Your privacy is important.
At Cre8tiveBlast, we respect your privacy. We work to minimize the amount of personally identifying information we maintain and to ensure that all personal information remains private and secure. To protect your privacy, Cre8tiveBlast provides a link to this Privacy Statement on all pages that ask for personal information.
Basic Information Collected and Stored Automatically
We collect the following basic information about your computer/tablet for all Cre8tiveBlast visitors:
●IP address (your computer’s unique signature)
●Browser (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape)
●Internet service provider (e.g., Verizon, Comcast, AOL)
●Operating system (e.g., Windows, MAC OS)
We use this information to help us identify the most popular areas on the Cre8tiveBlast website and to identify system performance or problem areas. It also helps us to get a better understanding of the visitors to the website and enables us to make Cre8tiveBlast more effective.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer’s hard drive and can help identify you as a Cre8tiveBlast user. Web beacons are small pieces of code placed on Web pages that can be used, among other things, to count the users who visit that web page, or to deliver a cookie to a user’s browser. We use cookies to personalize Cre8tiveBlast’s registered users’ experiences and to help us to fully understand Cre8tiveBlast readers’ needs. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to reject cookies.
We do collect the e-mail addresses of people who contact us via e-mail to respond to these communications and to send future correspondence. We may archive message for quality assurance purposes.
For your protection, some of Cre8tiveBlast’s personnel have access to Cre8tiveBlast’s, “fusion rooms” (chat & writing rooms), and walls to help us maintain a safe and collaborative environment online. We encourage you not to give personal information or passwords to anyone in the fusion or chat rooms. When you disclose your personal information, it may be collected or used by others to send you unsolicited email. If you encounter any Cre8tiveBlast user who is improperly collecting or using information, please contact Cre8tiveBlast.
Technical Feedback
We may request technical information regarding the operation and function of the Cre8tiveBlast website from users through surveys. Survey participation is completely voluntary and the user has a choice whether or not to disclose any information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and e-mail address) and demographic information (such as area code and age). Technical feedback received is used to respond to the user’s question or comment and to improve our website. Personally identifiable data submitted by the user for this purpose is not used for other purposes.
How Your Cre8tiveBlast Information is used
Your Cre8tiveBlast information may be Used for purposes that include:
●to communicate with you and respond to you inquiries;
●to operate and improve the site and offerings available through Cre8tiveBlast;
●to personalize the content; and,
●to conduct research about your use of Cre8tiveBlast.
Cre8tiveBlast may use cookies, web beacons, or other technologies in combination with your Cre8tiveBlast information to enhance and personalize your experience. Cre8tiveBlast may use various technologies to register or authenticate you and enable you to take advantage of services.
Sharing Your Cre8tiveBlast Information
Cr8tiveBlast does not rent or sell your Cre8tiveBlast information (such as name, address, telephone number, user name, or credit card information) to third parties for their marketing purposes.
The contents of your online communications, as well as other information about you as a Cre8tiveBlast user, may be accessed and disclosed in response: to lawful governmental requests or legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena), in other circumstances in which Cre8tiveBlast has a good faith belief that a crime has been or is being committed by a Cre8tiveBlast user, that an emergency exists that poses a threat to the safety of you or another person, when necessary to protect the rights or property of Cre8tiveBlast, or for us to render the service you have requested.
We may use agents and contractors in order to help operate Cre8tiveBlast. Their use of information is limited to these purposes.
In the event that ownership of Cre8tiveBlast was to change as a result of an acquisition, merger, or transfer to another company, your Cre8tiveBlast information may be transferred. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your Cre8tiveBlast information, you will be provided notice about the choices you have to decline to permit such a transfer.
Protecting Children
The Cre8tiveBlast website, forums, walls and chat rooms are not intended for use by children in grades five (5) and under. We will not knowingly collect any information from site visitors in this age group and have taken such measures by requiring all users to enter their birth date prior to entering personally identifiable information. However, if we learn that a child under the age of 11 has submitted personally identifiable information online, in contravention of these measures, we will take all reasonable measure to delete such information from our databases and to not use such information for any purpose except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others or as required by law.
We encourage children to talk with their parents about the information any website is collecting and decide together what information to share.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Cre8tiveBlast reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. If there are significant changes to Cre8tiveBlast’s information practice, you will be provided with appropriate online notice. If you have any questions concerning the Cre8tiveBlast Privacy Policy, please contact us.
