Privacy Policy
OVERVIEW
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to mediumsquared.com and Medium Squared and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Medium Squared include mediumsquared.com and MS. The MS website is a Blog and E-commerce site. By using the MS website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Medium Squared may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and last name
- Billing Address
- Email Address
- Phone number
If you purchase Medium Squared’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
When you submit a question via our online form, your email address allows us to reply to you and answer your queries. We will never sell, or give your email address to any third party organizations.
When you purchase the services and/or products we use your address and credit card details to process your payment. We use third party merchant provider such as PayPal and Square to process your credit card information.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us.
Use of your Personal Information
Medium Squared collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services and products you have requested.
Medium Squared may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Medium Squared and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Medium Squared does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use PayPal and Square to power our online store--you can read more about how PayPal and Square uses your Personal Information at PayPal Privacy and Square Privacy.
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information at Google Privacy. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics.
Payment history is stored in order to comply with Canadian Tax laws. Your actual payment information is not stored.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Tracking User Behavior
Medium Squared may keep track of the websites and pages our users within Medium Squared, in order to determine what Medium Squared services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Medium Squared to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be collected by Medium Squared. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Medium Squared website.
Use of Cookies
The Medium Squared website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Medium Squared pages, or register with Medium Squared site or services, a cookie helps Medium Squared to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Medium Squared website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Medium Squared features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Medium Squared services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
Medium Squared secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, Medium Squared uses the Medium Squared following methods for this purpose.
SSL protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the internet which are beyond our control; (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Email Communications
From time to time, Medium Squared may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Medium Squared or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Medium Squared, you may opt-out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.
Changes to this Statement
Medium Squared reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that policy.
Contact Us
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at info at mediumsquared.com.