Privacy Stuff
Terms, Changes and Questions
By using the Hey Josh web site, you signify your agreement to the terms of our privacy policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use or disclose any personal information through one of our sites.
Collection of Personal Information
You do not need to provide any information that identifies you (“personal information”) to use this Web site. In general, you can visit our Web site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information. We do this to protect anyone who is looking for help or advice.
However, if you wish to benefit from the additional services offered by Hey Josh, you will be asked to register some personal information. This information could include your name, address, e-mail address, or T-Shirt Size.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We will not disclose any of the personal information you provide online to third parties.
We may share aggregate, non-personal information about Web site usage with unaffiliated third parties, including, but not limited to, government agencies, advertisers, and the media (i.e., __% of Hey Josh users are male, __% of users have visited certain sections, etc.). This aggregate information does not contain any personal information about our users.
Finally, we may be required to disclose personal information by law or legal process, to protect and defend the rights or property of the Hey Josh site, or to protect the personal safety of users to one of our sites. We also reserve the right to contact appropriate authorities when activities that are illegal or violate our policies are taking place on the Hey Josh site.
How We Protect Personal Information
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information. Only authorized employees are permitted to access your personal information, and they only may do so for permitted functions. Any employee who violates our privacy access policies will be subject to disciplinary action, including termination when appropriate.
Accessing or Deleting Your Personal information
If you have submitted personal information through the Hey Josh site and you would like to access that information, call us. We will use reasonable efforts to supply you with this information and to correct any factual inaccuracies that you identify. Upon your request, we also will remove your personal information from our databases.
Collection, Use and Disclosure of Non-Personal Information
In some cases, the site may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable, as described below.
Internet Protocol Addresses
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. This number does not identify your name, e-mail address or other personal information. If you request pages from the Hey Josh site, that site’s server will enter your IP address into a log. To maintain user anonymity, Hey Josh does not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information. We also do not permit IP addresses to be associated and viewed with posts to services within Hey Josh site.
We store IP addresses for a period of time to help us to identify anyone who refuses to comply with our in-house rules or terms of service, and to identify visitors who threaten our service, site, customers or others. We also will use this information to measure site traffic for purposes of system administration and for our sponsors. This aggregate data also helps us to understand how people are using the Web site and helps us improve your online experience.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site creates for record-keeping purposes. Some features of Hey Josh may create or require cookies.
External Links
Our site may link to various Web sites. When you click on one of these links, you will be transferred from the Hey Josh Web site and connected to the Web site of the organization or company that you selected. Even if an affiliation exists between Hey Josh and a third-party Web site, Hey Josh exercises no control over linked sites. Each of these linked sites maintains its own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. If you visit a Web site that is linked to the Hey Josh site, you should consult that site’s privacy policy before providing those sites with any of your personal information.
