ADT Customer Web Privacy Policy
Effective October 1, 2009
SUMMARY
ADT Security Services, Inc. ("ADT," "we" or "us") operates the website ADT Select
Vision at http://www.adtselectvision.com (the
"Site"), which is hosted in the United States. We want you, our customer, to
understand how we collect and use data about your Site visit, specifically the
portions of the Site that require you to register and/or log in to gain access.
The privacy policy below identifies what information the Site collects, and
what it is used for. We use cookies, which gather certain forms of information
from your computer to help us monitor and improve Site usage and performance. Certain
web pages may allow you to voluntarily submit personal information about
yourself, your residence, or your business so that we can contact you for services
in which you express an interest. For online recruiting purposes, the Site
collects "personally identifiable information", which is information that
identifies you. This may include your name, address, email address, telephone
or fax number, IP address, any content you post in your resume or CV, and
certain other information, which we explain in more detail below. You can
choose not to provide us with this information, but certain portions of the
Site may not be available to you.
We do not
disclose this information to third parties for their marketing purposes without
your prior consent, but we do use third party software and services to assist
us with collecting and analyzing information regarding use of the Site. We may
also disclose your information to others for other purposes, particularly if
required to do so by law. The privacy policy for the Site is set forth below
and you should contact privacy@adt.com
if you have questions
or concerns about this policy or the use of your information.
This Customer
Web Privacy Policy applies only to components of the Site for which a
registration or log in is required to gain access.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
This is
our online privacy policy ("Customer Web Privacy Policy"). This Customer Web
Privacy Policy applies only to activities we engage in on the Site and does not
apply to activities that are "offline" or unrelated to the Site. You
should note that different privacy policies may apply to other parts of ADT's
web presence - for example, separate privacy policies apply to public web pages,
online recruiting pages or for which an authorized ADT dealer registers and
logs in.
Anonymous Information
We may collect two types of information through this Site: anonymous
information and personally identifiable information ("PII"). We collect
certain anonymous data regarding the usage of the website. This information
does not personally identify users, by itself or in combination with other
information. We gather it to improve the performance of the Site. The
anonymous data we collect can include information such as the type of browser
you are using, IP address, the pages you view, and the length of your visit to
the Site.
Personally Identifiable Information.
We may also ask you to provide personally identifiable
information on the Site, which may include your name, address, telephone
number, fax number, company name, e-mail address and relevant details about the
product or service that interests you. These details may include whether the
location is a business or residence, whether the site is pre-wired for security,
and the square footage, to give some examples. This information can be
gathered when you send us an e-mail or when you complete the specific web page
request form. In all such cases you choose whether to provide us with the
personally identifiable information, but certain portions of the Site may not
be available to you or we may not be able to respond to your inquiry
effectively if you do not provide the PII requested.
My Account.
In order to provide some of the services on the Site, we ask you to provide
additional personal information regarding your customer account with ADT. This
additional information may include existing account numbers, payment or credit
card details, service preferences and so forth. We will use this information
only to support your customer relationship with ADT. This includes responding
to your requests, customizing your experience on the Site, communicating with
you about your account, and providing you choices about how to view and manage
the products and services that you receive from ADT.
Surveys and Contests.
We may occasionally request information from you via surveys or contests. Your
participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary. The
information that we request typically includes your contact details. If you
choose to participate, the information that you provide will be shared with the
contest/survey sponsors to notify winners and award prizes. Survey information
may also be used to monitor and improve the content and performance of the
Site.
Tell A Friend.
If you choose to use ADT's referral service to inform a friend about our Site,
products or services, ADT will ask you for your friend's name and email
address. We will send your friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the
Site. We will store this information so that we can send the initial email
message and track the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact
us at privacy@adt.com
to have their
information removed from our database.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
Cookies are
small bits of data cached or stored on your computer based on Internet
activity. We use cookies to monitor individual activity in aggregate to
improve the Site. The information we gather may include IP address, user
language, the operating system, browser type, the presence/absence of "flash"
plug-ins, screen resolution, connection type, and information that identifies
the cookie. However, no other user information is generally collected. On
most web browsers you will find a "help" section on the toolbar. This will
tell you how to stop accepting cookies, how to be notified when you receive a
browser cookie, and how to disable existing browser cookies. Remember though
that without browser cookies you may not be able to take advantage of all our
Site features.
We also
use web beacons (also known as clear gifs), which are tiny graphics embedded on
a web page to help us measure the effectiveness of particular content. We do
not tie the information gathered by web beacons to our customers' personally identifiable
information.
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Uses by ADT.
ADT uses the personal information you provide through the Site in
a manner that is consistent with this Web Privacy Policy. If you provide
personal information for a certain reason, we may use it in connection with the
reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we
may use the personal information you provide to answer your question or resolve
your problem. We use the information collected through the Site for
statistical purposes and for improving the Site, as well as for our marketing
purposes and potentially sending commercial emails to you. We often engage a
third party's software or services to assist us with these collections and analyses.
As a practical matter, we must release your mailing address to a postal or
courier service to deliver information you requested. We use third-parties to
assist us with our marketing efforts, including assisting us with sending
emails to you. This may include sending you free electronic newsletters and marketing-related
emails for services described on our Site. However, you will have the choice
to opt out of receiving newsletters and marketing emails for our services by
either contacting us directly at
privacy@adt.com or through the
"unsubscribe" link found at the bottom of our newsletters and emails.
In
addition to using your information to populate your My Account pages, ADT and
our agents will use your personal information to process purchase orders that
you submit via the Site and enable you to track the progress of purchase
orders. This may include sharing certain data with delivery providers such as
UPS and providing you access to shipper tracking numbers. Similarly, if you
qualify for any rewards based on your purchase history, this information will also
be processed by ADT and our agents to enable your access to these benefits.
On certain
of our Site pages where you have submitted detailed information concerning
potential products or services, we will use this information only for the
purposes of contacting you and determining which product or services may be
most relevant to you. We will not share this information with any third party
for their own marketing purposes without your prior consent.
We may
also disclose personally identifiable information in order to respond to a
subpoena, court order or other such request. We may also provide such
personally identifiable information in response to a law enforcement agency's
request or as otherwise required by law.
We may
provide your personally identifiable information to a third party if we file
for bankruptcy, or there is a transfer of the assets or ownership in connection
with proposed or consummated corporate reorganizations, such as mergers,
acquisitions, or sales of business units.
Uses by Third-Parties.
We do not provide your personally
identifiable information to any third party for their own marketing purposes
without your prior request or consent. ADT works closely with certain
businesses to provide you with products and services. Sometimes these
businesses make special offers available to Site customers. If you request to
receive information about these offers, we will share your personal information
with these companies so that they can send you details about their special
offers. You should know in advance that each of these companies has its own
policies with respect to the collection and use of personal information and
that we are not responsible for their use of your information.
INFORMATION SECURITY AND SECURE TRANSACTIONS
We have implemented
various security measures for the purpose of protecting your personal
information against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss,
alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against any other unlawful
forms of processing. When you create a user profile and log in to a secure
portion of our Site, your personal information benefits from the protections of
Secure Sockets Layer ("SSL") technology. Our web servers have been enabled
with SSL technology to automatically encrypt your information and help prevent
unauthorized parties from viewing your account or payment information during a
secure session. This is why you must enter your unique user name and password
each time you access your account information online or place a purchase order
through the Site.
You are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your user name and password. You are
responsible for all uses of your password, whether or not authorized by you. You
must inform us immediately of any unauthorized use or your user name or
password.
However,
the transmission of data over the Internet by its nature entails the use of
systems under the control of third parties, and as a result ADT will work to
prevent any violation of the security systems but cannot ensure total control
of the security of such systems.
OTHER WEBSITES
Please be
aware that our Site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned
and operated by third parties. The information practices of those websites
linked to our Site are not covered by this Policy. We are not responsible for
the privacy policies of websites to which the Site links. If you provide any
information to such third parties, different rules regarding the collection and
use of your PII may apply. We strongly suggest you review such third party's
privacy policies before providing any data to them. These other sites may
send their own cookies or web beacons to users, collect data or solicit
personally identifiable information. We cannot control this collection of
information. You should contact these entities directly if you have any
questions about their use of the information that they collect.
CHILDREN
ADT understands the importance of protecting children's privacy in the
interactive online world. The Site covered by this policy is not designed for
or intentionally targeted at children 13 years of age or younger. It is not our
policy to intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the
age of 13.
INQUIRIES, CORRECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS
Your data is submitted to ADT
Security Services, Inc. ("ADT") and is hosted and stored in a database on
servers situated in the United States by ADT and by third parties on our behalf.
You are responsible for ensuring
that the personal information you have submitted or access through the Site is
accurate and complete. You may change the information we have on file for you
by accessing My Account and entering any new or different details. If you have
included payment details or credit card information, you may alter these via
the appropriate link on your My Account page. Please contact us immediately if
you notice changes to your profile that you did not request or if you notice
any suspicious activity concerning your account.
If you have questions or concerns
regarding this Privacy Statement or about privacy at our Site, you should first
contact ADT by sending an email to privacy@adt.com
or calling ADT at 1 (800) ADT-ASAP
(800-238-2727) and ADT will try to resolve it. Or, contact ADT at:
Privacy
ADT Security Services, Inc.
PO Box 5035
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0835
If you wish to modify or update
any information we have received, please contact privacy@adt.com.
MODIFICATIONS OF THE WEB PRIVACY POLICY
We
reserve the right to modify this Web Privacy Policy at any time. We will
notify you by posting an amendment to the privacy policy on the Site and
highlighting the changes in an appropriate notice. Such modifications will
become effective thirty (30) days after they are posted. We encourage you to
frequently review the Web Privacy Policy for any modifications.
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