Privacy Policy
Last Update: October 2009
Gtellect, LLC ("Gdirect") understands the importance of maintaining your privacy so we strive to provide our services with your protection in mind. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of Gdirect's website (the "Website") and describes our practices regarding the collection, maintenance, use and sharing of information from the Website. This Privacy Policy is maintained to conform with applicable privacy-related laws and may change from time to time. Any changes will be available for your review on the Website. Your continued use of the Website after any such changes have been made will signify your agreement with any revisions to the Privacy Policy.
Information We Gather
We do not automatically collect your name, physical address, email address, or telephone number when you use our Website, unless you submit that information to us. If you do submit information or create an account online, you will be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information which may include your name, company, e-mail address, and telephone number. We will always let you know whether such information is required or optional. Gdirect Web Pages will transmit limited non-personally identifiable information that your browser makes available whenever you visit a web site. This log information may include your IP Address, browser type, the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our Website, search queries entered by you on our Website, and the date and time of your queries. Any search query information collected by us is maintained by Gdirect together with the queries of all of our end-users for the purposes of generating statistics regarding the use of our Website. It is never used in a manner that matches specific search query information with the identity of any particular end-user.
In order to take advantage of certain features on the Website you may be required to create an online account with Gdirect. During the account creation process, you will be required to provide certain personal information such as your e-mail address. We may also request other information such as your zip code, age range and gender. We will store all of this information. If you have an online account with us, you have the ability to review and update your personal information online by logging into your account.
Cookies and Web Beacons
When you visit a Gdirect Search Page, a cookie that uniquely identifies your browser may be sent to your computer. A "cookie" is a small file containing your preferences that is sent to your browser and sent back by your browser each time your browser accesses our servers. We use cookies to improve the quality of our Website and to better understand how people interact with our Website. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some aspects of the Gdirect Website may not function properly without cookies. From time to time, we may utilize a third party company to help us develop and measure the effectiveness of our website. To do this, we would allow this company to include Web beacons and cookies on the Gdirect Web Pages. The type of information collected via such Web beacons and cookies includes search terms, search parameters, click-throughs by users, and other similar information. By supplementing our records, this information helps improve the quality of our Website.
How We Use the Information We Gather
Most of the limited, non-personally identifiable information collected is used to operate, develop, and improve our products and websites or to determine the total number of end-users who are using our Website, prepare utilization reports for our partners or affiliates (collectively, “Partners”), diagnose and fix compatibility problems or other problems with our Website, and perform statistical analyses to improve our website. If you create an online account, we will use the information you provided to Gdirect during the account creation process to send you only promotions that will be most relevant to you. We also take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to, or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of, data.
When we Disclose the Information We Gather
As a general rule, we do not share the information we collect from end-users with third-parties. However, when users submit a search query on our Website, IP addresses and search terms or phrases are transmitted to certain Partners with whom Gdirect has subcontracted so that those Partners can deliver responsive Internet search results, advertising, or other websites and, in some cases, for the internal data reporting purposes of those Partners. In addition, some of the information we collect is provided to our Partners solely for purposes of calculating amounts owed to such Partners. Our Partners are obligated by applicable law to protect the privacy of certain types of data; however, we are not responsible for their actions or omissions, including the manner in which they use information that they receive from us. Nevertheless, if you feel that any of our Partners, or any third party who claims association with Gdirect, is improperly collecting or using information about you, we urge you to contact them directly and also to inform us by e-mailing us at info@Gdirect.com. If in the future we sell or transfer any portion of our business, we may transfer such information to our successor or buyer, subject to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to share aggregated information with others. We reserve the right to disclose any information about you if it is required by law, necessary to defend our legal rights, or if we in good faith believe it is appropriate to cooperate in investigations of fraud or other illegal activity in which you may be involved (or are reasonably suspected to be involved), even without a subpoena, warrant or court order.
Comments, Testimony, Reviews and Advertisements
From time to time, Comments, Testimony, Reviews and Advertisements shall appear on our website. Such postings are governed by our Terms of Use. Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information in a review, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
No Responsibility for Third-Party Practices
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of our Partners. In addition, any web sites that you click to from our website will be developed by parties over which we exercise no control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
Provisions Applicable to Advertisers Only
Any advertiser who wishes to place advertising on our Website will be asked to provide certain information such as the advertiser’s business name, phone number, physical address, e-mail address, service area, website URL, description of the advertiser’s business, a contact name, advertising category and/or keyword, and credit card information. Some of this information is personally identifiable. This information will be used by Gdirect to create an account for the advertiser, improve the Website, communicate changes to the Website, conduct research, provide anonymous reporting for internal purposes and for reporting to third-parties, and market Gdirect products and services to advertisers. Some of the information will also be displayed within the advertiser’s ad copy on the Website. We will not disclose any personally identifiable information to third parties without your prior consent. Advertisers may edit their account information by logging into their account online.
Additional Information
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed by e-mail to Gdirect at info@Gdirect.com or, by U.S. mail, to Gtellect, LLC, 17470 N. Pacesetter Way, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260, U.S.A.