Privacy Policy
Local Jones knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the Local Jones Web site and phone system, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy covers Local Jones's treatment of personal information that Local Jones gathers when you are on the Local Jones Web site and phone system and when you use Local Jones services.
This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Local Jones does not own or control, or to individuals that Local Jones does not employ or manage.
What Personal Information About Users Does Local Jones Collect?
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a friendly, personalized and efficient experience. We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our Web site and phone system. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with the purpose for which it has been collected or subsequently authorized by you. We collect the following types of information from our users:
1. Information You Provide to Us:
We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site and phone system 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 take advantage of various features. The personal information you provide is used for such purposes as:
Registration: In order for you to use Local Jones services, such as leaving comments or earning referral credits, you must complete a registration form. As part of this registration form, we require your email address and telephone number.
2. Automatic Information:
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Local Jones automatically receives and records certain “traffic data” on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, Local Jones cookie information and the page you requested. Local Jones uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the Web site and phone system.
What About Social Sharing of Data?
Local Jones allows other users to listen to audio comments that you have created, as well as view pictures and text you have uploaded to the site. This information is made available via the Local Jones phone system, HTML e-mails, and on the Local Jones blog. Local Jones may choose to post this data on other site features in the future.
API: Local Jones may choose to allow 3rd parties access to all Local Jones data that is already publicly available through the Local Jones Web site and phone system.
What About 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 Web site are visited and by how many people. Local Jones uses cookies to help provide you with a personalized experience but we do not share any personally identifiable information with third parties.
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 strongly recommend that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take advantage of some of Local Jones's most attractive features.
Some of our current or future business partners may use cookies on Local Jones (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
What About Caller ID?
Local Jones uses caller ID to verify the account from which users are calling. This measure is taken both to prevent abuse of the phone system and to properly credit Local Jones users’ accounts for referrals and reviews. Your telephone number will never be shared with any 3rd parties.
Will Local Jones Share Any of the Information it Receives?
Information about our users is an integral part of our business. We neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone. We share your personal information only as described below.
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 Local Jones, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
Protection of Local Jones and Others:
We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with that law; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property or safety of Local Jones, our employees, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
With Your Consent:
Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your personal information may be 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 prevent the sharing of this information by opting out.
Is Information About Me Secure?
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.
What Choices Do I Have?
As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our Web site and phone system, such as posting audio messages.
As explained earlier, 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. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit the Local Jones Web site and phone system, 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 Texas state law.
