Privacy Policy
Scope of Policy
This Policy applies to the Visitcolombia
site. It does not apply to other companies' or
organizations' web sites to which we link. You should carefully review the
privacy policies of those web sites in order to determine how they treat
your personal information.
INFORMATION ABOUT YOU
Information Gathered From All Visitors
IP Addresses
We may collect and analyze traffic on our web site by keeping track of the IP
addresses of our visitors. An IP address is a unique number assigned to your
computer when you are using your browser on the Internet. We
may log this
information so that we can monitor things like the number of visitors
visiting the web site; however, we do not link your IP address to any
personally identifying information.
When You Send A Postcard
If you use our web site to send a postcard or any
other content, we collect your e-mail address and your recipient's e-mail
address. This information is necessary to send the content and provide
confirmation that it has been received. We may use your e-mail address to
contact you to receive communications from
Visitcolombia or its Partners. (See
Opt-Out/Changing Your Status, below). We may
also use the information to alert you to offers and products in which you
have expressed an interest.
Communications from Our Business Partners
Visitcolombia also offers you the opportunity to
receive money-saving offers, discounts, and promotions from our Business
Partners. These communications may come from
Visitcolombia or directly from the Partners themselves. We may also
share with them certain demographic, geographic, preference, and other
personally identifiable information we have gathered about you. This will
help them in directing to you offers that are more likely to be of interest.
Mandatory Communications
Visitcolombia reserves the right to communicate
with you from time to time about important administrative, policy, and legal
matters, which will affect your use of our web sites, including without
limitation any alleged violations of our Terms of Service. These
communications are mandatory.
Visitcolombia' USES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you have provided us your consent, we will use the information we have
collected about you in five ways:
- To send personalized, targeted information that we think our users
will find relevant, either from Visitcolombia or
directly from its Business Partners;
- To include targeted advertising within such messages;
- To send promotions and coupons based on the user's interests;
- To contact the user for feedback and surveys; and
- To send the user other information about
Visitcolombia
Privacy of Postcard Information
We treat all of our greetings products as private correspondence between the
sender and the recipient and will not disclose the contents of any greeting
other than to the intended recipient, except under the specific situations
outlined in Disclosure Exceptions, below.
This policy applies to all aspects of our postcards,
including your personalized messages, attached photos or graphics. Under
normal circumstances, we may need to view your message in connection with
the technical processing of your postcard or the
maintenance of our network. Also, if you ask one of our customer service
representatives to help you send a greeting or to verify that a greeting was
sent, that representative will be able to access all information about the
card, including the recipient's e-mail address and the message.
Disclosure Exceptions
Notwithstanding the above policies, we reserve the right to disclose your
personal information to appropriate third-parties if we are required to do
so by law or we believe that such action is necessary:
- To comply with legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or
court order;
- To protect the company's rights and property;
- To investigate reports of users sending material using a false e-mail
address or users sending harassing, threatening, or abusive messages;
- To protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our web site and/or
the Visitcolombia service; or
- During emergencies, such as when we believe someone's physical safety
is at risk.
YOUR CONTROL OVER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-Out/Changing Your Status
At any time, you can change choices you have previously made as to the use
of your personal information. You can send an
e-mail to
visitcolombia@ecotet.com and type
"unsubscribe" in the subject field. This system must be contacted from
the email address you wish to have removed. Permission changes will be
honored as soon as possible after receipt. Please allow 5 to 7 days for
processing. Permission changes will not affect any information which you
provided to us and which we previously shared with our Business Partners.
OTHER MATTERS
Contests and Promotions
Occasionally, Visitcolombia may sponsor contests
and/or promotions on our sites or in our e-mail products. Participation in
such contests is purely voluntary. In order to enter a contest or promotion,
you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information. By
entering, you agree to all of its terms and conditions, which will be
clearly outlined in the rules. Where a contest or promotion is not sponsored
by Visitcolombia, the identity of the sponsor will
be clearly disclosed in the rules. Visitcolombia
cannot be responsible for actions or policies of third-party contest
sponsors. Users are encouraged to review the relevant privacy policy of the
sponsor before entering.
Sale of Assets
In the event that Visitcolombia and/or its units
or subsidiaries are ever sold, acquired, merged, liquidated, reorganized, or
otherwise transferred, we reserve the right to transfer our user databases
together with any personally identifiable information contained therein, to
a third-party acquiring Visitcolombia's
assets. In the event we do so, we will place a prominent notice of the sale
on the homepage of our site, with links to information as to how you can
change your privacy preferences.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Visitcolombia will occasionally update this
Privacy Policy in response to changing business circumstances and legal
developments. When Visitcolombia posts changes to
this Policy, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Policy
link. If there are material changes to this Policy or in how
Visitcolombia uses your personally identifiable
information, Visitcolombia will prominently post
such changes prior to implementing the change.
Visitcolombia encourages you to periodically review this Policy to be
informed of how we are protecting your information.
USE COMMON SENSE IN ALL YOUR ONLINE ACVITIVITIES
Even the best policy can't protect your online privacy and security in all
circumstances. Unscrupulous advertisers, hackers, and scam artists are
constantly searching the Internet looking for new targets. Your best
protection is to understand the limits to privacy on the Internet and use
common sense in all of your on-line activities.
Be aware that e-mail is an inherently insecure form of communication.
Remember that third parties are sometimes able to illegally intercept your
unencrypted messages, including online greetings.
Anytime you visit a chat room or post a message to an on-line bulletin
board, your e-mail address can be accessed by advertisers looking to compile
lists for unsolicited commercial e-mail (also known as spam). Be sure that
you only disclose your e-mail address in circumstances in which it is safe
to do so.
Beware of scams in which persons unknown to you request your screen name,
password, or credit card information. Make sure you verify the identity of
anyone asking for personal information.
Always monitor your children's on-line activities and educate them as to the
rules for safe Internet use. For more information,
click here for the Internet
Education Foundation's Online Safety Guide for Kids.
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