Privacy Policy
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Privacy Policy
Effective September 17, 2011
We, Hostward.com, are committed to protecting any dada collected concerning you. By using Hostward.com’s services you agree to the use of the collected data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are also committed to the principles of the US-Swiss and EU-US Safe Harbor program setup by the United States Department of Commerce, the European Union (.EU), and Switzerland. Hostward.com adheres to the Safe Harbor Province Principles of notice, choice, security, access, data integrity, onward transfer, enforcement, and access. More information about Safe Harbor principles can be found here http://www.export.gov/safeHarbor/.
Your Privacy will be Protected by us
We only collect the most necessary information about you in order to provide you with satisfactory service. This Policy speaks to the type of processes used in collecting the data about you. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to help you understand which identifying information of yours is collected, who has access to your information, how you can correct any inaccurate information, when we may use your information, and how we might use your information. We provide this Policy to explain our online practices and what choices you can make about how your information is used and collected. In order to make this notice easy for you to find it is available on our website.
Collecting Information
We may use communication profiles and cookies to collect any of the information necessary. The type of service, sales inquiry, and support will determine the personal information you must provide for that service. This could include your name, address, telephone number, email address, fax number, types of services provided, payment history, payment method, amount of payments, date of services provided, domain name, credit card information, or other payment information. Any financial information collected will only be used for bill you for the services or products you have agreed to purchase. You should know that if you pay with a credit card your purchase information could be forwarded to your credit card provider. We only use a secure server for collecting all sensitive information and transferring the data. You will see a security icon when information is being transferred.
Use of Information
The information collected by Hostward.com is used for billing and to provide you with the service and support you need. We may also use this information to help determine the needs of our customers when it comes to support and future services. We take all the most reasonable precautions to prevent unauthorized access to your information. You may have to provide additional types of identity if you need to obtain details about your account. Hostward may also email the monthly newsletter to the contact email you provide, but you can opt out of this newsletter at any time.
We also use IP addresses to help analyze trends, track access, gather a demographic, and maintain our servers and our site. These IP addresses are not personally linked to any identifiable information of yours. Due to the normal functions of IP address and web browsing it is possible that a customer’s personal information could be included in the log files.
Your browser has a built in program for storing small amount of text called cookies. These cookies hold some information that allows websites to recognize your account. Hostward.com uses cookies to save your login information and preferences. You are able to reject these cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Understand that if you do disable your cookies it could cause some of the functions of Hostward’s website to not work properly. You can find more information about cookies by going here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.
Hostward.com does not disclose any of your personal information to any third parties. The information may be used to contact you with any information about new developments associated with the services we provide. You always have the option to opt out from receiving any mailings or emails from Hostward.com. We may, however, disclose anonymous data from users to our affiliates, potential partners, and reputable third parties. We use caution when selecting any affiliates and service providers. We make sure they use ethical practices to provide you with the same level of privacy as we do. We don’t make any representations about the policies of any of these companies.
Updating Personal Information
If you need to make changes to your personal information or you don’t desire to use our services anymore, we will provide you with a way to correct, remove, or update your information in our records. This is most likely going to be achieved through our billing system at https://www.hostward.com/billing. Otherwise you can contact use at sales@hostward.com
Security
Hostward.com uses top security measures to make sure your information is not lost, stolen, or misused by any unauthorized party. These security measures include, but are not limited to: electronic procedures, physical procedures, and managerial procedures to secure the information we collect online. Whenever we ask a customer to provide financial information it will be protected by using Secure Sockets Layer or SSL technology.
Information Submitted to Another Entity on our Network
Hostward.com collects confidential information from customers that relates to our website hosting services. This privacy policy only applies to that confidential information that is submitted to us. This privacy policy doesn’t apply to any confidential information submitted to any other entity that Hostward.com provides hosting services for. We exercise no control or authority over these entities.
We always cooperate with law enforcement and government officials to comply and enforce the law. If we receive a valid request from government or law officials we will disclose any requested information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will update any changes made to this policy here and they will supersede this version of this privacy policy. We will make sure to take any reasonable steps to share these changes with you. However, it is suggested that you read this policy every single time you use the website to make sure there have not been any changes made and it meets your approval.
Dispute Resolution and Enforcement
Hostward.com verifies the ongoing adherence to its privacy policy. This includes the Safe Harbor Principles and Hostward also encourages individuals to raise any concerns about this policy by contacting Hostward.com and any time by using the address below.
Hostward
po box 0000
sandpoint , id 83864
Contact Us
If you would like to know more about the information collected by us about you or you have any questions about this policy, then please email us at: privacy@hostward.com. You can also request to have your information removed at any time or correct your information as well by emailing use at: privacy@hostward.com.
