Privacy Policy
We, Local Matters, Inc. ("Local Matters"), the party that operates
the webpage that you just linked from, respect the privacy of the visitors
to our webpage ("Website"). This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you
of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure
of any personal information you submit to us through our website. "Personal
Information" is information about you that is personally identifiable to you
like your name, address, email address, or phone number, as well as other
non-public information that is associated with the foregoing.
Your Consent
By using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy
Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information
according to this Privacy Policy. You should visit this page periodically
to review any changes to this Privacy Policy.
Your Personal Information may be processed by Local Matters
in the country where it was collected as well as other countries (including
the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information
may be less stringent than the laws in your country.
Your California Privacy Rights
Our customers who are California residents may request and obtain
from us once a year, free of charge, certain information about the personal
information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes
in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include
a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names
and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the
immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and
would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:
Local Matters, Inc.
Attention: Legal Affairs
1221 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
Information We Collect
We collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily
through our Website. If you create an account in order to access certain features
and services, we may collect certain Personal Information such as your email
address, a user name and password. If you email us directly via an e-mail
hyperlink to provide us feedback or to ask us a question regarding the Website
or our business, we will collect any information contained in such email,
and we will treat any such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you provide any such feedback to us, we may use such feedback for any purpose,
provided we will not associate such feedback with your Personal Information.
We will collect all information you submit via the Website, including
any Personal Information. Please note that you are not obligated to provide
any Personal Information to use the Website.
If you decide to email search content to another person through
the Website, we will collect that person's email address in order to send
this email. We will also collect your name, email address, and any personal
message you decide to include in the email. We will not send additional emails
to this individual, unless you specifically request us to do so.
We may request Personal Information for access to or use of certain
services or features of the Website. As discussed in more detail below, our
third party business partners may request Personal Information from you in
order to provide you with information about goods or services, or to provide
you with other information requested by you. You do not need to provide any
requested Personal Information, but if you choose not to provide requested
information, you may not be able to access or use those features or services.
As you navigate our Website, certain information will also be
collected passively by Local Matters or its service providers, including Internet
Protocol addresses, search criteria, cookies and navigational data. This type
of information is not Personal Information and will be used in the aggregate
for the purposes of gathering data to improve our Website, and to improve
the quality of your experience when interacting with our Website. This information
will not be linked with any Personal Information.
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that a web site
sends to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing a web site. Local
Matters may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web
browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete
them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on the
Website. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help
file directions. If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of the Website
may not work properly.
Our Business Partners
Our third party business partners may collect information, including
Personal Information, from various locations on the Website in order to provide
you with information about their products and services, or to provide you
with other requested information. Some third party business partners may request
you to submit information by completing a form to receive more information
about services or products offered by the business partners. The use of the
information you provide to the third party business partner is subject to
that business partner's privacy policy.
We currently contract with third party business partners to help
manage and optimize the Website and our Internet business. We use the services
of a marketing company to help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising
and how visitors use the Website. To do this, we use web beacons and cookies
provided by our marketing company on this Website. This information helps
us learn information about the use of the Website, including what pages are
most attractive to our visitors, which of our services and products are of
most interest to our visitors, and what types of offers our visitors like
to see. Although our marketing company logs the information coming from our
site on our behalf, we control how that data may and may not be used as described
in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want to help us learn how to improve
the Website, you can "opt-out" of this website analysis tool by clicking here:
http://www.omniture.com/privacy/product#optout.
How We Use Your Information
In general, Personal Information you submit to us is used to
respond to requests that you make or to provide or improve our services. We
will also use your Personal Information as directed by you.
We may also use your email address to send you updates or news
regarding our site, but you may choose not to receive email of this type upon
sign-up. Despite your indicated email preferences, we may have to send you
notices of any updates to our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or your account.
Browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL,
referring URL, and timestamp data help us diagnose problems with our server,
administer, and otherwise provide the highest possible level of service to
you. In addition, we use this information to perform statistical analyses
of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use
of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information
as well as the number of users that have been exposed to, or clicked on, their
advertising banners.
We may use third-party business partners to serve ads when you
visit our Website. We may transfer to third party business partners or allow
the collection by third party business partners of certain types of non-Personal
Information for the purpose of providing you with advertisements on this Website
and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If
you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices
about not having this information used by these companies, please click here
http://www.zedo.com/company/optout.htm.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent,
share, trade or give away any of your Personal Information to third parties.
We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that
such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond
to subpoenas or warrants served on the Website; or (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of Local Matters or any third party. We also share
Personal Information that you voluntarily submit to us with our applicable
third party business partner for the purpose for which you submitted the Personal
Information. For example, if you wish to receive information from a third
party business partner, and you provide Personal Information so that the business
partner may contact you, we will share that Personal Information with the
business partner.
Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries,
joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, "related
entities"), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal
Information with these related entities, in which case we will require our
related entities to honor this Privacy Policy. If our company or our assets
are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information
collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your
Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
We will notify you when information about you may be provided
to third parties in ways other than explained above, and you will have the
option to prevent such information sharing.
Links
Our Website may contain links to third party websites to which
we have no affiliation. Local Matters does not share your personal information
with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We
suggest you read the privacy polices on these third party websites.
Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information
You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose Personal
Information (e.g., username, e-mail address) via emails, messages, postings,
or in other areas of the Website, that information, along with any substantive
information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and correlated
and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other
posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Local
Matters. Please do not post any personal information on the Website or in
other areas that you expect to keep private.
Regarding Children
We do not intentionally gather Personal Information about visitors
who are under the age of 13 or any other age group. Should a child whom we
know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information
only to respond directly to that child (or a parent or guardian) to inform
him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her
personal information. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 post Personal
Information to our Website, we will delete any Personal Information that has
been posted and either ask the child for a parent's email address for purposes
of providing notice and obtaining consent to future postings, or take reasonable
steps to block that child from using the Website, whether through screen name
blocking, a cookie, or some other means.
Security
We use industry standard measures to maintain the security of
your Personal Information. These measures include, but are not limited to,
the use of a corporate firewall, storage of our software and servers in a
secure co-location facility, and the requirement of password-protection on
Personal Information. Although we take industry standard measures to safeguard
against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot fully eliminate
security risks associated with Personal Information
You hereby acknowledge that Local Matters is not responsible
for any intercepted information sent via the Internet, and you hereby release
us from any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of intercepted
information in any unauthorized manner.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy is maintained in conformance with applicable
privacy laws and regulations, and is subject to occasional revision, and if
we make any substantial changes in the way we collect, use, or disclose your
Personal Information, we will post a notice on this page. If you object to
any such changes, you must cease using our Website. Continued use of our Website
following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of
such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such
changes.
Contact Us
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy
Policy, please contact us:
Local Matters, Inc.
1221 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
usage@localmatters.com
Last Updated: March 9, 2007