Effective Date: January 1, 2007
HOLLYSCOOP is a general audience web site, and does not knowingly collect PII from
children under 13 years of age.
From time to time HOLLYSCOOP may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect industry
initiatives or changes in the law, our PII collection and use practices, the features
of our web sites or technology. If we make revisions that change the way we collect
of use your PII, those changes will be posted in the Privacy Policy and the effective
date will be noted at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. Therefore, you should
review it periodically so that you are up to date on our most current policies and
practices. If HOLLYSCOOP materially changes its practices regarding collection or
use of your PII, your PII will continue to be governed by the Policy under which
it was collected unless you have been provided notice of and have not objected to
the change.
1. Types of Information Collected
Personal Data. Personally Identifiable Information (“Personal Data”) is any
information that can be used to identify a specific individual, such as your name,
email address, home address, phone number and credit card information. This Site
collects Personal Data when you interact with the Site, for example when you register
for our Subscription Services; subscribe for newsletters; chat rooms or message
boards; participate in chat rooms, blogs or other user forums; respond to polls
or surveys; purchase merchandise via the Site; register for sweepstakes, contests
and other promotional opportunities. HOLLYSCOOP collects personally identifiable
information ("PII" -- that is, information such as your full name, email address,
mailing address or telephone number) only in order to create or enhance our relationship
with you. When we collect PII from you, it is because you voluntarily submit the
information to us in order to participate in activities like sweepstakes, contests,
games, surveys, forums, subscription registrations, chats or bulletin boards, in
connection with content or suggestions you submit to us or because you want us to
furnish you with products, services or information. We may also obtain PII from
third parties.
Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information that the HOLLYSCOOP web sites
place on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies remember information about your
activities on our site(s) and enable HOLLYSCOOP to make your visits to our site(s)
more enjoyable. For example, cookies can store your password for easy logon to a
site you have previously visited, can save your preferences for a personalized home
page. Information about your activities on HOLLYSCOOP sites and other non-personally
identifiable information about you may also be used to limit the online ads you
encounter to those we believe are consistent with your interests. Third party advertisements
displayed on HOLLYSCOOP’s sites may also contain cookies set by Internet advertising
companies or advertisers. HOLLYSCOOP does not control these advertiser cookies.
Visitors to our web site(s) should check the privacy policy of the Internet advertising
company or advertiser to see whether and how it uses cookies (see "Notice" below
for more information on third party advertisements).
2. HOLLYSCOOP’S Use of Your Data
We will use your Personal Data for the purposes for which it was provided. For example,
if you provide Personal Data to register for a newsletter, or to enter a contest
or a sweepstake, or to purchase goods or services, we will use it to register you
for or provide you with those goods or services. We may also use your Personal Data
to provide you with information about features, services and other offerings that
may be of interest to you. We also may send information or offers to selected groups
of Site users on behalf of other businesses. When we do this, we do not give those
businesses your name or address. Under certain circumstances (for example if you
win a contest) we may post your Personal Data on the Site. We will notify you of
this possibility when you provide the Personal Data and, if possible, when the Personal
Data is posted.
Provided you have given us permission, HOLLYSCOOP may also share your PII with advertisers
and business partners that are not affiliated with HOLLYSCOOP, but would like to
send you information about their products and services. For example, some of the
companies who supply prizes for HOLLYSCOOP’s contests may have special offers or
promotions that might be of interest to HOLLYSCOOP viewers. However, you will always
have the opportunity to instruct us not to share your information with third parties
when PII is collected. Moreover, we will never share your credit card information
with third parties except those HOLLYSCOOP uses to perform tasks (such as order
fulfillment and payment processing) required to complete purchases you make through
HOLLYSCOOP web sties.
HOLLYSCOOP may also enter into agreements with outside companies that possess the
technology that allows HOLLYSCOOP to customize the advertising and marketing messages
you receive on our web sites. Your non-PII and click stream data about your activities
on our sites may be shared with these companies so this customization can be accomplished.
These companies will not share your information with any third party or use it for
any other purposes. Anonymous click stream and demographic information may also
be shared with HOLLYSCOOP’s advertisers and business partners.
There may be instances when HOLLYSCOOP may disclose PII without providing you with
a choice in order to protect the legal rights of HOLLYSCOOP, to protect the safety
and security of visitors to our web sites; to protect against fraud or for risk
management purposes; or to comply with the law or legal process. In addition, if
HOLLYSCOOP sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of assets
or is otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, HOLLYSCOOP may transfer
your PII to a third party as part of that transaction.
3. Third-Party Advertising and Links to Other Sites
This Site includes third-party advertising. These third parties’ websites and advertisers,
or the Internet advertising companies that work on their behalf, may use technology
to send (or “serve”) the advertisements that appear on our Site directly to your
browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may
also use cookies, Javascript, Pixel Tags and other technologies to deliver advertisements,
collect information about the effectiveness of their advertisements, and to collect
anonymous information about your visits to the Site, such as the number of times
you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other Personal Data).
Please note that this Site contains links to other sites that will not follow the
same Privacy Policy as our Site. For instance, clicking on an advertisement or on
links or other elements on the Site may take you to an entirely different site.
Links to other sites may use our Site logo or style as a result of a co-branding
agreement. These sites may send their own cookies to you and may collect data and
make use of that data in ways that this Site would not. Once you've left this Site,
this Privacy Policy will no longer apply to Personal Data or any other data collected
from or provided by you. You should check the applicable privacy policy to determine
how that site will handle such data.
4. HOLLYSCOOP Protects the Security of PII
HOLLYSCOOP uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures
to safeguard PII in its possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure
or modification. In addition, HOLLYSCOOP uses reasonable methods to make sure that
PII is accurate, up-to-date and appropriately complete. Passwords and other sensitive
information stored by HOLLYSCOOP are encrypted both in transit and when stored within
HOLLYSCOOP’s online databases.
5. Children and Privacy
We encourage parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and
to be fully familiar with the sites visited by their children. At various places
on the Site or Other Services, we may ask users for their age. By using the Site
or Other Services you agree to respond truthfully and accurately about your age.
Children under the age of 13 years of age are expressly prohibited from submitting
or posting any Personal Data on the Site or Other Services.
6. Message Boards, Chat Rooms, Blogs and Other User Forums
Please remember that information posted to message boards, chat rooms, blogs and
other user forums becomes public information. Use caution when posting. Individuals
under the age of 18 should be especially careful not to provide any personally identifiable
information when participating in any area of the Site where postings might become
public.
7. Data Security Disclaimer
HOLLYSCOOP takes reasonable security precautions to secure the Personal Data that
you choose to provide against the loss, misuse, alteration or unauthorized access
of such information. Unfortunately, no transmission of data over the Internet is
guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under
the control of HOLLYSCOOP to intercept or access transmissions or private communications
unlawfully. While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot ensure or warrant
the security of any Personal Data you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done
at your own risk.
8. Applicable Law
We control and operate this Site from the United States. The Site is not intended
to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other
than that of the United States. Please note that we do not represent or warrant
that the Site is appropriate for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose
to access the Site do so at their own initiative and are responsible for complying
with all local laws, rules and regulations.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please write
to Hollyscoop.com at 215 W Palm Ave Ste 202, Burbank, CA 91502.
