Privacy Policy
Just Ask Christine (‘JAC’) respects your privacy and is committed to protect the personal information that you share with us. Below is our privacy policy that applies to www.justaskchristine.com. This Site is intended for use by persons who are over 18 years of age. By using this Site or communicating via telephone or otherwise with JAC, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
When you browse the Site and have not registered for any online service from JAC, you browse anonymously. Personal Information (“Personal Information” is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains including, but not limited to, a first and last name, E-mail address, a home, postal or other physical address, or other contact information) is not collected as you browse. JAC does, however, use “cookies,” “client variables” and “session variables” to collect information about how the Site and server are used and to recognize you as a JAC online service user when you re-enter our Site. Information, such as the server your computer is logged onto, your browser type, and whether you entered the Site via a Web site or E-mail hyperlink, is collected and tracked in aggregate. This information is used for the purpose of measuring response rates to Web page and E-mail hyperlinks as well as overall Site activity and performance.
When you register for or request any Site service, you may be asked to provide us with Personal Information which is used to enhance your Site experience, expedite communications, allow you to receive electronic/postal mailings from JAC, or to be contacted as requested.
IP ADDRESSES
JAC collects the IP addresses used to access our Site and the dates and times of access. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not personally linked to identifiable information.
REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE PRODUCTS & SERVICES
In order to provide you with a particular Site product or service, we may request that you voluntarily supply us with Personal Information for purposes such as correspondence, Site registration, booking a request, placing an order, requesting product descriptions, or participating in Site surveys and/or contests. If you are known to us as a registered user of a JAC Site, we may combine information about your use of Site products or services with certain other online and offline information we have about you as a JAC customer as well as information available from external sources in order to customize your Site experience and present you with relevant online and offline communications.
INFORMATION USE
We may use Personal Information you have given us to, for example, provide a service, ensure proper booking, and inform you about products and services. If you have provided your e-mail address to us or to a company we’ve partnered with to make their products and services available to you, we may send you E-mail. These E-mails may be based on Personal Information you provided in your initial transaction with us, in surveys both online and offline, from information that may indicate purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as available from external sources. These e-mails come directly from JAC. You can opt-out from receiving e-mail from JAC as described below in the section, “Declining e-mail.” When we send you e-mail, we may use your e-mail address to identify information about your receipt of the e-mail, including whether the communication was opened, how many times it was viewed, and whether you clicked on an embedded hyperlink to reach a particular product or service. This information is used to measure response rates to E-mail communications as well as enhance your Site experience.
JAC does not provide your Personal Information to our business partners. However, we may send you offers on behalf of our business partners. If you take advantage of an offer from a JAC business partner and become their customer, they may independently wish to send e-Mails to you. In this case, you will need to inform them separately if you wish to decline receiving future e-mails from them.
We may share Personal Information with law enforcement agencies in the event of a criminal investigation or suspected illegal activity.
PROMOTIONS
When you enter a contest or other promotional feature on the Site, we may ask for your Personal Information so that we can administer the contest and notify winners. Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.
ADVERTISING
Third party vendors, including Google, show our ads on various web sites on the Internet. These third party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website. You may opt out of third party use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page found at: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
We use reasonable efforts and take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information. Just Ask Christine however is not responsible for any breach of security or loss of data.
DECLINING E-MAIL
JAC provides customers with a means to decline receiving e-mail. At any time, you may request to unsubscribe by following the opt-out instructions included within any JAC e-mail and informing us of your preference.
CHILDREN
This Site is not used to knowingly solicit Personal Information from or market to children under the age of 13. This Site is intended for use by persons who are over 18 years of age.
LINKED WEBSITES
You should be aware that other Internet sites to which you link to from this Site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of our Privacy Statement. JAC is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other such sites. We encourage Site users to be aware when they leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by this Site.
SECURITY
Just Ask Christine (‘JAC’) uses Secure Socket Layers (SSL), the industry standard in transferring information to process your orders. The SSL encrypts, or translates, your order information into a highly indecipherable code, which is processed immediately. When you begin the transaction process, you will move into the secure area of our Site. A warning window may pop up to notify you that you are entering this “safe” area. Once you’ve entered, the page address (URL) will change from http to https, to let you know you are in a secure area. You will remain in this secure zone for the entire transaction process.
