ZipNess.com Privacy Policy  
ZipNess.com understands your concern with privacy and the use of your personal information. Whether you submit a request for information for advertising and marketing possibilities or simply browse through our Web site, we assure you that we are committed to protecting your personal privacy and information. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for http://www.zipness.com. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact our Customer Service Department by e-mail at info@zipness.com.

Information ZipNess.com collects  
This Privacy Policy addresses the privacy of visitors to the ZipNess.com website(s).  It identifies the type of data and information ZipNess.com collects from visitors, how we use and disclose it, and the steps we take to protect privacy.  Consumers who choose to communicate with ZipNess.com via e-mail will have their e-mail address placed into our database for future marketing.  Our advertisers will also have to the capability to access and collect data that includes name, address, e-mail address, age, gender, education level, and income along with any other information that is required in any of our registration forms for marketing purposes.  ZipNess.com collects personal information when you register with ZipNess.com, when you use ZipNess.com products or services, when you visit ZipNess.com pages or the pages of certain ZipNess.com partners, and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes.  All information is used to contact our advertiser’s potential and current customers for marketing and advertising purposes, promote products and services for our advertisers, and to improve the content and functionality of our website.  For the purchase of ZipNess.com Advertising Products we may also ask for your address, Social Security number, Federal Tax ID number, and credit card information.  Once you register with ZipNess.com and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us and we protect your personal information (see Security below).

Who Owns the Data?  
Personal Information Request data, including your name, e-mail address, age, and gender, becomes the property of ZipNess.com once it is received in our database. This information is passed on to our advertisers upon your permission for the purposes of present and future marketing notifications. Once our advertisers receive this information, it becomes the property of the advertiser in addition to ZipNess.com. Our advertisers use this information to process your information request and provide valuable services and products. Any request to opt out of future advertiser communications must be made directly to the advertiser. Data is not sold or shared with any third party except authorized advertisers.

Personalization  
ZipNess.com offers its users the advantage of personalization on our Web site by using cookies. Web site personalization provides our customers with a more convenient online experience and is at no given time used to track information or retrieve data from your hard drive.

Cookies  
ZipNess.com offers consumers the convenience of online personalization by using cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred to your computer's hard drive through your web browser. When this information is stored on your hard drive, our system is able to recognize your browser and in turn customize web page content for you. Cookies cannot be used to retrieve data from your hard drive, obtain your e-mail address or obtain sensitive information about you. When a cookie is set, your browser will check it for length, an expiration date, and where it originated. Only ZipNess.com can access the cookies that we set. If you prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will explain how to disable cookies under the help portion of the toolbar or notify you when you receive a new cookie. However, if you choose to disallow cookies on your hard drive, our Web site will not be able to provide personalization services.

Shared information  
We will not sell or rent your name, address or e-mail address to any non-affiliated third party without your permission. However, in situations where required by law, we may share this information in cooperation with law enforcement authorities.

What ZipNess.com Tracks  
Favorite store or consumer registration sign up information and ZipNess.com information request data such as name, address, gender, age, and income is tracked only for internal business and statistical purposes. ZipNess.com may track consumer interest in goods and services marketed to users. This information is used solely by ZipNess.com for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve services, contact you, conduct research, and provide statistical reporting for internal and external clients.

Browsing on our Website  
If you browse through our Web site without entering any personal data, we may gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally and cannot be linked back to you unless you decide at some point to identify yourself. If you are only browsing, we collect the following information: IP address, the type of browser and operating system used to access our site, the date and time you access our site, the pages you visit (click-through), and if you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site.

Your Ability to Edit Your Account Information and Preferences
You can edit your ZipNess.com Account Information, including your marketing preferences, text, and graphics, at any time.  We or our partners reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the ZipNess.com service, such as service announcements and administrative messages, that are considered part of your ZipNess.com account, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.

Security
ZipNess.com takes your security very seriously and will take all reasonable channels to secure all information collected.  No transmissions of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Consequently, we cannot warrant or ensure the security of any information you do to us and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems.  However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any firewalls or secure server we may employ.  ZipNess.com continues to evaluate and implement enhancements in security technology and practices; however we can only take steps to help reduce the risks of unauthorized access.  ZipNess.com has taken the following steps in this regard:  

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and MD5
ZipNess.com uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and MD5 encryption when transmitting certain kinds of information, such as registration information, username, password, or payment information.  An icon resembling a padlock is displayed on the bottom of most browsers window during SSL transactions that involve credit cards and other forms of payment.  Any time ZipNess.com asks you for a credit card number on ZipNess.com for payment or verification purposes, it will be SSL encrypted.  The information you provide will be stored securely on our servers, or our merchant services server.  Once you choose to store or enter your credit card number on ZipNess.com, it will not be displayed back to you in its entirety when you retrieve or edit in the future.  Instead, of the entire number, you will only see asterisks and either the first four digits or the last four digits of your entire number.

Secure Storage
ZipNess.com maintains reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.

Vendors and Partners
ZipNess.com works with vendors and partners to protect the security and privacy of user information.

If ZipNess.com learns of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective step.  By using this website or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of this site.  ZipNess.com may post a notice on our website if a security breach occurs.  If this happens, you will need a Web browser enabling you to view the ZipNess.com website.  ZipNess.com may also send an e-mail to you at the e-mail address you have provided to us in these circumstances.  Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.  To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw you consent from receiving an electronic notice) you should notify us at info@zipness.com.

Children
Protecting the privacy of children is especially important.  ZipNess.com will do everything we can to protect all children from adult content that includes but not limited to, language, graphics, pictures, and videos.  Please understand that we offer all of our advertisers the capability to edit all data on their webpage with us.  It is extremely difficult to monitor what is considered to be non offensive advertising, but we will always make every effort to discriminate from such material.

Third Party Advertisers and External Links
ZipNess.com will accept advertisements from third-party advertisers or provide links to external Web sites.  Please check the privacy policy of these advertisers and site for information regarding their collection of information and use of cookies.  We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other Web sites.  Our partners or Advertisers may use third parties to serve or present the ads that appear on our site.  These third parties may place cookies on your browser when you visit our site.  Any third party cookies are subject to the privacy policy of the company placing them.

Contact Information  
If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding our privacy and security policies, please contact us at info@zipness.com. For any other issues please contact by mail. Our mailing address is: ZipNess.com, Inc., P.O. Box 383, Philadelphia, PA 19105

In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk or if you believe that you may the victim of identity theft or other legal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, state or local agencies directly.

Effective May 1, 2007