Privacy Policy
Your Privacy Rights
Introduction
Ricochet Labs, Inc. (“Ricochet”) has created this Privacy Policy in order to disclose its use of consumer data collected about you. This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 17, 2008. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed by email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
You may also contact Ricochet at:
Ricochet Labs, Inc.
3812 Duval ST.
Austin, TX 78751.
The following discloses Ricochet's information gathering and dissemination practices for its marketing website.
Information Collected and Received
Ricochet may collect or receive information about each person who registers with the Ricochet website including, but not limited to, user name, password, first and last name, email address, street address, gender, occupation, and interests. Ricochet also collects information on the pages you access and other information you may volunteer, such as survey information.
Uses of Information
We may make the email addresses of our users available to other organizations whose products or services we think you may find interesting. If you supply us with your postal address online or we receive it through one of our relationships, you may, receive mailings from other third party companies. These third party companies may use the information that you provide to Ricochet or Ricochet receives from other sources to deliver you mailings with offers about goods and services that may be of interest to you. We use a third party company to distribute our offers.
Except as described in this section, we will not disclose your personal information to any third party without notifying you of our intent to share the information and giving you an opportunity to prevent your information from being shared.
From time to time, we may partner with companies based on the interests of our users. These partner companies will never see your email address or any other information that could identify you or be used to contact you directly.
Any exceptions to this policy of sharing your name, address or email address with a partner company will be done only with your permission.
Ricochet reserves the right to disclose information when required by law.
We occasionally use other companies to perform services necessary to our operations. In the course of providing these services, those companies may have access to your personal information. By contractual agreement, those companies must treat your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, we will not be liable for any damages that may result from the misuse of your personal information by these companies.
Ricochet may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with Ricochet's server and to administer Ricochet's web site. Your IP address may also be used to help identify you and your online profile and to gather broad demographic information.
Ricochet's site's registration form requires users to give Ricochet contact information (such as your name and email address) and demographic information (such as your zip code, age, or income level). Ricochet uses customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about Ricochet and promotional material from some of Ricochet's partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the user when necessary. Ricochet may use demographic and/or profile data to tailor the visitor's experience on Ricochet's site, show the visitor content that Ricochet thinks you may be interested in, and display content according to your preferences. The demographic and profile data will be shared with advertisers ONLY on an aggregate basis.
We may also disclose, on an anonymous basis, statements made by our customers.
Security
Ricochet uses industry-standard technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged between Ricochet and other companies to help ensure its security. This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under Ricochet's control. Ricochet's servers are backed up regularly and protected by security systems.
Cookies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Ricochet's site uses cookies to keep track of your session, shopping cart, and advertising delivery. Ricochet may also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password. Ricochet may use an outside ad company to display ads on Ricochet's site. These ads may also contain cookies. While Ricochet uses cookies in other parts of Ricochet's web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by Ricochet's ad company and Ricochet does not have access to this information.
Links
Ricochet may create links to other web sites. Ricochet will make a reasonable effort to link only to sites that meet similar standards for maintaining each individual's right to privacy. However, many other sites that are not associated or authorized by Ricochet may have links leading to Ricochet's site. Ricochet cannot control these links and Ricochet is not responsible for any content appearing on these sites.
Amendments
Ricochet may amend this policy at any time. If Ricochet is going to use personally identifiable information collected through Ricochet's corporate site in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection Ricochet will notify users via email and/or by posting a notice on Ricochet's Web site for thirty (30) days prior to such use. This Privacy Policy may not be otherwise amended except in a writing that specifically refers to this Privacy Policy and is physically signed by both parties.
Successors and Assigns
This Privacy Policy inures to the benefit of successors and assigns of Ricochet.
Contacts
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Upon request, Ricochet will provide you with access to information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that Ricochet collects and maintains about you. This site gives you the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:
(i) email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); or
(ii) visit www.richochetlabs.com.
There you can also log into your account to update your contact information.
Opt-Out
Ricochet's site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from Ricochet. To opt-out of receiving our communications, you can
(i) send email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); or
(ii) send postal mail to:
Ricochet Labs, Inc.
3812 Duval St.
Austin, TX 78751
