Updated September 25, 2001
Affordable Business Domain Hosting Privacy Statement
Affordable Business Domain Hosting is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its customers. The intent of this privacy policy is to detail the information Affordable Business Domain Hosting may gather about customers who visit its Web sites, how that information is used, and Affordable Business Domain Hosting disclosure practices. Please note that this policy applies only to Affordable Business Domain Hosting Web sites and not to the Web sites of other companies or organizations to which we provide links via our web site. In the course of serving its customers, Affordable Business Domain Hosting acquires, stores and transmits customer communications and information that customers may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this information - such as the customer's name, address, telephone number, and credit card data - is provided to Affordable Business Domain Hosting by its customers in order to establish service. Other information - such as the customer's account status, choice of services, and customer logs - is created and maintained by Affordable Business Domain Hosting in the normal course of providing service. None of this information will be disclosed to any party, only within Affordable Business Domain Hosting company itself. Affordable Business Domain Hosting also uses cookies on the landing pages of products sold online which record the refering URL required for the order form processor itself.
Visit Information
Affordable Business Domain Hosting gathers "visit" information from all visitors that visit Affordable Business Domain Hosting Web sites. Such data is used in the aggregate, to help determine general usage patterns, how the site was accessed and fine tune layout in order to ensure that our sites are as useful and enjoyable as possible. This "visit" and statistical information will not be made public information.
Please note that Affordable Business Domain Hosting does not control all HTML served in conjunction with its sites. Affordable Business Domain Hosting sites may include content from other parties that may perform user activity tracking other than that described herein. For example, some of our customer web sites may use "cookies" in ways that we do not.
Individual User Information
Individually identifiable information will not be released without that individual's prior consent. Visitors are specifically asked for individually identifiable information when signing up to use certain Affordable Business Domain Hosting services, such as web hosting or e-commerce store plans. In some instances, users may be asked for personal interest and/or demographic information in order to create a more customized user experience; however these fields will generally be optional.
Affordable Business Domain Hosting and/or its partners may wish to contact individual users regarding community news or to make promotional offers. However, such communications will only be delivered to users who have previously approved them.
Affordable Business Domain Hosting will not disclose any of its customers' personal and account information unless Affordable Business Domain Hosting has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of Affordable Business Domain Hosting or Affordable Business Domain Hosting's customers.
Data Security
Affordable Business Domain Hosting will protect the confidentiality of its customers' information, account information and personal communications to the fullest extent possible and consistent with the law. To protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information that is collected from customers, Affordable Business Domain Hosting has appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place to secure this information.
How is customer information used?
Affordable Business Domain Hosting will not share any customer information with partners, affilates or company representatives. Affordable Business Domain Hosting may use customer information to provide its customers with system information or information about new or upgraded products.
Opt Out & Modifications
Customers may opt out of receiving notices of new or upgraded products from Affordable Business Domain Hosting by sending a request to
privacy@abdh.net. In this request to privacy@abdh.net, customers must identify: service purchased from Affordable Business Domain Hosting, domain name (if applicable), contact information, and the date the service was purchased. However, customers may not opt out of receiving information from Affordable Business Domain Hosting which is essential for maintaining or updating customers' accounts or system information.
Most customers may access and modify their personal information via the online Account Manager Control Panel, account information page. All other customers may access and modify their personal information by contacting Affordable Business Domain Hosting.
Domain name customers who have registered a domain name with Affordable Business Domain Hosting and wish to change the Technical Contact from Affordable Business Domain Hosting to another company, may send a request to
domains@ABDH.net. It is important to note that customer domain name registration information is made publicly available in the registry of domain names.
Special Notification with respect to Children's Privacy
(Users under the age of 13)
In response to concerns about protecting children's privacy online, Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA"), which sets forth rules and procedures governing the ways in which Web sites may collect, use and disclose any personal information for children under the age of 13. In accordance with Affordable Business Domain Hosting privacy policy and COPPA regulations, we DO NOT:
1. Request or knowingly collect personally identifiable online or offline contact
information from users under 13 years of age.
2. Knowingly use or share personal information from users under 13 years of age with
third parties.
3. Give children the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally
identifiable contact information.
4. Entice children with the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity to
divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity.
Questions regarding children's privacy or any privacy concerns should be directed to:
Affordable Business Domain Hosting
14110 59th ave w
Edmonds, Washington USA
1+ (425) 501-7481 phone
1+ (425) 745-2831 fax
E-mail: support@abdh.net
Disclosure
Affordable Business Domain Hosting reserves the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests or to protect itself or its users. Where practical, Affordable Business Domain Hosting will attempt to obtain the prior consent of the individual prior to disclosing individually identifiable information.
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