
collected information is tied to the users personally
identifiable information to provide offers and
improve the content of the site for the user.
This profile is used to tailor a user's visit
to our Web site, and to direct pertinent marketing
promotions to them. We share your profile with
other third parties such as data source provider.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's
computer tied to information about the user. Cookies
allow Web site operators to better customize visits
to the site to the your individual preferences.
The use of cookies is standard on the Internet
and many major Web sites use them. American DataBank
may use cookies to help provide you with a better
experience on our site; however, we do not store
personal identifying information in cookies.
By setting a cookie on our site, users would
not have to log in a password more than once,
thereby saving time while on our site. If users
reject the cookie, they may still use our site.
The only drawback to this is that the user will
be limited in some areas of our site.
Log
Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log
files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses,
browser type, internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time
stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user's movement in
the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not
linked to personally identifiable information.
IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable
information to enable our Web-based service.
Communications from
the Site
Special Offers and Updates
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify
password and username. Established members will
occasionally receive information on products,
services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out
of respect for the privacy of our users we present
the option to not receive these types of communications.
Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out
a strictly service related announcement. For instance,
if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance
we might send users an email. Generally, users
may not opt-out of these communications, though
they can deactivate their account. However, these
communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to
provide requested services and in regards to issues
relating to their account we reply via email or
phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy,
we may need to disclose personal information when
required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with a
current judicial proceeding, a court order or
legal process served on our Web site.
Service Providers
We partner with other third parties(government
agency, private database agency) to provide specific
services. When the user signs up for these particular
services, we share names, or other contact information,
SSN Data of Birth that is necessary for the third
party to provide these services. These third parties
are not allowed to use personally identifiable
information except for the purpose of providing
these services.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to opt-out
of having their information used for purposes
not directly related to our site at the point
where we ask for information. For example, our
order form has an opt-out of mechanism so users
who buy a product from us, but don't want any
marketing material, can keep their email address
off of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter
and promotional communications may opt-out of
receiving these communications by replying to
unsubscribe in the subject line in the e-mail or e-mail us,
or the user may contact us at 303-573-1130,
or 910 Sixteenth St. STE 550 Denver, CO 80202
to opt-out.
Users of our site are always notified when their
information is being collected by any outside
parties. We do this so our users can make an informed
choice as to whether or not they should proceed
with services that require an outside party.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please
be aware that we, AMEIRCAN DATABANK, are not responsible
for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site and to read the privacy statements of
each and every Web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement
applies solely to information collected by this
Web site.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect
our users's information. When users submit sensitive
information via the Web site, their information
is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to
enter sensitive information (such as credit card
number and/or social security number), that information
is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure
page, such as our order form, the lock icon on
the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator
and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked,
as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are
just surfing.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive
information online, we also do everything in our
power to protect user-information off-line. All
of our users's information, not just the sensitive
information mentioned above, is restricted in
our offices. Only employees who need the information
to perform a specific job (for example, our billing
clerk or a customer service representative) are
granted access to personally identifiable information.
Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers
when they leave their desk. When they return,
they must re-enter their password to re-gain access
to user information. Finally, the servers that
store personally identifiable information are
in a secure environment, behind a firewall.
If users have any questions about the security
at our Web site, users can send an e-mail.
Supplementation
of Information
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill
its obligation to users it is necessary for us
to supplement the information we receive with
information from 3rd party sources.
Purchasing
History
In order for this Web site to enhance its ability
to tailor the site to a user's preference, we
combine information about the purchasing habits
of users with similar information from our partners,
uscriminalcheck.com, to create a personalized
user profile. When a user makes a purchase from
either of these two companies, we collect and
share personal information back with us.
Enhancement of Marketing
Profile
We purchase third party marketing data and add
it to our existing user database to better target
our advertising and provide pertinent offers we
think our users would be interested in. We use
this information to enhance or overlay the profile's
of individual users. This aggregate marketing
data is therefore tied to the users's personally
identifiable information. See also the Profile.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating
Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information
changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal
address), or if a user no longer desires our
service, we provide a way to correct, update
or delete/deactivate users's personally identifiable
information. This can usually be done at the
http://www.americandatabank.net/Contact.asp
or by e-mailing our Customer Support.
or contact us by telephone or postal mail at
the contact information listed below.
Notification
of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we
will post those changes to this privacy statement,
the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate
so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use users's personally
identifiable information in a manner different
from that stated at the time of collection we
will notify users by posting a notice on our Web
site for 30 days.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding
our privacy policy, please contact us at:
Phone: 303-573-1130
Fax: 303-573-1779
E-mail
Postal Address: 910 Sixteenth St. STE 550 Denver,
CO 80202
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