Privacy Policy

 

This Privacy Policy tells you how we protect and use information that we gather from you. By using this website, you consent to the terms described in the most recent version of this Privacy Policy. You should also read our Terms and Conditions to understand the general rules about your use of this website, and any additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas of this website. 

A Modern Family is committed to the security and privacy of all our customers. We take your privacy seriously, and we will work with you to ensure that you have an enjoyable online experience.

 

Definitions

“Non-Personal Information” (NPI) is information that is in no way personally identifiable and that is obtained automatically when you access our Website with a web browser. 

“Personally Identifiable Information” (PII) is non-public information that is personally identifiable to you and obtained for us to provide you with a product or service. PII may include information such as your name, address, phone number, credit card information, and other related information that you provide to us.

 

Information We Collect

Generally you control the amount and type of information you provide to us when using our website. If you register as a member to use our website, you must provide PII in order for us to provide you with various features and/or functionality of our website. As a member we collect your PII in the following ways:

 

-    At Member Registration
When you register for membership, we collect your name and email address (and other information listed). 

-    When Buying Products or Services
If you buy products or services from us, we collect your name, email address, physical address, credit card information, phone number (and other information listed).

-    Online Forms
There may be online forms used on our website. The information you enter into these online forms may contain PII.

-    Premium Features
Our website may offer premium features for the use of which you must pay. If we were to charge you for the use of these premium features, we would need to collect payment source information (such as a credit card) to bill you for using such premium features.

 

Computer Information Collected

When you use our website, we automatically collect certain computer information through the interaction of your mobile phone or web browser with our website. Such information is typically (but not always) considered NPI.

 

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Our website uses these "cookies" to collect information and to improve our service. By agreeing to accept our use of cookies you are giving us permission to place some or all the cookies described below on your device. We may use cookies for:

 

  • Identifying the areas of our website that you have visited

  • Signing in and identifying you as a member or user of our website

  • Our website analytics

  • Remarketing our products or services to you

  • Navigating our website

  • Remembering your preferences and settings

  • Targeted advertising

  • Affiliate marketing

  • To personalise the content that you see on our website

Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access features on our website correctly or at all. 

 

Log Files

A Modern Family follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

 

Google Analytics

Our website uses “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve our site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognising you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.

 

Web Beacons

We may also use a technology called web beacons to collect general information about your use of our website and your use of special promotions or newsletters. The information we collect by web beacons allows us to statistically monitor the number of people who open our emails. Web beacons also help us understand the behaviour of our customers and visitors. Our web beacons are not used to track your activity outside our website.

 

How information is used

We use the information we receive from you as follows:

 

  • Providing and improving our website

We may use the PII you provide to us along with any computer information we receive to provide our website to you as well as to make improvements to it.

  • Communications and email alerts

When we communicate with you about our website, we will use the email address you provided when registering as a member. We may also send you website alerts regarding your use of our website. Finally, we may also send you emails with promotional information about our website or offers from us or our affiliates, unless you have opted out of receiving such information. You can change contact preferences at any time through your account. While you can opt-out of promotional messages, you cannot opt-out of receiving Website alerts.

  • Behavioural Advertising

We use your PII to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.

  • Sharing information with affiliates and other third parties

We do not sell or rent your PII to third parties for marketing purposes. However, we may use your NPI for data aggregation purposes, any such data aggregation would not contain any of your PII. We may provide your PII to affiliates that provide services with regards to our website (i.e. payment processors, web-hosting companies, etc.); such affiliates will only receive information necessary to provide the respective websites and will be bound by confidentiality agreements limiting the use of such information. We may share PII with third parties so they and us can provide you with tailored advertising and measure and monitor its effectiveness.

  • Community Discussion Boards

Our website may offer the capability for users to communicate with each other through online Community Discussion Boards. We do not filter or monitor what is posted on such discussion boards. If you chose to post on these discussion boards, you should use care when exposing any PII as such information is not protected by our privacy policy nor are we liable should you choose to disclose PII through such postings.

  • Legally Required Releases of Information

We may be legally required to disclose your PII, if such disclosure is (a) required by subpoena, law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties including you and/or other Members; and/or (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of our company, our Users, employees, and affiliates.

  • Disclosures to Successors

If our business is acquired or merges, in whole or in part, with another business that would become responsible for providing the Website to you, we retain the right to transfer your PII to the new business. The new business would retain the right to use your PII according to the terms of this Privacy Policy as well as to any changes to this Privacy Policy as instituted by the new business.

 

Changing and Requesting Your Personal Information

You can change or update your PII using facilities found on our website. If you need assistance with updating your PII or removing yourself from our mailing lists, send us an email at support@amodernfamily.com with your request or contact us using our contact information found on our website. You may also request the type of personal information we have collected from you that is stored in electronic or paper format by A Modern Family.

 

Retaining and Destroying Your Personal Information

We retain information we collect from you (including PII) for only as long as we need such information for legal, business, or tax purposes. Your information may be retained in electronic form, paper form, or a combination of both. When your information is no longer needed, we will destroy, delete, or erase it.

 

Use of Credit Cards

You may have to provide a credit card to buy products and services from our website. We use third party billing services and have no control over these services. We use our commercially reasonable efforts to make sure that your credit card number is kept strictly confidential by using only third party billing services that use industry standard encryption technology to protect your credit card number from unauthorised use. However, you understand and agree that we are in no way responsible for any misuse of your credit card number.

 

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Links To External Sites

This site may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. A Modern Family has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices or any third party sites, products or services.

 

Children’s Privacy

Our services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us. 

 

Protecting the Privacy Rights of Third Parties

If any postings you make to our website contain information about third parties, you need to make sure that you have permission to include them in your posting. While we are not legally liable for the actions of our users, we will endeavour to remove any postings for which we are notified that such postings violate the privacy rights of others.

 

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. If our company decides to change this privacy policy, we will post those changes on our website so our users and customers are always aware of what information we collect, use, and disclose. If at any time we decide to disclose or use your PII in a method different from that specified at the time it was collected, we will provide advance notice by email (sent to the email address on file in your account). Otherwise we will use and disclose our users’ and customers’ PII in agreement with the privacy policy that was in effect when their information was collected. In all cases your continued use of our website, services, and products after any change to this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please email support@amodernfamily.com.