theoutro.com Privacy Statement

Published November, 5th 2009

theoutro.com privacy policy


This policy was last modified on 11/05/09


This privacy policy is provided to inform those who use theoutro.com of theoutro's policies and procedures reguarding any and all information that may or may not be personally identifiable given both voluntary and involunary by the user to theoutro. Users of this website, located at www.theoutro.com or collected through any and all social networking services, including Instant Messaging, SMS, E-mail, or other implemented services must agree to this policy before using any and all services from theoutro.com. We reserve the right to alter this Privacy Policy at any time for any reasons; when altered, the policy will will effect only that information given since it's posting. Any and all notification of changes in the privacy policy will be made by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes that may be made since registration.



What Information Do We Collect?


Our Goal is to collect Personal Information in order to provide a user experience customized to the individual user. When Registering or adding additional content while using theoutro, the user will be asked for their credentials to ensure they are who they say they are. A user must submit a valid email address, username and password. Other information may be asked of the user from time to time but is not required. This information is, but not limited to,: Real Name, Location, Web address, Social Networking services usernames, post content. If the user wishes to establish a business relationship with theoutro by request the service or merchandise of theoutro, additional information such as mailing address, full name, and payment credentials will be required. Like most websites, we use authenticated sessions and cookies to enhance the user's experience, gather general visitor information, and track visits to our website in order to provide a better user experience. Please refer to the 'do we use cookies?' section below for information about cookies and how we use them.


What Do We Use Your Information For?


Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways

  1. To personalize your experience; your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs
  2. To improve our website; we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you
  3. To improve customer service; your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs
  4. To process transactions
    5. Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
  5. To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
  6. To send periodic emails
    7. The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

How do we protect your information?


The information that you submit to theoutro is stored in a password protected database at our hosting facility. While certain information like username, and post contents are stored in plain text to be used for the services of theoutro.com, your password is never stored in plain text on our servers. You should not store any private information like Social Security Numbers, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets on theoutro's server. For commercial interests we implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or access your personal information. We offer the use of a secure transaction server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.


Do we use cookies?


Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.


Do we disclose any information to outside parties?


We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.


Third party links


Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.


California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance


Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into theoutro.com and visiting the settings page where all user information may be modified or deleted. theoutro does not require that any user have a Real Name or Location inputted.


Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance


We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. You must be over the age of 13 to use theoutro.com or any of it's services.


Online Privacy Policy Only


This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.


Your Consent


By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.


Changes to our Privacy Policy


If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date above.