Privacy Policy
Help Me To Buy® takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about how we keep your personal information private and secure. By visiting HelpMeToBuy.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
- Site Ownership
- Terms of Use
- Personal and Non-commercial Limitation
- Prohibited Activities
- Privacy Policy
- Links to Third Party Sites
- Copyright Notice
- How to Contact Us
Site Ownership
By accessing and using this site, you agree to the following "Terms of Use" and all applicable laws. If you do not agree to these terms, you are not permitted to access the site or the materials within this site. The owner reserves the right to update or change the Terms of Use on this Web site at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the Terms of Use can be reviewed by re-visiting this page.
Terms of Use
This Web site and the Services, including any updates, enhancements, and new features are subject to these Terms of Use.
Personal and Non-commercial Limitation
You may view and download material on the Web site solely for your own personal and non-commercial use. You must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices on any copies of the material you use from this Web site. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or services obtained from the this website.
Prohibited Activities
Certain activities are prohibited on this Web site, and on the network and servers supporting this Web site (the "Network"). Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, using the Network, or Web site in such a manner as to damage, destruct, impair in any way, disable, overburden, or introduce computer viruses to the Web site, attempting to access restricted areas of the Web site through any means, using slanderous or profane language in any areas involving communications of the Web site, or interfering with the use of this Web site by another party. We reserve the right to terminate or deny access to you if you engage in any prohibited activity.
Privacy Policy
Our Committment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
The Information We Collect
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Help Me To Buy® website. On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information that may be collected at these pages are:
- Your contact and personal identification information including: name, mailing address, phone number, email address, driver’s license number, driver’s license state, driver’s license expiration date, mother’s maiden name, and age.
- Your billing and shipping information including: credit card number, bank account number, and shipping address.
- Personal information to determine eligibility including: employment status, employer name, income, income source, and paycheck date.
- Your social security will also be collected if you would like your payment history to be reported to the major credit bureaus.
On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you want to refer a friend to our website, you will need to submit the recipient's email address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are: Name and email address.
The Way We Use Information
We use the contact, identifying and billing information you provide about yourself when placing an order to complete that order. Your credit card and/or bank account numbers are used for billing purposes only and will never willfully be shared with a third party except as may be required in connection with an audit of our systems or pursuant to a legal proceeding such as a subpoena, or for collection purposes if your account is in default.
We may use your contact information and personal identification information to contact you about the status of your account or product updates and offers that may interest you. We also may share this information with reputable third parties for the purposes of debt collection or with third parties that offer similar or complementary services to Help Me To Buy®.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
Your Choices Regarding the Use of Your Personal Information
Help Me To Buy® is an opt-out organization. You always have the ability to opt-in to or opt-out of marketing communications from Help Me To Buy®. You may also opt-out having your contact information shared with third-parties for the purpose of marketing communications. However, Help Me To Buy®reserves the right to share your contact and other account information with debt collection services. To opt-out of Help Me To Buy® marketing communications and/or marketing mailing lists shared with third parties please send an email to: opt-out@helpmetobuy.com or mail us at Help Me To Buy®, Attention: Opt-Out Marketing, 4250 Spring Valley Road, Farmers Branch, TX 75244.
Computer Tracking and Cookies
Web log information is automatically gathered every time you visit our Web site by the computer that hosts our Web site (called a "webserver"). The webserver automatically recognizes non-personal information, such as the date and time you visited our site, the pages you visited, the website you came from, the type of browser you are using (e.g. Internet Explorer), and the type of operating system you are using (e.g. Windows 2000). Each time you log on to Help Me To Buy®, our server software sets a unique session ID known as a "cookie." A cookie is assigned each time you make a new connection to the web server and is passed back to the server with all subsequent activity, such as your user ID, end user client, and criteria set information. The cookies are intended to save you time by allowing you to return to pages previously viewed.
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. When ordering online, we may cache, or save, your information if you skip to another page before you submit your completed order. When you submit information it is protected when it is sent over the Internet. Help Me To Buy® employs a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection that provides an encrypted connection between your computer and Help Me To Buy®. All information is encrypted during transmission and is stored on a secure Web server.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by sending an email request to privacy@helpmetobuy.com. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. Please allow 4 – 6 weeks for your request to be processed.
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Links to Third Party Sites
We provide external links to other web sites to let you access additional information that we believe may be of interest or useful to you. The presence of a link is not intended to be an endorsement by this site. The Linked sites are not under the control of or operated by Help Me To Buy®. Help Me To Buy® is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, any link contained in a linked site, or any updates or changes to such linked sites. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policies of each site that you link or visit.
Copyright Notice
You may not copy, reproduce, republish, post, retransmit, or distribute in any way any of the information contained in this site without prior written consent of Help Me To Buy®. Unless otherwise noted, everything that you see or read on this site is copyrighted. Copyright © 2006, Dallas Webventures Technology, L.L.C. 4250 Spring Valley Road, Farmers Branch, TX 75244. All rights reserved.
How to Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 800-992-5084 or send us an email at privacy@helpmetobuy.com.