ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL.COM PRIVACY POLICY
Active Media Services, Inc. and its affiliates. ("Active" "we", "us", or “our”) have adopted this Privacy Policy to provide our clients, visitors to our websites ( “Website”), or persons whose personal information we have collected offline, (collectively the "Users"), with information about how we collect, use, secure, and, when permitted, disclose Personal Information (as defined below).
Acceptance of and Changes to Privacy Policy
By providing information to Active in the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you agree that you are authorized to provide that information and are accepting this Privacy Policy and any amendments to the privacy policy that may be relevant to you. If we modify this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this Policy. If there are material changes to this Policy, we will notify you by email, or by means of a notice on our home page (prior to the change becoming effective).
The Information We Collect
Personal Information:
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information, such as, name, e-mail, address, telephone number, and other personally identifiable information ("Personal Information"), and technical information that Active or its service providers collect from or about:
(i) visitors to, or users of, its websites;
(ii) prospective and current customers contacted by Active employees;
(iii) service providers and business partners;
(iv) job applicants; and
(iv) other third-parties from whom Active collects personal information.
We also collect, but don’t store, credit card information. Any information you provide Active about other individuals, such as your employer, colleagues, or clients, will be used only for the purpose for which it was collected. To request that we remove personal information from our database, you may contact us at websitesupport@activeinternational.com.
Technical Information
When you visit our Website Active collects information which your web browser automatically sends whenever you visit a website on the Internet. "Technical Information" is information that does not, by itself, identify a specific individual but which could be used to identify you indirectly. Our servers automatically record this information, which may include your Internet Protocol ("IP") address and basic log file information (such as browser type and language, number of clicks, domain names of web sites visited, pages viewed, the amount of time spent on particular pages, and the date and time of visits and page views).
Active and our marketing partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers, use technologies such as cookies or similar technologies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on Users' computers – for more information about these and web beacons, please see www.allaboutcookies.org. You may choose not to receive cookies from Active International by following instructions in your web browser's "help" file, but this may make certain features of the Website inaccessible to you.
As part of this process Active International uses third parties to provide it with aggregated Technical Information about how users interact with the Website, and may set cookies, web beacons or other tracking technologies for this purpose. The use of cookies by our service providers [, e.g., Google,] is not covered by our privacy policy.
We use Local Storage, such as HTML5, to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our Web site or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity also use HTML5 to collect and store information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5.
How We Use Your Information
Active uses Technical Information to operate, maintain, and provide the features and functionality of the Website and certain services that Active provides. Active will contact you using the e-mail address you have provided in order to send you messages, including advertising, information about Active and special offers. Except with respect to notices required by law, transactional and service related emails, you may opt out of all of these e-mails by following the “opt-out” instructions found at the bottom of the e-mail or by contacting us at the information provided in the section “Contact Information” below.
We use Technical Information, such as Website use data and IP addresses, to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features and services by storing, tracking, and to analyse your preferences and trends. We may use such information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your current or subsequent visits to the Website; (b) provide customized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors and traffic; (d) diagnose or fix technology problems; (e) access information about you after you log on to the Website; (f) market our Website to advertisers and other third parties; (g) aggregate general User statistics including demographic and geographic information; and (h) other lawful purposes, so long as your personal identity is not revealed by such use.
We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here (or if located in the European Union click here). Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
We also have testimonials on our site. All personal information contained in testimonials have been pre-approved by the applicable individual prior to posting on our Website. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at websitesupport@activeinternational.com.
When We Share Information
Except as expressly described below, Active will not share your Personal Information with advertisers or unaffiliated third parties without first obtaining your express permission. We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy and only when, any such third party has agreed to limit its use of the information to the intended use.
We may provide Information, to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, subcontractors and third-parties with whom we have entered into commercial arrangement, so such parties can, among other things (a) help us to perform Services and/or process such information on our behalf, (b) use the information to offer greater functionality and enhanced services through the Website or to provide you with additional product and service opportunities and (c) communicate these opportunities to you on behalf of us. When we do this, the recipients of your information are bound by privacy requirements that are at least as restrictive as this Privacy Policy and are only authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us. We do not share, sell, rent, or trade personal information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
We may share Technical Information (such as Website use data) with third parties to assist them in understanding our Website, including Users' use of our Websites and services. The Technical Information provided will not identify you by name, however.
We use outside companies to collect recruiting information for our company, and to process payments. These companies do not retain share, store or use personal information for any other purposes.
Some of our pages utilize framing techniques to serve content to or from third parties while preserving the look and feel of our Web site. Please be aware that you are providing your personal information to these third parties and not to Active.
Links to 3rd Party Sites
Our Website includes links to other sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Active. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by the privacy policy of the respective site. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.
Blog / Forum
If our Website offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums, you should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at websitesupport@activeinternational.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Tell-A-Friend
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about career opportunities with Active, we will ask for your friend’s contact information, including but not limited to, their name and email address. We use an outside company to collect job referral information for our company. This company does not retain share, store or use personal information for any other purposes. If you believe that one of your contacts has provided us with your personal information and you would like to request that it be removed from our database, please contact us at websitesupport@activeinternational.com.
We may release the Personal Information or Technical Information we collect if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with any applicable laws or respond to a court order, subpoena, law enforcement or regulatory request, or search warrant. We reserve the right to collect and share any information: in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities; as appropriate or necessary to enforce any commercial agreement or our Terms of Use or investigate potential or actual violations of such agreements or this Privacy Policy; take reasonable precautions against liability; to protect the security or integrity of our Website; or to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Active, its affiliates, Users or others.
We may assign or transfer the Personal Information or Technical Information we collect to a third party in the event that Active is acquired by or merged with a third party entity or in the event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or similar situation. You will be notified via email, and/or a prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Social Media Widgets
Our Website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook and Twitter button. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Single Sign-on
You can log in to our Careers page using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity, provide you the option to share certain personal information (such as your name and email address) with us, and to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this website to your profile page to share with others within your network.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important and is mandated by applicable law, including U.S. law. For these reasons, Active does not knowingly collect Personal Information on the Website from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our Website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then you must not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner or provide any information to the Website. If your child has submitted Personal Information to us, please contact us as provided under the section “Contact Information” below so we can arrange to remove your child’s Personal Information from our database. Do not supply to us or disclose on the Website any Personal Information of any person under 13 years of age, as we do not intend to collect information from anyone under 13 or invite them to use this Website.
International Users
The Website is hosted in the United States. If you are accessing the Website from outside the United States, you are transferring your Information to the United States, and you consent to that transfer. if you do not want your information transferred to the United States, you should not share your information with us, or make use of this Website. If you are accessing this data from the European Union, please read about Active’s participation in the Privacy Shield Framework.
To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield Website.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit Technical Information to the Website, in which case you may not be able to utilize all of the features and functionality of this Website and Active may not be able to provide certain services to you.
Access
Upon request Active will provide you with information about whether we hold, or process on behalf of a third party, any of your Personal Information. To request this information please contact us at websitesupport@activeinternational.com.
If you would like access to data collected by us to modify or delete, please contact us as provided under the section “Contact Information” below. We will respond to your request within 30 business days.
If you are a member of our online travel services and you would like to update your personal information such as name, email and other options, you can log into your account at “My Account, Update Profile” to update your personal information.
We will retain and use your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Passwords
We may assign to you, or ask you to select, a password and user name in connection with your use of certain features of the Website or the provision of services to you. You can change your password and user name at any time. If we assign a password to you, you should change that password as soon as possible to ensure that your password is something you will remember and that is unique to you. You acknowledge that you are responsible for protecting your password and ensuring that you do not disclose your password to others. If your password is disclosed to others, they will be able to access your Personal Information and otherwise interfere with your use of the Website and any services. If you become aware that your password has been improperly disclosed or used by others, you should immediately change your password. If you believe someone is, or has been, using your user name or password for unlawful or improper purposes, please contact us as provided under the section “Contact Information” below.
If you are a member of our online travel services, you can change your password at any time by logging in to your account at “My Account, Change Password”.
Our Commitment To Data Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. We have implemented technical and organizational measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure; however, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or access and use your personal information for improper purposes. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You acknowledge that you provide your User Information at your own risk. The security of your Personal Information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). If you have any questions about the security of your Personal Information, you can contact us at websitesupport@activeinternational.com.
Compromise of Your Information
In the event that your Personal Information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, Active will promptly notify you in accordance with the notification procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
Notification Procedures
It is Active's policy to provide notifications where such notifications are required by law, to Users via e-mail notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notices on our Website, as determined by Active in its sole discretion. Active reserves the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications required by law to our Users, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
Please contact us using the information set forth below with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or the Website.
Active Media Services, Inc.
One Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, New York 10965-1705
Attention: Website Support
E-mail: Websitesupport@activeinternational.com
