The Site and Services are not directed at individuals under (18) eighteen years of age. Individuals under (18) eighteen years of age are not permitted to use the Site or Services, and/or submit their personal information on the Site. RALSTON does not knowingly solicit or collect information from individuals under the age of (18) eighteen. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you affirm that you are at least (18) eighteen years of age.
1.2 Coverage
This Privacy Policy covers RALSTON’s treatment of personally identifiable information that RALSTON collects when you use its Site and/or Services. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that RALSTON does not own or control, or to people that RALSTON does not employ or manage.
1.3 Information Collected
RALSTON collects personally identifiable information when you use the Site and/or purchase, subscribe to, or register to use any of RALSTON’s Site or other Services. RALSTON may collect nonpublic personal information from you in a variety of ways, including online forms for ordering products and services, and other instances where you are invited to volunteer such information. The type of information we may collect from you includes, but is not limited to: your first and last name(s), your street address(es), your city, your state, your ZIP code, your phone number(s), your e-mail address(es), your IP address(es), time and date stamps for your visits to the Site, and any information required to process an application to receive product(s) and/or services being offered on the Site, such as credit card billing information. While not all of the information that we collect from you is nonpublic personal information, the information we collect may be associated with nonpublic personal information that you provide us through the Site. We may also collect nonpublic personal information from you pursuant to the terms of the sections of this Privacy Policy entitled “Cookie Technology.” Each time a visitor comes to RALSTON’s Site, RALSTON’s servers — like most on the Web — collect some basic technical information, including, for example, the visitor’s domain, referral data including the last URL a user visited prior to clicking through to the Website, and browser and platform type. We also count, track, and aggregate the visitor’s activity into our analysis of general traffic flows at the Site (e.g. tracking where traffic comes from, how traffic flows within the Website, etc.). RALSTON collects non-identifiable information to measure how our registered users and subscribers use the Website. This information may include statistics about the numbers and timing of unique visits to our web site(s), repeat visits, and which pages are viewed.
1.4 Cookie Technology
RALSTON may also collect information about how you use the Site. For example, we may track the number of unique views received by the pages of the Site or the domains from which unique views originate. We may use “cookies” to track how you use the Site. A cookie is a piece of software that a web server can store on your computer and use to identify you should you visit the Site again. RALSTON may set and access cookies on your computer. We use cookies in a limited way to speed access to the Site, to identify unique browsers that visit the Site, and to track usage of the Site. RALSTON gathers anonymous information about our users through cookie technology on an aggregate level only.
1.5 How We Use Information
RALSTON uses information for four general purposes: To verify you are a subscriber, to customize the content you see on the Site, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, and to contact you about specials and new products. RALSTON will only use your nonpublic personal information collected through your use of the Website or your purchase, subscription to, or registration to use any of RALSTON’s Site tools or other online services for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you consent to the use of your nonpublic personal information as set forth herein. RALSTON uses registration and subscription information to maintain records about your use of our services, for billing purposes, and for us to occasionally send you information on products and services that we offer. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT SHARED WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY, unless specifically stated or in other special situations described below. In addition to the uses set forth above herein, RALSTON may use information collected through the Site for research regarding the effectiveness of the Site and RALSTON’s marketing and advertising efforts, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements, and gather broad information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. RALSTON will not sell the personal information that you supply to us or disclose the information to third parties for any purpose other than that set forth in this Privacy Policy. To carry out the uses set forth in this Privacy Policy, it may be necessary for RALSTON to disclose aggregate, anonymous data obtained from you to third parties. We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you as permitted and/or required by law. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you specifically consent to such disclosure. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you authorize us to contact you with new offers and information via e mail. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive email sent by RALSTON. Your mobile service provider’s standard data and messaging rates will apply to all emails received on your mobile device. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device on which email messages will be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges.
1.6 Change to this Privacy Policy
RALSTON reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. If we make any substantial changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on the Site or by email. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you consent to receive your notice of the privacy policy via the Site. All changes to this Privacy Policy are effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Your continued use of the Site and/or continued subscription to any Service offered by RALSTON constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy, please contact RALSTON via email at [email protected]