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  How we keep your privacy safe E-Poll has been and will continue to be respectful of your privacy. The information you provide will not be shared other than as outlined in this privacy policy and we will maintain the highest standards of security and integrity. The following is a summary of the E-Poll Privacy Policy. See below for a full description of our Privacy Policy and the Terms & Conditions for visiting our site and participating in our Rewards Program.  E-Poll will not sell, distribute, or make available in any form personally identifiable information (i.e. name, address, phone, or email) of any member or guest of the site without their expressed permission (opt-in) as outlined in this privacy policy. With your registered membership, you will receive special surveys, newsletter, reward incentives and offers sent from E-Poll. You may also receive special promotions that will be sent out by E-Poll on behalf of our marketing partners. Security: This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. "Cookies": Cookies are a general mechanism that web servers can use to store information on your side of the connection. We use cookies to make sure that we deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to reenter it each time, and to rotate ads and other content so you don't see them repeatedly. Cookies are not tied with personally identifiable information. Update Membership Information/Cancellation policy: You can change/update the information you provide at registration or cancel your membership at any time by visiting the Your Profile section of the website. If you have any questions, you can email us at feedback-epoll@epoll.com. This overall privacy statement verifies that Bridge Entertainment, Inc./E-Poll: is a member of the BBBOnLine program and is in compliance with their privacy principles.PRIVACY POLICY. Bridge Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation, produces E-Poll. They can be reached by email at: feedback-epoll@epoll.com. Please visit the About E-Poll section of the website for more information. The E-Poll Web site collects general information such as Gender, Age and ZIP Code in order to take a poll. No personally identifying information is collected unless you register to become a member in the E-Poll Rewards program. E-Poll Membership In order to become a member the following information will be collected: contact information such as name, email address, and postal address. The site also collects demographic data such as gender, income level, education, country, and occupation. The site does not collect personal information about individuals except when knowingly provided by such individuals (or as otherwise detailed below). Any personal information (e.g., name, email address, etc.) provided by such individuals may be used in connection with E-Poll, the E-Poll Web site and for such other purposes as may be indicated at the point of collection (or otherwise detailed in the E-Poll Privacy Policy). Questions regarding this statement should be directed to feedback-epoll@epoll.com. (A) Guests/Members grant E-Poll the right to use this information internally without restrictions for the purposes of, but not limited to, research, marketing, and content development. (B) E-POLL WILL NOT RELEASE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES other than as outlined in this privacy policy. Poll/Survey reports and marketing studies will be disseminated in aggregate form with no names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses attached. (C) With your registered membership, you will receive special surveys, newsletter, reward incentives and offers sent from E-Poll. You may also receive special promotions that will be sent out by E-Poll on behalf of our marketing partners. You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g. name, email address, etc.) during these promotions or through newsgroups, such information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages. (Refer to Section 6 for Disclaimer of Warranty - Limitation of Liability.) (D) Children: E-Poll is a free site that encourages people over the age of 13 to participate in our surveys and to get involved with the process of expressing your opinions. (E) Cookies: Cookies are a general mechanism that web servers can use to store information on the user side of the connection. We use cookies to make sure that we deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to reenter it each time, and to rotate ads and other content so you don't see them repeatedly. Cookies are not tied with personally identifiable information. Cookies are also used and are necessary to track whether a user has participated in a particular poll in order to track points and to prevent ballot stuffing. If the user chooses to set their browser to reject cookies, they will not be able to receive any points for taking polls and would not be eligible for prizes. (F) Like most standard Web sites we use log files. This includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. (G) This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, such as:
(I) Changing your Personal Information: You can change any personal information at the following location on our web site: Your Profile. You may also elect to cancel your membership at any time at that location. (J) Email Notifications: All members of E-Poll Rewards agree to receive occasional updates about changes in our program via email such as important changes in our rewards program, Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. It also indicates to us if members have changed their email address so that we can keep our records current. If you do not want to receive these, you may cancel your membership at any time by visiting the Your Profile section and canceling your membership altogether or by emailing us at feedback-epoll@epoll.com. (K) E-Poll Newsletters: If you have joined as a member of E-Poll, we will notify you of special marketing surveys, new offerings on our site, poll results, opportunities to earn extra points, and special offers from our partners through the E-Poll Newsletter. You may cancel at any time by visiting the Your Profile section and canceling your membership altogether or by emailing us at feedback-epoll@epoll.com. (L) Other Sites: E-Poll contains links to other sites where our privacy policy does not apply. Members should review the privacy policy at these specific sites carefully before giving out information because they may not follow the same policies as E-Poll. (M) Transfer/Assignment: E-Poll reserves the right to assign the ownership of the site, database, intellectual property and all information contained within the Web site upon sale or acquisition to another entity. Members will be notified of such sale or acquisition by email and it will be posted on the site. You may cancel your membership at any time by visiting the Your Profile section. (N) Third Party Relationships: E-Poll has business development relationships with third parties, some of which are listed in the Partner/Clients section of For Businesses. No personally identifiable information is provided to any third party without our member's explicit permission (opt-in) other than what is outlined in this privacy policy. E-Poll contracts with outside parties to provide services to the site such as hosting and administering its servers and database. These third party providers are not allowed to use the user's information for any other purposes except as directed by E-Poll. (O) Contacting E-Poll: You can contact E-Poll in a number of ways which can be found in our Contact Us section. If you choose to correspond via email, E-Poll uses email links located throughout the site to allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments you may have. We read every message sent in and try to reply promptly to every one. This information is used to respond directly to your questions or comments. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard the information. Your personal information is only shared with third parties as outlined in this privacy policy. (P) Privacy Policy Disclaimer: We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Web site. Terms and Conditions Sorry, folks, our lawyers insist! If you have any questions about our Terms & Conditions, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions, or email us at: feedback-epoll@epoll.com. E-POLL SITE - GUEST/MEMBER AGREEMENT This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions which apply to your use of the E-Poll - Express Yourself! Site ("E-Poll") and any and all other products, services, polls, or surveys offered by Bridge Entertainment, Inc. ("Bridge") through the E-Poll Web site or through other means. The right to use the E-Poll Web site and any other product or service offered by E-Poll and/or Bridge is personal to you and is not transferable to any other person or entity. Definitions. The "Service" is the online polls, surveys, news, information, rewards program, shopping, games and interactive service operated by E-Poll on the World Wide Web or offered to members by any other means. "Guest" means each person who visits the site and/or becomes a "Member". "Member" means each person who registers to use any of the products or services, or features thereof, of the Service for which registration is required or requested. These Terms and Conditions will apply to both Members and Guests, hereafter collectively referred to as "Guest," unless otherwise noted. General. E-Poll shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Service, including, but not limited to, content, rewards program, hours of availability, registration requirements and equipment needed for access or use. Changed Terms. E-Poll shall have the right at any time to impose, change or modify its other terms and conditions applicable to use of the Service, or any part thereof, or to impose new terms and conditions. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, posting on the Service a revised version of this Agreement and notification by posting on its site and email. Any use of the Service by the Guest after such notice (other than to terminate the Guest's Membership) shall conclusively be deemed to constitute acceptance by the Guest of such changes, modifications, additions or deletions. The Guest agrees to review the terms and conditions periodically to be aware of such revisions. Guest Conduct. (A) The Service shall be used for lawful purposes only. No material shall be posted on, transmitted or reproduced by Guests which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law. No conduct shall be undertaken that, in E-Poll's judgment, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Service. Advertising or commercial solicitation may not be posted on or transmitted through the Service by Guests. (B) The Service contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire content of the Service is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. E-Poll owns the copyright to the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. Each third party content provider owns the copyright for content original to it. No Guest may modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, reveal or display publicly or in any way exploit, any of the content of the Service, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of E-Poll. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material from the Service will be permitted without the express-written permission of E-Poll and any other copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made. Each Guest acknowledges that he or she does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material. (C) No material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right shall be uploaded, posted or otherwise made available by the Guest, either on the Service or through the use of any other means, without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with the Guest. The Guest shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from any uploading, posting or submission. (D) Each Guest hereby grants to E-Poll, it's successors, assigns and licensees, an irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, perform, create derivative works from, and display any message or other content of any nature whatsoever, in whole or in part, provided by Guest in the course of, or arising out of, Guest's participation in the Service, and to incorporate such content in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereinafter developed. (E) Each Member shall provide E-Poll with accurate, complete and updated information as to his or her name and email address provided by Member at registration. (F) There is only one membership account allowed per Guest. No Guest may select or use a Guest name or email address of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; use a Guest name or email address subject to the rights of any person other than the Guest without authorization; use a Guest name in violation of the intellectual property rights of any person; use a Guest name of any other person or use an "alias" to accumulate points; or use a Guest name that E-Poll, in its sole discretion, deems offensive. (G) There is only one membership allowed per household. No additional memberships will be granted at the same residence address regardless of relationship. This includes roommates, renters, spouses, and all children 13 and older. (H) The foregoing provisions of this Section 4 are for the benefit of E-Poll, its affiliates, and third party content providers and licensors, if any, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly on its own behalf. (I) Any violation of the E-Poll Terms and Conditions will result in termination of the offenders account(s), and may also result in civil liability for all damages suffered by E-Poll as a result of such violation. [top] Third Party Content. The Service contains content supplied by parties other than E-Poll. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by such third parties, including information providers and Guests, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of E-Poll. Neither E-Poll nor any third party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer to Section 6 below for the complete provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.) In many instances, the content available through the Service represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider or Guest, and not of E-Poll. [top] Disclaimer of Warranty - Limitation of Liability. (A) Each guest expressly agrees that use of the Service is at his or her sole risk. Neither E-Poll, its affiliates nor any of their respective employees, agents, third party content providers or licensors, if any, warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error free: Nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Service or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any information, service, (or merchandise) provided through the Service. (B) The Service is provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, other than those warranties which are implied by and incapable of exclusion, restriction or modification under the laws applicable to this agreement. (C) The disclaimers of liability contained in this Section 6 apply to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortuous behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action. Each guest specifically acknowledges that E-Poll is not liable for the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of third parties, including Guests and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with each Guest. (D) In no event will E-Poll or any person or entity involved in creating, producing or distributing the Service be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the Service or out of the breach of any warranty. (E) E-Poll neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement on the online service, nor for any offensive, defamatory or obscene posting made on the Service by anyone. Under no circumstances will E-Poll be liable for any loss or damage caused by a Guest's reliance on information obtained through the content and/or any postings on the Service. It is the responsibility of each guest to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through the Service. (F) E-Poll does not endorse, warrant or guarantee any product or service offered by a third party through the service and will not be a party to or in any way monitor any transaction between any Guest and third party providers of products or services. As with the purchase of, or receipt through award redemption, a product of service through any medium or in any environment, each guest should use his or her best judgment and exercise caution where appropriate. (G) Each guest specifically acknowledges that in no event will E-Poll, its affiliates nor any of their respective employees or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of the use by such Guest of any browser owned or operated by any party and/or the downloading of any software owned or operated by any third party in connection with the service. [top] Monitoring. E-Poll shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Service to determine compliance with this Agreement and any other operating rules established by E-Poll. E-Poll shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, E-Poll shall have the right to remove any material that E-Poll, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof, otherwise objectionable or stale. Notwithstanding this right of E-Poll, Guests shall remain solely responsible for the content of their messages. Each Guest acknowledges and agrees that neither E-Poll nor any third party content provider shall assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by E-Poll or any third party content provider with respect to any conduct, communication or posting on the Service. [top] Indemnification. Each Guest agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless E-Poll, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims, demands, causes of action and expenses, including attorney's fees, arising out of the use of the service by such Guest. In all cases, E-Poll shall be entitled to a defense using counsel of its choosing, and at the sole expense of such Guest. [top] Termination. Either E-Poll or Guest/Member may terminate this Agreement at any time, and for any reason. Guest's only right and remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with any of these terms and conditions, any policy or practice of E-Poll in operating the Service, or any content available through the Service or any change therein, is to terminate this Agreement in the Your Profile section. In the event of termination by either party, all points accumulated and not redeemed as of the time of termination will be forfeited. Specifically, and without limiting the foregoing, E-Poll shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement with respect to any Guest in the event of any conduct by Guest which E-Poll, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by Guest of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and this Section 9 shall survive termination of this Agreement. Members who have not completed at least one survey in any continuous 12 month period will be deemed inactive and all points accumulated by that member will be forfeited. In addition, the member's account may be subject to termination. [top] Trademarks. Trademarks are the property of E-Poll/Bridge Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on the Service are the property of their respective owners. [top] Equipment. Each Guest shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of the Service, and Guests shall be responsible for all charges related thereto. Last Updated: 4/27/2005 |
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