Ask Qatar Privacy Policy
Information Collection and Use
Ask
Qatar is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. Qatar hates when sites abuse information
they collect and will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in
ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Ask Qatar collects information from our
users at several different points on our website.
Registration
In order to use certain parts of our website, a user must first complete the
registration form. During registration
a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email
address). This information is used to
contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed
interest. It is optional for the user
to provide other information (such as gender), and unique identifiers (such as
zip code), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on
our site.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information
(like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card
number, expiration date). This
information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this
contact information is used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a
cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on
our site. Once the user closes their
browser, the cookie simply terminates.
For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have
to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still
use our site. The only drawback to this
is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to
participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take
place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our
users to enhance the experience on our site.
We
do not allow of our advertisers to use cookies on our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person.
We ship all of our
order in house from our headquarters in Orangeburg, New York, and the credit
card processing company Verisign to bill users for goods and services. Verisign
does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for
any secondary purposes.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we [ASK
QATAR] are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. 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 personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by
this Web site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these
surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice
whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age
level). Contact information will be
used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving
the use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about
our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. ASK QATAR will automatically send the friend
a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. ASK QATAR stores this information for the sole purpose of sending
this one-time email. The friend may
contact ASK QATAR at Qatar@askqtar.com to request the removal of this information
from the database.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via
the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in
the industry - SSL. While on a secure
page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such
as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as
opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also
do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the
sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job
(for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are
granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept
up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our
employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is
protected. Finally, the servers that we
store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send
an email to Qatar@askqatar.com.
Special Offers
We send all
new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established
members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special
deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present
the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see our choice
and opt-out if you do not wish to receive any communication from Qatar.
Site and Service Updates
We also
send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to
un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information
about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services
and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal
Information:
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip
code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct,
update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the member
information page or by emailing our
Customer Support.
Choice/Opt-out
Users of our site are
always notified when their information is being collected by any outside
parties. We do this so our users can
make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that
require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on
our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how
we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it
was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or
not we use their information in this different manner.
