Privacy Policy/Terms of Use Policy
This Privacy Policy/Terms of Use description is intended to inform you about how BehindTheBuy.com operates and collects and uses your personal information (“PI”) and other information in operating the website.
How does the Website Work?
The Website offers anonymous browsers (“Visitors”) the ability to learn about new consumer products and how to conduct research before you make a product purchase. By using the website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by BehindTheBuy.com as described herein. BehindTheBuy.com reserves the right to change how we handle the information we collect through the website at any time. We will update this Privacy Policy/Terms of Use Policy to reflect any changes in our operations and privacy collection, and such changes will take effect immediately once posted to the website.
Product Descriptions/Product Information Videos
BehindTheBuy.com attempts to be as accurate as possible in describing products (including pricing) featured in this website; however, we do not warrant that all such descriptions are correct, accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. If a product described in the website is found not to be as described by us upon your purchase (through an authorized retailer/reseller), your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition, as in accordance with the retailers return policy.
Intellectual Property
Any content appearing on BehindTheBuy.com is the property of the website or its licensors or suppliers and is protected by copyright under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. You agree not to use, display, reproduce, retransmit, modify, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast, circulate, display or in any way exploit any such content (including any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information), in whole or in part, whether by e-mail or by any other means, for any purpose other than for your personal, non-commercial use as set forth herein. If you are interested in using the content on BehindTheBuy.com for commercial application, you must first contact the webmaster for permission.
Trademarks
Unless otherwise indicated, all names, graphics, designs, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, commercial markings, trade dress, and service names included in the Website are trademarks of BehindTheBuy.com or its licensors, sponsors or suppliers (collectively, the “Trademarks”) and are protected by the trademark laws of the United States and other jurisdictions. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, modify or post any Trademarks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to or distribution of materials on the Website, without our prior written consent by contacting:
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The Trademarks may not be used in any manner that is likely to cause confusion, or in any manner that disparages or discredits BehindTheBuy.com.
What type of “PI” does BehindTheBuy.com collect from you and how do we use it?
Registrants must provide certain personal information (“PI”) to BehindTheBuy.com in order to receive new product information, participate in polls, surveys and sweepstakes. Such PI includes basic biographical information, such as your name and email address. We may also ask you for general statistical, non-PI about yourself and your interests.
Unless you provide PI to BehindTheBuy.com through the Website, we will not collect any PI from you.
BehindTheBuy.com may provide your PI to entities who work on our behalf or with us. These entities may use your PI to help fulfill your requests in connection with the Website and to help us communicate with you about different resources offered as part of the Website. For instance, we may transfer information submitted by you, including PI, to service providers and other third parties who assist us in running the website and to third party vendors in order to execute transactions requested by you.
Under what other circumstances may we release PI?
We may also release your PI if we believe such release is necessary to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory authorization), to apply or enforce our customer agreements, to fulfill our obligations as a result of a merger, acquisition or like event with another entity or individual, to protect our rights or property, to protect Registrants and/or Visitors from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the website, or if we reasonably believe that a danger to any person requires disclosure of such PI.
What other information does BehindTheBuy.com collect?
We also collect anonymous and aggregate information from you about your preferences in navigating the Website by using cookies, action tags and other methods. Cookies are small text files that identify your computer. We may use cookies to, among other things, monitor Website usage, customize Website features, identify your computer’s operating system and browser, and complete transactions. An action tag is a small, graphic image on a webpage that is designed to allow the website owner or a third party to monitor who is visiting a website by collecting the IP address of the computer to which the tag is sent, the URL of the webpage that the tag comes from and the time that such webpage was viewed. Tags may be associated with cookie information. We may also use such anonymous and aggregate information for promotional purposes.
Do I have the ability not to be identified by BehindTheBuy.com?
Yes. If you do not want to be identified by us, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You can also adjust the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies. If you do not want us to have any of your PI, do not submit any of your PI to us.
How do we store information?
BehindTheBuy.com takes steps consistent with commercially reasonable industry standards to secure any PI collected from you from loss, misuse, unauthorized access and destruction while under our control. Please note that despite our efforts to protect information provided to us, we cannot guarantee that such information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.
Does BehindTheBuy.com provide links to other websites?
BehindTheBuy.com may provide links to other websites or resources of possible interest to you. Because we have no control over such websites or resources, the collection and use of your PII and other information by such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such websites and not this Privacy Policy.
What are our policies regarding minors?
You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older in order to partake in our sweepstakes and giveaways. BehindTheBuy.com does not knowingly collect PI from anyone under thirteen (13) years of age.
What if I win a Sweepstakes or Giveaway?
Any and all sweepstakes and giveaways conducted on BehindTheBuy.com are independently handled by the company/service responsible for manufacturing the goods and services being offered. The companies offering their products/services for giveaways and sweepstakes are always required to indemnify, defend and hold BehindTheBuy.com harmless from and against any claim of personal injury, death or property damage to the extent arising out of or in connection with any third party use of the Product/Service; provided that said indemnification and save harmless obligation shall not apply to circumstances resulting from the intentional acts or negligence of product provider, its employees or agents or of any recipient of a product. The odds of winning a giveaway are determined by the number of registrants. No family members, business associates or vendors engaged in business with BehindTheBuy.com are permitted to enter any sweepstakes or giveaways associated with BehindTheBuy.com All prize winners are required to pay all applicable taxes associated with the retail value of the item they win. BehindTheBuy.com had the right to share the name, state or country of a prize winner. No one may win a sweepstakes or giveaway more than once in a 30 day period.
Do we have a mechanism to address the removal of PII and complaints about the handling of information that we collect?