Last Revised on June 29, 2007
This Privacy Policy is
designed to help you understand how
Haas Outdoors, Inc. and its subsidiary [Mossy Oak Interactive] (collectively, "us",
"we" or the “Company") collect and use the personal information you decide to share,
and help you make informed decisions when using mossyoak.com (the "Site").
By using or accessing the Site, you are accepting the practices described in this
Privacy Policy.
We always welcome
your questions and feedback. For privacy-related issues, please contact us at
privacy@mossyoak.com.
When you visit the Site you provide
us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose
that is collected by us and Site use information collected by us as you interact
with our Site.
When you register with
the Site, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your
email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, and any other personal
or preference information that you provide to us.
As with most web servers on the
net, when you enter the Site we will automatically record certain information about
your visit in a "log" file. This information may include your IP
address, and hostname if available; the date and time of your access to the Site;
the referring page, if there was one; the pages you visit on our Site; the type
of browser and operating system you use (your browser will give this information
automatically to all web servers); and the media files you
have purchased, downloaded, played, the number of times they have been played, and
the last date they were played.
In addition, we store
certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece
of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use
session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate
once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores
your login ID and password to make it easier for you to login when you come back
to the Site. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser
if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use the Site,
you may form relationships, send messages, perform searches and queries, form groups,
set up events, and transmit information through various channels. We collect this
information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features.
In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior
messages you have sent or easily see your friend list. When you update information,
we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time
to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.
You post User Content
(as defined in the Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. Although we
allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware
that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions
of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore,
we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be
viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any
privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and
acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable
in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
Any improper collection
or misuse of information provided on the Site is a violation of the Terms of Use
and should be reported to privacyviolation@mossyoak.com.
Using Information
We Collect
If you submit personally identifiable
information to us through the Site, then we use your personal information to operate,
maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Site.
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, purchase
and download data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Site and to create
new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and
analyzing User preferences and trends.
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.
However, in order to provide you with certain programs or features available to
all subscribers to the Site, such as weather information, mapping and field journaling,
we will disclose your user ID (but not your password) to third party providers of
such services. We also may use your email address without further consent for non-marketing
or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Site changes or for customer
service purposes).
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 Site; (b) provide custom, personalized
content and information; (c) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors,
pages viewed, etc.; (d) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions,
sweepstakes, and contests; and (e) fulfill royalty reporting requirements.
Free Mossy Oak
TV Users
When you register with the Site
solely as a “Free TV” user, you will be required to provide certain personally identifiable
information about yourself (such as your name, birth date and e-mail address) and
to agree (opt-in) to our sharing this information with other third-party companies
for their commercial or marketing use. We only share your information with
third party companies that offer products and services that we believe will be of
interest to our Users; however, if you desire to opt-out of this option, DO NOT
register as a Free TV user.
Profile and Privacy Settings
When you register with
the Site, you create your own profile and privacy settings. You will be able to
specify whether you want your profile to be public or private. If you specify
that you want your profile to be public, then all user information may be viewed
by others. This includes but is not limited to your name, email, photos, blogs
and videos. If you specify that you want your profile to be private, then
only those other Users that you identify as a “friend” will be permitted to view
such information.
Even if you have specified
that you want your profile to be private, your User name, profile picture thumbnail,
description and hunting preferences will be available in search results across the
Site network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third
party search engines. People who see your name in searches, however, will not be
able to access your MyOutdoors information unless you have designated them as a
friend.
Information
We Share with Others
We may contract with
other companies to provide certain services, including credit card processing, email
distribution, market research and promotions management. We provide these companies
with only the information they need to perform their services and work closely with
them to ensure that your privacy is respected and protected. These companies are
prohibited by contract from using this information for their own marketing purposes
or from sharing this information with anyone other than us.
We may provide 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 name or 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 Site.
On rare occasions,
we may disclose specific information upon governmental request, in response to a
court order, or when required by law to do so. We may also share information with
companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation. We do not provide information
to these agencies or companies for marketing or commercial purposes.
We also reserves the right to disclose
personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information
that we believe, 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 Site, and to protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of the Company, our Users or others.
We allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve
advertisements within our Website. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use
technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that
appear on our Website. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens.
They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or pixel tags)
to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising
content you see.
We do 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 us 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 Site, 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 for more information on their practices and for instructions on how
to opt-out of certain practices.
Our privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such
other advertisers or web sites.
Changing or Removing Information
Access and control over
most personal information on the Site is readily available through the profile editing
tools. Users may modify or remove any of their
profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will
be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to deactivate their account may do
so on the
unsubscribe page. Removed information
may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally
available to members of the Site.
Where you make use of
the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals
on the Site, however, you generally cannot remove such communications.
Your account is protected by a
password you create. We implement features reasonably designed to protect the security
of any non-public personal information that is stored in our database, such as your
password. We cannot, however, guaranty the security of your non-public personal
information. Hacking, software or hardware failure and other unauthorized access
to our premises and systems may compromise the security of our members’ information.
Ultimately, your
personal information is protected by the password you created when you created your
account (or another password you chose after changing a previous password). Please
keep this password confidential. No representative of the Company will ever ask
you for your password. So if you receive any correspondence purportedly coming from
us, please do not supply any password in response to any such request. The confidentiality
of your password is yours to protect. You may change it anytime by going to
Edit Profile
.
If you have any questions
about the security of the Site, please
contact us.
Privacy of
Children on Our Site
Our Web site is not
intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect
personal information from children under the age of 13.
From time to time,
we may use customer information for unanticipated uses not previously disclosed
in our privacy notice. If our information practices change, we will post these changes
on our Web site. We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically.
For questions, comments
or assistance, we invite you to
contact us.