PRIVACY POLICY

Text 100 knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting text100.com or receiving our HYPERtext newsletter, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

What Personal Information About Customers Does Text 100 Gather?
We gather the person's name, title, company and email address. The information we obtain with respect to potential and current clients helps us personalize and continually improve your relationship with Text 100. Here are the types of information we gather.

  • Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, however this will limit the extent to which we are able to customize information sent to you. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future services for you, improving our content, and communicating with you.
  • E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we may receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Text 100 if your computer supports such capabilities. We also compare our customer list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our subscribers. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please send an email to hypertext@text100.com and we shall remove you from our lists.
  • Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources in the course of conducting Text 100 business and add it to our account information. Text 100 does not purchase information concerning third parties, rather compiles information that becomes available during the ordinary course of our business.
Does Text 100 Share the Information It Receives?
Information about our subscribers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below and with subsidiaries Text 100 controls that either are subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.
  • Affiliated Text 100 Businesses: Text 100 currently has 30 offices around the world as well as licensed partners in South Korea and Taiwan, and one wholly-owned subsidiary company, Context Analytics. Any information held by Text 100 is shared throughout this global network as a means of maximizing the effect we can have for our subscribers.
  • Agents: We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling requests, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from client lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
  • Promotional Offers: We may send offers to selected groups of Text 100 subscribers on behalf of other businesses. When we do this, we do not give that business your name and address.
  • Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions, subscriber information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the subscriber consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Text 100 or substantially all of its assets are acquired, subscriber information will be one of the transferred assets.
  • Protection of Text 100 and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Text 100 or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.
  • With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

How Secure Is Information About Me?

  • We are currently looking at improving the ways in which we protect the security of your information during transmission. Should you require further information with respect to Text 100ís current system, please email hypertext@text100.com.
  • We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.

What Choices Do I Have?

  • As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information.
  • Should you become aware of any incorrect information, or should any of your information change, you can email us at hypertext@text100.com and we make the necessary changes as soon as possible.
  • If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please send an email to hypertext@text100.com and we shall remove you from our lists.

Safe Harbor
Text 100 is a participant in the Safe Harbor program developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Union. We have certified that we adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles agreed upon by the U.S. and the E.U.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit text100.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice. Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and any future conditions of use may change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

Automatic Information
Text 100 may monitor internet usage, however any such information is collected on an anonymous basis. In other words, while we are able to monitor what links people click on, we do not attribute this use to any individual user. During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

About Text 100
Text 100 is a global PR agency serving companies that use technology for competitive advantage. Built organically from the ground up, Text 100 uniquely offers the dedication of local agencies and the power and reach of a global firm. With award winning practices covering all public relations disciplines, Text 100 represents leading brands in 30 offices around the world. Clients of the company include Cisco, Fujifilm, IBM and Xerox. For more information about Text 100, please visit www.text100.com.
 


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