At 212areacode.com, we value the relationship with our customers and we are committed to responsible information handling practices. We take great care in safeguarding your personal information, complying with all federal and state privacy laws and our own internal standards. By visiting 212areacode.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The following Privacy Policy describes the information and privacy practices for 212areacode.com and all other locations, occasions or events where your personal information is collected by, or on behalf of, 212areacode.com. This privacy policy may not apply to Web sites that are accessible through the 212areacode.com sites. Our web sites contain links to other site operated by third parties and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of those other sites to learn how they collect, use, share, and secure your personal information.
Information Collected by 212areacode.com
In your interaction with 212areacode.com, we may collect any personal information you enter on our Web site or provide us in any other way. You may choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of the many features and services we offer. Below are examples of the information we collect.
Contact Information – including your name, mailing address, phone number and email address.
Purchase Information – including your credit card number, billing information, and number porting information, that includes but is not limited to your account number and account details in order to complete the porting process.
Demographic Information – including your age, personal interests, and product preferences.
Uses of Your Personal Information
At 212areacode.com, we use the personal information you provide us for the purposes including, but not limited to the following:
Providing customer services
Fulfilling requests for products, service and information
Confirming and tracking orders
Administering promotions, sweepstakes, and surveys
Offering new products and services
Improving the effectiveness of our Web sites, marketing, and our products, services and offers
Conducting research and analysis
Sending marketing communications
Performing other business activities as needed
Personal Information Provided From Third Parties
Information About Friends or Family
If we are provided information about others, or if others provide us your personal information, that information will only be used for the specific reason it was provided. For example, our Refer-A-Friend option on our Web site.
Sharing of Your Personal Information
212areacode.com does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
212areacode.com may share your personal information within the 212areacode.com Companies and these companies may use the information to offer your products and services that may be of interest to you. Additionally, 212areacode.com may share customer information with certain third parties such as our agents, service providers and other representatives acting on our behalf for limited purposes. For example, we may share your personal information with third parties to perform services on our behalf, such as:
Fulfilling customer orders
212areacode.com marketing communications
Phone number porting
Servicing products
Technical support
Conducting research, analysis or surveys
Processing credit card and echeck payments
The third parties with whom we conduct business are authorized to use your information only to perform the service for which they are hired. They are required to abide by the terms of our Privacy Policy including taking all reasonable measures to ensure the protection and privacy of your personal information.
We may also share aggregated data with third parties for analysis and research purposes. This data does not contain name, address or other identifiable personal information.
At times, we may be required to share personal information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or otherwise required by law. We also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good faith, believe to be unlawful. We may share certain personal information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of other and ourselves.
Additionally, we may also transfer personal information in the event of a corporate sale, merger, acquisition, dissolution, or similar event.
Changes & Updating Your Personal Information
Once you provide 212areacode.com your personal information, we may use it to send you offers, promotions, other marketing, and customer experience content. If you wish to no longer receive these communications, or you would like to update your current information on file, let us know by one of the following methods:
Call us at (212) 580-2000 x3 with your current contact information.
Send us an e-mail with your request and current contact information to: support [AT] 212areacode [DOT] com
If you send us an email, please be sure to include your full name, address, phone number, and email address, along with the specific changes you would like to make to ensure we correctly identify you in our systems and accurately process your request. All requests to change your personal info will be processed within 15 business days or less. Until your requested change takes effect, you may still receive marketing communications from us.
Security of Your Personal Information
While shopping online in the 212areacode.com shop, we use reasonable security measure to protect the confidentiality of your personal information under our control and appropriately limit access to it. 212areacode.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to use by e-mail, and you do so at your own risk.
Safe Shopping on 212areacode.com
We use a variety of information security measures to protect your online transactions with our company. The 212areacode.com Web site uses encryption technology, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), to protect your personal information during data transport. SSL protects information you submit via our Web site such as ordering information, including your name, address, and credit card information.
Cookies & Clickstream Technology
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that a Web site or an e-mail may save to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive. Our Web sites and e-mails use cookies to create a more personalized experience for visitors to our site. Cookies simulate a continuous connection, they let us remember information about your preferences and session, and allow you to move throughout areas of our Web sites without reintroducing yourself.
You may choose to set your browser to not accept cookies. However, without enabling your cookies, you will not be able to view, create an account, or make purchases on the 212areacode.com Web site.
Clickstream Technology
Our Web servers automatically collect Clickstream information such as the address (URL) of the Web site that you came from before visiting our site, the pages you visit on our site, the browser you use to view our site and any search terms you may have entered on our site, among other things. Our Web site may also use other technologies to track which pages our visitors view. This anonymous Clickstream data provides our customers with a better overall site experience and helps 212areacode.com understand how visitors use our Web site.
Third Party Advertisers & Ad Providers
Our Web site uses third party advertising, third party service providers to serve ads across the internet and to analyze Web site traffic on our behalf. They may collect anonymous information about your visits to our Web site and your interaction with these ads. These companies may use similar technologies previously outlines to measure the effectiveness of ads and e-mails. They may also use information about your visits to our Web site so that we can provide advertisements about goods and services that might be of interest to you.
No personally identifiable information is collected in this process. We may share anonymous information with these service provides in an aggregate form for the purposes of analysis and improvement of our site.
Concerned About the Privacy or Security of Your Personal Information
If you are concerned about our privacy or security of your personal information, please contact our Support desk to report a known or suspected privacy or security breach, or submit your privacy or security related questions or complaints. After receiving your inquiry, we will respond within five business days. You may contact our support desk in the following ways:
Call us at (212) 580-2000 x3 with your current contact information.
Send us an e-mail with your request and current contact information to: support [AT] 212areacode [DOT] com
Privacy Policy Changes
As 212areacode.com continues to improve the features, products, and services we provide, this policy is subject to change. If there are changes or additions to this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here or in other formats for you to review. If we change our information practices or this Privacy Policy in such a way that your personal information may be used or shared in a manner not described in the Privacy Policy at the time you provided it, we will give you the opportunity to opt-out of having your information used or shared in the new manner.
