RespiteMatch Privacy Policy

RespiteMatch (“we”, or “us”) understands the importance of maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information and seeks to secure your privacy during your visit to RespiteMatch.com (the “Web Site”). This privacy policy outlines our practices for collection, use, and disclosure of your information that you provide to us and when you use our Web Site. By using our Web Site, you consent to the procedures and practices discussed in this policy. We may, from time to time, change this privacy policy, so please check it regularly for any changes or updates. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, then you may e-mail us at info@RespiteMatch.com

1. Key Terms. Throughout this privacy policy, we use several specialized terms. When we use the term “Personally Identifiable Information” in this privacy policy, we mean information that is specific to you as an individual, like your name, postal address, email address, or telephone number. The term “User Information” incorporates all of your Personally Identifiable Information and any other forms of information discussed in this privacy policy. We use the term “aggregate” when we combine information from various persons or users. Information is said to be “anonymized” if it does not identify individual persons or entities, or associate a particular person or entity with such information.
2. Our Information Collection, Use, and Disclosure Practices When you visit our Web Site to browse, we may collect, use, and store information such as the type of operating system, computer modem, and Internet browser you are using, the number of times you visit our Web Site, the particular pages you view, the date and time you access our Web Site, and the length of your visits to our Web Site. We may use this information to improve our Web Site and user experience, and we may share this information with third parties if we choose to aggregate and disclose site traffic information for marketing or commercial purposes.
   
   When you visit our Web Site to browse, you may choose certain on-line options such as (i) gathering or requesting information about us or the products and services offered by either us or our third party independent contractors; (ii) submitting or requesting information regarding employment; (iii) contacting us; or (iv) entering a contest or sweepstakes.When you engage in any of the foregoing activities, or use any other features or services of our Web Site, you may provide us certain Personally Identifiable Information. We collect and store this Personally Identifiable Information, any updates to such information that you send us, and any modifications that we make to such information. Except as set forth in this policy, we will not reveal any such Personally Identifiable Information to any other third party without your consent, except that we may share User Information with our business associates who assist us in administering our products, services, or Web Site. Furthermore, we may use, disclose, or transfer certain User Information (a) to provide you the services or information you request; (b) to send you other information that may be useful to you; (c) to protect the confidentiality or security of your records; (d) to comply with law enforcement, governmental mandate, or other legal requirement, if appropriate, for your protection or in connection with an investigation or prosecution of possible unlawful activity; (e) in connection with a sale, acquisition, or merger of our business or our business assets; (f) to our attorneys, accountants, or regulators; or (g) for other legally permissible purposes.
   
   In addition, any anonymized information that you send us, such as your questions, suggestions, information, ideas, or other creative material (“Feedback”) belongs to us and will not be treated as confidential. You acknowledge and agree that we may use, reproduce, adapt, distribute, display, disclose, or create derivative works from Feedback without acknowledgement or compensation to you.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons. We may employ cookies (i.e., small text files) that our Web Site may send to your browser for storage on your hard drive. We may use such cookies to make use of our Web Site easier by saving your status and preferences upon visits to our Web Site. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, but you may be able to change the settings to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you choose to modify your settings to reject cookies, then it may affect your use of our Web Site.
   
   We may also employ web beacons, or site instrumentation, to monitor the behavior and visitors to our Web Site and activity of our Web Site, such as the number of visitors to our Web Site. Modifying your settings to reject cookies may prevent web beacons from monitoring your behavior and activity, which may also affect your use of our Web Site.
4. Revise Your Information. If you use our products, services, or Web Site, then you have voluntarily consented to our practices and procedures regarding your information as described in this privacy policy, our Web Site’s Terms and Conditions of Use, and other written documentation that may be provided to you regarding our products, services, or Web Site. If you do not want us to use your information as described herein, or would either like to modify your information, or remove your information from our databases for marketing purposes, then please e-mail us at info@RespiteMatch.com Without the use of your information, however, we may not be able to provide you the products, services, or information you request. We will promptly comply with your information revision requests, but we may retain copies of such information as necessary for us to comply with governmental orders, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, enforce any agreement you have entered into with us, and as otherwise reasonably necessary for our business purposes.
5. Security. We employ and maintain technology and security measures designed to protect your information.When you submit sensitive information on our Web Site, that information is subject to a variety of protections, including firewalls and password protected features for certain web site options. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us.
6. Third Party Web Site. You may have the option to enter third party web sites through our Web Site, or you may have the option to enter our Web Site from another third party web site. Since we cannot be assured that such third party web sites follow our privacy policies, we encourage you to ask questions and review the privacy policies of these third parties. We have no responsibility or liability for the actions or policies of these independent sites, do not endorse any product or service that may be mentioned or offered in such sites, and are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such sites.
7. Children’s Privacy. We do not intend for our Web Site to be used by children under the age of 18.  If you are under the age of 18, then please do not provide us with any User Information and promptly exit this site.  We encourage parents or legal guardians to talk with their children about the potential risks of providing information over the Internet.

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