Upperwest.com takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This policy covers how Upperwest.com treats personal information that Upperwest.com collects and receives, including information related to your past use of Upperwest.com products and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Upperwest.com does not own or control, or to people that Upperwest.com does not employ or manage.
Information Collection and Use - General
Upperwest.com collects personal information when you register with Upperwest.com. Upperwest.com may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies. When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, gender, and mail preference. Once you register with Upperwest.com and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
Upperwest.com uses information from your membership sign-up for the following general purposes:
- To improve our services
- To contact you
- To conduct research, and
- To provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients
Like the vast majority of other information portals on the Internet, Upperwest.com also receives information from your browser (such as your IP address, cookie information, etc.). This information is used solely for identifying general trends regarding the usage of our site.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Upperwest.com does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Upperwest.com's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
We transfer information about you if Upperwest.com is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Upperwest.com will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences
You can edit your Upperwest.com Account Information, including your marketing preferences, at any time by e-mailing us directly.
We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Upperwest.com service, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the Upperwest.com Newsletter, that are considered part of your Upperwest.com account, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.
You can delete your Upperwest.com account by e-mailing us at any time.
Confidentiality and Security
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Upperwest.com may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your Upperwest.com account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.
Questions and Suggestions – please e-mail us at info@upperwest.com
Effective Date: March 1, 2010