Effective as of April 16, 2017
Please read the following Privacy Policy carefully.
This Privacy Policy is applicable to thecannatareport.com (“tcr.com”), a digital media brand that is part of The Cannata Report Media Group portfolio, which is owned and operated by Marketing Research Consultants LLC.. It explains how we collect information from users of tcr.com and how we use such information. Your use of tcr.com constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. Please also read our Terms of Use which govern the basic operation of tcr.com.
I. Information We Collect and Use
(a) Non-Personally Identifiable Information
When you visit tcr.com, we may collect certain data that does not tell us specifically who you are. This is “Non-Personally Identifiable Information.” It includes things like your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, and the last domain you visited before coming to Tcr.com or the domain you go to when you leave. It also includes various statistical data such as which pages you visit on Tcr.com, how long you stay on them, and what you click. We may place a “cookie” on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, sent to your browser from a website’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We may use cookies to keep track of your choice of language and home page preference; to understand your exposure to certain Internet advertisements as you use tcr.com, and to gather usage data that will help us generally improve the quality of tcr.com. There is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept cookies. You should note that cookies might be necessary to provide you with certain features on tcr.com.
We also may use a small piece of code (sometimes referred to as “1×1 clear pixel,” “Web beacon” or “clear GIF”) placed in the pages of tcr.com to help us gather additional information about which parts of the site receive the most visitors and other user traffic patterns, and enable us to administer the site.
No Personally Identifiable Information (see below) is collected through our cookies or Web beacons however we may, from time to time, allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit tcr.com. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. The companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt out of this type of advertising, you can visit www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
(b) Personally Identifiable Information
We also may collect information that can be used to identify you (“Personally Identifiable Information”). We only collect Personally Identifiable Information when you specifically provide it to us. For example, in connection with your use of certain features of tcr.com, you may be asked to create a user account and provide certain information including your name, email addresses, address, and telephone number. You may also provide User Uploaded Information to Tcr.com, as described in the Terms of Use, or you may provide information such as your credit card number in connection with the purchase of services or content available through Tcr.com. When you create a user account with Tcr.com and sign in to your account on Tcr.com or post User Uploaded Information, you are not anonymous to us.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information to fulfill your requests, respond to your inquiries and provide other services, and to alert you to information, offers, or publications in which we think you may be interested. The emails that we send contain links that enable you to “unsubscribe” from such mailings.
We do not sell Personally Identifiable Information or other information you make available to tcr.com, or share such information with third parties, except as described to follow. From time to time, we may partner with unaffiliated companies or individuals for market research, product development or similar purposes. These companies or individuals may be provided with access to Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information, but we will require by contract that they agree to maintain the confidentiality, security and integrity of such information. We also may subcontract with other companies and individuals to do work on our behalf; they may be provided with access to Personally Identifiable and Non-Personally Identifiable Information, but only as needed to perform their functions.
We may share Personally Identifiable Information with third parties, who may contact you to offer products and services. At any time, you can contact MRC via phone at (917) 514-9401 or via email at cjcannata@cannatareport.com to request that we not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties.
We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties in connection with a corporate transaction where all or a portion of our business (e.g., a portion that includes our customer lists) is sold or transferred. We also may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information if disclosure is required by law or as part of a lawsuit or government investigation or proceeding, or in order to permit us to exercise or preserve our legal rights or take action regarding potentially illegal activities or to protect the safety of any person.
II. Data Security
MRC cannot ensure or warrant the security or privacy of any information you transmit to us. We attempt to follow policies and procedures that will protect against unauthorized access to your Personally Identifiable Information. But we can make no guarantees or promises in this regard, and you provide information to us at your own risk.
We may store the Personally Identifiable Information we hold about you indefinitely. We may store this information in the United States or we may transfer it to any other country. The data protection laws of the countries where we store your personal data may or may not provide a level of protection equivalent to the laws in your home country. Wherever we hold the data, we will apply the terms of this Privacy Policy.
III. Children
tcr.com is not directed at children under the age of 13 and we endeavor not to knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that this site has collected the Personally Identifiable Information of a child under the age of 13, please contact tcr.com via phone at (917) 514-9401 or via email at cjcannata@cannatareport.com.
IV. Access to your information
You may contact us via email at cjcannata@cannatareport.com at any time you would like to see the Personally Identifiable Information we hold about you, or to ask us to correct or update this information, or to ask us to delete it. Please contact us if you have questions or wish to take any action with respect to information to which this Privacy Policy applies (see below for contact information).
V. How to Contact Us
You may contact MRC regarding our privacy practices via mail at: Marketing Research Consultants LLC, P.O. Box 180, Hamburg NJ, 07419; via email at: cjcannta@cannatareport.com; or via phone at: (917) 514-9501.
VI. Changes to The Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 16, 2017. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. We do not undertake to provide you with personal notice of any changes. In the event of material changes, we will provide notice by means that are reasonable under the circumstances, such as by posting a notice on tcr.com. Your continued use of tcr.com following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept those changes.
