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ChatWithPros.com Privacy Policy

This document was last updated January 31, 2009.

We appreciate the trust you place in ChatWithPros.com, and we are committed to respecting your privacy and the security of your personal information. Our privacy policy, describes the information we collect and how we use it. We always welcome your questions and feedback. For privacy-related issues, please contact us.

Information We Collect
We may collect information (including name, address, telephone number, and email address) when you:

  • Start a chat on our website
  • Create an account to start or receive chats through our website
  • Participate in a marketing survey, promotion, or event
We maintain the data that you provide us, along with a record of chats, in a secure database.

Using Information We Collect
At ChatWithPros.com, we always want to provide you with the best possible experience and connect customers to the contractors they need. In order to do this, we collect information that allows us to:

  • Contact you about chats you participate in
  • Connect companies with potential customers and allow them to communicate
  • Alert you to new additions/features of our site
  • Improve our selection and customer service

Information We Share with Others
We will never collect you credit card number. Only companies who sign up for a "Featured Listing" will be required to pay. All other users will never be charged or asked for credit card information. We use Pay Pal for all credit card transactions and processing. You provide Pay Pal with only the information they need to perform their services. We do not share information with Pay Pal in order to ensure that your privacy is respected and protected. These companies are prohibited by contract from using this information for their own marketing purposes.

On rare occasions, we may disclose specific information upon governmental request, in response to a court order, or when required by law to do so. We may also share information with companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation. We do not provide information to these agencies or companies for marketing or commercial purposes.

ChatWithPros.com Email and Other Communications
When you provide us your email address, we may send you emails necessary to validate your account or respond to a request. For example, after you submit information at ChatWithPros.com, you will receive an email confirmation that allows you resume your chat later. You may also receive email alerts notifying you of new messages.

Additionally we may occasionally update you on your bid status via email or other methods.

You can choose to be removed from our mailing lists at any time by contacting us. We only wish to send email to our opt-in customers and do not intentionally spam. It may take several weeks for your request to become effective. If, due to human error, you continue to receive our communications, please contact us again and we will make every effort to correct the situation.

If you have any questions or comments, then please contact us.

Links to Other Sites
Occasionally we may provide links on our website to other sites. These sites operate independently of ChatWithPros.com and have established their own privacy and security policies. We have no control over other sites or their content and cannot guarantee, represent or warrant that the content of these sites is accurate, legal and/or inoffensive. We do not endorse the content of other sites, and cannot warrant that these sites do not contain viruses or other features that may adversely affect your computer. For the best online experience, we strongly encourage you to review the policies at any site you visit.

Feedback
We welcome all comments, feedback, information, or materials ("Feedback"), which you submit to us through or in conjunction with our Site. Please note that Feedback shall be considered non-confidential and become the property of ChatWithPros.com. By submitting Feedback to us, you agree to a no charge assignment to us of all right, title and interest in copyrights and other intellectual property rights on a worldwide basis to the Feedback. We shall be free to use Feedback on an unrestricted basis.

Security
It is our intent to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you. We use a variety of current technologies and processes for protection of our customer data. We will never request, and hence, never store your credit card information. When you create an account on our website, your contact information is transmitted in a safe, encrypted format. Notwithstanding these efforts, we caution you that perfect security does not exist on the Internet.

We also limit the information we provide to outside companies with whom we contract to only what they need to carry out their responsibilities.

Privacy of Children on Our website
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly solicit data from children, nor do we knowingly market to children. ChatWithPros.com requires all users must be of the age of 18 or older to use this service.

Policy Changes
From time to time, we may use customer information for unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change, we will post these changes on our website. We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically.

Questions or Comments?
If you have any questions or comments, then please contact us.