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Find Plumbing.Com Privacy Policy Statement

Find Plumbing.Com is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of the Find Plumbing Classifieds. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.

This policy will let you know:

  1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you
  2. What cookies are and how they are used
  3. How your information is used
  4. Who is collecting your information
  5. With whom your information may be shared
  6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
  7. The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
  8. How Find Plumbing.Com protects children's privacy
  9. What else you should know about your online privacy

What personally identifiable information is collected from you

The Find Plumbing. Com collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site.

Some personal information is gathered when you register. During registration, we ask for your name and email address. The system will also ask for your street address, city, state/province, zip/postal code, country, telephone number, and the URL of your web site, although only fields that are marked with an asterisk (*) on the registration field are required. This information is used solely to assist you in navigating the system by automatically filling in certain forms (such as the ad posting form) with your information so that you don't have to continually re-enter it. Once you register you are no longer anonymous to Find Plumbing.Com - you have a username and are able to take full advantage of the many offerings of the Find Plumbing Com.

In addition to registration we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you place ads or take advantage of the other features of the Find Plumbing Com. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Every page within the Find Plumbing. Com includes a link to this Privacy Policy.

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What cookies are and how they are used

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, the Find Plumbing. Com may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Several features of the Find Plumbing. Com require that you accept cookies in order to work properly. (See "What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information" for more information on cookies.)

Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:

(1) To identify and label all "new" ads since your last visit to the site.

(2) Optionally to permanently save your password on your computer so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.

(3) To enable you to "checklist" ads that you want to mark for future retrieval and viewing.

Advertising networks that serve ads onto the Find Plumbing. Com may also use their own cookies.

The Find Plumbing. Com may also collect IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.

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How your information is used

The primary goal of the Find Plumbing. Com in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout the Find Plumbing.Com.

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Who is collecting your information

When you are asked for personal information on the Find Plumbing.Com, you are sharing that information with the Find Plumbing. Com alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. However, some activities will, by their very nature, result in your personal information being revealed to other users of the Find Plumbing.Com. For example, when you enter personal information on the ad posting form or contest form, this information will generally be included in your ad or contest, unless specifically stated otherwise.

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With whom your information may be shared

As a general rule, Find Plumbing.Com will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements for each of our products and services for more detailed information about how your personal information may be shared.

Find Plumbing.Com may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of the Find Plumbing.Com or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of the Find Plumbing.Com, other users of the Find Plumbing.Com, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Find Plumbing.Com may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.

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What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information

If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you can still use most of the Find Plumbing Site, but you will not be able to access areas or use features that require registration.

You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services of Find Plumbing. Com that require registration in order to participate. These services include the identification of new contest entries that have been posted since your last visit. You can still use most of the features of the Find Plumbing Site even if you do not accept cookies.

The Find Plumbing.Com does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service.

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The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information

Other than the administrator of the Find Plumbing Classifieds or other authorized personnel of the Find Plumbing.Com, you are the only person who has access to your personal information. Your user registration is password-protected to prevent unauthorized access.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Find Plumbing.Com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

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How Find Plumbing.Com protects children's privacy

Find Plumbing.Com is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Find Plumbing.Com does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties and we do not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age. In addition, Find Plumbing.Com will not send any direct email offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13.

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What else you should know about your online privacy

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example in ads that you post or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

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