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MyCoolContests.com's Privacy Policy
IT IS OUR POLICY TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF ALL OF OUR MEMBERS! AT NO TIME WILL WE EVER RENT, SELL, OR GIVE ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (INCLUDING YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS) TO ANY THIRD PARTY. Therefore, in addition to our Privacy Policy, we will not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a user or member's e-mail unless required in the course of normal maintenance of MyCoolContests.com web-site and its systems or unless required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or comply with legal process served on MyCoolContests.com web-site; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of MyCoolContests.com web-site; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our users or the public. (4) On occasions we may need to give your information (name, address, phone number, e-mail address ONLY) to one of our Sponsors but ONLY to send a prize that you may have won or to verify that you are in fact a winner!
Since this policy may change over time as we modify or expand our service, we suggest that you check back from time to time in order to understand how we treat your information. Your use of MyCoolContests.com constitutes your agreement to the terms of MyCoolContests.com's privacy policy.
All federal, state and local laws and regulations of the
If we decide to materially change our privacy policy, we will prominently post those changes on this page 30 days prior to the change, and/or we will send you an email informing you of the change(s) fourteen (14) days in advance, so that you are always aware of any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of MyCoolContests.com constitutes your agreement to any such changes.
ELIGIBILITY
All MyCoolContests.com (MCC) contests are open and offered only to legal residents of The United States (and its territories) and Canada (except residents of Quebec). BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ADDING OTHER COUNTRIES SOON SO FEEL FREE TO CHECK BACLK! All entrants must be at least 13 years of age at the time of entry. If you are not 13 years of age or older at the time of signing up to be a member you must have a parent or legal guardian sign up on your behalf. Employees and directors of MyCoolContests.com, their parent companies, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, judges and legal advisors, and the immediate family or members of the households of such employees and directors ARE NOT eligible to participate in ANY MyCoolContests.com's contests.
All winners agree to provide any and all proof of identity (name, address, age, etc.) requested and in some cases proof-of-purchase which may be requested. Winners also agree to execute all documents requested and agree to all obligations and undertakings by us or our Sponsors to claim their prize(s) whether requested in advance, during, or after any contest or prize(s) may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.
By entering, you (and your parents and legal guardians if you are a minor) agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of MyCoolContests.com, our Sponsors, and our contests judges which are final and binding in all respects.
CONTEST/PROMOTION TERMINATION
MyCoolContests.com and our Sponsors reserve the right to terminate a promotion or contests by giving notice during a contest, in which case the promotion or contest will terminate immediately or within whatever time frame we decide. The Grand Prize will nevertheless be awarded as stated in the event of any early termination based upon all entries received prior to the moment of termination.
Entry Into Our Contests.
ALL members of MyCoolContests.com will be automatically entered into our "CoolDailyGiveaways" Raffle Drawings unless otherwise requested not to be entered by that member. There is only one way to become a member, via our web-site at: http://www.mycoolcontests.com
All MCC members computer's must accept cookies, or any successor or similar technology (whether now known or hereafter devised or discovered) which may be used by MyCoolContests.com and/or our Sponsors for the purpose of tracking entries into our contests.
To enter into any of our contests, access the MCC web site located at http://www.mycoolcontests.com. Complete the registration form for membership on our web-site (if you have not already registered) by filling out your full name, complete home address (including zip code), home telephone number (including area code), date of birth or age, gender, email address, and any other requested fields and follow the other instructions set forth on our web site. By becoming a registered member of MyCoolContests you incur no obligations other than your agreement to be bound by the MCC Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from MyCoolContests.com. Members may NOT opt-out of receiving MyCoolContests.com's e-mails.
Each time you refer a friend to our site and they become a member and inform us that you referred them; you will receive one additional permanent entry into our "CoolDailyGiveaways" Raffle Drawing. You may also receive one additional permanent entry by submitting a friendly photo of yourself to be used for our "Lucky Winners" page. From time-to-time there will also be other future activities or actions that will result in you receiving additional entries into our "CoolDailyGiveaways" Raffle Drawing.
From time to time we may offer additional "Bonus" entries for off-site activities on selected associated web sites (including activities occurring off the Internet). Some activities may also include purchasing our Sponsor's products or services. The number of "Bonus" entries available for any particular activity will be predetermined. It will be displayed next to the Bonus activity and/or otherwise disclosed on our web site for off-the-Internet activities and stated as "Bonus" along with a description or link to a description of any related conditions or limitations.
MCC or our Sponsors reserve the right to offer additional methods of entry from time to time during a contest. The number of entries for any activity or action may be changed by MCC or our Sponsors at any time in its sole discretion.
Entrants may NOT enter any of our contests with multiple email and/or multiple identities. Any entrant who attempts to participate with multiple email and/or multiple identities may be disqualified. Please be fare, there will MORE THAN ENOUGH prizes to go around!!!
MCC and our Sponsors reserve the right to institute a program in which participants are able to purchase entries for specific contests. Should such a program be instituted it will be announced in a manner deemed appropriate by MCC and will be incorporated into these Official Rules.
RAFFLE DRAWING, PRIZE, and ODDS
Winner(s) will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries received. Winners will not be notified via e-mail, phone, fax, or any other method of contact. It is winners' sole responsibility to visit our site to see if they have won!
We may also (without prior notice) conduct one or more additional random drawing(s) by randomly selecting one or more additional winner(s) for that or any other contest(s). No substitution, transfer, assignment or cash equivalent of prize permitted unless permitted by MyCoolContests.com or our Sponsors. MyCoolContests.com or our Sponsors may also substitute any prize of equal or greater value for any reason. All cash prizes are expressed in U.S. Dollars (& cents). Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Taxes are the sole responsibility of winner
ALL taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. A prize won by a minor (as minor is defined by the jurisdiction of minor's residence) will be awarded in the name of, or to, the minor's parent or legal guardian, or as may otherwise be deemed appropriate by MCC or our Sponsors, in its sole judgment. The parent or guardian of a winning-minor must execute all documents and agree to all obligations and undertakings on behalf of themselves and the winning minor or prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
Contest Entities may substitute any prize of equal or greater value for any reason. Winners, and winners' parents or legal guardians if winner is a minor (both on behalf of themselves and winner) must complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within 7 days of notification if requested. Failure to return documents, or if prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if winner is found not to be in compliance with these Official Rules or otherwise ineligible, may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected.
Where permitted by law, winner, and winners' parents or legal guardians if winner is a minor (both on behalf of themselves and winner), (and in those instances when interim drawings have taken place, those who have been selected in the drawings) grant to our Sponsor, and those acting pursuant to its direction or control, (and agree to confirm such grant in writing upon request), the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, at any time or times, the winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration and without notification, review or approval.
Participants, (and participants parents or legal guardians if participant is a minor (both on behalf of themselves and winner), release and agree to hold harmless MyCoolContests.com, Sponsors, and their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of Prize(s), participation in our contests, or participation in any of contests'-related activity.
MCC and/or our Sponsors reserve the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in it's sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of any contest or our web site(s); to be in violation of the Terms of Service of the web site(s); to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person(s).
Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods and persons using any such methods will be disqualified.
If for any reason any of our contests is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of MCC and/or our Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of any contest, MCC and/or our Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest(s) and conduct a random drawing to award the Grand Prize(s) using all eligible non-suspect entries received as of the termination date. If the contest(s) is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at http://www.mycoolcontests.com
ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY CONTEST(S) IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MCC AND/OR OUR SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR OUR SPONSOR ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LATE, LOST, ILLEGIBLE, MISDIRECTED, STOLEN, UNDELIVERED, SEPARATED, OR POSTAGE DUE ENTRIES OR MAIL, AND MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR OUR SPONSOR ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OUR WEB SITE(S). MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR OUR SPONSORS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF ANY TELEPHONE NETWORK OR TELEPHONE LINES, COMPUTER ON-LINE SYSTEMS, SERVERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF ANY E-MAIL OR ENTRY TO BE RECEIVED BY MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR OUR SPONSOR ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, HUMAN ERROR OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET OR AT ANY WEB SITE, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR OUR SPONSORS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CAPTURE OF INFORMATION OR THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE SUCH INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY WEB SITE USERS, TAMPERING OR HACKING, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE CONTESTS. MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR OUR SPONSORS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PARTICIPANTS' OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON'S COMPUTER RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY CONTESTS OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS FROM OR USE OF OUR WEB SITE(S).
IN NO EVENT WILL MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM, OUR SPONSORS, OR THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ANY OF OUR PROMOTIONS OR CONTESTS, ACCESS TO AND USE OF INTERNET SITE WWW.MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE, OUR CONTESTS, OR OUR PROMOTIONS IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
ARBITRATION AND DISPUTES
As a condition of participating in any and all of our contests or promotions, participant(s) (and their parents/legal guardians if participants are minors) agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the contest(s), or any prizes awarded, or the determination of winners shall be resolved individually, without resorting to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering any contest), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and MCC and/or our Sponsors in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and all proceedings shall take place in that State in the City of California, County of Los Angeles.
In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
General Terms of Service and Restrictions on Use of Materials
When using MyCoolContests.com you agree to all of the terms and conditions listed on this page (the "Terms of Service"). You can always check out the most current version of these Terms of Service at this page. In addition, when using particular MyCoolContests.com services, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines applicable to such services, including the Contest Rules and any terms or conditions applicable to MyCoolContests.com services provided in conjunction with any of MyCoolContests.com content and service partners. All such rules and guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service please do not use the site and do not register to be a member of MyCoolContests.com. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Service at any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the MyCoolContests.com web-site following the posting of changes to these terms (including MyCoolContests.com's Contests Rules and Forum Guidelines) will mean you accept those changes.
By using the MyCoolContests.com web-site, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by the Terms of Service, just as if you had signed this Agreement. If you do not comply with the Terms of Service at any time, MyCoolContest.com reserves the right to terminate your access the MyCoolContests.com Service. MyCoolContests.com may discontinue or alter any aspect of the MyCoolContests.com Service, including, but not limited to, (i) restricting the time the MyCoolContests.com Service is available, (ii) restricting the amount of use permitted, and (iii) restricting or terminating any user's right to use the MyCoolContests.com web-site, at MyCoolContests.com's sole discretion and without prior notice or liability. You are responsible for all charges associated with connecting to the MyCoolContests.com web-site through an available access number. You are also responsible for obtaining or providing all access lines, telephone and computer equipment (including modem), or other device, necessary to access the MyCoolContests.com web-site. You further certify that you are an individual and, if you are participating in the MyCoolContests.com contests, that you are 13 or older.
In order to permit MyCoolContests.com to protect the quality of its products and services, you hereby consent to MyCoolContests.com employees being able to access your MyCoolContests.com account and records on a case by case basis to investigate complaints or other allegations or abuse. MyCoolContests.com shall not disclose the existence or occurrence of such an investigation unless required by law.
You acknowledge that the MyCoolContests.com web-site contains information, software, photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds or other material (collectively, "Content") that are protected by copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or here after developed. All Content is copyrighted as a collective work under the
Overview
MyCoolContests.com IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH MYSPACE.COM except that we have a member page on their web-site. MyCoolContests.com is a multi-purpose web-site which allows members to win many prizes including cash prizes, services, coupon codes for discounts, and much, much more. These Terms of Service apply to the MyCoolContests.com web site as well as any new service that we may add in the future (unless stated otherwise).
Please be aware that MyCoolContests.com also operates an ongoing Raffle Drawing. In order to register with MyCoolContests.com and in order to participate in any and all of the MyCoolContests.com contests or drawings, you must be 13 or older and a resident of either the
Registration
If you elect to register to use the MyCoolContests.com web-site and/or participate in the MyCoolContests.com contests or drawings, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the MyCoolContests.com web-site's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it accurate. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or MyCoolContests.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such is the case, MyCoolContests.com has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the MyCoolContests.com web-site and contests (or any portion thereof).
Community Standards and Conduct on MyCoolContests.com's MySpace page.
You acknowledge that all Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you are entirely responsible for all Content that you post, email or otherwise transmit via the MyCoolContests.com web-site or our MySpace page. MyCoolContests.com does not control all of the Content posted via the MySpace.com web-site and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using our MySpace page, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will MCC be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via our MySpace.com page.
You agree to not use the MyCoolContests.com web-site or myspace Service (including the Forums described below) to:
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- harm minors in any way;
- impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a MyCoolContests.com or myspace official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the MyCoolContests.com site or our myspace page or Forum are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
- interfere with or disrupt the MyCoolContests.com site or servers or networks connected to the MyCoolContests.com site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the MyCoolContests.com site;
- intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
- "stalk" or otherwise harass another member or user of the MyCoolContests.com site; or
- Collect or store personal data about other users, or members.
You shall not, without MyCoolContests.com's express written approval, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, promotion, advertising, or solicitation for goods or services.
All MyCoolContests.com and our myspace page Forum communications, including chat and bulletin board communications are public and not private communications. Although MyCoolContests.com reserves the right to remove without notice any Forum posting for any reason, we have no obligation to delete content that you may find objectionable or offensive. By uploading materials to any Forum or submitting any materials to us, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials has expressly granted) us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non- exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe. In addition, you warrant that all so-called "moral rights" in those materials have been waived.
Your privilege to use the MyCoolContests.com and our myspace page Forums and contribute to discussions on the MyCoolContests.com and our myspace page Forums depends on your compliance with the member conduct guidelines set forth above. MyCoolContests.com may revoke your registration privileges and/or take any other appropriate measures to enforce these guidelines if violations are brought to our attention. Further, MyCoolContests.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate your membership or participation in any community, chat room or other Forum for any reason.
Parental permission is required for children 12 years of age or under to use any MyCoolContests.com and our myspace page Forums. Please remember, when using any MyCoolContests.com and our myspace page services or Forums, you agree to abide by the member conduct guidelines set forth above. MyCoolContests.com does not permit registered users under the age of 18 to participate in chat.
MyCoolContests.com reserves the right to monitor some, all, or no areas of our myspace page Forums for adherence to these or other rules that may be published from time to time. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to distribute your content, MyCoolContests.com is acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and MyCoolContests.com is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any content or activities in any Forum or Forum area.
Submissions
If at our request you send content (e.g., postings to chat, boards, or contests) or you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, or other information (collectively, the "Submissions"), the Submissions shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of MyCoolContests.com. None of the Submissions shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of MyCoolContests.com, and MyCoolContests.com shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submissions. Without limitation of the foregoing, MyCoolContests.com shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to the Submissions of every kind and nature throughout the universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the Submissions.
Links
The MyCoolContests.com web-site may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because MyCoolContests.com has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that MyCoolContests.com is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that MyCoolContests.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
Advertising
MyCoolContests.com may advertise anywhere on our site. MyCoolContests.com reserves the right to change advertising on the site at any time.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by MyCoolContests.com.com or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by MyCoolContests.com.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any of our advertisers.
Disclaimer
MyCoolContests.com uses diligent efforts to maintain the MyCoolContests.com Service, but MyCoolContests.com is not responsible for any defects or failures associated with the MyCoolContests.com web-sites or any damages (such as lost profits or other consequential damages) that may result from any such defects or failures. In addition, MyCoolContests.com makes no guarantees as to the sites and information located worldwide throughout the Internet to which you may access as a result of the use of the MyCoolContests.com web-site, including as to: (i) the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of any such sites and information, or (ii) whether any search using the MyCoolContests.com Service may locate unintended and objectionable content.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES:
THE MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM SERVICE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND YOU USE IT AT YOUR SOLE RISK MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WITHOUT LIMITATION, MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT IT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM WEB-SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR THAT THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THE MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM WEB-SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM WEB-SITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
FURTHER, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM PERSONNEL OR THROUGH THE MYCOOLCONTESTS.COM WEB-SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY PROVICED FOR IN THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.
Disclaimer Regarding Shopping Retailers
The MyCoolContests.com web-site provides shopping services to help you locate and potentially purchase products from online and offline retailers. MyCoolContests.com does not, however, control these independent retailers and MyCoolContests.com does not provide any assurance, warranty or guarantee of any kind that you will be satisfied with their products or services.
When shopping by means of services provided by MyCoolContests.com you acknowledge and agree that:
Termination and modification
You agree that MyCoolContests.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the MyCoolContests.com web-site, and remove and discard any Content within the MyCoolContests.com web-site or our myspace page, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if MyCoolContests.com believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Service. MyCoolContests.com may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the MyCoolContests.com web-site, or any part thereof, with or without notice. Subject to any rights you may have under the contest rules, you agree that any termination of your access to the MyCoolContests.com web-site under any provision of this Terms of Service may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that MyCoolContests.com may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the MyCoolContests.com web-site. Further, you agree that MyCoolContests.com shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the MyCoolContests.com Service.
Governing Law and Other Miscellaneous Terms
These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Copyright and Copyright Notices
MyCoolContests.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. MyCoolContests.com may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide MyCoolContests.com's Copyright Agent the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- your address, telephone number, and email address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
- Please contact MyCoolContests.com's Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement on :
MyCoolContests.com
P.O. Box 310
Fax 888-447-9909 info@mycoolcontests.com What personally identifiable information does MyCoolContests.com collect? MyCoolContests.com may also collect data related to the areas of MyCoolContests.com that you visit and how often you visit those areas, including your visits to co-branded sections of MyCoolContests.com that are part of our overall service. In addition, when you surf the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Netscape Navigator(r) or Microsoft Internet Explorer) automatically transmits some information to MyCoolContests.com every time you access content on one of our sites. Examples of such information include the URL of the Web page you were just on (known as the "Refer"), the IP (or Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version you are using to access our site. All of this information may be collected by MyCoolContests.com and used to help improve our offerings to you. Such information is only used (1) in anonymous and aggregate form, for reporting purposes or (2) in connection with your personally identifiable information, to comply with a court order, a subpoena or other legal process. We may also use the information we collect to develop summary reports for our advertisers. An example of a summary report might be "100,000 people clicked on this link and of those people, 35% were registered users above the age of 25." We provide this information to assist our advertisers in determining how to promote their products. We do not tell our advertisers who it was that saw or clicked on their advertisements unless you have specifically told us this is acceptable. "Refer-a-Friend feature" If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. MyCoolContests.com.com does store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. · Track entries in the MyCoolContests.com contests, raffles, as well as other promotions. · Access your information when you "sign in," so that we can provide you with customized content. · Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using MyCoolContests.com 's web-site. · Display relevant advertising banners based on your interests and activity on MyCoolContests.com. · Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic. · Conduct research to improve MyCoolContests.com 's content and services. · Require you to re-enter your MyCoolContests.com password after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents. Please note these terms may change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. A User is bound by any minor changes to these terms when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time at: privacy@mycoolcontests.com
MyCoolContests.com, Inc. P.O. Box 310 1-888-447-9909 fax
MyCoolContests.com, Inc. P.O. Box 310 1-888-447-9909 fax
What personally identifiable information does MyCoolContests.com collect? MyCoolContests.com may also collect data related to the areas of MyCoolContests.com that you visit and how often you visit those areas, including your visits to co-branded sections of MyCoolContests.com that are part of our overall service. In addition, when you surf the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Netscape Navigator(r) or Microsoft Internet Explorer) automatically transmits some information to MyCoolContests.com every time you access content on one of our sites. Examples of such information include the URL of the Web page you were just on (known as the "Refer"), the IP (or Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version you are using to access our site. All of this information may be collected by MyCoolContests.com and used to help improve our offerings to you. Such information is only used (1) in anonymous and aggregate form, for reporting purposes or (2) in connection with your personally identifiable information, to comply with a court order, a subpoena or other legal process. We may also use the information we collect to develop summary reports for our advertisers. An example of a summary report might be "100,000 people clicked on this link and of those people, 35% were registered users above the age of 25." We provide this information to assist our advertisers in determining how to promote their products. We do not tell our advertisers who it was that saw or clicked on their advertisements unless you have specifically told us this is acceptable. "Refer-a-Friend feature" If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. MyCoolContests.com.com does store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. · Track entries in the MyCoolContests.com contests, raffles, as well as other promotions. · Access your information when you "sign in," so that we can provide you with customized content. · Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using MyCoolContests.com 's web-site. · Display relevant advertising banners based on your interests and activity on MyCoolContests.com. · Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic. · Conduct research to improve MyCoolContests.com 's content and services. · Require you to re-enter your MyCoolContests.com password after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents. Please note these terms may change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. A User is bound by any minor changes to these terms when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time at: privacy@mycoolcontests.com
MyCoolContests.com, Inc. P.O. Box 310 1-888-447-9909 fax
MyCoolContests.com, Inc. P.O. Box 310 1-888-447-9909 fax
Registration Data
During registration, MyCoolContests.com collects personal information including your name, address, email address, birth date, gender, zip code and phone number. After providing MyCoolContests.com with this information, you are no longer anonymous.
Other data collected
From time to time, MyCoolContests.com may collect additional personal and non-personal information about you, for example, in these instances:
MyCoolContests.com may also collect publicly available information that we obtain from third parties.
MyCoolContests.com will make an effort to include a link to the Privacy Policy whenever we ask you for additional personal information.
How does MyCoolContests.com use personal information?
We use the personal information you supply us, including your registration data, to enhance the MyCoolContests.com service, fulfill your requests for products, programs, or services, personalize your experience and provide you or permit others to provide you with special offers we think you will find valuable. We also use other information obtained from user site traffic patterns to better provide you with a personalized experience and special advertising offers and promotions. We view personalized advertising as beneficial to our users.
We also use your registration data information in connection with the MyCoolContests.com Contests, Raffles, and Sweepstakes and other promotions in order to track your progress, to notify you if you are a winner and to ensure that we comply with the applicable laws.
MyCoolContests.com uses the information described above to do, among other things, the following:
We also may provide a report to our advertiser which tells them who responded to a particular offer. For example, we might send you an email, launch a new window within your internet browser, or send you other advertisements in electronic form which offer you a discount on a particular good or service. If you click on that e-mail or advertisement or accept an offer or discount contained therein, we may provide the advertiser with the information necessary to provide you with that discount or offer.
Information that you provide while using our myspace page and is available for all to see. Discretion should be used in entering Personally Identifiable Information within such forums, as it may be collected by third parties. Our server computers will retain this information, however; and it is potentially available for distribution to third parties - most obviously law-enforcement agencies acting under subpoena power, per the terms of this section of our Privacy Policy. We do not use this information to target any advertising to our users, nor is it ever willingly distributed to any third party, such as an advertiser, except if subpoenaed.
What are cookies are and how they are used by MyCoolContests.com?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. As a standard practice, MyCoolContests.com assigns a cookie with an anonymous identifier to each end user.
MyCoolContests.com uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
MyCoolContests.com does not require users to accept cookies in order to enter or view the site. However, if you reject cookies, you will not be able to participate in the MyCoolContests.com contests, raffles, or other promotions when using MyCoolContests.com or to access other features. You can set your browser to reject cookies, or to notify you when MyCoolContests.com or another company sends you a cookie. If you have questions about how to change your browser's "cookie" settings, please contact the software manufacturer. Please note that some areas or features of MyCoolContests.com will be significantly slower, or may not function at all, if cookies are disabled.
Third party advertiser may also use tracking pixels that count new registrations on MyCoolContests.com. This allows the third party advertising companies to know how many new users have registered with MyCoolContests.com as a result of their advertising for MyCoolContests.com, or to track how many users have viewed a particular advertising offer displayed on MyCoolContests.com. The information collected by such tracking pixels are used in aggregate only for reporting purposes and is not used in connection with your personally identifiable information.
What is MyCoolContests.com's relationship with other Advertising Networks?
Some of the ads that may appear on the MyCoolContests.com site may be delivered to you by third party web advertising providers. In the course of delivering an ad to you, these advertising providers may collects certain non-personally identifiable information about your visits to this and other Web sites through the use of cookies or similar technology. This information is used, among other reasons, to deliver tailored ads to you.
When you are on MyCoolContests.com, advertisers and/or our partners may place their own cookies on your computer, even if you remain solely on the MyCoolContests.com site. MyCoolContests.com does not allow third party companies to set cookies on our domain; however, such third parties may set cookies on their own websites which you may visit from MyCoolContests.com. MyCoolContests.com does not control the use that these parties make of the information obtained through the cookies they place. If you have questions or concerns regarding cookies sent to you by companies other than MyCoolContests.com, we encourage you to contact those companies directly.
What happens when you leave MyCoolContests.com to go to other sites?
When you are on MyCoolContests.com, you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement or a MyCoolContests.com search result, the "click" may take you off the MyCoolContests.com site. These other sites may independently collect data, solicit personal information, or send their own cookies to you. MyCoolContests.com is not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data that you may create when using such 3rd party sites.
MyCoolContests.com also offers its users access to "co-branded" services that are jointly provided by MyCoolContests.com and selected companies. In many cases, these co-branded services will contain MyCoolContests.com branding, but may not be hosted by MyCoolContests.com. You may notice that you are on a co-branded site if the pages say "provided by", if the entry counter is not displayed on the top of the page, or if you are asked to subscribe for any service or provide additional information. In such cases, if you use the co-branded service, MyCoolContests.com may be entitled to receive information about what you do when using that service. If you elect to provide additional personal information using a co-branded service, the information you provide may be shared or jointly retained by the provider of that service in accordance with that provider's privacy policies and terms of service. Again, we encourage you to read the privacy polices of these other companies and to contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their use of this information. When you are using a co-branded service, we will attempt to make sure that there is a link to the service provider's applicable privacy policies and terms of service.
Who has access to your personally identifiable information?
Your registration data is password-protected so that only you and MyCoolContests.com have access to this personal information. You may edit your registration data by using your password.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. MyCoolContests.com will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also, if you share your computer or use a computer that is accessed by the general public (a university, library, etc...), remember to "sign out" of your MyCoolContests.com account and close your browser window when you have finished your session. This will help to ensure that others cannot access your personal information.
MyCoolContests.com takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you use these services at your own risk.
You may at any time consult and modify your information sharing preferences by signing in to your user login.
Administering the Site and Compliance with Law:
MyCoolContests.com may disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process. MyCoolContests.com may also disclose personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms of Service or to protect the safety of our users and the public.
How can you correct inaccuracies in your personal information?
You may update your personal information as necessary by going to the "my profile" page, which allows you to access and edit your registration account information. In addition, you may contact MyCoolContests.com Customer Service to update your profile.
What is MyCoolContests.com's policy regarding children's privacy?
MyCoolContests.com is committed to the safety of our children. Children under 13 may not register or participate in the MyCoolContests.com contests. A parent or legal guardian must sign up on your/their behalf. MyCoolContests.com does not knowingly collect any personal information from such children at this site.
Last Updated: June 27, 2006.
Last Updated: June 27, 2006.
Registration Data
During registration, MyCoolContests.com collects personal information including your name, address, email address, birth date, gender, zip code and phone number. After providing MyCoolContests.com with this information, you are no longer anonymous.
Other data collected
From time to time, MyCoolContests.com may collect additional personal and non-personal information about you, for example, in these instances:
MyCoolContests.com may also collect publicly available information that we obtain from third parties.
MyCoolContests.com will make an effort to include a link to the Privacy Policy whenever we ask you for additional personal information.
How does MyCoolContests.com use personal information?
We use the personal information you supply us, including your registration data, to enhance the MyCoolContests.com service, fulfill your requests for products, programs, or services, personalize your experience and provide you or permit others to provide you with special offers we think you will find valuable. We also use other information obtained from user site traffic patterns to better provide you with a personalized experience and special advertising offers and promotions. We view personalized advertising as beneficial to our users.
We also use your registration data information in connection with the MyCoolContests.com Contests, Raffles, and Sweepstakes and other promotions in order to track your progress, to notify you if you are a winner and to ensure that we comply with the applicable laws.
MyCoolContests.com uses the information described above to do, among other things, the following:
We also may provide a report to our advertiser which tells them who responded to a particular offer. For example, we might send you an email, launch a new window within your internet browser, or send you other advertisements in electronic form which offer you a discount on a particular good or service. If you click on that e-mail or advertisement or accept an offer or discount contained therein, we may provide the advertiser with the information necessary to provide you with that discount or offer.
Information that you provide while using our myspace page and is available for all to see. Discretion should be used in entering Personally Identifiable Information within such forums, as it may be collected by third parties. Our server computers will retain this information, however; and it is potentially available for distribution to third parties - most obviously law-enforcement agencies acting under subpoena power, per the terms of this section of our Privacy Policy. We do not use this information to target any advertising to our users, nor is it ever willingly distributed to any third party, such as an advertiser, except if subpoenaed.
What are cookies are and how they are used by MyCoolContests.com?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. As a standard practice, MyCoolContests.com assigns a cookie with an anonymous identifier to each end user.
MyCoolContests.com uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
MyCoolContests.com does not require users to accept cookies in order to enter or view the site. However, if you reject cookies, you will not be able to participate in the MyCoolContests.com contests, raffles, or other promotions when using MyCoolContests.com or to access other features. You can set your browser to reject cookies, or to notify you when MyCoolContests.com or another company sends you a cookie. If you have questions about how to change your browser's "cookie" settings, please contact the software manufacturer. Please note that some areas or features of MyCoolContests.com will be significantly slower, or may not function at all, if cookies are disabled.
Third party advertiser may also use tracking pixels that count new registrations on MyCoolContests.com. This allows the third party advertising companies to know how many new users have registered with MyCoolContests.com as a result of their advertising for MyCoolContests.com, or to track how many users have viewed a particular advertising offer displayed on MyCoolContests.com. The information collected by such tracking pixels are used in aggregate only for reporting purposes and is not used in connection with your personally identifiable information.
What is MyCoolContests.com's relationship with other Advertising Networks?
Some of the ads that may appear on the MyCoolContests.com site may be delivered to you by third party web advertising providers. In the course of delivering an ad to you, these advertising providers may collects certain non-personally identifiable information about your visits to this and other Web sites through the use of cookies or similar technology. This information is used, among other reasons, to deliver tailored ads to you.
When you are on MyCoolContests.com, advertisers and/or our partners may place their own cookies on your computer, even if you remain solely on the MyCoolContests.com site. MyCoolContests.com does not allow third party companies to set cookies on our domain; however, such third parties may set cookies on their own websites which you may visit from MyCoolContests.com. MyCoolContests.com does not control the use that these parties make of the information obtained through the cookies they place. If you have questions or concerns regarding cookies sent to you by companies other than MyCoolContests.com, we encourage you to contact those companies directly.
What happens when you leave MyCoolContests.com to go to other sites?
When you are on MyCoolContests.com, you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement or a MyCoolContests.com search result, the "click" may take you off the MyCoolContests.com site. These other sites may independently collect data, solicit personal information, or send their own cookies to you. MyCoolContests.com is not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data that you may create when using such 3rd party sites.
MyCoolContests.com also offers its users access to "co-branded" services that are jointly provided by MyCoolContests.com and selected companies. In many cases, these co-branded services will contain MyCoolContests.com branding, but may not be hosted by MyCoolContests.com. You may notice that you are on a co-branded site if the pages say "provided by", if the entry counter is not displayed on the top of the page, or if you are asked to subscribe for any service or provide additional information. In such cases, if you use the co-branded service, MyCoolContests.com may be entitled to receive information about what you do when using that service. If you elect to provide additional personal information using a co-branded service, the information you provide may be shared or jointly retained by the provider of that service in accordance with that provider's privacy policies and terms of service. Again, we encourage you to read the privacy polices of these other companies and to contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their use of this information. When you are using a co-branded service, we will attempt to make sure that there is a link to the service provider's applicable privacy policies and terms of service.
Who has access to your personally identifiable information?
Your registration data is password-protected so that only you and MyCoolContests.com have access to this personal information. You may edit your registration data by using your password.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. MyCoolContests.com will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also, if you share your computer or use a computer that is accessed by the general public (a university, library, etc...), remember to "sign out" of your MyCoolContests.com account and close your browser window when you have finished your session. This will help to ensure that others cannot access your personal information.
MyCoolContests.com takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you use these services at your own risk.
You may at any time consult and modify your information sharing preferences by signing in to your user login.
Administering the Site and Compliance with Law:
MyCoolContests.com may disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process. MyCoolContests.com may also disclose personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms of Service or to protect the safety of our users and the public.
How can you correct inaccuracies in your personal information?
You may update your personal information as necessary by going to the "my profile" page, which allows you to access and edit your registration account information. In addition, you may contact MyCoolContests.com Customer Service to update your profile.
What is MyCoolContests.com's policy regarding children's privacy?
MyCoolContests.com is committed to the safety of our children. Children under 13 may not register or participate in the MyCoolContests.com contests. A parent or legal guardian must sign up on your/their behalf. MyCoolContests.com does not knowingly collect any personal information from such children at this site.
Last Updated: June 27, 2006.
Last Updated: June 27, 2006.
Fax 888-447-9909
info@mycoolcontests.com What personally identifiable information does MyCoolContests.com collect? MyCoolContests.com may also collect data related to the areas of MyCoolContests.com that you visit and how often you visit those areas, including your visits to co-branded sections of MyCoolContests.com that are part of our overall service. In addition, when you surf the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Netscape Navigator(r) or Microsoft Internet Explorer) automatically transmits some information to MyCoolContests.com every time you access content on one of our sites. Examples of such information include the URL of the Web page you were just on (known as the "Refer"), the IP (or Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version you are using to access our site. All of this information may be collected by MyCoolContests.com and used to help improve our offerings to you. Such information is only used (1) in anonymous and aggregate form, for reporting purposes or (2) in connection with your personally identifiable information, to comply with a court order, a subpoena or other legal process. We may also use the information we collect to develop summary reports for our advertisers. An example of a summary report might be "100,000 people clicked on this link and of those people, 35% were registered users above the age of 25." We provide this information to assist our advertisers in determining how to promote their products. We do no
Registration Data
During registration, MyCoolContests.com collects personal information including your name, address, email address, birth date, gender, zip code and phone number. After providing MyCoolContests.com with this information, you are no longer anonymous.
Other data collected
From time to time, MyCoolContests.com may collect additional personal and non-personal information about you, for example, in these instances:
MyCoolContests.com may also collect publicly available information that we obtain from third parties.
MyCoolContests.com will make an effort to include a link to the Privacy Policy whenever we ask you for additional personal information.
How does MyCoolContests.com use personal information?
We use the personal information you supply us, including your registration data, to enhance the MyCoolContests.com service, fulfill your requests for products, programs, or services, personalize your experience and provide you or permit others to provide you with special offers we think you will find valuable. We also use other information obtained from user site traffic patterns to better provide you with a personalized experience and special advertising offers and promotions. We view personalized advertising as beneficial to our users.
We also use your registration data information in connection with the MyCoolContests.com Contests, Raffles, and Sweepstakes and other promotions in order to track your progress, to notify you if you are a winner and to ensure that we comply with the applicable laws.
MyCoolContests.com uses the information described above to do, among other things, the following: