Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies only to the web sites owned or controlled by Tea KO
Productions. ("Company," "we," "our" or "us") that post a link to this Privacy Policy
(the "Web Sites"). This Privacy Policy only covers information collected at the
Web Sites, and does not cover any information collected at any other web site or
offline by Company (unless specifically stated). The purpose of this Privacy Policy
is to disclose to you what information we may collect on the Web Sites, how we may
collect it, with whom we may share it, and certain other matters related to such
information, including the choices you may have regarding our collection, use, and
disclosure of such information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED
The following are the types of information we may collect:
Web Site Usage Information & IP Address
We may receive and store certain types of web site usage information whenever you
visit the Web Sites. For example, we may collect the page served, the time, the
source of the request, the type of browser making the request, the preceding page
view, other similar information and your IP address. An IP address is a number that
is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet, and
our computers identify your computer by its IP address. We may associate your IP
address with the personal information you provide. When analyzed, web site usage
information helps us determine how visitors arrive at the Web Sites, what type of
content is most popular, and what type of visitors are interested in particular
kinds of content and advertising.
Information You Provide Us
We may ask you to provide us with two types of information: (1) personal information,
which is information that could reasonably be used to identify you personally, such
as your name, e-mail address, and physical address; and (2) demographic information,
such as gender, zip code, or similar information. We may collect this information
at various places and forms on the Web Sites, including registration forms for newsletters
and other e-mail communications, when you communicate or otherwise interact with
us, contests or sweepstakes, surveys or voting or when you purchase a product or
service through the Web Sites. You may also be asked to choose a user name and password
in order to identify yourself during future visits to the Web Sites. Do not use
your real name or the name of any other actual person as your user name. Providing
us with information about yourself is your choice, and you can always choose not
to provide certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of
some of the Web Sites' features.
For your convenience, if you register with one of our Web Sites through which you
create a user name and password, that user name and password may work on the other
Web Sites where user names and passwords are utilized. The personal information
you provide and any additional information we collect about you may be used by us
and across all of the Web Sites.
Information from Other Sources
We may receive information about you from other sources; for example, we may obtain
geographic or demographic information, or information regarding your possible interests,
from third parties, or we may receive information from a marketing partner in connection
with a co-branded web site or promotion.. We may combine the information we receive
from those other sources with information we collect through the Web Sites. In those
cases, we will apply this Privacy Policy to any personal information received, unless
otherwise specifically disclosed by us at the time you provide your personal information.
E-mail A Friend
If you send a friend an e-mail from the Web Sites, the information you provide (names
and e-mail addresses) is used on a one-time basis to facilitate the communication
and is not used for any other marketing purpose, unless we obtain additional consent.
HOW INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED
Cookies
The Web Sites use standard technology called "cookies," which are small data files
that are transferred to your computer when you visit the Web Sites and allow your
browser to accept cookies. Cookies automatically identify your web browser to the
Web Sites whenever you visit the Web Sites, and may make navigating and using the
Web Sites easier for you. Also, by tracking how and when you use the Web Sites,
cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements
and updates to the Web Sites are based on data obtained from cookies. Additionally,
accepting cookies may allow you to, among other things, personalize your experience
on the Web Sites. Cookies may also allow the Web Sites to present to you advertising
that may be of interest to you as well as limit how often you see certain ads that
may detract from your user experience on our Web Sites. If you do not want to allow
information to be collected through the use of cookies, you can generally opt out
of providing this information by setting your browser to reject cookies. However,
please be aware that some areas of the Web Sites may not provide you with an acceptable
user experience if you have disabled the use of cookies.
Web Beacons
The Web Sites and any e-mails sent by the Web Sites may contain electronic images
(generally, single-pixel ".gif" images) called "web beacons." These web beacons
allow Company and third parties to monitor and collect certain information about
the viewer of the web page, web-based document or e-mail message, such as the type
of browser requesting the web beacon, the IP address of the computer that the web
beacon is sent to and the time the web beacon was viewed. Company's use of web beacons
on its Web Sites, include, without limitation, the following:
- counting unique users (actually,
unique web browsers), visits and page views.
- monitoring traffic and conversion
patterns through our various product and service offerings on the Web Sites. For
example, web beacons may be integrated into a merchandise product page as well as
the subsequent shopping cart, transaction and verification pages.
- personalizing your experience when
you visit the Web Sites, including the advertising and content you see.
- determining whether or not e-mail
messages were opened, links were clicked or notifications/offers were acted upon.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
The information you provide to us may be used to:
- Send you newsletters and/or other
e-mail communications for which you have registered;
- Contact you about the Web Sites,
including, without limitation, in our discretion to notify you of changes to this
Privacy Policy, the Web Site's Terms of Use, or other policies that affect your
use of the Web Sites;
- Confirm or fulfill an order you
have made;
- Provide special offers or promotional
materials to you on behalf of us or third parties;
- Contact you with regard to a sweepstakes,
contest or promotion in which you have participated;
- Authorize a purchase or complete
a transaction that you have requested, i.e., to deliver the products or other services
that you ordered, and, if necessary, to invoice you;
- Monitor or improve the Web Sites;
- Administer the Web Sites' systems
and for other internal business purposes;
- Customize the advertising and content
you see;
- Comply with and monitor compliance
with our Terms of Use and other applicable agreements and polices; and
- For other purposes disclosed when
you provide your information.
Moreover, if you submit to Company and/or the Web Sites comments, photographs, videos,
music, text or other content, it maybe published online or offline (including on-air,
on a CD or DVD, through wireless distribution, and transmission of soft copies,
or any other media or format currently existing or hereafter developed), and we
may publish your name, voice, likeness and other personal information in connection
with publishing the content or a portion of the content, and we may use the content
and any excerpt from the content in connection with advertising, marketing, publicity
and promotional activities. Please also see "Information You Submit" in our Terms
of Use, which governs any content you submit through the Web Sites.
Please note that information submitted to the Web Site via a "contact us," "help"
or other similar e-mail address or form will not necessarily receive a response.
We will not use the information provided to these e-mail addresses or forms to contact
you for marketing purposes unrelated to your request.
THIRD-PARTY AD SERVING & AUDIENCE AND TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT SERVICES
The Web Sites may use third party network advertisers to serve advertisements on
the Web Sites and may use a traffic measurement service to analyze traffic on the
Web Sites. Network advertisers are third parties that display advertisements based
on your visits to the Web Sites and other web sites you have visited. Third-party
ad serving enables us to target advertisements to you for products and services
in which you might be interested. Although advertisers and other companies do not
have access to cookies set by the Web Sites, the Web Sites' third party ad network
providers, the advertisers, the sponsors, and/or traffic measurement services may
themselves set and access their own cookies on your computer if you choose to have
cookies enabled in your browser. These third party cookies are set to, among other
things, help deliver advertisements to you that you might be interested in, to prevent
you from seeing the same advertisements too many times and to conduct research regarding
the usefulness of certain advertisements are to you. Note that any images (or any
other parts of a web page) served by third parties in association with third party
cookies may serve as web beacons, which enable third parties to carry out the previously
described activities. Third party cookies and web beacons are governed by each third
party's specific privacy policy, not this one. While we may use a variety of companies
to serve advertisements on the Web Sites, you may wish to visit
http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp, which provides information
regarding the "opt-out" procedures of certain third party ad servers we may use
WITH WHOM INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED
The following outlines the ways in which your information may be shared with others:
Third parties providing services on our behalf
We employ third parties to perform functions on our behalf; examples include hosting
or operating Web Sites, fulfilling orders for products and services purchased through
the Web Sites, sending e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists,
data analysis, marketing assistance, credit card payment processing, and customer
service. These third parties may have access to your personal information for the
purpose of performing such functions on the Web Sites' behalf.
Non-Personal Information
We may share non-personal information, such as aggregate user statistics, demographic
information, and web site usage information with third parties.
When You Agree To Receive Information From Third Parties
You may be presented with an opportunity to receive information and/or marketing
offers from third party(s). If you do not agree to have your personal information
shared, your personal information will not be shared with such third party(s) for
direct marketing purposes. If you do agree to have your personal information shared,
your personal information will be disclosed to such third party(s) and all information
you disclose will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of such third party(s).
We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of such third party(s)
and, therefore, you should review the privacy policies and practices of such third
party(s) prior to agreeing to receive such information from third party(s). If you
later decide that you no longer want to receive communication from a third party,
you will need to contact that third party directly.
Products and Services Offered in Partnership with Third-Party(s)
Certain Web Sites are provided to you in partnership with third party(s) ("Co-Branded
Sites") and may require you to disclose personal information in order to register
for and access products and/or services. Such Co-Branded Sites will identify the
third party partner(s). If you elect to register for such products and/or services
at Co-Branded Sites you may be providing your information to both Company and the
third party partner(s) and your information may be subject to a separate privacy
policy available at the point of registration. Further, if you sign-in to a Co-Branded
Web Site with a user name and password obtained at one of our Web Sites, you are
automatically registering with the Co-Branded Site and your personal information
may be disclosed to the identified third party partner(s) for that Co-Branded Site
and will be subject to the posted privacy policy(ies).
Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions
We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions through the Web Sites that
may require registration. If you choose to enter a sweepstakes, contest or other
promotion, your personal information may be disclosed to third parties in connection
with the administration of such promotion, including, without limitation, in connection
with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law, such as on a winners
list. Also, by entering a promotion, you are agreeing to the official rules that
govern that promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including,
except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the promotion to use
your name, voice and/or likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the
promotion.
Business Transfers
Company shares the information collected through the Web Sites with and among the
Web Sites, and may share the information with its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates.
Company or any of it assets, including the Web Sites, may be sold, or other transactions
may occur in which your personal information is one of the key business assets for
the transaction. In such a case, your personal information may be one of the business
assets we transfer. Hence, Company reserves the right to disclose and transfer user
information, including personal information, in connection with a corporate merger,
consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our assets, or other
corporate change.
Legal Protections and Law Enforcement
We may disclose information about our users, including your personal information,
in the event we are required to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process
or other valid law enforcement measures; to comply with a legal obligation; at the
request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; to verify or enforce
compliance with the policies governing the Web Sites and applicable laws; or to
protect the legal rights, interests, or safety of the Web Sites, our users or others.
We may also use IP addresses to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with
copyright owners, internet service providers or law enforcement agencies in our
discretion. Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.
CORRECTING/UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Web Sites may contain web pages through which you can change your e-mail subscriptions
or correct or update the personal information you have provided to us through registration
with one or more of the Web Sites. With regard to e-mail subscriptions, you also
may cancel or modify your e-mail subscriptions by following the instructions contained
within an e-mail.
CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS, AND MESSAGE BOARDS
The Web Sites may make chat rooms, forums and message boards available to its users.
If you post personal information online, it will be publicly available and you may
receive unsolicited messages from other parties. We cannot ensure the security of
any information you choose to make public in a chat room, forum, or message board.
Also, we cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information
will respect your privacy. Please exercise caution when disclosing personal information
in these areas. Your use of chat rooms, forums and message boards is subject to
our Terms of Use.
THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
When you are on the Web Sites you may be directed to other sites that are operated
and controlled by third parties that are beyond our control. For example, if you
"click" on a banner advertisement, the "click" may take you off the Web Sites onto
a different web site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors and partners
that may use the Web Sites' logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other
web sites may send their own cookies to you, independently collect data or solicit
personal information and may or may not have their own published privacy policies.
If you visit a web site that is linked from our Web Sites, you should consult that
web site's privacy policy before providing any personal information.
CONSENT TO TRANSFER
The Web Sites are operated in the
United States
. If you are located in the European Union,
Canada
or elsewhere outside of the
United States
, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to
the
United States
. By using the Web Sites or providing us with your information, you consent to this
transfer.
SECURITY
Company incorporates reasonable safeguards to help protect and secure your personal
information. However, no data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage
of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that Company cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Company via its
Web Sites, and you do so at your own risk.
A SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS CONCERNING PRIVACY
The Web Sites are general audience web sites. We do not knowingly collect any personal
information from children younger than the age of thirteen (13) on the Web Sites
and we will delete any information later determined to be from a user younger than
thirteen (13).
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AND YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY
By using the Web Sites, you acknowledge your agreement to the terms of this Privacy
Policy. From time to time, Company may update this Privacy Policy. However, Company
will use your personal information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy
in effect at the time you submitted the information, unless you consent to the new
or revised policy.