This privacy policy (Privacy Policy) was last updated and became
effective on June 1, 2011.
This website is operated by Homax Products, Inc. (Homax
Products, Inc. or we, us, or our). Homax Products, Inc. is
committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that
gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This
Privacy Policy only covers information collected at this website,
and does not cover any information collected at any other web site
by Homax Products, Inc. or any other related or unrelated company
(unless specifically stated) or collected offline by Homax
Products, Inc., unless specifically stated.
Acceptance:
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Your use of this
website indicates that you have read and accepted Homax Products,
Inc.s privacy practices, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Collection of Information:
Homax Products, Inc. automatically collects information about
your computer hardware and software. This information can include:
your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, webpages
visited and referring website addresses.
Homax Products, Inc. also collects personally identifiable
information that you provide during your use of the website.
Personally identifiable information is information that identifies
you or could reasonably be used to identify you personally (such as
your real name, your address, your phone number, or your e-mail
address). Providing personally identifiable information is
voluntary. You may, however, not be able to use the full
functionality of this website if you do not provide certain
information. Specific examples of personally identifiable
information collected by Homax Products, Inc. include:
* information for using our online store or otherwise managing a
Homax Products, Inc. registered account, including your name,
address, email address, and phone number. We use credit card
information only to process transactions and/or pass on to our
credit card processors. We do not store the credit card number
after the purchase is complete. However, for historic receipt
purposes, we may store the card type (Visa, MasterCard, etc.), the
last three digits of the card (e.g., xxxx xxxx xxxx x123) and
expiration date;
* information you provide when you participate in community aspects
of our website (e.g. testimonials);
* information you provide when you sign up for any services,
communications (e.g. newsletters), contests, promotions, accounts
or sweepstakes offered on the website; and
* information collected when you contact us via online forms (e.g.
Ask the Expert).
This website is not directed at children and Homax Products,
Inc. does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable
information from children under thirteen (13) years of age unless
the collection complies with the Childrens Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA). If you are under thirteen (13) years of
age, do not send any information about yourself to Homax Products,
Inc.. If Homax Products, Inc. discovers that a child under the age
of 13 has provided Homax Products, Inc. with personally
identifiable information, Homax Products, Inc. will use
commercially reasonable efforts to delete that childs personally
identifiable information from its system.
Use of Collected Information:
The computer hardware and software information collected by
Homax Products, Inc. is used by Homax Products, Inc. for the
operation of the service and website, to maintain quality of the
service and website, and to provide general statistics regarding
use of the service and website. We encourage you to review the
privacy statements and privacy practices of websites you choose to
link to from this website so that you can understand how those
websites collect, use and share your information. We are not
responsible for the privacy statements, privacy practices or other
content on third party websites or websites not governed by this
Privacy Policy.
Homax Products, Inc. may use non-personally identifiable
information collected for many additional reasons, such as system
administration, marketing analysis, to audit use of our website and
to deliver customized content and advertising (which may be
delivered by third parties) within the Homax Products, Inc. website
to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a
particular subject area. Homax Products, Inc. may disclose
non-personally identifying information, such as aggregated user
statistics, to third parties without restriction. Homax Products,
Inc. may associate your IP address or other non-personally
identifiable information with any personally identifiable
information that you provide, but Homax Products, Inc. will use
this aggregated information solely for Homax Products, Inc.s
internal business purposes, subject to this Privacy Policy as it
pertains to personally identifiable information.
We only use personally identifiable information collected from
you for the purpose disclosed at the time the information is
collected (e.g., we will collect credit card information to process
a payment and we will collect contact information to manage your
product licenses). We will only use personally identifiable
information to contact you: (i) to provide you with requested
purchases, information, services or content; (ii) in connection
with certain contests, sweepstakes or promotions voluntarily
entered by you, which may include, without limitation, publication
of personally identifiable information in a winners list as
required by law; or (iii) to enforce this Privacy Policy and to
address any problems or concerns we have regarding your use of this
website.
Homax Products, Inc. may share personally identifiable and
non-personally identifiable information with entities that perform
functions on behalf of Homax Products, Inc.. For example, and
without limitation, Homax Products, Inc. may share your information
with entities that host this website, send communications on our
behalf, analyze data, administer promotions, and provide customer
service. These third parties may have access to your information,
including personally identifiable information, only to the extent
it is necessary to perform their duties and functions, and subject
to this Privacy Policy.
Homax Products, Inc. may provide services, contests and features
via the website that allow users to contribute content. If you
submit to Homax Products, Inc. a comment, code, work of authorship,
photograph or any other content to be published by Homax Products,
Inc. (either online or offline), you agree that we may publish your
name, material you submit to Homax Products, Inc. and other
personally identifiable information in connection with publishing
the content.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information disclosed
publicly in user forums (e.g. testimonials). You should keep in
mind that whenever you provide information about yourself in
connection with such forums, that information could be collected
and used by people that you do not know. Homax Products, Inc. bears
no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties
who collect any user information disclosed in any such forum on
this website.
Homax Products, Inc. will disclose your personal information,
without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts
of the law or comply with legal process served on Homax Products,
Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of
Homax Products, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of users of Homax Products, Inc., or
the public.
Consent to Transfer:
This website is operated in the United States. If you are
located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the
United States, please be aware that any information you provide to
us will be transferred to and stored in the United States. By using
the website or providing Homax Products, Inc. with your
information, you consent to this transfer.
Use of Cookies:
The website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard
disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or
deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to
you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued
the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to
provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a
cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a
specific page. For example, if you personalize a webpage, or
register with the website, a cookie helps the website to recall
your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the
process of recording your personal information, such as billing
addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the
same website, the information you previously provided can be
retrieved, so you can easily use features that you customized.
Homax Products, Inc. uses cookies to store session information
(like a store purchase), for keeping your login/password
information live (if you so choose), and to track usage patterns on
the website or to analyze user activity on the site.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify
your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you
choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the website services.
Security:
Homax Products, Inc. takes reasonable steps to secure its
systems and to secure your personally identifiable information on
our systems. Unfortunately, data transmissions over the Internet
can not be guaranteed to be secure. Homax Products, Inc. makes no
warranty regarding the security of any inf
Assignability:
Homax Products, Inc. reserves the right to disclose, share,
assign and/or otherwise transfer user information, including
without limitation personally identifiable information, in
connection with a merger, acquisition, consolidation, the sale of
substantially all of its assets, or any other corporate change or
restructuring, whatever form it may take.
Changes to this Statement:
Homax Products, Inc. reserves the right to alter, modify,
update, add to, subtract from or otherwise change this Privacy
Policy at any time for any reason or no reason at all. Homax
Products, Inc. will post any changes here, and any changes will
become effective immediately upon being posted unless otherwise
indicated in the posted Privacy Policy.
Contacting Homax Products, Inc. regarding Your Collected
Information:
You have the ability at any time to access your personal
information collected by us. Any such requests should be directed
to: privacy@homaxproducts.com.
Please also keep in mind that any opt-out choices you make via the
website or any Homax Products, Inc. communications will not apply
in situations where: (a) you make a specific request for
information from us, or (b) Homax Products, Inc. uses your
personally identifiable information for either operational purposes
(e.g. to complete transactions requested by you, or to send you
administrative communications either about your account with us or
about features of our websites or fulfillment purposes (e.g.
completing any purchase you make).
Contact Information: Homax Products, Inc. welcomes your comments
regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that Homax Products,
Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Homax
Products, Inc. at privacy@homaxproducts.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine
and remedy the problem.