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Privacy
Policy
There are
several areas within www.thefuneraldirectory.com where an individual's
information is collected. Below you will find a description of
where the information is being collected and what will be done
with that information once it is received.
Areas
Specific to www.TheFuneralDirectory.com
Visiting
www.TheFuneralDirectory.com
The Funeral
Directory uses WebTrends Live to analyze traffic to this web site.
WebTrends Live does not create individual profiles for visitors.
Unlike some tracking services WebTrends Live does not have a database
of individual profiles for each visitor. WebTrends Live only collects
aggregate data. For more information about WebTrends Live privacy
policy, please
click here.
Every time
you visit our site, our servers log your visit by making a record
of your IP Address and the type of Browser you are using. It tells
us what part of the world you are viewing from and the various
pages that you visit within the site. There is no other personal
information available to us.
As it is
our intent to be constantly delivering quality content, we will
be using the above mentioned information to gauge the strongest
and weakest areas of interest in our web site.
Additionally
this can serve as statistical information in an aggregate form
for potential sponsorships and existing partnerships. (i.e. our
site received "X" amount of unique site visits in the
month of "X"). This information is in no way personal
or identifiable.
The Directories
Companies
wishing to submit their information are invited to do so on our
submit page. The information is immediately entered into our database.
The information contained in these directories are available to
be seen by the public and discretion should be taken with sensitive
information.
While we strive
to ensure accuracy of delivered content we can in no way guarantee
it. Careful auditing of the content received by Lighthouse Publications will be carried out on a regular basis.
Monthly
E-Zine
The Funeral
Directory.com creates a monthly electronic newsletter that users
of our site and members of our "Member Area" can sign-up
for. In order to receive your subscription we ask you to fill
in your name and your email address. This information is collected
and put into a mailing database. The sole purpose of this list
is to distribute the published E-Zine. We will not in any way
give out this list of email addresses and names to any party as
we do NOT support SPAMMING.
Users always
have the option of canceling their subscription at any time. The
user can send an email to: admin@thefuneraldirectory.com
with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject of the email or write
to Lighthouse Publications at the above address requesting that their
name be removed from the list. We will make every effort to have
the individual removed from the list within 48 hours of receipt.
SympathE-Cards
The Funeral
Directory.com uses a third-party provider, Webby Inc. who provides
the Posty
software which offers visitors to our site the ability to send
electronic sympathy cards. The complete privacy policy of Webby
Inc. can be viewed by clicking
here. In summary Webby Inc. does not promote the sharing of
confidential information in any way and are a safe and reliable
source to use.
Users will
have to enter: their name, their email address, the recipient's
name and the recipient's email address in order to send a SympathE-card.
This information is not used for data mining other than to provide
statistics for the number of users of this feature.
Travel
Affiliate
www.TheFuneralDirectory.com
is an affiliate of TheStoreMaker.com to provide our visitors the
opportunity to search, reserve or book travel arrangements online.
TheStoreMaker.com
uses members' personal information only to hold or finalize members'
reservations. When you make reservation through our system, we
provide information about you to the airline, car rental agency,
hotel, travel agency or other involved third party to ensure the
successful completion of your travel arrangements. TheStoreMaker.com
does not sell your personal information to the third parties not
involved in the reservation process.
TheStoreMaker.com
does not permanently store member' credit card information in
a database. We use it only during the reservation process.
Member
Area
The Funeral
Directory.com has a special area for members of the Funeral Services
and Affiliates only. In order to become a member of the Member
Area you are required to provide:
- a unique
login name (ID)
- a unique
password
- your name
- your company
name
- your telephone
number
- your email
address
- your profession
- The Funeral
Directors will be required to send us a fax on their letterhead
for further verification.
All of the
above information is required to control the security levels of
the member area. By providing a unique ID and password we have
administrative control should a member misplace their information.
It is important
for Lighthouse Publications to be able to carefully monitor the applicants
entering the member area. The member area contains sensitive information
relating to the Funeral Industry only. We must be able to verify
that a person applying for membership is in fact a member of the
said profession. Once verified the applicant will not be contacted
again unless a suspected breach of security has occurred. We will
notify members by email first and then by telephone.
Discussion
Areas
Several discussion
areas are set up for visitors to communicate with fellow visitors.
These discussion forums are provided by our third-party provider,
On The Net. On The Net's complete Privacy Policy can be viewed
at: www.i-depth.com.
There is no required information for a visitor to participate.
Any user of the discussion board wishing to post their email address,
does so at their own risk. We will not use the email addresses
for any data mining. We will use the email address to inform a
user if we deem their content to be inappropriate, hateful, pornographic
or unlawful and request their immediate suspension of using the
discussion areas.
Email-A-Friend
If a user
elects to send a page of interest to a friend, family member or
colleague, we ask for the recipient's email address as well as
the sender's. Lighthouse Publications will automatically send the friend
a one-time email containing a hyperlink back to the specified
page. This information is not stored or reused for ANY purpose.
Cookies
Cookies are
used to store specific data on the users hard drive which keeps
information about that user. We use cookies for our member area
only. When a member logs into the member area their ID and password
are stored as cookies on our server and the member's computer.
We have a special cookie assigned for our members who are Funeral
Directors. This cookie is used for security purposes and keeping
members who are not Funeral Directors from entering the area specifically
designed for them.
Autoresponders
Lighthouse Publications uses autoresponders to verify that a user's request has been
successfully executed. You will receive an autoresponder if:
This email
may contain user specific information like:
-
Your login
ID and password. It would be wise to keep the member area
autoresponder so that you will have a record of this information
should you forget it.
-
The recipient's
email address to confirm that you entered the right address
- Confirmation
of your E-Zine subscription. Keeping this email will assist
you should you want to UNSUBSCRIBE for this feature. Simply
use this email to reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line
and your name will be removed from the mailing list within 48
hours of receipt.
Secure
Credit Card Transactions
Lighthouse Publications uses Internet Secure to facilitate its secure online credit
card transactions. A complete list of security explanations can
be found here: www.internetsecure.com/reference/security.html
Notification
of Changes
Any changes
that occur to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this page.
If you feel
that your privacy is or has been violated in any way from your
usage of www.thefuneraldirectory.com, please contact Nicole Beauvais-Holt,
President of Lighthouse Publications, the owners and operators of this
web site. Nicole can be reached by email: nicole@thefuneraldirectory.com
or in writing at:
Lighthouse Publications
15213 Yonge Street
Suites 14 & 15
Aurora, ON, Canada
L4G 1L8
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