PRIVACY POLICY
INTRO
Green Challenges Corp. (“GREEN CHALLENGES CORP.,” “we,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement describes the information that we and our website owner and operator, GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. (“GREEN CHALLENGES CORP.”), collect from you through the Green Challenges Corp. website (the “Site”), the purposes for which we use such information and the steps we take to protect your personal information. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement, please do not use the Site. This Privacy Statement only applies to information collected on the Site. It does not apply to information which we may collect on other websites owned or operated by GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. or by means other than on the Site.
This Privacy Statement was last updated on April 22, 2009.
COLLECTION OF INFO
Information collected directly from you.
You can visit the Site and access the information available on the Site without entering any personal information. We may ask you to provide personal information, such as your name, e-mail address, and phone number, if you choose to send questions or comments to us via e-mail or if you wish to receive additional information about GREEN CHALLENGES CORP.. You are not required to provide any of this information, but if you do not, we may not be able to answer your questions, respond to your comments or provide you with the information you have requested.
Information collected automatically
We may collect information about your visit to the Site, including what pages you view, the number of bytes transferred, the links you click, the materials you access, and other actions taken within the Site. We may also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your Internet Protocol address (“IP address”), your browser type and capabilities and language, your operating system, the date and time you access the Site, and the website from which you linked to our Site. We do not link this information to your identity.
USE OF INFO
We use your personal information to deliver information to you, answer your questions or respond to your comments. We may also use your personal information to ensure compliance with GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. policies and applicable law. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with GREEN CHALLENGES CORP., information collected via the Site may be combined with information we collect by other means. We may also use your personal information to improve the Site, or to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests.
AGGREGATE INFO
From time to time, we may collect general, non-personal, statistical information about the use of the Site, such as how many visitors visit a specific page on the Site, how long they stay on that page, and which hyperlinks, if any, they “click” on. We collect this information through the use of technologies such as “cookies” and “IP addresses” which are discussed in greater detail in this Privacy Statement. We collect this information in order to determine which areas of the Site are most popular and to enhance the Site for visitors. We may also group this information into aggregate visitor data in order to describe the use of the Site to our existing or potential business partners or other third parties, or in response to a government request. However, please be assured that this aggregate data will in no way personally identify you or any other visitors to the Site.
COOKIE USE, THIRD-PARTY COOKIES, WEB BEACONS
Cookies are small files that websites save to your hard disk or to your browser's memory. We may use them to track the number of times you have visited the Site, to track the number of visitors to the Site, to determine and analyze visitors' use of the Site (including the effectiveness of online advertising), to store information that you provide such as your preferences, and to store technical information useful for your interactions with the Site. We may use session cookies (cookies that are deleted when your browser session ends) to facilitate your movement around the Site (particularly in connection with information searches) and to store other information useful in administering the session. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of the Site. You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers or other third parties with links on the Site. We do not control these cookies. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personal information you submit while on the Site. Our Site also may contain electronic images known as web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow us to count the number of users who have visited those pages.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFO
Except as described below, personal information you provide to GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. through the Site will not be shared outside of GREEN CHALLENGES CORP., its service providers (including GREEN CHALLENGES CORP.) and its subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.
Disclosure regarding service providers. GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. contracts with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, sending out information, and analyzing the Site. We provide these companies with only those elements of your personal information they need to deliver those services. These companies and their employees are prohibited from using that personal information for any other purpose.
SECURITY
GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in facilities to which access is limited.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to other websites such as GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. affiliates, professional and government organizations, and publications. While we try to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other websites.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
GREEN CHALLENGES CORP. may occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When we do, we will post a notice in the news ticker at the bottom of the homepage of the Site for a reasonable period of time after such changes are made that this Privacy Statement has been updated, and we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Statement. We encourage you to check this page periodically for any updates. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of updates to this Privacy Statement will mean you accept those updates.