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Worst3 Privacy Notice
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GradeQuest LLC d/b/a Worst3 ("Worst3") recognizes that its customers, visitors,
users, and others who use www.Worst3.com or other web sites owned or operated by
Worst3 (the "Worst3 Sites") (collectively or individually "Users") value their privacy.
This Privacy Notice details important information regarding the use and disclosure
of User information collected on the Worst3 Sites. Worst3 provides this Privacy
Notice to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using
the Worst3 Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the Worst3 Terms of Use.
Your use of the Worst3 Sites and any personal information you provide on the Worst3
Sites remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use.
Please note that any text, image, video, or other content posted at the direction
of Users onto the Worst3 Sites becomes published content and is not considered personally
identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice.
The Information Worst3 Collects
· User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable information
(such as your email address) to Worst3 when choosing to participate in various activities
on the Worst3 Sites such as creating WorstLists, uploading images, posting messages
in our comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes, taking advantage of promotions,
responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
· Cookies Information: When you visit the Worst3 Sites, we may send one or more
cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to
your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. Worst3 uses both session cookies
and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser.
Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site.
Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions.
A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can
reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being
sent. However, some features of the Worst3 Sites may not function properly if the
ability to accept cookies is disabled.
· Log File Information: When you use the Worst3 Sites, our servers automatically
record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website.
These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol
("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs,
platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the
order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and
time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
· Clear GIFs Information: When you use the Worst3 Sites, we may employ "clear GIFs"
(a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users
anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may
also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails
are opened by recipients.
The Way Worst3 Uses Information
· If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Worst3 Sites,
then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the
features and functionality of the Worst3 Sites.
· Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion
boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes
publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not
your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload content or send
messages through the Worst3 Sites and other Users can contact you through messages
and comments. Any content that you submit to the Worst3 Sites may be redistributed
through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general
public.
· We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information
to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part
of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or
opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing
or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Worst3 Site changes or
for customer service purposes).
· We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable
information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type,
clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Worst3 Sites and
to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking,
and analyzing User preferences and trends.
· We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information
so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you
visit the Worst3 Sites; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information;
(c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate
metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your
entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When Worst3 Discloses Information
· We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable
information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons
for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these
parties agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy policy,
and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use
other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
· We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as your email address)
with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without
your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will
have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
· We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage
data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with
interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for
certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the
Worst3 Sites.
· We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable
information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action
is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law)
or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
· Worst3 also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information
and/or non-personally-identifiable information that Worst3 believes, in good faith,
is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against
liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations,
to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity
of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Worst3,
our Users or others.
Your Choices About Privacy
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through
the Worst3 Sites, in which case Worst3 may not be able to provide certain services
to you. You may update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences
at any time by visiting your account profile page. Please note that some content
uploaded by Users to the Worst3 Sites cannot be removed and remain subject to our
Terms of Use.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting
a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or
making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique
password and account information at all times.
Please contact Worst3 with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice,
your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out choices using
this contact form.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
Worst3 allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to
serve advertisements within the Worst3 Sites. These third-party ad servers or ad
networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and
links that appear on the Worst3 Sites. They automatically receive your IP address
when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript,
or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize
the advertising content you see.
Worst3 does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party
ad servers or ad networks without your consent or except as part of a specific program
or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please
note that if an advertiser asks Worst3 to show an advertisement to a certain audience
(for example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages 18-24 who
have viewed certain channels of content) and you respond to that advertisement,
the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience
they are trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding your
use of the Worst3 Sites, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any
personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers
or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their practices and for
instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Worst3's privacy policy does
not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or
web sites.
Currently, Worst3 has relationships with the following third-party ad servers or
ad networks:
· Google, Inc. http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html
Our Commitment To Data Security
Worst3 uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards
to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot,
however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Worst3
and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information,
Worst3 makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems.
However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not
be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical,
technical, or managerial safeguards. If Worst3 learns of a security systems breach,
then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate
protective steps. Worst3 may post a notice on the Worst3 Sites if a security breach
occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice
of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a security
breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should
notify us using this contact form.
Our Commitment To Childrens' Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason,
Worst3 does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information
or non-personally-identifiable information on the Worst3 Sites from persons under
13 years of age, and no part of our website is directed to persons under 13. If
you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Worst3 Sites
at any time or in any manner. If Worst3 learns that personally identifiable information
of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the Worst3 Sites without
verified parental consent, then Worst3 will take the appropriate steps to delete
this information.
Special Note to International Users
The Worst3 Sites are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed
to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the Worst3 Sites from
the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing
personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws,
please be advised that through your continued use of the Worst3 Sites, which are
governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring
your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that Worst3 is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we
reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information
we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other
change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of
laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be
able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the
"effective date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In
general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy
Notice in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued
use of the Worst3 Sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any
future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on
our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us,
we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect
to such information.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice was last modified May 14, 2007.
Contact Information:
Please contact Worst3 with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice using
this contact form.
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