Greedy Associates respects users' privacy rights and believes that privacy protections are fundamental to a viable and safe Internet Community. Our goal is to provide Internet services such as an Internet "public square" where people can discuss issues relating to the practice of law. To achieve this goal, we need to collect certain information.
The Greedy Associates Web site collects information on users in several ways.
Registration
First, you may provide us with certain information such as your name, e-mail address and postal addresses when registering for a user name. Once you register for a new user account you are no longer anonymous to Greedy Associates.
Cookies
Second, we may track your visit to our site by giving you a "cookie" when you enter. Greedy Associates sometimes uses cookies for record keeping purposes and to store and track information about users for internal use. A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a Web server to a Web browser and stored on your computer's hard drive so it can later be read back from that browser.
Cookies are a standard Internet technology that allow us to both store and retrieve login information on a user's system to remind us of who you are and to allow you to register for a new user account, access your account, and post messages. This cookie is set when you register for a new account or login to your account, and is modified when you logout of our site.
Cookies are also used to estimate the number of users of Greedy Associates to measure user traffic patterns and measure visiting patterns in the aggregate. Other companies which place advertising on our site may also use their own cookies.
The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and most major Web sites use them. The majority of Web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser so that it notifies you when you have received a cookie, or allows you to reject cookies. However, areas of many Web sites will not function properly if you set your browser to reject cookies and you will be unable to register for a user name with Greedy Associates, login to an existing account, or post messages on Greedy Associates message boards.
We may collect demographic information such as user preferences, ZIP code, age, gender, and interests.
In addition, we may indirectly collect information about you when you use certain third party services available on the GreedyAssociates.com web site.
We may also collect information about your use of Greedyassociates.com, such as what web pages you visit and what services you use, and information about your computer hardware and software. This information may, include, without limitation, IP addresses (which identifies the location of your computer on the internet), domain name/page URLs, type of computer browser, time of access and referring web sites.
Search engines affiliated and not affiliated with GreedyAssociates.com (i.e., Google.com, Yahoo.com, Archive.org) may archive or make available on non-Greedyassociates.com websites posts posted in publicly accessible areas of the Greedyassociates.com web site.
Any feedback and comments you provide to us becomes our property, and we can use such information for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.
The information we collect on the GreedyAssociates.com web site may be shared with companies affiliated with GreedyAssociates.com in order to deliver products and services that you have selected in order to undertake analysis of our database such as aggregate profiling of our registered users.
We may share aggregated anonymous information about users of the GreedyAssociates.com site (for example, the number of visitors to any particular area of the GreedyAssociates.com site and the web pages visited on the GreedyAssociates.com site and other web sites, including third party web sites) with our clients, partners and other third parties for marketing and other purposes.
IP Addresses
Third, Greedy Associates also collects IP addresses for system administration and provides aggregate information to our advertisers.
Use of Information
Any information you provide to Greedy Associates when registering for a user name is maintained and accessible by Greedy Associates and Greedy Associates' associated sites. Greedy Associates and its affiliated sites may use this information to offer you the opportunity to receive Greedy Associates notices regarding other Greedy Associates products or services and to further personalize your Greedy Associates experience. At the time of such offer, you may opt out of receiving such notices. We may use anonymous click stream data to help our advertisers deliver better targeted advertisements.
Sharing of Information
Greedy Associates may share its information, including information regarding users (i) with such users permission; (ii) when we that the law or legal process requires it to protect Greedy Associates' or third party property, interests or rights or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public, to enforce the Terms of Use which can be found at http://www.greedyassociates.com/legalnotices.php, or to respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third parties; (iii) for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, or improve products and services; or (iv) in the event of a joint venture, merger, acquisition, bankruptcy (whether voluntary or involuntary) or change of control; or (v) in connection with the offering or provision of services to users by Greedy Associates or third parties (users may opt out of communications directed at such user regarding such services).
Security
Your Greedy Associates Account Information is password-protected so that only you and Greedy Associates have access to this personal information. Your Public Profile is available for others to view. You may edit your Account Information and Public Profile by using your User ID and password.
For your protection, please not share your password with anyone.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet can not be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we make a good faith effort to store information that we collect in a secure environment, we cannot guarantee that such information is completely secure. Certain information that we collect may be stored in our data bases, even after its "deletion".
Account information is password protected. Please keep your passwords safe and make sure to log out when you are not using our service.
Other Privacy Concerns
Please note that when you disclose personal information online such information can be collected and used by others. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please use caution and be responsible when using the Internet, especially when posting information online.
Please be aware that Greedy Associates advertisers or Web sites that have links on our site may collect personal information about you. The information collection and dissemination practices of Web sites linked to Greedy Associates are not covered by our privacy policy.
Modifications to Policy
Any modifications to this policy will be posted in this space.
Children
GreedyAssociates.com is a website directed at adults and is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 and such persons are strictly prohibited from using Greedyasociates.com site and services.
Accessing And Changing Personal Information
You may update, manage, correct, or change your account information by contacting us at contact us
Contact Us
If you have any comments or questions please contact us at contact us
Additional Information
Useful resources on privacy and the Internet can be found at the following sites:
How to Protect Your Privacy - the Federal Trade Commission. http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html.
