Privacy Policy
Registration and the information you provide-.To use all of our services, you will need to register using our online Registration Form, where you will be required to provide us with your contact information and certain other personal information, depending on what and how you will be using our website. We automatically track certain information about you based on your use of our website. We use this information to conduct internal research on our users’ demographics, interests and behavior, and to better understand and serve our users. This information is tracked in addition to the cookies described in this Privacy Policy. If you choose to post messages on any part of our website that allows it, we will collect the information from you as you choose to disclose. Similarly, if you send us emails, letters or other personal correspondence, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on our website we may collect such information into a file specific to you.
Your Credit Account - If you establish a Credit Account with us, we collect some additional information, including your billing address, credit card number, and credit card expiration date, and tracking information from checks or money orders. We use a third party credit card processing company to charge you for the services that you elect to purchase on FirearmsFax.com. You agree that we may share the information provided with such third party. Neither FirearmsFax.com nor the credit card processing company uses the personal identifiable information obtained in this regard for any secondary purposes.
Disclosures you make to third parties - Our website does not control the Privacy Policies of our third parties. When you disclose information to third parties on our website (such as, a portion of our website related to Missing Children), you are subject to privacy policies and customs of those third parties. Prior to submitting information through our website to those third parties, you should read their Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
How we share the information we collect – We may share the information we collect to our affiliates, other companies or agents in order for them to provide services for us. We share this information and protect it in accordance with applicable law. We do not otherwise share with or sell personal information to unrelated affiliates, companies or agents. However, if FirearmsFax.com or substantially all of its assets are ever acquired by another company (including any company that may be formed as a result of a corporate reorganization of FirearmsFax.com or its related companies), this information would be one of the transferred assets. We will also release such information if we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law, to enforce this and other agreements, and to protect the rights, property or safety of FirearmsFax.com, our users or others. By using this website you agree to these uses. Despite our efforts, we cannot, however, promise that your personal identifiable information or private communications will remain private. For example, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications.
Advertisers – FirearmsFax.com does not, without your permission, sell of otherwise transfer your personal information, except as specifically outlined in this Privacy Policy. We may disclose aggregate information about our users to advertisers and for other marketing promotional purposes. We will not, however, disclose any personal identifying information to any of these entities.
Amendment – FirearmsFax.com may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice to you. If FirearmsFax.com changes its Privacy Policy, the revised Policy will only apply only after the effective date of the revised Policy. If you continue to use our website following any new Policy that is posted, you will be deemed to have accepted the revised Policy. As a result, you should periodically review this Policy to be aware of any such modifications or revisions.
Specific Disclosure of “My Missing Guns” – The following describes our disclosure policy for the information that you provide to us in the section of our website entitled “My Missing Guns”. The purpose of your sharing that information with us is that we may disseminate the information that you provide to us to certain members of law enforcement, owners of stores, or others who trade in fire arms, and other appropriate recipients of the information. By using the “My Missing Guns” section of our website, you consent to our continued disclosure to all parties whom we believe, in our sole discretion, are appropriate recipients of this information.
Promotions – At some time, we may offer promotions through our website. We may collect information about you during such a promotion. In such an event, we may share this information with co-sponsors of any promotions and we may use the information for marketing purposes. We may also share this information with companies that assist us in shipping or fulfilling the promotion. If you do not want us to share such information in the way it is described in this paragraph, please do not participate in the promotion.
Cookies and Web Beacons – The amount and type of information that we receive from you depends on how you use our website. Your User ID and your password may be temporarily stored in a cookie allowing us to free resources for other customers if you are logged on but not actively using the portal. The data that is stored in the cookie is helpful to us. Essentially, cookies are small files that can be used to track a user’s steps or automatically generate a user’s password. Some features of website may only be available through the use of a cookie. Among other things, cookies allow to enter a password less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. Cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our website. Most cookies are deleted at the end of your use. If your browser permits, you may decline our cookies; however, your use of our website may then be restricted.
We may keep track of how many users are actively accessing particular pages of our website. If so, we may place a small file, called a Web Beacon, on some of the pages. In combination with cookies, these web beacons allow us to track the number of users who look at particular pages of our website. Advertising networks with which we are or may be affiliated at some time also may use these web beacons.
Our Secure Server – Portions of our website are designed for you to provide us with information that remains secure. This includes The Lock Box section of our website. Where our website tells you that the information you are providing in that portion of our website is secure, some or all of the information that you enter in such secured portion of our website is encrypted before it is sent over the internet. We use the company, Comodo Secured, to provide such secure service. In this regard, the customer data we collect in such portions of our website that are marked secured is protected against unauthorized access of the information.
Minors - If you are a minor, you may only use this service in conjunction with your parents or guardians. If you are a minor please do not submit any personal information to us.
By using our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy please do not use our website.