Privacy Statement
This privacy statement applies to the web site and web systems of:
TextBound
8046 N. Brother Blvd, Suite 103
Bartlett, TN 38133
USA
1-866-563-7848
privacy@textbound.com
We respect your privacy. This is why we have taken the time to disclose our information collection practices and our privacy policy. Please take the time to review this document.
Collecting information provides specific benefits to our web site visitors:
- This information will be used to track unique visitors to the site's content as well as to target marketing offerings based on browsing.
We collect information for the following purpose(s):
- Completing or supporting an activity or service
- Web site and system administration
- Research and development
- Tailoring the web site for its visitors
- Research, analysis, reporting
- Build records of individual visitors
- Research, analysis, reporting
- Build records of individual visitors
- Contacting our visitors (except via telephone) for promotion of the site or products
- Preserving social history as governed by existing law or policy
Who has access to the information we collect?
- Ourselves - Information is only shared with partners who share a similar privacy policy
- Delivery services possibly not sharing our privacy policy
- Other businesses who share our privacy policy
Of the information we do collect, we allow our visitors the following access to the information:
- Access is given to contact information (such as email address or postal address).
If you believe that our web site has collected incorrect information or if you would like to dispute any information, please contact us.
This policy serves to describe and explain what information TextBound collects from you, and how we manage this information. This privacy policy may be updated from time to time.
What Information Do We Collect?
TextBound (hereafter " TextBound ") collects personal information when you use TextBound products or services, when you register for an account with us, when you visit a TextBound web site, when you engage in business transactions or agreements, or when you communicate with us directly.
Some of our services require that you register for an account, and some do not require registration. Regardless of which service(s) you use and whether you register with us, we may collect some or all of the following information:
- Information Critical To Providing Services
As part of using any of TextBound’s services, it is necessary that we collect some information to provide the service. This information may include your telephone number, your service provider, your phone make and model, your name, your email, or other technical information.
- Information You Provide To Us
When you sign up for an account with TextBound, or provide information directly to a TextBound product or service, or during a TextBound promotion, we will ask you for personal information. This information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, telephone number, an account password, security questions, and other personal or business information. For some of our services, we will request credit card, bank, or other billing or payment information which we will keep in encrypted form on our servers.
- Cookies
When you visit any of TextBound’s web sites, we may send cookies to your browser. These cookies may contain information that will uniquely identify your browser to us.
- Log Information
When you use, visit, log in, or interact with any of TextBound 's Web sites or Services, our servers collect log information about your use. This may contain server logs, transaction logs, or other service logs and may contain information such as your IP Address, your mobile phone make and model, your mobile phone service provider, your browser type, your browser language, your search terms or keywords, the date and time, or similar types of information.
- User Communications
When you communicate with us directly (regardless of phone, email, mail, or some other form), we may retain copies of those communications and related information.
How do we use the information we collect?
We may use the information we collect from you in a number of ways:
- We use this information to process your service requests or to provide the products or services that you have requested. This includes services that display customized content, advertising, promotions, information, or data.
- We use this information to audit, modify, update, improve, protect, or upgrade our services. This includes research and analysis, statistical or otherwise, that allow us to grow and improve the technology, software, and services that we provide.
- We use the information to ensure that our network, software, and services are functioning correctly, as well as in development of new products, services, or software.
- We use cookies to do some or all of the following, depending on the specific service:
- Store your personalized settings
- To estimate our audience size or to estimate the traffic to our web site.
- To track your use, progress, and number of clicks in using our service.
- To measure certain traffic patterns.
You may direct your browser settings to remove or deny cookies from our servers. However, some features or services will not function properly if you have cookies disabled.
- We use this information to customize the advertising, content, data, or information you see.
- We use this information to provide anonymous, aggregated data to our customers, suppliers, advertisers, potential business partners, and the general public.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
TextBound may rent, sell, or share aggregated, non-personal information to third parties including advertisers, potential business partners, and the general public.
TextBound does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people, nonaffiliated companies, or organizations except under the following circumstances:
- You initiate a property request. We share your mobile phone number with the property owner/agent when you use text messaging to access property information. You have the ability to opt out of this process by sending 'OUT' at any time.
- We have your consent. We generally require opt-in consent when sharing any sensitive personal information to others (excluding property owners you are requesting info from, see above). Use of some features or transmission of some information through our services is sometimes enough to be reasonably considered opt-in consent.
- We provide information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing the information on our behalf. We require that these companies agree to confidentiality agreements in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
- We are responding to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
- We have a good faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable government request.
- We have a good faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to enforce our Terms of Service, including investigation and prosecution of potential violations.
- We have a good faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to detect, prevent, or address issues of fraud, security, or technical matters.
- We have a good faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to prevent or protect against imminent harm to the rights, property, or safety of TextBound, its users or customers, or the public.
- We transfer information about you if TextBound is acquired by or merged with another company or organization. In this event, if reasonably possible, TextBound will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. You will be given the option to remove your information from our records.
Information Confidentiality & Security
TextBound limits access to sensitive personal information to employees or contractors who reasonably need to use or view that information to provide you with products or services, or in order to do their jobs. These individuals are generally bound by confidentiality agreements and may be subject to discipline or termination.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to your personal information. These include physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal information.
Accessing, Updating, or Removing Information
If you have an account with TextBound, you can modify or update some or all of your information at any time through our web site. To do this you will need to log in. This may include your personal information, preferences, and billing information.
You can remove your account with TextBound, but we may retain some information. For other types of information, you can have it modified or removed by contacting us, but we may decline such requests that are unreasonable, unnecessary, or that are extremely impractical. We may also decline if the information we possess is required to be retained by law or we have a good faith belief that the information is reasonably necessary to retain. Even after you remove your account or delete your information, this Privacy Policy remains in effect for any data or information that remains in our databases.
Changes to this Policy
TextBound may update this policy. If you have an account with us, we will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information through email as specified in your account. We will also place a prominent notice on our web site whenever this policy changes significantly.
Questions, Suggestions, Comments
We encourage you to read and thoroughly understand this document. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments concerning this Policy, or the privacy of your personal information, please feel free to contact us through the web site or through mail at:
Privacy Concerns
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8046 N. Brother Blvd. Suite 103
Bartlett , TN 38133
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