Privacy Policy

This website (the “Website”) USBusinessGrants.org is operated for Public Benefit by and is the Charitable Arm of US BusinessGrants (“Company,” may also hereinafter be referred to as “us,” ‘we,” and “our”). We have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of our visitors and customers. We are committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for appropriate protection and management of personally identifiable information you share with us (the phrases “personally identifiable information” and “personal information” mean any information by which you, individually, can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, etc.). The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you when you visit our Website how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to review and correct, your information.

In general, you may visit some pages of the Website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track the Internet domain address from which people visit the Web-site and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but individual users will remain anonymous unless they voluntarily tell us who they are.

You may be asked to provide information about yourself and your business, such as your name, shipping/billing addresses, telephone number, EIN/Tax ID, e-mail address, birth date, or occupation. If you choose to purchase any of our services we also will ask for your credit card information and maintain a record of your online purchases. Whether or not you choose to provide the information we request is entirely up to you. But if you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to purchase products, or access certain services and content on the Website.

A Special Notice about Children. Children (under the age of 18) are not eligible to use the Website unsupervised, and we ask that children do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this Website in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parents or guardians.

Site Technologies: The Company does not provide the technologies used to build the Website, and therefore, neither recommends nor endorses the same. Any information regarding identified technologies, including their capabilities, limitations, and applications, should be sought directly from their manufacturers. Company hereby disclaims any rights to trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, copyrights, patents, domain names, or other intellectual property interests of third parties.

Collection and Use of Personal Information: If you choose to provide information to us through our online registration, you may be asked to provide us with personal information, including your name, business name, address, postal address and telephone number, your e-mail address, and other identifying information. If you choose to purchase a service from us such as an expedited service, we will collect additional personal information, including your billing address, credit card number and expiration date in order to process your purchase properly. We also may ask you for personal information when you ask us for information, subscribe to a Company service or publication, or download information.

Your personal information enables us to provide you with the information you have requested, provide you with information regarding the status of your assets and transactions, fulfill your purchases, and provide you with information regarding future products and services that may suit your particular interests. We also use your personal information to help identify you if you lose your password and to help you quickly find information on the Website.

If you believe that any of your personal information is incorrect, or has been changed since your registration at the Website, please use the Check Status page to make any corrections or changes and provide any relevant confirmation.

Third-Party Hosting: The Company contracts with a third party to maintain and host the Website. Therefore, any information you submit, including personal information, will be placed and stored on a computer server maintained by this third-party host. The third party has agreed to implement technology and security features and strict policy guidelines to safeguard the privacy of your personal information from unauthorized access or improper use.

Links to Other Materials: The Website contains links to other sites. These links are an accommodation to the respective third-party site owners and for your convenience. Sites linked to and from the Website are not necessarily under the control of Company, and Company shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of any linked sites, or any link or linking program at any time. You should read and understand Company’s policies with respect to such third-party links, as stated in the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website.

Security: The Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. All credit card information utilizes state-of-the-art Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology and is Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) compliant.

Opt Ou:t You may “opt out” of having your personal information shared for purposes of receiving product offers via e-mail, telephone, or postal mail, and from receiving product offers directly from us via e-mail or postal mail, by simply by providing us written notice identifying which communications you choose not to receive by writing us at:

USBusinessGrants.org
1 Boston Place
Boston, MA 02108

If you choose not to give us your personal information at all, you can still access the Website; however, you will not be able to access areas that require registration or personal information.

Effective Date and Changes: This privacy policy is effective as of March 2, 2009. The Company reserves the right to modify the terms of this privacy policy at any time and in its sole discretion, by posting a change notice on this page. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE WEBSITE FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES. BY USING OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING BY PLACING AN ORDER ON THIS WEBSITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT USE OUR WEBSITE.

Do We Share Your Information? We will share your personal information with our partners and with third-party independent contractors for purposes of: (1) performing functions on behalf of Company, such as processing credit card transactions; (2) providing you with product offers via e-mail, telephone sales, or postal mail; and (3) tracking information generated through the Website. Our partners and third-party independent contractors are obligated contractually not to use or share your personal information for unauthorized purposes.

The Company also may disclose your personal information to comply with a court order, subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process; to comply with legal, regulatory, or administrative requirements of any governmental authorities; to protect and defend Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, contractors, and partners, in connection with any legal action, claim, or dispute; to enforce the Terms and Conditions of the Website; to prevent imminent physical harm; and in the event that we find that your actions on the Website violate any laws, our Terms and Conditions, or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information to a third party in the event of a transfer of all or substantially all of Company’ assets, provided that the third party agrees to adhere to the terms of this privacy policy.

Tracking Information: The Website uses cookie technology to improve the quality of your experience. A cookie is a small file that contains information sent by a website that is saved on your hard disk by your computer’s browser. Cookies store information that a website may need in order to personalize your experience and gather website statistical data. Any time you visit the Website to browse or to read or download information, we collect and store the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet (for example, msn.com, aol.com, etc.); the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access the Website; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the Website. We use this information to measure the number of visitors to areas of the Website, and to help us make the Website more useful and interesting to our visitors. We may also use cookies to (i) personalize your experience on our Website (e.g., to dynamically generate content on web pages specifically designed for you), (ii) assist you in using our Online Products (e.g., to save you time by not having to reenter your name upon each visit to our Website), and (iii) allow us to statistically monitor how you are using our Website for purposes of improving our online offerings. Moreover, we also may use cookies to conduct marketing and promotional efforts, tailor certain advertisements to your browser that we think may be of interest to you, or to determine the popularity of certain content. Some consumers may not know that cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit websites. If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to advise you when a website attempts to place a cookie on your computer.

Action tags, also known as web beacons or gif tags, are a web technology used to help track website usage information, such as how many times a specific page has been viewed. Action tags are invisible to you, and any portion of our Website, including advertisements, or e-mail sent on our behalf, may contain cookies that are associated with action tags that our located on our Website. Unlike cookies, action tags are not placed on your computer.

By using cookies and action tags together, we are able to gain valuable information to improve our Website and our Online Products and measure the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing campaigns. We do not disclose any of your Personally Identifiable Information to our advertising partners through the use of cookies or action tags.

Finally, please note that advertisers and other third parties may also use their own cookies or action tags when you click on their advertisement or link to their website or service, on or from our Website. This Privacy Policy does not govern the use by such third-party websites or providers of third-party advertising.