Spotlight Mothers Privacy Policy
Effective February 1, 2007
Spotlight Mothers, LLC (“Spotlight”) values its customers and the privacy of our customer’s Personally Identifiable and Non Personally Identifiable Information (collectively “Personal Information”), and recognizes that our customers may be concerned about how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information. Therefore, we have implemented the following Privacy Policy to govern our use of our customer’s Personal Information. By using the Web Site and the Services, you are accepting the practices and activities as described in this policy. Any questions concerning this policy or the use of Personal Information may be directed to admin@spotlightmothers.com.
Types of Information Collected
Personally Identifiable Information. When you register with spotlightmothers.com we collect certain personal information from you. Personal information is information that can be used to identify you personally, and includes but is not limited to your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, website, picture, or any other data supplied to us by you.
Non Personally Identifiable Information. By visiting the spotlightmothers.com website (the “Website”) we also collect certain Non Personal Information. This is generalized information and cannot be used to easily identify you personally. Such information includes but is not limited to your IP address, your ISP, your browser type, your operating system, your clickstream patterns, the URL of the most recent website you visited before coming to the Web Site, the amount of time you spent on our site, and the pages you viewed while on our site.
Methods of Collection.
Spotlight collects your Personal Information in several different ways. First, we collect information when you provide it to us in your initial registration with the website, signing up for a newsletter or message board, or communicating with us directly via the Web Site. We also employ commonly used analytic and reporting software technologies to collect certain Non Personally Identifying Information such as your IP address, your ISP, your browser type, your operating system, your clickstream patterns, the URL of the most recent web site you visited before coming to the Web Site, the amount of time you spent on our site, and the pages you viewed while on our site.
Use of Personal Information.
Personally Identifiable Information. Personal information is mainly used for Spotlight’s own internal purposes in order to provide the Services to you including but not limited to customer service issues, maintaining and improving the Web Site, and providing the Spotlight Mothers newsletter or update services.
Non Personally Identifiable Information. Spotlight uses Non Personally Identifiable Information to track and analyze the usage and performance of the Web Site and Services. Spotlight uses this information internally to assist in determining changes and/or upgrades to the Web Site, whether to add or discontinue specific products or services, and for internal market analysis purposes.
Disclosure of Personal Information.
In general, we do not disclose Personal Information to third parties without your prior consent. However, we reserve the right to do so in certain limited situations as identified below:
1) Disclosure to Third Party Service Providers. In the course of providing you the Services, we may at our option use third party service providers to provide some or all of the Services you may request in your use of the Web Site. We make all commercially reasonable efforts to make sure that these third party vendors use your Personal Information only to the extent necessary to provide the Services to you. However, we cannot guarantee that a third party vendor will not disclose your Personal Information.
2) Disclosure to Other Third Parties. We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information to protect or enforce Spotlight’s rights, or the rights of a third party, to prevent an emergency, or as may be required by law, including but not limited to, complying with subpoenas or a court order.
3) Successors in Interest. We may also disclose your Personal Information to any successor in interest to our company, including, but not limited to any third party company that may acquire or merge with Spotlight Mothers, LLC. In the event of a merger or sale of all or substantially all of the assets relating to spotlightmothers.com by Spotlight Mothers, LLC, your Personal Information will most likely be part of the transaction . If such a transaction happens, we will notify you by the methods listed in the Terms of Service concerning the transaction and the transfer of your Personal Information.
4) Disclosure of Non Personally Identifiable Information. We may disclose any Non Personally Identifiable Information we collect to our strategic business partners, potential business partners, investors, advisors and customers. This information is usually disclosed in terms of aggregate numbers. Since the information cannot be traced back to you directly, you may not “opt out” of our use of the information.
Security of Personal Information.
We employ commercially reasonable technology and systems to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access and disclosure. However, no protection methods are 100% secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee the 100% security of your Personal Information. We are not responsible for any disclosure of Personal Information due to any errors in transmission of your information, or any unauthorized third party access or any other acts by third parties, or any acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Public Nature of Certain Website Content.
Certain Services provided by Spotlight now or in the future may be accessible by the public. These include, but are not limited to mother of the week selections, message board postings, user profiles and forums. We are not responsible for third parties uses of any Personal Information contained in these public disclosures.
The Use of Cookies.
The Web Site uses “cookies” (small files placed on your hard drive) for several different purposes. First, we use cookies to create a more personalized web experience. These cookies record and track your use of the Web Site including, but not limited to things such as your screen name, your prior uses of the Web Site, and any personal preferences concerning the web site that you may have identified during your registration with spotlightmothers.com. Secondly, we use cookies to help identify you and reduce the number of times you need to sign-in to the Web Site. Most cookies are session cookies, meaning they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. Our use of cookies does not track or otherwise utilize any of your Personal Information. You may encounter cookies from third parties on certain pages of the Web Site that we do not control. Please consult the privacy policy for each third party for more information on their particular usage of cookies.
Receipt of Marketing Materials
You may “opt out” from receiving marketing materials from us at the time you are providing us with the personal information. For example, when registering as a user of the Web Site, you will have the opportunity to decide whether you want to receive additional materials from us in the future. If at any time you wish to discontinue receiving materials from Spotlight please follow the instructions for removal contained on the most recent communication from Spotlight, email admin@spotlightmothers.com, or write to Customer Service, Spotlight Mothers LLC, Attn: Customer Service, Boulder, CO, 80302. We also offer you the ability to unsubscribe from certain communications through your account profile panel.
Information Concerning Children.
Our services are only for those adults and children over the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13. We will affirmatively delete any information which we have knowledge came from or pertains to a child under the age of 13. Children between the ages of 13 and 18 may use our Web Site and Services only under you parent or legal guardian’s supervision. If you are a parent or Legal guardian of a child between the ages of 13 and 18 and you do not want your child’s personal information in our records, or do not wish to receive communications from us please contact us by emailing admin@spotlightmothers.com, or write to Customer Service, Spotlight Mothers LLC, Attn: Customer Service, Boulder, CO, 80302.
Changes to this Privacy Policy.
Spotlight reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy in its sole discretion from time to time. Notification of the changes to the privacy policy shall be made in accordance with the Terms of Service for the Website. If you receive a notification of a change in this Privacy Policy, you must review the policy prior to your continued use of the Web Site and the Services. Your continued use of the Web Site and the Services after notification of a change to this Privacy Policy shall constitute your affirmative acceptance of any such change.