100 Megs Web Hosting: Privacy Policy
Because protecting your privacy is very important to 100 Megs Webhosting, we operate our website under the following guidelines to safeguard your personally identifiable information:100 Megs Webhosting’s policies and procedures for handling customer information have been created with the understanding that Internet technologies are still evolving and that Internet business methods are continuing to evolve to meet the needs and opportunities of the changing technologies. As a result, 100 Megs Webhosting’s policies and procedures are subject to change.
What Personal Information does 100 Megs Webhosting collect?
In the course of serving its customers, 100 Megs Webhosting acquires, stores and transmits customer communications and information that customers may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this information - such as the customer's name, address, telephone number, and credit card data - is provided to 100 Megs Webhosting by its customers in order to establish service. Other information - such as the customer's account status, choice of services, and customer logs - is created and maintained by 100 Megs Webhosting in the normal course of providing service. 100 Megs Webhosting also uses cookies, which are small pieces of information that a web site can store in a designated file on a user's computer for various reasons. In addition, 100 Megs Webhosting may store customers' electronic mail and other communications as a necessary incident to the transmission and delivery of those communications.
Data Security
100 Megs Webhosting will protect the confidentiality of its customers' information, account information and personal communications to the fullest extent possible and consistent with the law and the legitimate interests of 100 Megs Webhosting, its partners, its employees and other customers of 100 Megs Webhosting’s services. To protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information that is collected from customers, 100 Megs Webhosting has appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place.
How is customer information used?
100 Megs Webhosting may share customer information with selected partners, for example, to provide customers with information about products which might be of interest to the customer or to enable the customer to take advantage of special partner programs. 100 Megs Webhosting may also use customer information to provide its customers with system information or information about new or upgraded products.
Modification of customer information
Customers may modify their personal information by logging a Help Desk ticket to make the request.
Will 100 Megs Webhosting ever send me direct mailings?
From time to time, 100 Megs Webhosting may send its customers information about various products and services that may be of interest. We will not send you information of this type without specifically allowing you to "opt out" of such mailings. You can opt out by sending an e-mail to support@100megswebhosting.com.
In addition, if you are a 100 Megs Webhosting reseller, 100 Megs Webhosting and/or its partners and advertisers may from time to time send you newsletters, promotional material, and other mailings. You can opt out by sending an e-mail to support@100megswebhosting.com.
How do I protect my Personal Information in public forums?
100 Megs Webhosting may offer interactive forums, such as message boards and chat. 100 Megs Webhosting users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose Personal Information to other users or to third parties on the 100 Megs Webhosting system, through e-mail, or outside of the 100 Megs Webhosting system, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other members or third parties. While 100 Megs Webhosting strives to protect your Personal Information, 100 Megs Webhosting cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to 100 Megs Webhosting, and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information.
What about privacy on sites that 100 Megs Webhosting links to?
100 Megs Webhosting may provide links to its partners and other Internet sites. These sites have separate data and privacy practices independent of 100 Megs Webhosting, and 100 Megs Webhosting disclaims any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions.
Disclosure of customer information and communications
100 Megs Webhosting will not otherwise disclose its customers' personal and account information unless 100 Megs Webhosting has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of 100 Megs Webhosting, 100 Megs Webhosting’s customers, or others, or where 100 Megs Webhosting has a good faith belief that the law requires such disclosure.
100 Megs Webhosting also will not, except for reasons stated below, disclose to third parties the contents of any electronic mail or other electronic communications that 100 Megs Webhosting stores or transmits for its customers. The circumstances under which 100 Megs Webhosting will disclose such electronic customer communications are when:
- it is necessary in order to provide service to the customer;
- it is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of 100 Megs Webhosting and its customers;
- it is required to cooperate with interception orders, warrants, or other legal process that 100 Megs Webhosting determines in its sole discretion to be valid and enforceable; and
- it is necessary to provide to a law enforcement agency when the contents are inadvertently obtained by 100 Megs Webhosting and appear to pertain to the commission of a crime.