Privacy Policy
ConsumerUnited.com is owned and operated by Consumers United, Inc.
("CU"). This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products and services
offered by CU in accordance with our Terms of Use. In addition,
where more detailed information is needed to explain our privacy
practices, we post separate privacy notices to describe how particular
services process personal information.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to
contact us through our website or write to us at ConsumerUnited.com,
P.O. Box 52454, Boston, MA 02205.
Information We Collect and How We Use It:
Participation in our programs requires you to register for an account.
In order to provide our full range of services, we may collect the
following types of information:
* Information you provide
- When you sign up as a member, we ask you for personal information
(such as your name, email address and an account password). We may
combine the information you submit under your account with information
from third parties in order to provide you with a better experience
and to improve the quality of our services
*ConsumerUnited.com cookies -
When you visit
ConsumerUnited.com, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing
a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies
your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our services
by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how
people navigate our website. Most browsers are initially set up
to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all
cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
* Log information - When
you use CU services, our servers automatically record information
that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server
logs may include information such as your web request, Internet
Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time
of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify
your browser.
* User communications -
When you send e-mail or other communication to CU, we may retain
those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond
to your requests and improve our services.
* Affiliated sites - We
offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. Personal
information that you provide to those sites may be sent to CU in
order to deliver the service. We process such information in accordance
with this Policy. The affiliated sites may have different privacy
practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
* Links - CU may present
links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these
links have been followed. We use this information
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