Overview
When visiting www.householdnetwork.com ("Website") and/or utilizing the services and features offered by Metroplex Services, Inc. d/b/a/ Household Network ("Household Network") on or though its Website, Household Network may request and/or otherwise collect certain personal information. This Privacy Notice describes what personal information may be collected by Household Network and how such information is used by Household Network. This Privacy Notice applies only to information collected online through the Website.
Information We Collect
Non-Personal Information
Household Network may gather navigational information during each user's visit to the Website. In the process of gathering navigational information, non-personally identifiable information (i.e. domain type, browser version, service provider and IP address) may be collected. Such information may be gathered by Household Network to learn more about the technical efficiencies of the Website (such as the time it takes a visitor to connect to the Website or download pages) and the use of the Website, including the areas of the Website that are most visited or the time of a last visit to a page on the Website. Household Network uses this information to better understand and improve its users' experience at the Website.
Additionally, Household Network uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses javascript to help analyze how visitors use our site. The information generated by the javascript about the use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for the Household Network and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of the javascript by selecting the appropriate settings on your Web browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to make full use of our website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Personal Information
- When you register and join a network, Household Network will collect your name, address, and email address.
- At registration, you are also given the option to provide "extended profile" information which includes your phone number(s), additional email addresses and the names of other household adults and children. This extended profile information is not required to register and will be viewed only by those networks in which you elect to participate.
- We may also collect any personal information that you include in any email correspondence with Household Network.
To update, correct or verify any information you provided to Household Network through the Website by logging in to your account on the Website and editing the information on your profile page. If you would like to close your account, please contact us using the contact information we provide below and Household Network will remove your profile from the Website.
How We Use and Disclose Your Information
Any personally identifiable information you provide to Household Network is used to enable us to deliver services you requested, respond to your questions about our offerings or contact you about our services and features. Your profile information (including any extended profile information) is viewable and made available to those persons who are part of the networks in which you elect to participate and/or create. Household Network does not sell, rent or trade any of the personal information collected from you to third parties. However, Household Network may use third parties to provide specific services, such as fulfilling your requests and maintaining the Website. These third parties may have access to and use of the information collected from you in order to perform services for Household Network.
In the event that Household Network sells or transfers a particular portion of its business assets, subscriber and other user information may be one of the business assets transferred as part of the transaction. If substantially all of the assets of Household Network are acquired, subscriber and other user information may be transferred as part of the acquisition.
You should also be aware that we may disclose specific information about you if necessary to do so by law or based on our good faith belief that it is necessary to conform or comply with the law or is necessary to protect the users of our Website and/or related services, the Website or the public.
Privacy of Children
To comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, Household Network does not knowingly collect or maintain information provided by children under the age of 13.
Links
For your convenience, our Website may contain links to other sites. Household Network does not evaluate, is not responsible for and does not endorse the privacy practices or the content of any such sites.
International Users
If you are visiting the Website from a location outside of the United States, your connection will be through and to servers located in the United States and all information you provide will be processed and maintained in our Web servers and internal systems located within the United States.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
Household Network reserves the right to revise this notice at any time. If we materially change the categories of information collected at our Website or how we use and/or disclose information collected at the Website such changes will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis and we will update the privacy notice as follows: we will note deletions with a strike-out and additions in italics type for a thirty (30) day period after the change. For this same period, we will note [Revised] at the end of each revised sentence and update the effective date at the bottom of the Privacy Notice.
Information Security
We limit access to personal information collected on the Website and utilize other technological and procedural safeguards when maintaining the Website. While we implement the above security measures on the Website, you should be aware that 100% security is not always possible.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or about Household Network's activities, please contact at help@householdnetwork.com
Effective Date: February 1, 2008.