Effective as of January 20, 2015
Dora Farkas, LLC, DBA Finish Your Thesis (the “Company”), recognizes the importance of the privacy of the users of our site, and takes steps to protect their privacy. This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices and the possible uses of the information that we gather via submissions to https://finishyourthesis.com/ and via other submissions by you to Company (together, the “Site and Services”). If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, including having your personally identifiable information used in any of the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you may be precluded from using much of our Site and Services. Company may update this Privacy Policy from time-to-time in our sole discretion without notice to you. It is your responsibility to review the Privacy Policy for any changes each time that you use the Site and Services and you are bound by such changes. Use of the Site and Services by you following our posting of a new privacy policy on our Site constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy as modified.
This Privacy Policy is part of the Company Terms of Use and all other terms of using our Site and Services.
Company collects information on our users in various ways, such as, by your voluntary submissions, participation in services provided via the Site and Services, from third parties, and through cookie and other tracking technology. Company collects the following information:
The information Company collects is used in a variety of ways, including:
We do not disclose Personal Information to third parties, except when one or more of the following conditions is true:
Prior to sharing of your Personal Information with others, agreements are made between Company and such outside parties to whom we are transferring data. If Company becomes aware that any such outside party is improperly using or disclosing Personal Information, it will notify that outside party and request that it take reasonable steps to cease such use or disclosure. We may provide certain Personal Information as a service to others for their marketing purposes. We may also disclose your name and address to Service Providers when you submit User Generated Content relating to those Service Providers. If you properly notify us that you no longer want us to share your Personal Information, we will cease sharing your Personal Information. However, except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not control the third parties to which we share such Personal Information and you will need to further notify such third parties directly if you would like them to cease use of your Personal Information.
We may disclose aggregate visitor data in order to describe the use of the Site and Services to our existing or potential business partners or other third parties, or in response to a government request. We may also share aggregated demographic and preference data with third parties to enable the provision of targeted information, promotions, offers and/or discounts on products and services.
To help you review, edit, and control how we use much of the information we collect about you, you can visit your [“Manage My Accounts”] webpage. On the [“Manage My Accounts”] webpage, you can update certain information and unsubscribe from receiving specific types of email messages. You cannot, however, unsubscribe from receiving certain emails, such as account status.
You can also ask us whether we are keeping information about you; how your information is being used; update or delete your information, or opt-out of the collection and use of certain information by sending an email to dora@finishyourthesis.com specifying the nature and scope of your request. If you choose to delete your information or opt-out of the collection and use of your information, you understand that certain services may no longer be available to you. Please state in your correspondence the details of your request. We may require proof of your identity before we provide you with the requested information. We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased, rectified, amended, or completed.
The Personal Information you provide and we collect is stored within databases that we control directly or through our Administrative Service Providers. As we deem appropriate, we use security measures consistent with industry standards, such as firewalls, to protect your Personal Information. We also use industry standard encryption technology to protect password information. However, since no security system is impenetrable, we cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, or country where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those where you live. By submitting your Personal Information, you consent to having your personal data transferred to, processed, and stored in those jurisdictions in which our Administrative Service Providers may be located.
Company may assign you a user ID and a password as part of your participation and access to the Site and Services. Your user ID and password may only be used by you and the members of your household or business, as appropriate. You may not share your user ID and password with anyone else, and you are solely responsible for maintaining and protecting the confidentiality of your user ID and password. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your user ID and password. You can access and update your login information on your login page.
Please note that you may have cookies placed on your computer by third party websites that refer you to the Site. Although we do not share your Personal Information with these third party websites unless you have authorized us to do so, they may be able to link certain non-personally identifiable information we transfer to them with Personal Information they previously collected from you. Please review the privacy policies of each website you visit to better understand their privacy practices. In addition, Company would like to inform you that anytime you click on links (including advertising banners), which take you to third party websites, you will be subject to the third parties’ privacy policies. While we support the protection of our customer’s privacy on the Internet, Company expressly disclaims any and all liability for the actions of third parties, including but without limitation to actions relating to the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information by third parties.
Our Site and Services may contain links to other sites operated by third parties. Company does not control such other sites and is not responsible for their content, their privacy policies, or their use of Personal Information. Company’s inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such sites or of their owners or operators except as disclosed on the Site and Services. Any information submitted by you directly to these third parties is subject to that third party’s privacy policy.
Company does not intend the Site and Services to be used by individuals under the age of 18 without the supervision of a parent or guardian 18 years of age or older. Company relies upon parents or guardians 18 years of age or older to determine if the Site and Services is appropriate for the viewing, access, or participation by such individuals under the age of 18. If an individual under the age of 18 uses the Site and Services, such individual may only use the Site and Services under the supervision of a parent or guardian 18 years of age or older.
Company does not seek or knowingly collect any Personal Information about children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.
This Privacy Policy and the privacy practices of Company will be subject exclusively to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Company makes no representation that this Privacy Policy and such practices comply with the laws of any country outside the United States.
All requests, questions or concerns about your Personal Information or this Privacy Policy, please email us at dora@finishyourthesis.com