PRIVACY POLICY
This website, located at www.jessicasimpson.com (the “site”), is the official website of Jessica Simpson. We understand the concerns that our members and other visitors to our web site (the "Site") have about the collection, use, and disclosure of their personally identifiable information while online. Accordingly, we have established this Privacy Policy to make you aware of the information collection and sharing practices of the Site. This Privacy Policy only applies to transactions made and data gathered on the Site and does not pertain to information collected on any other site, nor does it extend to the privacy practices (or lack thereof) of third parties. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any current, updated, and new Products and Services, including the addition of new properties shall be subject to this Privacy Policy, as well as the General Terms and Conditions of Use (Terms and Conditions). In accordance with your use of this website, you agree to adhere to our Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions, whether or not you register as a member. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of Florida and the United States of America. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices of our website:
Collection and Use of Contact Data
Our site's registration form requires users to provide contact information, including but not limited to: first name, last name, and email address. This information is stored so that we may send you information about our site and its related services, as well as special information about our company and our advertisers. We also use contact information to communicate with you when necessary.
Tell-A-Friend - If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. Referrals are voluntary.
Opt-Out - Our site provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving future communications from us. Should you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive communications, please email us at support@jessicasimpson.com to opt-out.
Collection and Use of Additional Data
Our site may also use forms that request additional information, products, or services from users. Dissemination of this information is voluntary and any information you disclose will be held as confidential, in a manner as explicit as you state in the form. You can change any information previously provided by accessing your Profile Page.
Information we collect may be used in the following ways:
a. Affiliate Communications: If you choose to opt-in, we may share your information with our affiliates so that they may send you announcements and notifications of events, products or services that might be of interest to you.
b. Third Party Communications: If you choose to opt-in, we may also share your information with third parties to allow such third parties to send promotional communications to you.
c. Service Providers: We work with third parties who provide services, including but not limited to data analysis, order fulfillment, credit card processing and other services of an administrative nature. If you use our services, we reserve the right to share your information with such third parties for the purpose of enabling these third parties to provide such services. We take reasonable steps to ensure these third parties treat your information in a manner comparable to how we do so.
d. Public Forums and Other Interactive Features: Please be aware that when you disclose information in a chat room, forum, message board or news groups on the Site, the information may become public and accessible to all or a part of the Site community, so it is important for you to exercise discretion and appropriate caution when deciding to reveal your information in these areas. In addition, when you choose to make a posting on such services, certain information may be available for other users to view. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose your information, or any other information, on the Site. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THROUGH THE SITE VIA THESE FORUMS AND OTHER INTERACTIVE FEATURES. Please note that we reserve the right, but have no obligation, to republish content posted in a chat room, forum, message board or news group (including any information contained therein) as further set forth in our Terms of Use Agreement.
In the event that you encounter any Site user who you believe is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please visit our Help Page to send us an email about such collection or use.
e. Online Surveys/Sweepstakes and Contests: We reserve the right to share information collected in connection with promotions with the third-party sponsors of any such promotions (irrespective of whether such promotions are hosted by us), or otherwise in accordance with the rules applicable to such promotion. You should carefully review the rules, if any, of each promotion in which you participate through the Site, as they may contain additional important information about a sponsor's or other third parties' use of your information. To the extent such rules conflict with this Privacy Policy, such rules will govern that particular promotion.
f. Compliance With Applicable Law: We may also access and disclose information as needed to: (1) comply with applicable laws; (2) respond to governmental inquiries or requests; (3) comply with valid legal process; (4) protect the rights, privacy, safety or property, Site visitors or the public; (5) permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and (6) enforce our Terms of Use or other published guidelines.
g. Assignment: We reserve the right to transfer any and all information that we collect from users of the Site to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
Collection of Information By Third Parties
a. Co-Branded Pages - We may enter into relationships with "powered by" partners, business partners, sponsors, and co-branded sites (referred to here as "co-branded pages"). These might include, for example, pages that share our name and that of another entity. You should look for a specific privacy policy on any such co-branded page. Any information that you provide when signing up at any co-branded page may be collected by, or shared with, our third-party partner. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, our partners' use of your information. You should check our posted partners' websites for information regarding their privacy policies.
b. Transactions With E-Commerce Partners, Vendors and Advertisers - When you provide information to one of our Site's e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers, this transaction will occur in connection with the site of the e-commerce partner, vendor or advertiser, not on the Site, and, as such, the information you provide is collected pursuant to and controlled by the privacy policy of such e-commerce partner, vendor or advertiser. We are not responsible for such parties' privacy policies and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policy of the e-commerce site with which you transact business or to contact the operator of such site for more information. Please be aware that at times, at the request of or on behalf of our e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers, we may "pre-populate" forms with your information for your review, and, if you so choose, for submission to such e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers. Accordingly, we encourage you to review each pre-populated form carefully before agreeing to submit your PII to determine who is seeking to collect your information, and to familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policy governing use of any INFORMATION collected about you.
c. Third Party Advertising - The ads appearing on this Site are delivered to you by our web advertising partner. Non-personally identifiable information about your visits to this Site, such as number of times you have viewed an ad, is used to serve ads to you. In the course of serving advertisements to this Site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
d. Third Party Links - The Site may contain links to third-party Internet websites. We provide such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement of the linked site. If you provide any information through any such third-party website, your transaction will occur on such third party's website (not the Site) and the information you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third-party websites, including such websites' use of any information that you provide to them. We strongly encourage you to become familiar with the privacy practices of those sites.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR INFORMATION PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES.
Automatically Collected Information
Our website automatically collects information such as IP addresses, browser types, domain names, and access times. This information is used to gather statistics, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Site. This information may also be used to check for unusual activity such as attempts to manipulate or damage our system.
Information You Voluntarily Provide
We may also collect certain information (e.g., your geographic location, your genre preferences etc.) when you voluntarily provide such information to us. When such information is not combined with any information, such information is considered to be non-personally identifiable information, as it does not personally identify you or any other user. Additionally, we may aggregate information in a manner such that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of the Site, for example, by using information to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code. Such aggregate information is considered non-personally identifiable information for purposes of this Policy.
If you become a member of the site, you should note that when you complete your member profile, this information can be viewed by other members. Accordingly, you should not provide any information in your member profile that you do not wish to share with third parties and you should have no privacy expectations with respect to the information contained therein. You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online in a publicly accessible area, such as in your member profile, a message board or chat room, that information may be collected and used by others. We do not control the actions of our visitors. If you disclose information in your member profile, message board, or any other publicly accessible place on the Internet, you do so at your own risk and should understand that your submitted information may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for other purposes. Please remember that protection of your privacy begins with you. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register, and you should always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online.
Online Surveys/Sweepstakes and Contests: From time to time, we conduct online surveys and offer online sweepstakes or contests on the Site (each, a "Promotion"), and we may collect information in connection with the same. We may use your information to contact you regarding your Promotion entry, or to contact you if you win a Promotion (if applicable). You should carefully review the rules, if any, of each Promotion in which you participate through the Site, as they may contain additional important information about our use of your information. To the extent such rules conflict with this Privacy Policy, such rules will govern that particular Promotion.
Cookies
When you visit one of our websites, we place a small text file -- called a "cookie" -- on your computer that allows us to identify your computer during the time that you are logged into the Site. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, and store your session information. Cookies do not allow us to obtain ANY identifiable information about you or your account. Some of our business partners or advertisers use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by our website ONLY and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Pixel Tags
We and our service providers may also use so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") in connection with some Site pages and HTML-formatted email messages to, among other things, compile aggregate statistics about Site usage and response rates. A Pixel Tag is an electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is ordinarily not visible to Site visitors and may be associated with cookies on the visitors' hard drives. Pixel Tags do not contain any information and allow us to count users who have visited certain pages of the Site, to deliver branded services, and to help determine the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and when an email has been opened.
Transfer and Dissemination of Information
In order to ensure continuity of your service, if our website is ever sold or all or nearly all of the assets relating to the sites are transferred to another entity, we will transfer the information you have provided to the acquiring entity. You will be notified through the email address that you have provided to us.
Confidentiality of Information
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. Your data is stored in a private database on a secure server. Legal Disclaimer - We recognize and welcome our obligation to comply with the law, and this policy is subject to that obligation. We will, therefore, disclose personally identifiable information in response to a request from law enforcement officials or as otherwise required by law, if we believe it is necessary to protect someone's safety, or in order to enforce our Terms of Service.
Accessing, Updating or Deleting Information Collected About You
This Site also gives you the opportunity to modify or remove information that you have provided to us by way of this Site. You may do so by modifying your password-protected registered user information on the Site. To the extent that such information is stored in our databases, we will respond to your changes as soon as reasonably possible, although please understand that although this information, once deleted, is not available on the Site, that information may remain stored indefinitely in our backup and archival records. To the extent that such information is not stored in our databases, we cannot always ensure that these corrections or deletions will reach such other databases in a timely manner.
Use of This Site by Children
The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that such individuals do not provide Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below) through the Site. Children under the age of 13 may only register as a member with the confirmed consent of a parent or legal guardian. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information without the parent or guardian's consent by, for example, misrepresenting his or her age, that parent or guardian should contact us at support@jessicasimpson.com. If it has been determined that we have collected personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent, we will immediately delete such information and any accounts believed to be held by children under 13.
Offline vs. Online practices
Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to our online information gathering and dissemination practices in connection with the Site, and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline
Security of Your Information
We employ reasonable security measures consistent with standard industry practice, for information collected through this Site, including physical, electronic and operational measures to maintain security and prevent unauthorized access. While we take all appropriate steps to safeguard information under our control, unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or method of storing data can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As such, we cannot guarantee that information supplied by users will not be accessed on our servers, or intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. We assume no liability for any damages you may suffer as a result of interception, alteration or misuse of information during such transfers. If you have reason to believe that there has been any breach of the security of the Site, please contact us at support@jessicasimpson.com
Please remember that security of the username and password you create when you register with the Site is your responsibility; we recommend that you do not share them with anyone. If you share your username and password, you are providing access to your information. You will be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your username or password.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Site, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our offices are located at 777 E. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 312, Delray Beach, FL 33483. You can email us at support@jessicasimpson.com.
