ClassAction.news Privacy Policy

ClassAction.news is founded on the principle of sharing pertinent news and information related to class actions and other related legal matters to help keep people informed. We know that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. By visiting the ClassAction.news website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this policy.

We have prepared this Privacy Policy to explain to you how we collect, use, and share information we obtain through your use of the Internet sites, applications and services (“Services”) that are operated by, controlled by or are affiliated with C & M Systems, Inc., including without limitation ClassAction.news (collectively, “we,” “us” or “our”). This Privacy Policy does not govern our use of any information you provide to us when you call us, write to us, or communicate with us in any manner other than through the Services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that ClassAction.news does not own or control, or to individuals that ClassAction.news does not employ or manage.

Information We Automatically Collect.

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We collect the following types of information from our ClassAction.news users:

Information You Provide to Us.

• We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
• Registration: In order for you to use ClassAction.news services you must complete a registration form. As part of this registration form, we require select personal information.
• User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as a bio, favorite URLs, and instant messaging IDs. In addition, you may choose to include photos of yourself in your profile. As indicated below, in the section titled “Sharing Your Information”, you can control how your information is displayed and used.

Automatic Information.

• We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. ClassAction.news and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain “traffic data” on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, ClassAction.news cookie information, and the page you requested. ClassAction.news uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.
• ClassAction.news may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages.
• Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While ClassAction.news will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.

E-mail Communications.

ClassAction.news is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the “Sharing Your Information” section below. ClassAction.news may send out e-mails with ClassAction.news-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from ClassAction.news, which inform you of actions (e.g. friend requests) that have been performed on the site. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please visit the Email Preferences section of your User Profile and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.

Cookies

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. ClassAction.news cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.

The “help” portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of ClassAction.news’s coolest features. Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.

Sharing Your Information.

Because ClassAction.news enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use ClassAction.news is an integral part of the ClassAction.news experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.

• ClassAction.news Personnel: ClassAction.news personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of ClassAction.news business.
• Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if ClassAction.news, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
• Protection of ClassAction.news and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of ClassAction.news, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
• User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other ClassAction.news users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on ClassAction.news where we allow you to tell other ClassAction.news users about yourself. You may control what personal information is displayed in your User Profile by visiting the Settings section of your User Profile.
• Followers’ Activity: Much like other online social networks, ClassAction.news allows non-followers to browse your followers activity.
• Syndication: ClassAction.news allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the ClassAction.news website.
• With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Keeping Information Secure.

• Your ClassAction.news account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
• Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information.

• As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our website.
• By visiting your User Profile, you can correct, amend, add or delete personal information on our website.
• If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us or other ClassAction.news users, please visit the Settings of your User Profile and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message.
• However, please note that you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
• If you would like to modify or delete from our database any User Information you previously submitted to us, please let us know by accessing and updating your profile. Please note that any User Information that we have copied may remain in back-up storage for some period of time after your request, and that if you delete certain information you may not be able to order services in the future without re-submitting such information. Also, please note that we will maintain User Information in our database whenever we are required to do so by law.
• As explained earlier, the “help” portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.

Mobile.

We may from time to time offer certain location or pinpoint based services with our applications (such as, GPS assisted navigation instruction, wireless tower location, triangulation or other available location technologies). If you elect to use such location based services, we must periodically receive your location in order to provide such location-based services to you. By using the applications’ location based services, you authorize us to: (a) locate your hardware; (b) record, compile and display your location; and (c) publish your location to third parties designated by you by means of location publication controls available within the applications (e.g., settings, user preferences). As part of the applications, we may also collect and store certain information about our users, such as, users’ wireless mobile subscriber ISDN and/or IMEI numbers (as applicable) and users’ network access identifier information. This information will be used to provide you the services accessed through our applications. We may use third party providers to help provide services through mobile systems and such providers may use the information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Choice/Opt-Out.

We offer you the opportunity to choose not to receive communications from us. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please let us know by accessing and updating your profile. Please note that sometimes these requests may take up to ten business days to process and that we are not responsible for removing information about you from the database of any third party to whom we were authorized to disclose your User Information prior to processing your request. Even if you do take advantage of this opportunity, we reserve the right to send you administrative messages relating to the Services (e.g., about changes to this Privacy Policy) and to contact you regarding any goods or services you have ordered.

Children’s Privacy.

We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. The Services are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target the Services to children under the age of 13.

Changes.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If under any such update we make any material change to the way in which we treat your User Information, we will inform you of such change via email or by posting a notice on relevant areas of the Services. Any updated version of this Privacy Policy will be effective as of the date set forth therein.

Conditions of Use.

If you decide to visit ClassAction.news website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Ontario law.

Questions.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected].

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2016.