
Effective Date: August 01‚ 2010
Updated: August 09‚ 2010
DG-EZ Network is committed to protecting the privacy of our Site users (referred
to individually‚ or collectively‚ as “you”). DG-EZ Network offers this Privacy
Policy to disclose the privacy practices for DG-EZ Network (“DG-EZ‚” “we‚”
or “us”) with respect to www.dg-ez.net (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy
is intended to help you understand how we collect‚ use and disclose your
personal information. DG-EZ will take reasonable steps to protect your personal
information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws.
Privacy Policy Table of Contents
What is Personal Information and what Personal Information does DG-EZ collect?What is “Personal Information” and what Personal Information does
DG -EZ collect?
DG-EZ defines “personal information” as information about an individual
that enables someone to identify or contact that individual and includes‚
among other things‚ that individual’s full name‚ address‚ telephone number
and email address‚ as well as other information maintained by DG -EZ that
may be used in combination with one of the foregoing identifiers‚ such as
account history or financial information. Categories of personal information
that we collect include:
When does DG -EZ collect Personal Information?
DG -EZ
collects personal information from you when you voluntarily submit that
information to us upon registration as an DG -EZ customer or DG -EZ.com customer
through our Site‚ when you apply for a job through our Site or otherwise elect
to contact us through the Site. Registration and your submissions of personal
information through the Site is voluntary. However‚ if you decide not to
register‚ you will not be granted access and should discontinue all use of the
Site. Product information‚ pricing and availability will not be available to
unregistered users.
What happens when I register on the Site?
In order to use
certain features of this Site‚ a user must first complete a registration
process. During registration a user is required to provide his or her DG -EZ
account number and basic contact information (such as first and last name‚
address‚ company name‚ title‚ department‚ fax number‚ phone number and email
address) and is required to establish a login and password.
What happens when I place an order on the Site?
We
request information from the user during the ordering process. For example‚ a
user will be required to provide contact information (such as name‚ e-mail‚ and
shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number‚
expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill
users' orders. If we have trouble processing an order‚ the information is used
to contact the user.
How does DG -EZ handle information from children?
Only
DG -EZ account holders over the age of 18 may access and place orders through
the Site. This Site is not targeted at children under age 18 and DG -EZ does
not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If
a parent becomes aware that a child has provided us with personal information,
we ask that the parent or legal guardian of the child contact us by sending an
e-mail to
requesting that this information be deleted from our
records.
Does DG -EZ use Cookies or Web Beacons?
We may use small
text files called cookies to improve overall Site experience. A cookie is a
piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the
user. Cookies generally do not permit us to personally identify you. We may also
use “Web beacons” that monitor your use of our Site. Web beacons (or Web bugs)
are small strings of code that provide a method for delivering a graphic image
on a Web page for the purpose of transferring data‚ such as the IP (Internet
Protocol) address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the Web
beacon appears‚ the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the page on which the Web
beacon appears‚ the time the page containing the Web beacon was viewed‚ the
types of browser that fetched the Web beacon and the identification number of
any cookie on the computer previously placed by that server.
How does DG -EZ use personal information?
DG -EZ uses
personal information for business purposes consistent with those outlined
herein. DG -EZ uses the personal information you provided for the purposes for
which it was provided‚ for example‚ to process an order‚ to record your order‚
to collect payments or debts‚ to respond to your inquiries‚ for our internal
hiring purposes and to send you targeted marketing. In addition‚ personal
information may be used to create a profile that we keep on individual users
that details their preferences or behavior. This profile may be used to develop
and improve our products‚ benefits‚ services and Site experience to you.
What Personal Information Does DG -EZ Give to
Others?
Transfer of Personal Information to Third Party Goods and
Services Providers. DG -EZ employs third party vendors‚ service providers‚ and
suppliers to perform various functions on our behalf. Such services include:
fulfilling orders; processing credit card payments; collecting debts; removing
repetitive information from customer lists; analyzing data; developing‚ hosting
and maintaining our Site and databases; sending and receiving e-mail and other
communications; and staffing customer service call centers. DG -EZ may provide
these third parties with access to your personal information as reasonably
necessary for the third party to provide these services. We do not authorize
these third parties to use personal information except for the purpose of
providing these services. Certain information collected in connection with
transactions may be provided to third parties for use in transaction
authorization‚ fraud scoring and payment card fraud prevention modeling.
DG -EZ on occasion may disclose to their business partners certain data‚ such as names and addresses and the genre of products purchased by users‚ so that the business partner may send their own direct marketing communications to users. DG -EZ will not provide your user e-mail address to business partners if you prohibit such action by opting out at the point of DG -EZ’s collection of the data to be transferred to such business partner. If you have not opted-out to allow DG -EZ to share your personal information to DG -EZ’s business partners but you later decide that you would prefer that DG -EZ not use or disclose your personal information to its business partners for the business partner’s own direct marketing purposes‚ subject to legal‚ or contractual restrictions and legal notice‚ you may opt out of such uses and/or disclosures by (a) checking the appropriate "Opt Out" box in any applicable e-mail communication or e-newsletter‚ (b) sending an e-mail to or (c) writing to us at Customer Support Center‚ DG-EZ Network‚ PO Box 619048‚ San Francisco‚ CA 94105.
Third Party Features. From time to time DG -EZ may include additional features and functionality from third parties on our Site. Certain of these features and functions‚ may require DG -EZ to send selected information about you to the third party. If you do not wish for DG -EZ to share this information‚ you will have a reasonable opportunity to opt–out of these third-party features and functions. DG -EZ will never send your password or your financial information to any third party through these features or functions.
Tracking of this Site by WebTrends. This Site and your use of this Site is monitored by WebTrends On Demand. You should refer to the WebTrends On Demand Privacy Policy to learn how they collect and use information. You can find Web Trends On Demand Privacy Policy here: http://ondemand.webtrends.com/privacypolicy.asp‚ or by clicking on the link at the bottom of the Site home page.
Disclosures Attendant to a Merger or Acquisition. If DG -EZ or its assets are acquired by another company‚ your personal information may be disclosed to the acquiring company to allow it to fulfill your order or provide the products‚ services or information that DG -EZ would otherwise provide to you and generally to carry on the DG -EZ business. We may also use and disclose your personal information to parties connected with the contemplated or actual financing‚ insuring‚ sale‚ assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets‚ including for the purposes of determining whether to proceed or continue with such transaction or business relationship or fulfilling any records or other reporting requirements to such parties. We will require such parties to treat your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and to use and disclose it only for the purposes for which it was collected.
Disclosures by Law and to Affiliates. We will disclose your personal information if we reasonably believe we are required to do so by law or regulation or in cooperation with any governmental investigation. In addition‚ we may disclose your personal information to our Affiliates for the business purposes outlined above.
How does DG -EZ Protect Personal Information?
DG -EZ
takes commercially reasonable measures to protect the personal information it
collects‚ uses‚ stores or discloses. We have implemented physical‚ technological
and organizational procedures designed to protect the integrity and security‚
and to attempt to ensure the appropriate use‚ of your personal information.
These procedures are appropriate to the nature‚ sensitivity and format of the
personal information collected‚ used‚ stored or disclosed by DG -EZ For example‚
DG -EZ uses Secure Sockets Layering (SSL) to encrypt your personal credit
information‚ including your credit card number‚ before it travels over the
Internet. SSL technology is the industry standard for secure online
transactions.
Unfortunately‚ no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result‚ while we strive to protect your personal information‚ DG -EZ cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us‚ and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission‚ we will use reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
What About Links to Other Web Sites?
This Privacy Policy
applies solely to information collected by DG -EZ. However‚ our Site contains
links to other web sites owned and operated by third parties. The third parties
who operate these web sites may treat the collection‚ use and disclosure of
personal information differently than we do. This could be the case even for
those web sites that carry DG -EZ’s trademarks or logos or which are framed by
this Site. Please be aware that DG -EZ is not responsible for the data
collection‚ use and disclosure practices of companies or organizations to which
our Sites may provide links. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that
collects personal information.
How Can I Access or Correct My Personal Information?
If a
user's personal information changes (such as zip code‚ phone‚ email or postal
address)‚ or if a user no longer desires our services‚ we provide a way to
correct or‚ update or delete/deactivate users' personal information. You can
review or change some of your personal information by visiting the Site and
correcting such changes in the “My Profile” area.
Can DG -EZ Change This Privacy Policy?
DG -EZ reserves
the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If DG -EZ makes a
change‚ this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly and we will post a
change notice of our updated Privacy Policy on our Site and we may notify
registered users via a pop-up box at the time of login‚ so you are always aware
of what personal information we may collect and how we may use this information.
After such change notice‚ if any modification is unacceptable to you‚ you shall
cease using this Site. If you do not cease using this Site‚ you will be
conclusively deemed to have accepted the change.
How Do I Contact DG -EZ Regarding The Site And This Privacy
Policy?
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our
Privacy Policy‚ please contact us at:
DG -EZ Support Center