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GetEncouragement.com is committed to user privacy in our products and services. This policy outlines our personal information handling practices. If you give us personal information, we will treat it according to this policy.

GetEncouragement.com encourages you to read this privacy policy and those of all Web sites you visit.

Security Measures

We protect the personal information you share with us. For example, if you make an online purchase with us, we encrypt your credit card number. Access to your personal information is limited to people who need it to do their job.

Authorized third-party agents may also need access to some of your personal information. For example, if we need to ship something to you, we must share your name and address with a shipping company. We only provide third-party agents with the minimum amount of information needed to complete the requested service or transaction. We do not otherwise share your personal information with third parties, unless you have granted us permission to do so.

We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process. We also may choose to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

We may collect and possibly share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of GetEncouragement.com’s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

Data Retention

GetEncouragement.com will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Linked Web Sites

We provide links to third-party sites. Since we do not control these Web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) third-party sites.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have personal information on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our systems. GetEncouragement.com encourages parents to go online with their kids. Here are a few tips to help make a child’s online experience safer:

Teach kids never to give personal information, unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult. Includes name, address, phone, school, etc.

Know the sites your kids are visiting and which sites are appropriate.

Look for Web site privacy policies. Know how your child’s information is treated.

Check out the FTC’s site at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data/child.shtm for more tips on protecting children’s privacy online.

Cookies

GetEncouragement.com uses cookies. Cookies help us provide a better user experience by measuring which Web site areas are of greatest interest. GetEncouragement.com also uses cookies when you register for one of our Web programs. In this situation, a cookie will store useful information that enables our Web site to remember you when you return. GetEncouragement.com can only read cookies from GetEncouragement.com’s Web site.

If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you can still access most of our Web sites. Some Web sites will not allow you to complete certain activities if cookies are disabled. For example, our consumer e-commerce site uses session cookies and persistent cookies to process transactions. If you do not accept cookies, the associated shopping bag will not work and you would not be able to order.

We may display advertisements from third parties. Third-party ad-serving companies control which ads are shown. These ad-serving companies may use their own cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information from you. Advertisers use this information to target the ads and measure their impact.

We use multiple third parties to monitor web traffic, statistics, advertisement ‘click-through’, and other activities on GetEncouragement.com’s sites. Where authorized by GetEncouragement.com, such third parties may use cookies, GetEncouragement.com’s Web log files, Web beacons, and other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous aggregate statistics on GetEncouragement.com’s Web site visitors.

Current versions of Web browsers offer enhanced user controls regarding the placement and duration of both first and third party cookies. Search for Cookies under your Web browser’s Help menu for more information on cookie management features available to you.

Unsubscribing

Each e-mail newsletter has instructions on how to unsubscribe.

Newsgroups/Forums

GetEncouragement.com forums are public. Please consider this before posting.

Verification of Our Privacy Practices

GetEncouragement.com wants to further demonstrate our commitment to your privacy. To do this, we have agreed to have our privacy practices reviewed for compliance by BBBOnLine.

GetEncouragement.com is a proud holder of the BBBOnLine privacy seal. By participating in the BBBOnLine privacy program, GetEncouragement.com agrees in the importance of notifying you of the following:

1. What information of yours is collected.

2. How your information is used.

3. With whom we may share your information.

Policy Updates

All updates to this policy will be posted here. December 23, 2011

Need Help with an Update, Access, or Unsubscribe Request?

Contact GetEncouragement.com at: info@getencouragement.com. To aid in processing your request, please include the following details:

Contact information (your name, address, e-mail address, etc.)

Name of the program where you want the update applied

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Note: This policy also covers the personal information you provide to GetEncouragement.com Customer Support.