The Competitive Edge
strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet
technology and to provide an interactive and personalized
experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your
name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to
the terms of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or
rent your email address to any unauthorized third party. Period."
How we gather information from
users
How we collect and store
information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which
you elect to participate and the services provided. For example, you may be
asked to provide information when you register for access to certain
portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters or
when you make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate
in sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other
interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, our company also
collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools
that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of
your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and
hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store
your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that
information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you
encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt
additional technology, we may also gather information through other means.
In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for
example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do
you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to
re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize
the site’s features according to your preferences.
What we do with the
information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we
collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized
content and advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your
information with anyone.
Aggregated Information
(information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many
ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with
similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and
services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are
most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our
advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include
any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to
identify you individually.
We may use Personally
Identifiable Information collected on The Competitive Edge to communicate
with you about your registration and customization preferences; our Terms of
Service and privacy policy; services and products offered by The Competitive
Edge and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable
Information collected by The Competitive Edge may also be used for other
purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting,
processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and
contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who
provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting
service for example) may access such information. We will use your
information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we
continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with
other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be
among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in
response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably
required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you
may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it
appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice
prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites
and advertisements
The Competitive Edge expects
its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our
users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners,
advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our
site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices.
For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part
of a frame of content that is actually created or hosted by a third party.
Also, through our company web sites you may be introduced to, or be able to
access, information, Web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by
other parties. The Competitive Edge is not responsible for the actions or
policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy
policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or
page operated by a third party.
While on our site, our
advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or
other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve
information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by
third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to
determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other
features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties
and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. The
Competitive Edge does not control the use of this technology by third
parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions
or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that
if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message
boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be
collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in
unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such
activities are beyond the control of The Competitive Edge and this policy.
The Competitive Edge does not
knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or
about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have
received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy,
we will delete that information immediately. If you believe The Competitive
Edge has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at
the address listed below.
Changes to this Policy
The Competitive Edge reserves
the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page
periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the
posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used
according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was
collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of
this Site are governed by Utah law. If a dispute arises under this Policy we
agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon
mediator in the following location: Salt Lake City, Utah. Any costs and fees
other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared
equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to
arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to
submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: Salt
Lake City, Utah, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any
court with jurisdiction to do so.
This statement and the
policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any
contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
