Privacy Policy for FengShuiPearls.com Website

Last Updated: March 14th, 2009

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Below are the privacy terms for the FengShuiPearls.com website. To read additional policies for this website, please click here: WebSite Policies

Persons or Parties Covered

Website privacy policy is intended to cover all Visitors to FengShuiPearls.com, (described herein as “Website, website or us”) all subscribers to lists or newsletters whether paid or unpaid, all members or affiliates whether paid or unpaid, and all customers. Persons who visit or view Website, whether intentionally or unintentionally, whether solicited or unsolicited, are described herein as “You, Visitor, Visitors” and are parties to Website privacy policy.

Persons Excluded From This Website Are Still Covered

Privacy policy of Website encompasses Visitors who visit Website without registering and/or or transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on Website or make contact with Website through the use of an online form, email communication or other registration/communication option given to Visitors by Website. In the event that a person (Visitor) is excluded from Website because of Website Terms of Use or from denial of service by Website, who nonetheless unlawfully views Website, that person remains subject to the terms of Website privacy policy and is in violation of Website’s Terms of Use.

Persons Under 18 Years of Age are Excluded From Website

Website is not lawfully accessible to persons under the age of 18 who are otherwise covered by the provisions of the Child Online Privacy Act of 1998 (COPA) as amended from time to time. If you are under the age of 18 you must leave Website immediately.

Commitment to Children’s Privacy

FengShuiPearls.com is committed to maintaining children’s privacy. Website’s policy is to fully conform to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws and statutes.

As is clearly stated within Website’s Terms of Use agreement, any Visitor interacting with Website must be eighteen years of age or older.

Website does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Visitors under the age of eighteen. If it comes to the attention of Website that such collection has taken place inadvertently, Website will immediately expunge under age Visitor information from all databases, to the best of Website’s ability to do so.

Website encourages parents and guardians to accompany minor children as much as possible when going online, and to be aware of how children’s information is being handled and processed by websites.

It goes without saying that children should never provide information of a personal nature, such as name, phone number and address, to any website without the supervision of parents or responsible adult.

Information Identifying Visitors

Personally identifiable information, for the purposes of Website’s privacy policy, is defined as information that can be used to contact, locate or otherwise identify a person to whom such information pertains, including but not limited to, name, email address, phone number, address, fax number, social insurance number, social security number, credit card data, and financial information. Information collected anonymously, or demographic information not specifically associated with an individual or User is defined as “aggregate information” and is not defined as personally identifiable information.

How Information is Gathered from Visitors

Similar to many sites, FengShuiPearls.com collects information automatically through the use of electronic technology that visitors may be unaware of.

Website may log the name of a Visitor’s Internet Service Provider or use cookies to recognize visitors and store information about visitor activity on the site. Cookies typically store a Visitor’s user name and password, eliminating the need of having to input this same information time and again. Cookies also have a function of controlling the number of times a Visitor encounters an advertisement during a visit to the website.

How Visitor information is collected and stored is dependent upon the page where interaction takes place, as well as activities Visitors voluntarily elect to participate in.

With advances in technology, website may gather information about Visitors via other means. In certain instances, Visitors may opt not to provide website with information, i.e. adjusting browser settings to deny cookies. Please note that Visitors who opt to refuse cookies may be unable access portion of website, without the ability to customize features according to Visitor preferences.

Visitor Data Collected by Website ISP

The hosting company for Website (as with any Internet website) has the capacity to record information such as domain name, pages visited, dates and times of visits, type of web browser as well as User computer operating system and referring information. The most common way of accomplishing this task is by the access to raw server logs. Website may access raw server logs from time to time and receive log reports generated by Website hosting provider.

Policy for Storing and Dissemination of Visitor Information

Website collects Visitor information in order to enhance Visitor experience, as well as produce and share and deliver content and advertising deemed of interest. Privacy of Visitors is respected and any contact information is not shared with third parties.

Aggregated Information, (not personally identifiable information), may be used by website in a variety ways. Website may use such information to determine Visitor usage patterns in order to enhance website content, resources and services (for example, to determine which pages Visitors are viewing most, or what pages visitors exit site from).

Website reserves the right to share aggregated information with website’s advertisers and/or business associates.

Visitor contact data (or information that identifies Visitors personally) collected on website may be used to communicate with Visitors about accuracy of data, registration and customization preferences, website’s Terms of Use or other Website policies, as well as products and services offered on this website and information deemed to be of interest referenced on related websites.

Visitor’s contact data may be used for (but not limited to) site administration, processing of electronic transactions, troubleshooting. In certain instances, third parties who provide technical support to website for smooth operation (hosting as an example) may access personally identifiable information. Website will use Visitor personally identifiable information only as permitted by law.

Visitors should be aware that website may sell, buy, merge, or partner with various companies in the future. If such a transaction were to occur, Visitor personally identifiable information could be among the assets transferred.

Visitors should be aware that website may be forced to disclose Visitor personally identifiable information in answer to a court order, or at such time as website is reasonably required to do so by law. Such disclosure, for example, could be in regard to collection of accounts receivables owed by Visitors to this website, and/or to law enforcement authorities if deemed appropriate to do so in the sole discretion of website. In the unlikely event that such a circumstance should arise, website is not under obligation to its Visitors to give prior notice for such disclosures.

Website takes measures to protect its data that contains information related to its Visitors. However, as a consideration for viewing Website or interacting with Website in any manner, Visitors waive all claims of any nature against Website concerning the loss, alteration, or misuse of information. Visitors must assume that it is possible for Visitor personal data to be obtained by third parties, such as “hackers” and used in an inappropriate manner that may cause Website Visitors harm and that you, as a Visitor, agree that Website is not responsible for damages to you if your personally identifiable information is obtained by third parties.

Advertisements, Affiliated Sites, and Linked Sites

FengShuiPearls.com strives to work with partner and advertisers who respect the privacy of Visitors. However, partners, affiliates and advertisers of this website, as well as other content providers within access of this website have unique privacy and data collections/storage policies that may differ from the policies stated herein.

To illustrate, Visitors to website may link to, or view as part of a frame, content that has been created and hosted by a separate and distinct third party. By accessing this website, it is probably that Visitors will come into contact with third party websites, offers, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by third party websites.

Visitors must understand that  FengShuiPearls.com is not responsible for any actions, representations or policies of third parties accessible through website. Responsibility rests with Visitors to review the privacy policies of third party website when submitting personally identifiable information on any webpage operated by a third party.

Visitors to this website may encounter electronic cookies or technology used on the Internet by partners or other third parties in order to identify this website’s Visitors preferences or garner other information. For instance, this website may host advertising served by third parties which could include electronic cookies giving the advertiser the ability to ascertain whether a Visitor has viewed a specific advertisement previously. 

FengShuiPearls.com has no control over the use of third party electronic cookies or the information garnered by third party cookies, and is not responsible for actions or practices/policies of said third parties.

Visitors are noticed herein that voluntary disclosure of personally identifiable information in the form of comments or in any other public area of website where said information is open to public viewing is subject to collection and use by third parties without the prior knowledge or consent of website and as such, Visitors submitting said information are not protected from unsolicited messages or SPAM generated by third parties. Website does not allow, condone or endorse the collection of Visitor information by third parties from this website, but is aware that third party activity of this nature cannot be controlled by website’s privacy policy or Terms of Use Agreement.

Certain affiliate programs may use ‘web beacons’ as a means of collecting information, or as a means of installing and reading electronic cookies on a Visitor’s browser when serving advertisements on FengShuiPearls.com. Visitors have a choice whether or not to allow or refuse electronic cookies or to be to notified when a cookie is being sent by resetting browser preferences. There is no guarantee that certain services or features on website will function properly with cookies disabled.

Spam

By registering with Website, as defined within Website privacy policy, Visitors waive any rights to file complaints against Website with respect to spam or receipt of unsolicited email from Website. All Visitors receiving email communications from Website will be given an unsubscribe option, that may be exercised at any time during communications, where Visitors notify Website that they no longer wish to receive communications from Website, and your name will be removed from the general solicitation database.

If for some reason, Visitor continues to receive communications from Website after unsubscribing, please notify Website of the problem and the particular Visitor data will be removed manually. Send notifications to: lingmeng[@] fengshuipearls.com

Revisions and Updates

Website reserves the right to revise, update or amend Website privacy policy, as well as all website policies without notice to Visitors at any time.

If for some reason, Website privacy policy changes in such a manner as would cause disclosure of personally identifiable information that a specific Visitor previously requested not be shared, Website will contact Visitor to allow said Visitor an opportunity to prevent such disclosure.

Website privacy policy is dynamic. Visitors may not assume that Website privacy policy remains the same and you, as a Visitor, agree to check Website policy each time Website is visited for changes. Unless, in the opinion of Website, privacy policy changes so drastically as to suggest a posted notification on Website or via email, Visitors will receive no notification of changes to this Website privacy policy nor, under any circumstances, does Website promise notification. Visitors’ continued use of Website always evidences Visitors’ acceptance of the terms of Website privacy policy or any modifications.

Website will revise the date posted, at the beginning of this Website privacy policy, when any revisions are made to Website privacy policy.

In the Event of a Dispute

As part of the consideration that Website requires for viewing, using or interacting with Website, Visitors agree to use binding arbitration for any claim, dispute, or controversy (“CLAIM”) of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this purchase, this product, including solicitation issues, privacy issues, and terms of use issues.

Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association's international division, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). Information about the American Arbitration Association, its rules, and its forms are available from the American Arbitration Association, 335 Madison Avenue, Floor 10, New York, New York, 10017-4605. Hearing will take place in the city and province of Website owners.

In no case shall Visitors have the right to go to court or have a jury trial. Visitors will not have the right to engage in pre-trial discovery except as provided in the rules; Visitors will not have the right to participate as a representative or member or any class of claimants pertaining to any claim subject to arbitration; the arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding with limited rights of appeal.

The prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other party for any and all costs associated with the dispute arbitration, including attorney/arbitration fees, collection fees, investigation fees, and travel expenses.

Where to Direct Questions Regarding Website Privacy Policy:

If Visitors have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, Visitors are welcome to contact website by using the contact form provided, or by directly emailing lingmeng[@]fengshuipearls.com.

Thank you for reading and agreeing to the terms and conditions contained within the FengShuiPearls.com privacy policy.