SJV Connect 2.0 - Privacy Policy

SJV is founded on the principles of protecting its client’s information. SJV knows that you care about how information is used and shared, and we take you and your client’s privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the SJV website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

 

This Privacy Policy covers SJV's treatment of personal information that SJV gathers when you are on the SJV website and when you use SJV services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that SJV does not own or control, or to individuals that SJV does not employ or manage.

Information Collected by SJV

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website and services, which is to enable users to discover and share information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our SJV users:

1. Information You Provide to Us:
   We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to fully utilize our services.

 

2. Automatic Information:
   We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. SJV and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, SJV cookie information, and the page you requested. SJV uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.

SJV may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages.

E-mail Communications

SJV is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. SJV may send out e-mails with SJV-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from SJV, which inform you of actions that have been performed on the site. If you do not want to receive certain e-mail from us, please inform us.  However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.

Cookies

• Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. SJV cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.
• The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of SJV's coolest features.
• Some of our linked business partners, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.

Sharing Your Information

Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.

• SJV Personnel: SJV personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of SJV business.
• Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if SJV, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
• Protection of SJV and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of SJV, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
• User Profile information: Information collected during setup and subsequent visits is stored in our databases.
• With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Keeping Information Secure

• Your SJV account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
• Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

Children Under 18 Years of Age

If we learn that SJV has collected information from a child under the age of 18, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

SJV may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the SJV website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit SJV website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Georgia state law.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2009 and last updated February 23, 2010.