Privacy Policy

(Effective August 1, 2008)

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Grass Roots Jeep Club appreciate the concerns that its members and other users of its web site have about the collection, use, and disclosure of their Personal Information while online. Accordingly, we have established this Privacy Policy to make you aware of the information collection and sharing practices of Grass Roots Jeep Club.

This Privacy Policy only applies to transactions made and data gathered directly on Grass Roots Jeep Club. between us and you and does not apply to any other "third-party" web site or offline point of contact (even if such "third-party" website is contained as a link on Grass Roots Jeep Club).

By visiting Grass Roots Jeep Club and any subsequent use of Grass Roots Jeep Club, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically as we reserve the right to update the policy from time to time.

Your IP Address
Each time you visit Grass Roots Jeep Club, we reserve the right to collect your IP address and the web page from which you came. We use this information to administer and optimize Grass Roots Jeep Club for you and to diagnose problems with our Site. We use your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information about our Sites' users.

Cookies
Like most websites, Grass Roots Jeep Club uses cookies to keep track of your purchases and other activity on Grass Roots Jeep Club and enhance your experience on Grass Roots Jeep Club. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password, and if you choose, to save other personal and financial information so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit Grass Roots Jeep Club. Third parties advertisers on Grass Roots Jeep Club may also place cookies on your browser. If you wish to disable these cookies, the "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how. However, if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas on Grass Roots Jeep Club. You acknowledge and accept that any reduced functionality of Grass Roots Jeep Club that is the result of any action that you have taken to disable any cookies on your browser shall be entirely your responsibility.

Personal Information
You acknowledge and accept that in some cases, we will collect information from you that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address, phone number, email address, purchase history, and credit card number ("Personal Information").

We collect Personal Information when you sign up to receive newsletters, request information regarding an event we sponsor, enter contests, open an account, purchase tickets or products, and otherwise as needed to fulfill your requests for information, products, and services. When we collect this information, you will know it because you will need to submit this information to us in order to open your account or receive the information, product, or service you requested.

How We Use Personal Information
You acknowledge and accept that we use your Personal Information for our internal purposes, such as maintaining Grass Roots Jeep Club and fulfilling your requests for products, services, and information.

We also use your Personal Information to send you information, offers and other promotional materials from us and selected third parties. We carefully select the information we send to you and attempt to send you offers that are of value to you, such as discounts, exclusive offers or special event information. We provide you with the option of declining to receive offers from us by "opting-out" of receipt of this type of communication. Generally, we will not send you communications on behalf of third parties unless we add our Grass Roots Jeep Club brand to those communications.

When We Share Your Personal Information
You acknowledge and accept that we may share your Personal Information with our agents, representatives, contractors and service providers so they can provide us with support services such as authorization of credit card transactions, order fulfillment and sweepstakes and promotional fulfillment. We do not authorize these entities to use your information for any other purpose.

You acknowledge and accept that your Personal Information may be shared with a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership, assets or a bankruptcy of Grass Roots Jeep Club. We may also disclose your Personal Information as required or permitted by law, to protect the interests or safety of Grass Roots Jeep Club or a third party, or to prevent an emergency. Any third party with whom we share your Personal Information is authorized to use your Personal Information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control. Those who contact you will need to be instructed directly by you regarding your preferences for the use of your Personal Information by them.

How We Use And When We Share Financial Information
You acknowledge and accept that we use your financial information to check your qualifications and bill you for and otherwise facilitate your purchase of products and services. When you make a purchase on Grass Roots Jeep Club, we will provide your financial information to our service providers and to such third parties as we determine is necessary to process your transactions. These third parties may include the credit card companies and banking institutions used to process the transaction. By purchasing products or services of third parties (such as magazine subscriptions) offered on Grass Roots Jeep Club, we will provide your financial information to those third parties. Any of these various third parties are authorized to use your financial information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control.

How We Use And When We Share Broad Demographic Information
You acknowledge and accept that we may use, and may transfer to others to use, broad demographic information that may include data from your activity at Grass Roots Jeep Club, but not Personal Information. For example, we use broad demographic information to tailor Grass Roots Jeep Club to the interests of our users, and we may share it with advertisers and other third parties so that they can tailor their advertisements and communications to the appropriate audience. We reserve the right to use such broad demographic information, and to allow others to make use of it, without limitation or restriction, and without further notice to you, in our sole and absolute discretion and in the sole and absolute discretion of those with whom we share such information.

Our Security Precautions
Whenever we obtain your Personal Information, we use commercially reasonable efforts to protect it from unauthorized access or disclosure. While we will use such efforts, we cannot and will not act as insurers of the security of your Personal Information transmitted over the Internet. Accordingly, we assume no liability whatsoever for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.

Warning About Online Disclosure of Information
You acknowledge and accept that you are aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online in a publicly accessible area, such as in your member profile, a message board or chat room, that information may be collected and used by others. We do not control the actions of our users. If you disclose Personal Information in your member profile, message board, or any other publicly accessible place on the Internet, you are doing so at your own risk and understand that your submitted information may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for other purposes.

Please remember that protection of your privacy begins with you. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register, and you should always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online.

Questions and Comments
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the practices of Grass Roots Jeep Club, or your dealings with Grass Roots Jeep Club, you can contact us at: kwrubicon@comcast.net.