THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS PART OF OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND FORMS A PART OF YOUR LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH US. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY, SINCE IT DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT AND USE INFORMATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE DISCLOSE OR SHARE INFORMATION AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS, UPDATE OR DELETE CERTAIN INFORMATION WE HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT YOU.

Any terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in our Terms and Conditions.  If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We use any information our Website collects to improve your experience on our Website, including personalizing and enhancing the experience we provide to you on our Website.  We use the term “personal information” to refer to any information you provide in connection with your use of any of our Website and/or Services by which you can be personally identified. Personal information may include such things as your name, street address, telephone number, date of birth, e-mail address and any other information which might reasonably be used to identify you. We only obtain personal information from you when you submit it to us or provide it to us. 

The types of information we may collect about you include:

• Information You Give Us. We receive and store any information, including personal information, that you enter on our Website and contact page or give us in any other way.  For instance, if you email us with a question or for more information we will use your contact information (which includes personal information such as an email address) to help us respond and for customer service purposes.

• Information from Other Sources. We may receive information about you from other sources. If you provide personal information to us, we may collect additional personal information about you, including personal information about you from our affiliates and other sources. For more information, read about Fair Information Practices below.

• Automatic Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our Website. For example, like many websites, we use “cookies,” and we obtain certain types of information when your web browser accesses our website. This may include individual and aggregate visitor preferences and session information, as well as information such as your IP address and the browser you are using. Our use of cookies is described in greater detail in the following section.

If you sign-up or register with our Website to receive additional communications from us, we may send you service–related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account or remove yourself from our mailing list all together.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS HOW DO WE USE THEM?

A cookie is a text–only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Many cookies last only through a single session, or visit. Others may have an expiration date, or may remain on your computer until you delete them. Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly and also to improve the user experience. Most major websites use cookies.

Web beacons may be used to monitor website traffic in conjunction with cookies. A web beacon is a graphic on a web page or in an email message designed to track pages viewed and messages opened. Web beacons are often invisible because they are typically only 1–pixel by 1–pixel in size. We may place Web beacons on our web pages to collect data about visitors. When a user requests a web page form our Website, a web beacon may be retrieved/activated. Once the Web beacon is retrieved/activated, it points to an external site to retrieve the image. At that time it can also pass along information such as the IP address of the computer that retrieved the image, the time the Web beacon was viewed and for how long, and the type of use. Web beacons, along with cookies, enable us to enhance your experience on our Website. Turning off the browser’s cookies will prevent web beacons from tracking your specific activity. The web beacon may still record an anonymous visit from your IP address, but personal information will not be recorded (information on how to “turn off” cookies provided below).

• How Do We Use Cookies and Web Beacons? We use cookies for a number of purposes–for example, to maintain continuity during a user session, to gather data about the usage of our Website or email marketing materials for research and other purposes. Our cookies and web beacons are not used to gather personally identifiable information.

• How Can I Prevent the Use of Cookies and Web Beacons? You can decide if and how your computer will accept a cookie by configuring your preferences or options in your browser. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable or delete cookies altogether.  Although changing these settings may not affect your ability to browse, it may affect your ability to use certain features and functions of our Website and it may also require you to re-enter certain information each time you visit or attempt to use our Website.  Turning off your browser's cookies can also help prevent web beacons from tracking your specific activity. The web beacon may still record an anonymous visit from your IP address, but unique information will not be recorded.  In addition, some email exchanges contain default settings that automatically block web beacons.  You should consult the operating instructions that apply to your browser and email exchange system to determine how to best configure your browser and email settings for your needs.

DOES GIMIDEALS SHARE THE INFORMATION IT RECEIVES?

We do not rent, loan, trade or lease any personal information without prior consent.  We will always let you know if we intend to provide any of your personal information to a third party and we will ask you to consent ("opt-in") whenever we intend to do so.

We always have the right to disclose your personal information to any third party we engage for the purpose of administering, operating, configuring site design, maintaining and providing internal support for our Website and Content. These third parties are called operational service providers that provide internal support to operations and activities and/or for Website design, development, hosting and operations. We always request that our operational service providers protect your privacy and not disclose your personal information to third party marketers that are not associated with our Website, nor are they permitted to use your personal information for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

We also reserve the right to make your personal information available:

• When we are compelled by a governmental agency, law, regulation, a court or other legal process;

• If we believe you are, have or may violate any law, regulation, our Terms and Conditions;

• If we believe you are or may be a threat to safety, property, interests or rights of us or others;

• In order to investigate, respond to or resolve problems or inquiries or defend our interests;

• In a merger, acquisition, change of control, joint venture or other business combination.

CAN I ACCESS & CORRECT MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

If you would like to update your information please go to the Contact Us page and submit a new form with updated contact information. To request access to the information we have about you, please send a request via email. We will respond within 30 days.

HOW IS INFORMATION ABOUT ME KEPT SECURE?

We protect information we collect about you by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards. All information is secure and may be accessed only by our key staff members. We do not request sensitive information (such as a credit card number and/or social security number). We take every precaution to protect your information both online and offline. Periodically, our employees are notified about the importance we place on privacy and security, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. The servers on which we store data are kept in a secure environment. If you have any questions about security, click here to send an email.

HOW WILL I KNOW ABOUT CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, or by means of a notice on our home page. You should bookmark and periodically review this page to ensure that you are familiar with the most current version of this Privacy Policy. You can determine when this Privacy Policy was last revised by checking the "Last Revised" legend at the top of the Privacy Policy.

ADDITIONAL PRIVACY INFORMATION

EU SAFE HARBOR

The collection of personal information in the European Union is governed by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995. This Directive addresses the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal information and on the free movement of such information, as well as the national legislation of European Union Member states (EU). For more information, see http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/privacy/index_en.htm.

FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES

We, or our subsidiaries, may collect data off–line directly from consumers or from other data collection sources in order to compile acquisition lists of various consumers who may be interested in receiving marketing materials from us. We respect and promote consumer privacy and are committed to maintaining the balance between the legitimate information needs of businesses and the concerns of individuals and the public at large about fair information practices. In our consumer data collection practices, we employ the following fair information practices.

Fair Information practices used by us and our data providers:

• Collection of relevant and socially legitimate information from reputable sources;

• Taking reasonable steps to assure the accuracy of information, including permitting individuals to correct inaccuracies or inform the source of the correct information;

• Safeguarding information by restricting access to only those who have a legitimate need and right to access the information;

• Taking reasonable steps to protect against the misuse of non-public information

• Informing customers of how information is used;

• Maintaining systems to protect information from unauthorized access, including using industry standard secure socket layer (“SSL”) encryption when transmitting sensitive information over the public Internet; and

• Educating employees on the importance of privacy issues and requirements.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This Website contains links to other websites. The inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of the external site company, its website, or the products and services it promotes and sells. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Gimideals.com.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

Residents of the State of California, under the California Civil Code, have the right to request, from any company with which they have an “established business relationship,” a list of all third parties to which such company has disclosed their personal information during the preceding year for direct marketing purposes. Alternatively, the law provides that if such company has a privacy policy that gives either an “opt-out” or “opt-in” choice for use of personal information by third parties (such as advertisers or affiliated companies) for marketing purposes, the company may instead provide California residents with information on how to exercise their disclosure choice options.

To the extent that we have an “established business relationship” with you and you are a California resident, we qualify for the alternative option: we have a comprehensive Privacy Policy and provide you with details on how you may either decline to permit (“opt-out) or consent to (“opt-in”) the use of your personal information by third parties for direct marketing purposes. Therefore, we are not required to maintain or disclose a list of the third parties that received your personal information for marketing purposes during the preceding year.

If you are a California resident and request information about how to exercise your third party disclosure choices, you must send a request to the following address with a preference on how our response to your request should be sent (email or postal mail). Send an email to the Privacy Administrator at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or you may contact us via postal mail at:

Gimideals.com- Privacy Administrator

99 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Attn: Your California Privacy Rights

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or write us to the attention of our Privacy Administrator, at 99 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10016 and please specify if you are inquiring about a specific Website to help us better assist and respond to your questions.


This Privacy Policy was last revised and is effective as of February 9, 2011.

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