Last updated on August 4th, 2009
This privacy policy applies to your use of the HowdyFrom websites located at
www.HowdyFrom.com, but not does apply to any third party sites that may be linked to
them, or any relationships you may have with the business listed on the HowdyFrom Sites
The terms
"we",
"us",
"our site" and
"HowdyFrom.com" refer to HowdyFrom.com, LLC.
The terms
"you" and
"your" refer to you, as a user of any of the HowdyFrom.com Sites.
BY USING THE HOWDYFROM.COM SITES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF
THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE
THE HOWDYFROM.COM SITE.
I. Information We Collect and How We Use It
Account information. If you create an account to take advantage of the full range of services
offered on the HowdyFrom.com, we ask for and record personal information such as your
name and email address. We use your email address to send you updates and news. Your
informnation is not disclosed to 3rd parties. If you choose to use the site by logging in with
account information from another party, you are governed by that third party's and our's
Terms of Service.
Submissions. We store and may publicly display your submissions in order to provide the
services that we offer. When we display your submissions, we do so together with your user
name. The term
"submissions" refers to the information that you submit or post to the
HowdyFrom.com Sites for public display, such as itineraries, photos, questions, answers,
and comments.
Feedback. If you contact us to provide feedback, register a complaint, or ask a question, we
will record any personal information and other content that you provide in your
communication so that we can effectively respond to your communication.
Activity. We record information relating to your use of the HowdyFrom.com Site, such as the
searches you undertake, the pages you view, your browser type, IP address, requested
URL, referring URL, and timestamp information. We use this type of information to
administer the HowdyFrom.com Site and provide the highest possible level of service to
you. We also use this information in the aggregate to perform statistical analyses of user
behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of
our site. You cannot be identified from this aggregate information.
Cookies. We send cookies to your computer in order to uniquely indentify your browser and
improve the quality of our service. The term
"cookies" refers to small pieces of information
that a website sends to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing the site. We use
the Google Analytics service to measure aggregate website activity. Google privacy policy
which governs this service can be viewed here: http://www.google.com/privacy.html
Enforcement. We may use the information we collect in connection with your use of the our
site in order to investigate, enforce, and apply our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
II. Transfer of Information
We may share your personal information with subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other
companies under a common control (collectively,
"Affiliates") that we may have now or in
the future, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy. If another
company acquires our company or our assets, that company will possess your personal
information, and will assume the rights and obligations with respect to that information as
described in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties in a good faith belief that such
disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) take action regarding suspected illegal activities;
(b) enforce or apply our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy; (c) comply with legal process,
such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order; or (d) protect our rights,
reputation, and property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public. Please note that we
are not required to question or contest the validity of any search warrant, subpoena or
other similar governmental request that we receive.
We may disclose information in the aggregate to third parties relating to user behavior in
connection with actual or prospective business relationship with those third parties, such as
advertisers and content distributors. For example, we may disclose the number of users that
have been exposed to, or clicked on, advertising banners.
We use third party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the HowdyFrom.com
Site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email
address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to
provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
III. Others' Information
You may choose to provide us with another person's e-mail address so that person may be
invited to create an account on this website and become your friend. We use this
information to contact and, if necessary, remind that person about the invitation. By
providing us with another person's e-mail address, you represent to us that you have
obtained the consent of the person concerned as regards such disclosure to us of their
personal information. All invitees are provided with the option not to receive further
invitations. We may disclose such information if required to do so in order to comply with
legal process, as described above.
IV. Links
The HowdyFrom.com Site may contain links to third party websites to which we have no
affiliation. Except as set forth herein, we do not share your personal information with those
third parties, and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We suggest you read the
privacy policies on all such third party websites.
V. Security
Your account is password protected. We use industry standard measures to protect the
personal information that is stored in our database. We limit the access to your personal
information to those employees and contractors who need access to perform their job
function. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized
disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that your personal information will never
be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
You hereby acknowledge that HowdyFrom.com is not responsible for any intercepted
information sent via the internet, and you hereby release us from any and all claims arising
out of or related to the use of intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.
VI. Terms and Modifications to this Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, and we will post any new versions on this
page. If we make any material changes in the way we use your personal information, we
will notify you by sending an e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us and/or by
prominently posting notice of the changes on our website. Any such changes will be
effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an e-mail
notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on
our website. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of the
HowdyFrom.com Site. Please note that at all times you are responsible for updating your
personal information to provide us with your most current e-mail address. In the event that
the last e-mail you have provided us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of
delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the e-mail containing such
notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. In
any event, changes to this Privacy Policy may affect our use of personal information that
you provided us prior to our notification to you of the changes. If you do not wish to permit
changes in our use of your personal information, you must notify us prior to the effective
date of the changes that you wish to deactivate your account with us. Continued use of the
HowdyFrom.com Sites following notice of such changes shall indicate your
acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions
of such changes.
VII. Dispute Resolution
If you believe that HowdyFrom.com has not adhered to this Privacy Policy you may email us
at the following address:
legal@howdyfrom.com
In your email, please describe in as much detail as possible ways in which you believe the
Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your complaint promptly.