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If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact
Customer Care in writing to Local Quote 15000 Commerce Parkway Suite U Mount Laurel,
NJ 08054 or email our customer service department.
The following privacy policy details how we gather information, how that information is
shared, and what practices LocalQuote.com implements
to ensure your information is safe and protected.
Use of www.LocalQuote.com (the "Website") to receive
quotes or to register as a Vendor in our Approved Vendor Network indicates your agreement
with this privacy policy.
This privacy policy does not apply to the practices of companies that
LocalQuote.com does not own or control, or to
people whom LocalQuote.com does not employ.
When you use our Website to receive free quotes for products or services (a "Quote Seeker")
or to receive referrals of Quote Seekers for your products or services (a "Vendor"), you
will be required to disclose certain personal information to us.
Quote Seekers: As a Quote Seeker you need only provide the following information:
- Answer a few qualifying questions specific to the product or service for which you are seeking quotes.
- Provide basic contact information including: Name, Company Name, Position, Address, Phone Number, Email Address, and Website.
Vendors: As an approved Vendor, you will have the opportunity to register on the
Website and receive referrals of Quote Seekers who require the products or services that
you offer. To register as a Vendor, you need only provide the following information:
- Provide general contact information including: Name, Company Name, Address, Phone Number, Email Address(es), and Website.
- Select the categories for which you wish to receive referrals and provide specific parameters as to the types of referrals you wish to receive. Note: these parameters must be in accordance with the information that is being gathered from Quote Seekers through the request forms on the Website.
- Upon registration, the Vendor must also provide a valid credit card to be utilized for all billing activity.
Note: Registration as a Vendor is subject to the Local Quote approval process.
Local Quote will keep the identity of Vendors in our Approved Vendor Network confidential,
unless the Vendor should choose to utilize any of the advertising opportunities that are
offered by Local Quote that would identify the Vendor as a member of our Approved Vendor
Network. This would include, but not be limited to: logo ads, instant intros, newsletter
ads, industry expert articles, and testimonials authorized for use on the Website.
While visiting the Website individuals can view pages and need not worry about revealing
personally identifiable information. Local Quote collects various types of non-personally
identifiable information from you to better meet your needs and to provide you with a
more relevant user experience. Some of this information is collected automatically
through cookies or other Internet tracking technologies.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record keeping
purposes. We use cookies on the Website. We do not link the information we store in
cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our Website.
We use persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an
extended period of time. You may remove persistent cookies by following directions
provided in your Internet browser's "help" file.
Cookies are stored only if you select to save your password on the login screen. A cookie
is created so that we are able to retrieve your settings. We set a persistent cookie to
store your passwords, so you don't have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies
also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience
on our Website.
This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by
LocalQuote.com only. Some of our business partners
(e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our Website. We have no access to or control over these
cookies. You may disable or reject cookies if your browser permits. Please be advised that
this may prevent you from accessing certain features of
LocalQuote.com.
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically from your browser
or Internet session and store it in log files. This information includes your Internet
protocol (IP) address, the browser type that you are using, Internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit URLs, the operating system on your computer, date/time stamp, and click
stream data.
We use this non-personally identifiable information, which does not identify individual
users, to analyze trends, to administer the Website, to track users' movements around the
Website and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
We do not link this automatically collected data to personally identifiable information.
We also engage third-party tracking service providers that use cookies to track
non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our Website.
LocalQuote.com gathers information in an attempt
to introduce business-to-business vendors to consumers in order to satisfy their
professional needs.
If you elect to provide us with personal information, we may utilize such information for
marketing purposes, and this use may result in follow-up communications from
LocalQuote.com and from our clients. Once you sign
up as a Quote Seeker, you will automatically be added to our email distribution list and
will begin receiving additional information such as newsletters, updates and other
publications. In addition, your personal information may be combined with information
collected from other sources to assist with targeting ads to your preferences and
behaviors, and for other sales and marketing efforts.
The non-personally identifiable information that we collect is used for marketing and
sales efforts to better target advertisements and other content in an effort to create
a more personally relevant experience. The information is also used to predict responses
to advertisements, and to help determine which ads perform best and which content is most
appropriate for different individuals.
As the purpose of LocalQuote.com is to match
Quote Seekers with pre-approved Vendors, information submitted for the purpose of
receiving free quotes will be owned by Local Quote and will also become the property
of the Vendors in our Approved Vendor Network who are referred to the Quote Seeker. By
placing a request to receive free quotes, the Quote Seeker accepts this use of their
information.
This Website contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by
LocalQuote.com. Please be aware that
LocalQuote.com, is not responsible for
the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Website, to read the privacy statements
of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy policy applies only to information collected by this Website.
There are instances in which your personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable
information is shared with third parties, as described below.
Your non-personally identifiable data may be shared with third party partners of
LocalQuote.com on an anonymous basis.
We also share aggregated demographic information about our user base with our customers.
This information does not identify individual users.
LocalQuote.com will refer business related
information in leads to interested parties.
LocalQuote.com never sells or releases company
information to other parties unless it is directly related to matching a request to
the Vendors in our Approved Vendor Network.
LocalQuote.com processes payments due from its
Vendors through a leading merchant account provider that upholds the highest security
standards available. This company does not share or use personally identifiable information
for any other purposes.
LocalQuote.com is considered a "third-party referral service." We use other third parties
(or Vendors) to provide business-related services on our Website. When you sign up to
LocalQuote.com we will share business-related (non-proprietary) information as necessary
for the third party to provide that service.
LocalQuote.com reserves the right to disclose
personally identifiable information as required by law, and when we believe that
disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and to comply with judicial proceedings,
court order or legal processes served on the Website.
In the event that Local Quote goes through a business transition, such as a merger,
acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally
identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred.
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).
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information
submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission
over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore,
while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal
information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our Website, you may email us.
Once signed up with LocalQuote.com and subject to
you having opted in to receiving additional circulations, you may receive additional
publications such as newsletters and e-mails that contain content regarding the Website,
content changes and special promotions. Out of respect for your privacy, we present you
with the option of not receiving these types of communications. Please see "Choice and
Opt-Out" below.
In order for LocalQuote.com to service you
properly, you will need to provide us with company-specific information. Both vendors
and those submitting requests are required to complete an online form which requests
specific data. This includes contact information, demographics and information designed
to assist you with searching for specific vendor/request-related inquiries. Various
departments at LocalQuote.com may review your
company's information. Credit card information is stored securely through encryption
and SSL connection. We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders.
If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you.
Vendors with LocalQuote.com can change profile
information at any time by accessing their profiles with the appropriate sign-in name
and password. Individuals who place requests can update, change or remove information
by contacting us.
We provide you the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your personally identifiable
information used for certain purposes when we ask for this information. For example,
if you purchase a product/service but do not wish to receive any additional marketing
material from us, you can indicate your preference on our order form.
If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications or other
additional marketing material, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the
instructions included in each newsletter or communication or other marketing material
or by e-mailing us.
As noted above, our Website collects non-personally identifiable information about your
website activities using cookies and other tracking devices. You may set most browsers
to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your
browser. Blocking cookies may result in a lower quality experience for you while you
are visiting the Website.
In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),
LocalQuote.com is not structured to attract
children. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect personally identifiable information
from anyone we know to be under 18 years of age.
By using this Website, you consent to the terms of our privacy policy, as may be amended
from time to time, and to Local Quote processing of personal information for the purposes
given above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we intend to take every reasonable
step to ensure that those changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes
prominently on our Website for a reasonable period of time and by amending this privacy
policy. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review
it frequently.
LocalQuote.com is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy
Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user's
trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.
This privacy statement covers the Website
LocalQuote.com because
LocalQuote.com wishes to
demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information
practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, you should first contact
us via email or you may send us correspondence at the following address: 15000 Commerce
Parkway Suite U Mount Laurel, NJ 08054. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your
inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe,
where you may submit a complaint. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve
your concerns.
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