(rev.03/04/12)
MyInternetServices.com and MyInternetServices.net are domain names registered to MyInternetServices.com, LLC.
By accepting the Terms of Service Agreement or by visiting or using any websites or webpages of MyInternetServices.com or MyInternetServices.net (“MYIS”), you agree to our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes the purposes and manner in which MYIS collects, uses, maintains and discloses personal data or information collected from users of our websites. Unless an alternative definition is provided in this Privacy Policy, capitalized terms have the same meaning as in our Terms of Service agreement.
You agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy currently in effect at the time of each of your visits to any of our websites, any use of our Services, becoming a member by registering with us, or by participating in promotions, contests, competitions and like events sponsored or promoted by us. MYIS reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy without advance notice. Therefore, it is your responsibility to access this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you remain aware of the privacy policies and issues that affect your access or use of our websites and/or our Services and of any changes to this policy. Each time that you access or use our websites, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to this Privacy Policy, as existing at that time.
If you do not agree with any subsequent revision to this policy, you must immediately cease accessing our websites and, if you are a member or customer of MYIS, stop using our Services and – if you are a member or customer - contact us immediately to terminate your account before your next access of our websites and/or use of our Services. Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt and processing by us. You agree that, by continuing to access or use our Services following any revision to this Privacy Policy, you accept this Privacy Policy as revised.
MYIS takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy describes the manner in which we collect, use and maintain personally identifiable information – and in certain limited instances disclose the information collected from users of our websites or Services.
There are essentially two types of information collected by MYIS:
Anonymous information refers to information that is neither obviously tied to, nor collected for the purpose of being tied back to a specific individual. As with most businesses and as is typical with most websites, MYIS may collect some basic information about you and your computer, including browser type, operating system, IP address, Internet service provider, routing and geographic information, the time you accessed our website(s), pages viewed, length of access and similar operational, preference and usage information.
Personally identifiable information is information that can directly identify an individual. MYIS requests or requires personal information from its users, customers and other users of its Services, including name, a variety of contact and payment information, credit card number and like information necessary or expedient in providing Services or enhancing your usage or experience with MYIS websites or promotions.
MYIS takes reasonable precautions to secure users' personal data. MYIS uses reasonable technical solutions to make a user's visit to its websites is as safe as it can reasonably be, but users should understand that no information system can ever be made 100% secure. MYIS may collect various types of personal data that is voluntarily provided by Users, including name, company name, address, telephone number, credit card number or other billing information, e-mail address, and other information such as survey responses. MYIS may also collect information about how users use its websites, for example, by tracking the number of unique views received by the pages of the websites or the domains from which users originate.
MYIS uses cookies in connection with our websites. Our main websites presently include: www.MyInternetServices.com and www.myinternetservices.net. In addition, we operate a variety of affiliated websites that can be accessed independently and in some cases through our main websites.
In its most basic form, a cookie is a small data file sent to and stored in a designated file on your computer that identifies your computer to our websites. Cookies also allow certain web applications to tailor their response to your activity. Our cookies may also collect anonymous information and track traffic patterns. Our cookies will not collect personally identifiable information about you, nor will our cookies read data off of your hard drive, or read cookie files created by other websites. MYIS uses the information provided by cookies to track website usage and to allow for targeted advertising. This allows MYIS to customize your visit and saves you time during subsequent visits to our websites.
Some of our websites use third party advertising companies to display ads. These ads may contain cookies. Cookies received with such ads are collected by the advertising companies, not by MYIS. You can disable the automatic acceptance of cookies or set your web browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. However some areas of our websites may not function as well if you elect to do so. This Privacy Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
MYIS tracks and aggregates anonymous information to determine which pages are preferred based on traffic to those areas. We also use this aggregate information to demonstrate website traffic data and usage patterns to advertisers, potential advertisers and other third parties for advertising, sales and marketing related purposes and to establish demographic and other statistical data patterns that allow us and others to assess how well our websites are performing.
The personally identifiable information that we collect from our users and customers, and anyone else that may submit such information, is used to create, provide and maintain our Services. This includes communicating with our users and customers by mail, e-mail or phone. This communication occurs for, among other purposes, keeping our users and customers up to date with important system announcements and updates, billing and also for offering to our users and customers select third party business, product or service offerings that we think might be of interest to them.
MYIS uses the information that we collect to establish, maintain, service and improve the Services we provide to you and others. Absent a legal obligation to do so, we do not disclose personally identifiable information of users or customers to third parties without the consent of the member or customer. In order to supplement and enhance our Services, we may share personally identifiable information with MYIS affiliates in countries with different data protection laws, but our sharing of your personally identifiable information will nevertheless be governed by this Privacy Policy. We also facilitate the transmission of offerings and other information to users and customers by or about select third party businesses, including product or service offerings that we think might be of interest to you. By accepting MYIS’s Terms of Service, you consent to MYIS’s use and disclosure of information consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to receive information from us about third party products or services, you may unsubscribe by contacting billing@myinternetservices.com and informing us in writing that you choose not to receive information from us about third party products or services.
MYIS will honor legal processes and cooperate with police, judicial and other law enforcement agencies and disclose personally identifiable information and other data upon receipt of subpoenas or other court directives. MYIS also reserves the right, in the absence of a court directive, to disclose personally identifiable information concerning a member, customer or any other person or entity who we believe may be accessing or using MYIS or its Services to conduct, promote or conceal illegal activities or activities that may cause injury to MYIS, its users, customers, vendors, assets or the public, or to enforce its Terms of Service.
Users and customers have the choice to opt out of having their personal information used by MYIS for a purpose that is incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the user or customer. When first asked to provide personal data or information to MYIS, or as soon thereafter as is practical, but in any event before MYIS uses such information for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected or processed by MYIS, MYIS will strive to offer user a clear, conspicuous, readily available and affordable mechanism to exercise this choice. In addition, any User may exercise this choice to opt out by using billing@myinternetservices.com and informing us in writing that you choose to opt out of having your personal information used by MYIS for a purpose that is incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized .
In the event of a merger or acquisition involving MYIS, we reserve the right to transfer all information, including personally identifiable information, to any successor or assign without additional or advance notice.
MYIS's websites contain links to other websites. When accessing the websites of third parties, including via ad banners and other links, you are likely accessing sites that are not owned or operated by MYIS. These websites may collect anonymous and personally identifiable information by various methods, including the use of cookies and other devices. The privacy policies of these websites are undoubtedly different from MYIS and may not afford visitors the same level of privacy protection. In all instances you should confirm the privacy policies of these websites and their terms of use when accessing them and prior to providing any anonymous or personally identifiable information.
Data collected by MYIS is stored in servers located in the United States that are designed and believed to be secure. Nevertheless, we remind you that no server is impenetrable or uninterruptible. Additionally, given the nature of the Internet and our affiliate relationships that allow us to provide our Services, your personally identifiable information may be transferred to, processed, maintained or otherwise used in countries other than the United States, but such uses shall be consistent with this Privacy Policy.
While MYIS has security procedures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information on servers under its control, these security measures have limitations. Consequently, YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING BACKUPS OF ALL FILES AND DATA THAT YOU CONSIDER VALUABLE OR IMPORTANT! While MYIS will strive to keep its services running reliably, MYIS is not under any circumstance responsible for any theft or loss of files or data (whether permanent or temporary). It is your responsibility to ensure for yourself that you have backed up all files and data - and that your backup files and backup protocols work. If redundant Services are necessary for your operations, please contact us in writing to arrange for duplicate service offerings which can be provided for an extra charge.
Although we strongly recommend against it, you may choose to disclose personal or personally identifiable information, about yourself in our online forums, chat rooms, message boards, blog pages and other venues that allow for public viewing. Information that you choose to disclose in any of these venues is publicly available. You can have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in these venues and you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by others with access to these venues - and might be used for all types of unwanted purposes. MYIS is not responsible for the personal or personally identifiable information you choose to submit in any of these venues.
Customers and users who have submitted personally identifiable information may review, update and/or correct your current personally identifiable information that is on file with us by contacting billing@MyInternetServices.com. We will review, update or remove information as we deem appropriate. We may, however, still retain your old information in our files to support and enforce our Terms of Service agreement, to avert disputes, to meet technical or legal requirements and/or due to technology, security or operational limitations and constraints.
The protection of children's online privacy is very important to MYIS. For that reason, we do not knowingly collect information from persons under 13 years of age.
If you have any questions, complaints, or disputes with MYIS with respect to our handling of personal data, you may notify MYIS by sending an email to billing@MyInternetServices.com. MYIS may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice to you, users, customers or the public. Persons wishing to remain apprised of MYIS' Privacy Policy should check this page for occasional updates.