Buyatab.com Online Privacy Policy

Last updated Aug 16, 2010
This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for the Buyatab.com Website. Buyatab Online Inc, the provider of Buyatab.com is committed to protecting Users privacy online. Please read the following to learn what information Buyatab.com collects from Users (the "User" or the "Users") and how Buyatab.com uses that information. If Users have any questions about Buyatab.com’s privacy policy, please email Buyatab.com.

Buyatab.com is a website service that sells Tabs. Tabs are pre paid obligations for specific Merchants ("Registered Merchants") that are bought by consumers and companies ("Users") for delivery to other consumers or companies ("recipient"). Tabs may be sold in two forms - Electronic Tabs and Plastic Tabs. Electronic Tabs ("E-Tabs") are emailed to the recipient, mailed to the recipient or self printed. Plastic Tabs, which take the form of a standard gift card, are mailed through the Registered Merchant to the recipient.  

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING BUYATAB.COM’S WEBSITE, USERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USERS HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND TO ALL THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND BUYATAB.COM’S WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF USERS DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, EXIT THIS PAGE AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

Information Collected from User

Buyatab.com receives and may store any information Users enter on Buyatab.com’s Website or make available to Buyatab.com’s Website in other way.  Buyatab.com collects information Users provide when Users sign up as a member, buy a Tab, contact Buyatab.com, enter a sweepstakes, participate in a contest or survey, and/or create an address books.  This information may include Users name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, demographic information, such as date of birth, gender, geographic area and Users preferences.  It may also include information Users provide about other individuals, for example the name and address of a Tab recipient.

Buyatab.com collects personal information when Users complete an online employment application or submit a resume to Buyatab.com via e-mail or voluntarily post personal information in connection with the Website.

Credit cards accepted are handled through a third party and Buyatab.com does not keep record of and/or store any vulnerable credit card information.

Buyatab.com may also receive information about individuals from other parties in order to customize services offered to Users.

When Users visit Buyatab.com’s Website, information is automatically collected. Information is collected through the use of technological features and devises.

Through cookies, Buyatab.com obtains information when Users web browser accesses Buyatab.com’s Website. Cookies are identifiers that Buyatab.com transfers to Users computer’s hard drive through Users web browser.  There are utilities designed to help Users visit Websites anonymously by allowing Users to prevent Users browser from accepting new cookies, to have the browser notify Users when Users receive a new cookie or disable cookies all together.

Use of advertising as a means of visiting Buyatab.com’s Website may result in the transfer of non-personally identifiable information to third parties. This information may include Website user's IP address, web pages viewed by web surfer, date and time, domain type, responses by Website users to an advertisement and are used by the Third Parties for advertising and is subject to each third party companies privacy policy. Buyatab.com may place pixel tags on the Website in conjunction with or in an e-mail to monitor how users are navigating and/or interacting with the Website and to track purchases processed on the Website.

Updating and Correcting Information


Users may change any of Users Personally Identifiable Information by: updating Users account or emailing Buyatab.com. Please indicate Users name, address and email address, and what information Users would like to update when Users contact Buyatab.com.

Buyatab.com encourages Users to promptly update Users Personally Identifiable Information if it changes. Users may request to have the information on Users account deleted or removed; however, because Buyatab.com keeps track of previous transactions, Users cannot delete information associated with previous transactions on the Website. In addition, in may be impossible for Buyatab.com to entirely delete all of Users information because Buyatab.com periodically performs back-ups of all Buyatab.com information.

Supplementation of Information

Buyatab.com supplement’s the information Buyatab.com receives with information from third party companies. In order to enhance Buyatab.com’s Website to individual's preferences, Buyatab.com combines information about the purchasing habits of users with similar information from Buyatab.com’s Registered Merchant to create a customized user profile. When a user purchase’s a Tab for one of Buyatab.com’s Merchant partners, they may collect and share that purchase information with Buyatab.com so Buyatab.com can customize the Website to Buyatab.com’s users' preferences. Buyatab.com will provide the same level of protection to personally identifying information accumulated by Buyatab.com in this context as personal information Buyatab.com directly collects from users. Consents are requested from the user before Buyatab.com create such profiles.

Use of Information

Buyatab.com uses the information Users provide to enhance Users experience with Buyatab.com and to provide Users with high quality products and services. For example, Buyatab.com uses a Tab for information on how to process and track Users purchases and other transactions via the Website, maintain a record of Buyatab.com’s interactions with Users, respond to Users inquiries, update Users on Buyatab.com’s new and existing products and services, remind Users of important occasions, and to conduct surveys, contests and sweepstakes via the Website, and to customize Buyatab.com’s Website for Users. Buyatab.com will also use Users e-mail address to notify Users of special offers.

Sharing

Buyatab.com partners with other parties to provide services. When a user signs up for these services, Buyatab.com will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. The other parties are not allowed to use personally identifying information except for the purpose of providing their contracted services. In the registration form, a user provides his or her consent to the above sharing of information. Buyatab.com will not provide personally identifying information to any third party without Users express consent except as otherwise stated in this Agreement or to comply with applicable laws.

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

Buyatab.com contracts with third-party companies to allow Buyatab.com to provide services and process purchases with Users. Buyatab.com is not responsible for any additional information Users provide to these parties, and Buyatab.com recommends Users to become aware with their privacy practices before disclosing information directly to them.

Buyatab.com provides additional information regarding the use of Buyatab.com’s Website to Registered Merchant whose Tabs we sell, but these statistics do not include personally identifying information.

Buyatab.com discloses personal information when Buyatab.com believes it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or Buyatab.com’s other policies or agreements; to initiate, render, bill, and collect for amounts owed to Buyatab.com; to protect Buyatab.com’s or Buyatab.com’s customers' rights, property or safety; to protect Buyatab.com’s customers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of Buyatab.com’s Website; or if Buyatab.com reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay or as otherwise permitted by law.

Information about Buyatab.com’s visitors may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing or sale of all or part of company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personally identifiable information could be transferred to third parties as one of Buyatab.com’s business assets.

Registration


During registration on Buyatab.com a user is required to give his or her information. This information is used by Buyatab.com to contact the user about the services on Buyatab.com’s Website for which he or she has expressed interest. It is optional for users to provide additional information that is not required, but recommended so Buyatab.com can provide a more customized experience on Buyatab.com’s Website.

Order


Buyatab.com requires information from the user on Buyatab.com’s purchase form. On the purchase form a user must provide contact information and other information. This information is used for billing purposes, to fill members' orders, among other uses. If Buyatab.com is have issues processing a purchase, this contact information may be used to get in touch with users.

Changes to Privacy Policy

Buyatab.com may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the revised Privacy Policy in the "Privacy Policy" section of Buyatab.com. The revised Privacy Policy is effective immediately when posted on the Website. It is the responsibility of each User to review the Website and the Privacy Policy regularly to understand any revisions to this Privacy Policy. Users continued use of the Website after the effectiveness of such revisions will constitute Users acknowledgment and acceptance of the terms of the current Privacy Policy.

User’s consent to privacy policy

Any person accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Website, either manually or via an automated device or program, shall be considered a User. All Users are bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. Users consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of personally identifiable User information pursuant to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Links to Other Websites


Buyatab.com contains links to and from other Website’s. Links to Buyatab.com from other Websites, as well as links from Buyatab.com to such other Websites, are provided. Buyatab.com does not have control over the content or privacy and security practices and policies of such third parties Websites. Buyatab.com obtains certain tracking information from linked Websites with Buyatab.com Registered Merchant or affiliates to track traffic to Buyatab.com’s Buyatab.com, but such information is not linked to any personal information. Please note that any personal information Users provide on linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party's privacy policy. Buyatab.com recommends Users learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.

Security Information


Buyatab.com takes preventative measures to protect the security of Personally Identifiable Information. Users can access Users Personally Identifiable Information on Buyatab.com through a password and unique User ID selected by Users, or, for Registered Merchant, by Buyatab.com. Buytab.com recommends that Users do not share Users password with anyone. In addition, Users Personally Identifiable Information, located on a secure server that is accessed in agreement with this current Privacy Policy.

No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network is guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while Buytab.com employ’s commercially reasonable security measures to protect data and Buyatab.com seeks to associate with companies which do the same; Buyatab.com does not guarantee the security of any information transmitted to or from Buyatab.com.

Website and Service Updates

Buytab.com may send users Website and service announcements. Members are unable to un-subscribe from service and Website announcements. Buyatab.com communicates with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account.

E-mails

If Users provide Buyatab.com with Users e-mail address, Users are subject to e-mails from buyatab.com.

Cookies

Buyatab.com uses cookies to create efficiency while using the Website, track and target User interests in order to provide a customized experience. Cookies also allow Buyatab.comto collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information from the user. Use of this information helps Buyatab.com to create a more efficient and friendly experience for all users. In addition, Buyatab.com may use Third Party Advertising Companies to display advertisements on Buyatab.com’s Website. As part of their service, they may place separate cookies on Users computer. Buyabat.com has no access to or control over these cookies. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Buyatab.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any Third Parties or Advertiser. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but Users may be able to modify Users browser settings to decline cookies. Note that if Users decline or delete these cookies, various aspects of the Website may not function properly.

Log Files

Buyatab.com uses IP addresses to evaluate trends, administer the Website, track user's movement, and gather demographic information for additional use.

Tracking Devices

Buyatab.com may use several industry standard technologies or Buyatab.commay allow a third party service providers to use these devices on Buyatab.com’s behalf. Technologies and devices used by Buyatab.comand or a third party service provider allow Buyatab.comto determine whether Users have performed a specific action. When Users access web pages or open or click an email, such devices generate a non-personally identifiable notice of that action. Tracking devices allow Buyatab.com to measure and improve Buyatab.com’s understanding of visitor traffic and behaviors on Buyatab.com’s Website, as well as give Buyatab.com a way to measure Buyatab.com’s promotions and performance. We may also utilize tracking devices provided by Buyatab.com’s Affiliates and/or Marketing Partners for similar purposes.

Special Offers


Buyatab.com sends all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Members will occasionally receive communication from Buyatab.com

Surveys and Contests

Periodically Buyatab.com may requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information, demographic information, or any other information. Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this Website.

Newsletter

If a user wishes to subscribe to Buyatab.com’s newsletter, Buyatab.com will require contact information.

Ask for a Tab

If a user elects to use Buyatab.com’s "Ask for a Tab" service to request for a Tab, Buyatab.com asks them for the individuals’ contact information. Buyatab.com will automatically send that individual an email informing the individual to become a user of Buyatab.com. The individual may contact Buyatab.com at www.Buyatab.comto request the removal of this information from Buyatab.com’s database.

Children


If Users are under 13, Users should not provide information on Buyatab.com and should consult Users parent to do so for Users.  If a child has provided Buyatab.com’s Website with personally identifiable information, Buyatab.com strongly recommends that a parent or guardian contact Buyatab.com and Buyatab.com will make all efforts to delete the information about the child from Buyatab.com’s files in accordance to this privacy policy.

Acquisition or Sale


Buyatab.com could merge with, or be acquired by another company. If this occurs, the successor company would acquire the information Buyatab.com maintains, including Personally Identifiable Information. However, Personally Identifiable Information would remain subject to the current Privacy Policy.

Applicable Law and International Issues

Information that is submitted to Buyatab.com will be collected, processed, stored, disclosed and disposed of in accordance with applicable laws of The Province of British Columbia. If Users are a non-British Columbia User, Users acknowledge and agree that Buyatab.com may collect and use Users Information, as discussed above, outside Users resident jurisdiction. In addition, such Information may be stored on servers located outside Users resident jurisdiction. British Columbia Law may not provide the degree of protection for Information that is available in other countries. By providing Buyatab.com with Users Information, Users acknowledge that Users have read the current Privacy Policy, understand it, agree to its terms and consent to the transfer of such Information outside Users resident jurisdiction. If Users do not consent to the terms of the current Policy, please do not use Buyatab.com, but if Users have already provided Buyatab.com with Information, please Contact Buyatab.com.

Concerns and Comments

Users may e-mail Buyatab.com with any further questions or concerns regarding the current Privacy Policy at info@buyatab.com or call Buyatab.com toll-free at 1-888-267-0447 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting.