This
policy is effective as of January 1, 2004.
In this
disclosure, you'll find details about our privacy policies and procedures, as
well as the opportunity to choose how information about you may be shared. We
want you to make an educated choice, so please read this disclosure carefully
to understand the options available to you.
- We do not sell customer
information to third parties.
- We do not share customer
information with outside parties who may wish to market their products to
you.
You do not have to take any action or
instruct us to keep your information confidential. We will protect your
privacy automatically.
- Within LinkUpService, we
safeguard your customer information carefully.
You have a choice about how your
information may be shared and used within our system. At the default, all
your information is private and confidential..
- We are committed to protecting
your customer information in every transaction, at every level of our
organization.
For this purpose, we have designed
procedures, standards and technology, which are described in our policy.
- We are committed to helping you
protect your privacy every day.
To protect yourself from identity
theft, you must control all of your interaction points, hence the base
premise of our service. It can help you control and limit direct contact and marketing from outside companies.
At LinkUpService, we value your relationship,
and we work diligently every day to honor the trust you place in us. Thank you
for choosing LinkUpService.
HOW WE PROTECT AND USE CUSTOMER
INFORMATION
1.
We begin by safeguarding the security and integrity of customer information.
We are committed to protecting the security and integrity of customer
information through procedures and technology designed for this purpose. For
example:
- We limit employee access to customer information to
those who have a business reason to know this information. Employees are
required to honor our code of conduct, which includes standards to protect
customer confidentiality. They are subject to disciplinary action if they
fail to do so.
- We maintain policies and procedures covering the proper
physical security of workplaces and records.
- Our physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
meet or exceed federal standards regarding the protection of customer
information.
- We require independent contractors and outside
companies who work with us to adhere to strict privacy standards through
their contracts with us.
- We use technological means (such as backup files, virus
detection and eradication software, firewalls, and other computer software
and hardware) to protect against unauthorized access or alterations to
customer data.
2.
We collect and maintain customer information as part of servicing your account
and your customer relationship.
In the course of serving you, we collect information about you on our web site,
such as:
- Information you provide to us such as your credit
information and contact information
- Information we store as part of your interaction for
billing record
- Information about your payment history for account
status
3.
The customer information we collect is used to serve your accounts and meet
your communications needs.
Information may be used within our system, as well as with authorized third
parties (described in section 4), for a number of purposes, such as:
- To protect your accounts from unauthorized access or
identity theft
- To process your requests such as opening new account
under you
- To service your accounts by granting proper amount of
minutes and billing routine
- To keep you informed about your usage and
obligations
4.
We do not share information with outside parties who may wish to market their
products to you.
We may disclose the information we collect, as described above, with
nonaffiliated third parties that are acting on our behalf, including:
- Companies that perform support services for us, such as
telecommunications companies (telco), technical systems consultants and
programmers, check printers, or companies that help us market
LinkUpService products and services to you.
- There are other situations when we may disclose to
third parties the customer information we collect as permitted or required
by law. In these cases, third parties could include credit bureaus,
government entities, courts or other entities (in response to subpoenas
and other legal processes), and those with whom you have requested us to
share information.
It
is important to note that we do not share customer information with other
companies for the purpose of marketing their products to you, unless you
specifically request in advance that we do so. It is not necessary for you to
instruct us not to share information with these outside companies, because we
will automatically keep your information confidential.
Some state laws may impose additional restrictions on disclosure of information
about customers in those states to nonaffiliated third parties for certain
purposes.
5. Within LinkUpService, we safeguard your customer information
carefully.
We use all possible technologies to ensure that your information is securely
protected within our system.
The policies and practices described in this disclosure are subject to change,
but we will communicate any significant changes to you as required by
applicable law. The policies and practices described in this disclosure replace
all previous notices or statements regarding this subject.