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This Terms/Privacy Policy is subject to change without
prior notice. For that reason, we encourage you to review this Terms/Privacy
Policy periodically and to make note of the date of the most recent revision. If
you disagree with the manner in which we intend to use the Personal Information
you provide to us, you may opt out of these uses by following the instructions
below. By using our Site, you agree to the terms of the Terms/Privacy Policy in
effect, at that time.
Information We Collect
We collect both Personal Information and non-personally identifiable information
through this Site in order to help us to learn more about how our visitors use
this Site, to measure areas of interest, and to provide our users with important
information on our network and our services. Collection of information allows us
to build features and functionality that will enhance your experience. You are
not obligated to provide us with Personal Information in order to use the Site.
However, we do require that you register and provide certain Personal
Information in order to send us inquiries, to access certain restricted pages of
our Site, to receive confidential information about our network and how to
become a independently owned and individually operated franchise ("Franchise"),
and to receive newsletters and other special offers. We collect non-personally
identifiable information through the use of General Tracking Information and
Click Path Tracking (cookie technology) described below.
Collection of Non-Personally Identifiable Information
1.) General Tracking Information
We keep track of the pages visited by each user. Our web server automatically
collects some information about you when you request pages from our server,
including your IP address. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers
connected to the Internet to identify your computer so that data (such as the
web pages you request) can be sent to you. We aggregate this data with data on
the pages visited by other users to track overall visitor traffic patterns. We
use this information to improve our Site by making it more responsive to the
needs and preferences of our users. This information does not identify you
personally.
2.) Click Path Tracking
"Cookies" are pieces of information that are placed on an individual's computer
hard drive to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with
our website. Using cookie technology, we track your click path through our Site.
Though this information does not identify you personally, we may use it to help
customize your visit to our Site. We may also use cookies to record how many
times a user has visited our Site and what pages the user has accessed. You may,
however, disallow receiving cookies at any time through your web browser. It is
not our intention to use cookies to retrieve information that is unrelated to
our Site or your interaction with our Site.
3.) Collection of Personal Information
If you choose to register on our Site, you will be asked to provide Personal
Information which may include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and
phone number. We do not actively share Personal Information gathered from our
Web servers. When you register, we will place your name in our mailing list and
will send you an e-mail to the address you have provided to confirm your
registration on our Site.
4.) What we do with the Personal Information We Collect
We require Personal Information from you in order to learn more about how you
use the Site; to measure areas of interest in our network and the services we
provide; to understand the needs of our customers; to provide you with better
service; and to help us with internal record keeping. If you register, your
registration information may be used by In Your Home Care and our Franchises for
internal research purposes and may be compiled as part of our internal database
system. In addition, we may send correspondence to the e-mail and/or street
address you provide to us when registering on our Site. This correspondence may
include newsletters, promotional offers, information on new features and
services we provide, Site updates, responses to your e-mails, comments and
opinions, and may also be used as a means of providing technical support. In
certain instances you will have an opportunity to limit these uses at the time
your Personal Information is collected. You also may limit the correspondence by
following the instructions in the "Opt-Out" Section below.
5.) Sharing of Personal Information
We will not provide or sell any Personal Information to marketing research or
bulk advertising sales companies. We will share your Personal Information with
our Franchises who are bound to protect such information from disclosure or
misuse. We may share your Personal Information with third-party business
partners who offer services in conjunction with those of In Your Home Care and
who we believe may provide offers that may be of interest to you. As described
above, you may limit this sharing by following the instructions in the "Opt-Out"
Section below. We may also disclose Personal Information in special cases when
we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to
identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may have breached
our Terms of Use, or who may be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other website users,
or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. We reserve the right to
disclose your Personal Information to law-enforcement personnel and agencies
when requested to do so or as required by law. In any of these situations,
registered users will be notified by e-mail of our intent to disclose
information.
Links to Third Party Websites
Occasionally we may include on our Site a hyperlink (a "Link") or a banner
advertisement ("Banner Ad") containing a Link which allows you to connect to the
home page of third party website ("Third Party Site"), or the website of a
Franchise ("Franchise Site"). In Your Home Care provides these Links to you as a
convenient method of accessing information that may be useful or of interest to
you. This Terms/Privacy Policy and the practices that we follow under this
Terms/Privacy Policy do not apply to Third Party Sites or Franchise Sites which
are operated independently from In Your Home Care. We are not responsible for
the content, accuracy, or opinions expressed on any Franchise Site or Third
Party Site or for the privacy practices of our Franchises or any third party. We
will not, and are under no obligation to, investigate, monitor or check the
Franchise Sites or Third Party Sites for accuracy or completeness, or for any
obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, indecent, profane, defamatory
or unlawful content or materials. Inclusion of any Link or Banner Ad to a Third
Party Site or Franchise Site that is placed on our Site does not imply approval
or endorsement of the Third Party Site or Franchise Site. You understand and
agree that by clicking on a Link to a Third Party Site or Franchise Site, you
have left this Site, and the In Your Home Care Terms/Privacy Policy stated on
this Site is no longer in effect.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your Personal Information is secure. In order
to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable
physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the
information we collect online. We have recently rebuilt our
hardware/software/security infrastructure as well as our internal standards for
this Site to meet current industry standards and technology. However, due to the
open communication nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that
communications between us will be free from unauthorized access by third
parties.
License to Submitted Content
By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any material to us
for display on the Site(s), you are granting In Your Home Care a royalty-free,
perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, sub
license, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such communication,
and to sub-license to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of
the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication. The foregoing
license shall include the right to exploit any property rights in such material,
including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or
patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.
Disclaimer
The data contained in our Site is for informational purposes only and is not
represented to be error free. In Your Home Care attempts to ensure that the data
provided or otherwise displayed on our Site is accurate. However, the Site and
its contents are provided on an "as is, as available" basis. Use of the Site and
its contents is at your sole risk. In Your Home Care does not warrant that any
functions of the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be
corrected, or that the Site will be free from viruses or other harmful
components. In Your Home Care makes no warranties, either express or implied,
concerning the content of such site, including the accuracy, completeness,
reliability or suitability of such site.
Guidelines for Children
It is our policy to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998 and all other applicable laws. We do not specifically collect information
about children nor market our products or services to children. We have no
reason to believe that this Site will attract children, or that children will
access this Site or provide Personal Information.
Termination of Use
You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access
to all or any part of the Site with or without notice and for any reason. Any
suspected fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity may be grounds for terminating
our relationship, and if we believe that you have committed such acts, we may
report you to appropriate law enforcement authorities.
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