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PRIVACY
STATEMENT
The Mark Madsen Website ("The Website") is hosted
by Woodside Technology Group, Inc. ("Madsen").
At Madsen we are committed to protecting your privacy and
we comply with the applicable data protection laws. This privacy
statement discloses how we collect and use the personal data
you provide us.
What
information is being collected?
Personal information
In order to allow you to use the Websites in the best possible
way, Madsen may request and/or collect personal information
(such as name, e-mail address and date of birth) from you
on a voluntary basis:
- in
order to enable you to enter into all pages of the Websites;
- in
order to enable you to register with us;
- in
order to enable you to participate in games, contests, events
or promotions;
- in
order to enable you to win prizes;
- in
order to enable you to send questions or comments to Madsen;
- in
order to enable you to purchase any goods from Madsen (when
available);
- for
other services that require registration or subscription.
The requested
information is also used by Madsen to send you orders, newsletters,
information about our company, and promotional material. You
personal data is also used to get in touch with you when necessary.
When you are ordering products on-line, financial information
that is collected is used to bill you for products and services.
The Websites
may contain chat rooms, forums, message boards and/or personal
websites. Please remember that any information that is disclosed
to any of these, is public information and you should exercise
caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
If you
are a citizen of any European country and are under the age
of 18, you will need your parent's or guardian's consent before
you can have full access to the services provided at the Websites
and before we process your personal data. Click here to find
out how this consent can be given.
If you
are a citizen of the United States and are under the age of
13, in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act, Madsen requires verifiable parental consent
before collecting personal information. Click here to find
out how this consent can be given.
Data
collected automatically
Use
of IP Addresses
Madsen
collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration,
to report aggregate information to its business partners,
and to audit the use of the Websites. We can and will use
IP addresses to identify a user and to gather broad demographic
information. Please review each service prior to use and only
use those that disclose information you are comfortable with
sharing.
Use
of Cookies
Cookies
are pieces of information that a website transfers to a visitor’s
hard drive for record-keeping purposes. A cookie may tell
us whether you have visited the Websites before and what pages
on the Websites you have viewed. The cookies we use do not
collect any personal information about you, provide us with
any way to contact you, or extract any information from your
computer; they are set to expire after thirty minutes of inactivity.
Although most web browsers are set to accept cookies automatically,
you can usually change your browser to notify you whenever
a website attempts to transfer a cookie to your hard drive
or to reject cookies automatically. Consult your browser’s
Help Screen file for more information. You may occasionally
receive cookies from our advertisers. Madsen does not control
these cookies and they are not subject to this privacy policy.
Please consult our advertisers’ own privacy policies
to learn how they collect and use information.
Links
to Other Sites
Many websites link to Madsen and we may link to other websites
which we think may be of interest to our visitors. Madsen
is not responsible for the content of these sites and is not
able to control the information that is contained or collected
on them.
Children
should always check with a parent or legal guardian before
linking to any new sites. Please refer to the privacy policies
on these sites to learn how they collect and use information.
Opt-out
If you would prefer not to receive direct communications with
regard to our products and/or services anymore, you may opt-out
may by following the directions on the bottom of our e-mails
to you.
Review
and Correction of Your Information
If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information
about you that is maintained by Madsen is incorrect and needs
to be changed or deleted, please contact us by e-mail and
we will be happy to update or remove your personal information
accordingly. We may continue to retain your information in
our files due to technical and legal requirements, constraints
related to the security, integrity and operation of the Websites
or to resolve disputes.
Disclosure
to third parties
The personal information collected by us may be shared with
Madsen Company, LLC (based in Carlsbad, California, USA) and
its affiliated companies. These companies will hold and transmit
all personal data in the same safe, confidential and secure
environment as set out below. Madsen may share aggregate data
with its partners and advertisers. This data does not contain
any personally identifiable information. Madsen will not sell
or rent your personal information to third parties without
your explicit consent.
Security
We have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures
to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain
data security, and correctly use the information we collect
online. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while Madsen
strives to protect your personal information, Madsen cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us.
Policy
for children under 18 years of age
If you are a citizen of a European Country and under the age
of 18, or a citizen of the United States or Canada and under
the age of 13 you will need your parent's or guardian's consent
before you can have full access to the services provided at
the Websites and before we will further process your personal
data. Consent may be provided by completing this form and
either mailing or faxing it to Madsen’s Privacy Policy
Administrator at the address or number listed below. In addition,
we will provide your parents with the ability to: (a) review
the personal information we have collected from you; (b) refuse
to allow any further collection or use of your personal data;
and (c) remove your records from our database. Madsen does
not require children to provide any more information than
is reasonably necessary to participate in any of our site
activities.
In the
event that Madsen learns that you are under the age of 18
in Europe or 13 in the United States or Canada, Madsen will
contact your parent or legal guardian (collectively, "Parents")
to seek consent before we further process your personal data.
Consent may be provided by completing the Parents Consent
Form and either mailing or faxing this to Madsen’s Privacy
Policy Administrator at the address or number listed below.
Until
consent is provided, we will neither collect any additional
information about you nor use the information we’ve
collected except for the purpose of seeking consent. If we
do not have your parent's consent within 30 days we will destroy
all personal data we have received from you and you will have
only limited access to the Websites.
Once
consent is provided, you will receive an e-mail message confirming
that you will have full access to the Websites. This e-mail
should be received within a week of receiving your Parent's
consent.
Even
after a parent has given consent for Madsen to collect personal
information from his/her child, the parent may at any time
contact Madsen’s Privacy Policy Administrator to review,
alter or delete information that was previously collected.
A parent may revoke consent by completing this form and either
mailing or faxing it to Madsen’s Privacy Policy Administrator
at the address or number listed below.
Questions
and complaints
Any questions or complaints about Madsen or this privacy statement
can be addressed by contacting us at markmadsen.com.
Woodside Technology Group, Inc
poundmaster@markmadsen.com
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2004 Madsen Creative Enterprises, Inc.
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