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This statement discloses the privacy practices for MediaFirst.net and other Internet sites owned and operated by Media First PR - Atlanta.
Media First PR - Atlanta is
promoting the principles of disclosure and informed consent.
If you have
questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the
Web Marketing team by e-mail at privacy [at] mediafirst [dot net.
Media First PR - Atlanta is strongly committed to protecting your privacy online. Please read the following
privacy policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you take advantage of our offerings. This policy may change from time to time
so please check back periodically.
The purpose of this Media First PR - Atlanta privacy policy is to inform you, as a welcome visitor what kinds of information we may gather from you when you visit www.MediaFirst.net.
We also want to tell you how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability
to correct, the information.
Finally, please note that this policy applies only to MediaFirst.net and not to other companies or organizations' Web sites to which we link. This website does contain links
to other sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are clicking to another web site. Media First PR - Atlanta is not responsible for the privacy practices
or content of such Web sites.
We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these sites as their privacy statement may differ from ours. Please keep in mind that some of the products or services
mentioned specifically in this policy might not be available on all of our international Media First PR - Atlanta sites at this time.
This policy will let you know:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you;
- What cookies are and how they are used;
- How your information is used;
- Who is collecting your information;
- With whom your information may be shared;
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information;
- How you can access, update or delete your information;
- The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information;
- To whom should questions regarding this disclosure statement be directed; and
- How can you deactivate account information and personal profile.
1. What personally identifiable information does Media First PR - Atlanta collect from me?
Media First PR - Atlanta collects information in several ways from different parts of MediaFirst.net
web site. Media First PR - Atlanta collects personally identifying information provided through optional, voluntary registration on several of our sites. These include:
- Trial, evaluation and beta download registration
- Event registration
- Support Registration
- Process registration
- Online purchases
- Contest registration
- Subscription registration for sites that require subscription
- Contact Us
The identifying information that we collect may be:
- Name
- Company
- Address
- E–mail
- Telephone
- Fax
- Title
- Interests or preferences
- Credit Card/Financial information
If you register yourself within Login (or are a client), you will be asked to supply a username, password and
email address (or assigned these). During registration, you may also be asked to provide us with specific preferences for what kind of information you would like to view on the site. The more information you volunteer, the better we are able to customize
your experience. Once you register you are no longer anonymous within these areas of our site - you are given a Media First PR - Atlanta ID and are able to take full advantage
of our information. If you are a client, you may be provided with access to information about your company and the status of projects, open opportunities, or purchases.
If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit most of Media First PR - Atlanta web site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, downloads, and services.
We may also collect personally identifying information in our employment (careers), media, analyst, prospect, or client portions of the web site.
For contests, the information gathered in the entry form is used to verify the entrant's identity, to send the entrant an email notification that their entry has been received,
and to contact winners and/or prize recipients. Because the rules and terms of each contest can vary, all information about each contest is clearly posted during the event.
Newsgroups or chat rooms, on this Web site or those maintained by our firm, may be actively monitored by Media First PR - Atlanta. Disclosing personally identifiable information online through chat rooms, forums and message boards makes the information submitted public
information. Such disclosure may increase your chance of receiving "spam" or unsolicited mail. Be extra careful and use your discretion when disclosing information online, specifically when that information is accessible by the public.
Notification of major changes for Media First PR - Atlanta privacy policies due to mergers and or acquisitions of other entities will be communicated via email to all users who have profiled
themselves with the mediafirst.net Web site. At that time, users receiving notification will be instructed on how to edit their profiles in order to opt out of subsequent
e-marketing activities from Media First PR - Atlanta. An announcement will also be posted on the MediaFirst.net home page.
2. What cookies are and how they are used
What are cookies? Cookies are used for setting a key on a person's browser that links them to the current state of the their web session.Their purpose is to let us know when
you visit our site, where you visit in the site and save preferences you set. Your browser can be set to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you
the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may not have access to certain functionality on our site. Site
functionality requiring a login may utilize cookies. As a result, if you would like to visit the logged in portion of the mediafirst.net site, you may need to accept cookies.
We want to be sure you understand that accepting a cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any personal information about you. We know that a lot of people
have concerns about cookies, but in talking with many of our users we feel that the benefit we both gain from their proper use is worthwhile. We value the relationships
we have with our customers and future customers, so we respect these concerns.
3. How your information is used
Media First PR - Atlanta uses the information we collect to enhance your experience on our site through the delivery of information and services based on your preferences. We also use
this information to deliver product information, training and event information, notify you of promotions, provide requested information to the media or analysts, or inform you of the status of products or services purchased from our firm.
We also track the IP address of the clients from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but the individual users remain anonymous. We use this
information to better understand our users needs when browsing our site.
4. Who is collecting your information
Information provided and collected from our web site is used by Media First PR - Atlanta and some of its partners.
In some cases, a partner or a vendor that is hired by Media First PR - Atlanta may collect information about you from the Media First PR - Atlanta web site.
WebTrends Live may be used to analyze traffic to the Web sites that we operate. WebTrends Live does
not create individual profiles for visitors. Unlike some tracking services
WebTrends Live does not have a database of individual profiles for each visitor.
WebTrends Live only collects aggregate data. For more information about
WebTrends Live privacy policy, please click here.
5. With whom your information may be shared
Personal information gathered at Media First PR - Atlanta web sites may be shared with third parties, such as service providers hired by Media First PR - Atlanta or Media First PR - Atlanta business partners.
When a 3rd party service provider is collecting information, you'll be notified at the time of collection that a 3rd party is collecting information as an agent for Media First PR - Atlanta. You will be given the choice of not providing that information. These companies hired by Media First PR - Atlanta only share the information they collect with Media First PR - Atlanta. This information is not distributed to any other outside source.
From time to time, we do joint promotions with Media First PR - Atlanta business partners and may share users' personally identifying information with that partner.In the case when a user receives a communication from a Media First PR - Atlanta partner and wishes to opt out of any subsequent partner communications,the user must contact that partner directly.
Media First PR - Atlanta also shares such information with intermediaries such as credit card companies or
banks. Intermediaries serve solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information other than to process a transaction.
6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
Media First PR - Atlanta may, from time to time, send you email regarding our services and services. Media First PR - Atlanta
does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third
party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer.
7. How you can access, update or delete your information
From the Login portion of the site, Media First PR - Atlanta provides web site visitors the opportunity to opt-out
of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about you during registration, you can choose not to receive our electronic
newsletters or email. However, there are a few circumstances where you will receive email information from Media First PR - Atlanta. These include; event and training
registration, critical information (for clients), specific contest information outlined in contest rules and client support cases logged online.
On other registration forms, a separate opt-out choice may not be provided to users who are not registered with MediaFirst.net Users who only provide information
for a specific purpose , such as registering for an event, will only receive communication from Media First PR - Atlanta regarding that specific purpose.
However, Media First PR - Atlanta gives you the following options for removing yourself from future communications at any time:
- You can access "Contact Us" to add your name and email to the Media First PR - Atlanta suppression list.
- If you have subscribed to one of our electronic newsletters Client News or Electronic Newsletter,
you can choose to unsubscribe yourself at any time by following the specific instructions found at the footer of the electronic newsletter.
- Media First PR - Atlanta provides you with an opportunity to correct or change the information collected during registration for Login.
This can be done in the edit profile areas of Login. Users may change this information at any time and as often as necessary, changes are processed
with reasonable commercial efforts.
8. The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
Your account and personal information are password-protected so that you and only you have access to this information. You may be provided the ability to edit your personal information by using
your ID and password. Alternatively, you may be assigned an ID and password because you are a client and with the approval of your employer.
For the purpose of security, new passwords may be issued periodically, but only if assigned by us. Although we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to us or collected from our online services or services, Media First PR - Atlanta has taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the security of this information
and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored. We continue to make every effort to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access
or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Data quality and the security of customer information is communicated throughout the organization as part of
Human Resources (HR) & Information Technology policy. Access to customer data is limited to individuals within the Media First PR - Atlanta Customer Service and Data Quality teams. Credit Card information is only
kept in the electronic commerce, e-shop, section of the web site or within our internal customer order entry system. In the internal data entry system, the data field is encrypted. Media First PR - Atlanta secures data in e-shop
by not letting individuals besides the order administrators have access to the information. Our web security is monitored by our security team continuously.
9. To whom should questions regarding this privacy statement be directed
Questions regarding this policy should be directed to privacy [at] mediafirst [dot net.
We will strive to respond to your requests within one business day.
Or by mail to:
Media First PR - Atlanta
c/o Web Marketing
415 State Street
Roswell, GA 30075 U.S.A.
10. How can a customer deactivate account information and personal profile?
At any time, a client can request deactivation of Internet information provided to Media First PR - Atlanta, Requests for deactivation should be directed to
privacy [at] mediafirst [dot net. This functionality may be available as part of the edit information features of the site.
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