Information Collection and Use
Jimmy Wilde Writing & Photography is the sole owner of
the information collected on this site. We will not
sell, share, or rent this information to third parties
in ways other than those disclosed in this policy.
Jimmy Wilde Writing & Photography collects information
from our users at several different points on our
website.
Email alerts
If a user wishes to subscribe to our alerts, updates,
etc. we ask for contact and delivery information such
as name and email address. All of these email lists
provide opt out facilities online and with each email
broadcast. In some cases the user is asked to provide
optional demographic and personal interest information
that is used to keep our content as relevant as
possible.
Orders
We request information from the user on our order
forms. Here a user must provide contact information
(like name and shipping address) and financial
information (like credit card number, expiration
date). This information is used for billing purposes
and to fulfil customer's orders. If we have trouble
processing an order, this contact information is used
to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
Many of our sites use cookies - A cookie is a piece of
data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of cookies is for
the convenience of visitors. For instance, by setting
a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log
in a password more than once, thereby saving time
while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they
may still use our site. Cookies can also enable us to
track and target the interests of our users in order
to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our
business partners use cookies on our site (for
example, advertisers). However, we have no access to,
or control over, these cookies.
Clear Gifs
We employ a software technology called clear gifs
(also known as Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us
better manage content on our site by informing us what
content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics
with a unique identifier, similar in function to
cookies, and are used to track the online movements of
Web users. The main difference between the two is that
clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much
smaller, about the size of the period at the end of
this sentence. Clear gifs are not tied to users'
personally identifiable information. In addition, we
use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know
which emails have been opened by the recipients. This
allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain
communications and the effectiveness of our marketing
campaigns. All of our email newsletters provide the
facility to opt-out (see opt-out section below).
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the
site, track a user's movement, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Links
This website may contain links to other sites. Please
be aware that Jimmy Wilde Writing & Photography is not
responsible for the privacy practices of other sites.
This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this website.
Recommend this site
If a user elects to use our referral service for
informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the
friend's name and email address. We will automatically
send the friend a one-time email inviting them to
visit the site. This information is not stored except
for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our
users' information. When users submit sensitive
information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line. When our
registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number and/or social
security number), that information is encrypted and is
protected with the best encryption software in the
industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our
order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web
browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to
un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'. While
we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information
online, we also do everything in our power to protect
user-information off-line. All of our users'
information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only
employees who need the information to perform a
specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a
customer service representative) are granted access to
personally identifiable information. The servers that
we store personally identifiable information on are
kept in a secure environment.
Special Offers On some sites new members receive a
welcome email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive
information on products, services, special deals, and
a newsletter. Where this is the case we present the
option to not receive these types of communications at
the point of sign up.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement
updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from
service announcements, which contain important
information about the service. We communicate with the
user to provide requested services and in regards to
issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information
changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no
longer desires our service, we will endeavour to
provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's
personal data provided to us. This can be done at the
registration page or by emailing the site editor. Many
of our sites will offer subscribers an account
management facility that will allow them to change or
amend their own records.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of
having their information used for purposes not
directly related to our site at the point where we ask
for the information. Users who no longer wish to
receive a newsletter/alert/briefing etc. may opt-out
of receiving these communications by replying to the
unsubscribe link in the email or online.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will
seek to advise all users of these changes.