Privacy Statement

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This privacy policy ("Policy") sets out what information we collect here on the MIVA site, what we do with that information and with whom we share it. We have aimed to make this Policy as clear and complete as possible to demonstrate our commitment to keeping secure any information you share with us. MIVA complies with the Data Protection Act 1998 in all use of personal data. If you have any questions about this Policy, please email us: info.de@miva.com.

What Information will we collect?

The key reason we collect information about you is to improve and tailor MIVA to your needs, likes and dislikes. We will collect certain information about you when you either sign up to receive our newsletter (e-mail address) and when you register as an advertiser (name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, mobile phone number, fax number). As a user, MIVA will collect information about you from your use of the MIVA site via cookies. We may also collect information you give to us through feedback forms, competitions and the like. We do not process any sensitive data about you.

What will we do with your information?

MIVA will use the information you share with us to administer your MIVA account and issue you with a personalised security password. This ensures that only you can use your MIVA account. We may also compile statistical databases to help run the MIVA site.

Sharing information

MIVA will share your information with carefully selected and screened third parties (primarily advertising and marketing agencies) who may provide you with information, products or services that may be of interest to you; with other companies within the MIVA group, in particular MIVA Inc, our parent company based in the United States; to make related press releases to promote the MIVA site. With these exceptions, MIVA will never sell, rent, exchange or release any personal information to any third party without your consent.

Processing of Aggregated Reporting Data

MIVA supports the use of third party ROI tracking and bid management companies by Advertisers. By using MIVA.com and/or its services, you expressly grant MIVA permission to request and review anonymised and aggregated (i.e. in a format that will not allow the identification of specific client’s performance) data from any such third party. Any such data obtained from a third party company will not allow the identification of any specific advertiser and will be used by MIVA for internal review purposes.

MIVA may also use aggregated, non personal information to report on trends observed in keyword searches and clicked keywords for PR, sales and marketing purposes. Such information will not allow your personal information to be identified.

Cookies

The use of cookies is an industry standard. Cookies are small pieces of information that your Web browser transfers to your computer's hard disk, hence saving your Web activities. Cookies monitor your clicks as you go through the MIVA Site, indicating whether or not we have repeat customers, if so where they are coming from and whether or not we are delivering a quality product to our customers. Cookies identify a user's computer but they do not contain any personally identifiable information. They are utilised by many other Websites to benefit their users by enabling provision of a personalised service.

MIVA relationship with ad servers

The MIVA website uses ad servers to serve many of the advertisements that you see on pages of the MIVA website. That partner may collect certain non-personally identifiable information about you through the use of cookies. These cookies help target ads to you.

Security

In addition to carefully selecting any third party we share information with, MIVA are committed to the security of all data we collect. To this end, we will issue you with a personalised password to secure your data. It is your responsibility to keep this password secret. We also use industry standard procedures to protect your data, including anti-robot and anti-spamming technology. It should be noted that although we have such security measures in place we cannot guarantee the loss, misuse or alteration of personal data.

Disclaimer

MIVA contains links to many other Websites. MIVA declaims responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of other linked Websites provided through or on this MIVA Internet site. The privacy practices and content of any third party materials should be determined individually.

Changes to the Policy

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. Any changes will be recorded on the site on the revised Privacy Policy. We will not notify you of these changes and to this end we strongly encourage you to check back frequently.

Your choice

By using MIVA.com and/or by completing the registration form, you hereby consent to MIVA using and sharing the information in the manner referred to above. If you consent now but later change your mind, you may at any time withdraw your consent by notifying us at info.de@miva.com. If you withdraw your consent, MIVA will close your account and stop using your information immediately. You may also change or correct any of your details at any time by sending an e-mail to the same address.

Amendments

UPDATED 13/06/05