Privacy Policy
Our Commitment 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 home page and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
Membership Registration
Member registration is easy; all you need to do is to register by creating a user name and password. You need to provide your e-mail address or a phone number, a preferred zip code for your on line search, and your country. We will use this information to send you a welcome email or text, respond to your inquiries and to manage your account. As a security precaution, we log your IP Address on registration to prevent spam. This is deleted with your account information if you choose to close your membership.
Business registration is explained on: https://businesses.kudos365.com
Newsletter and Promotional Communications
When you register with this Site, we will use your text and/or email address to send you information regarding this Site. You can choose which method is preferable to you by indicating your preference on your user profile. Kudos 365 typically communicates a status email of your account and offers available to you. You will not receive these updates more than once a week. Out of respect for your privacy, if you cancel your membership you will no longer receive texts or emails even if you selected to receive them when you had an active membership. Please see the “Your Account” section of the website.
Customer Service
Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send you a welcoming text or email to verify your username and password. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, news regarding our service, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account.
Business Registration
If you sign-up as a business and pay for a subscription, post an offer or advertising with us, we will use your personal information for billing purposes and to fulfill your request. If we have trouble processing a request, we will use this information to contact you. We do not share this information with third parties except to the extent necessary to fulfill your request.
Choice for Receiving Newsletter
Kudos 365 members can select to receive our weekly newsletter via email, a text link, or on our App (available for iPhones).
Log Files
As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. When you use the Site, Kudos 365 may collect certain information about your computer to facilitate, evaluate and verify your use of the Site. For example, we may log environmental variables such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, referring or exit web pages, click patterns, Session ID (a unique identifier assigned to the browser in connection to the Site), and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. Kudos 365 also uses such information to measure traffic patterns on the Site. We do not match such information with personal information held about you by Kudos 365 unless we have your consent, except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
Kudos 365 has established relationships with various providers of services and products who are not part of Kudos 365 and who may not themselves be providing products and services to Kudos 365 or on Kudos 365’s behalf (“Providers”). Providers do not include third parties contracted by Kudos 365 to perform services on Kudos 365’s behalf. The services of these Providers may be available to you from the Site, from websites that are linked to the Site, or in connection with Kudos 365’ services. Typically, these Providers Offer services that Kudos 365’s customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with Kudos 365’s services. In order to use Providers’ products and services, you may be required to provide personal information to the Providers or agree to allow Kudos 365 to share your personal information with such Providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a Provider's website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on that site, and personal information that you provide while on the Site will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
In order to reduce errors in our database, authenticate our users, prevent fraud and prevent abuse of this Site as well as to provide more consistent relevant experiences to our users, we may on occasion supplement or correct the personal information you submit to us and your Internet Protocol (IP) address with information in our other databases or information from third-party sources.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this Site, and link the information we store in cookies to personally identifiable information. We do not share this information with any third parties.
We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser.
A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following the directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. We set a persistent cookie to store your passwords, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
View more information about the cookies we use.
Clear GIfs (Pixels/Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Pixels/Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us better manage content on our site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user ‘s computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We tie the information gathered by clear gifs to our customers’ personally identifiable information, but we do not share this information with any third parties.
Entities Collecting Personal Information.
Personal information on this Site is collected by Kudos 365. Kudos 365’s address is 1220 116th Avenue N.E., Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA, and its e-mail address is privacy@kudos365.com. The Site contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.
Links to Other Sites
This Site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site. Access to Personally Identifiable Information If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate the information by making the change in the “Your Account” section of the website. Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at: customerservice@kudos365.com.
Business Transitions
In the event Kudos 365, Inc. goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via e-mail of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by means of e-mail and/or a notice on our home page.
Kudos 365 takes its users' privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that Kudos 365 has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information, you may email or write to Kudos 365 at the following address:
Kudos 365 Inc. Attn: President 1220 116th Avenue N.E., Suite 200 Bellevue, WA 98004 USA E-mail: privacy@kudos365.com.
Also, please note that Kudos 365 is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-Kudos 365 websites to which this Site or any other Kudos 365 website may link. You should review the privacy policies of such sites before using the sites.
Posted: [April 9th, 2014]