Your Privacy is Important

Last Updated on 7/15/2007

VIPGeek Corporation dba www.vipgeek.com has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to internet privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the vipgeek.com web site. VIPGeek is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site http://www.vipgeek.com/privacy.php. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Kathy Glogowski at kglogowski@vipgeek.com . If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily address, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php . TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.

Environment Variables

We may record your environment variables, such as your IP address, host name, browser type, operating system, etc., to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. This information may be used to help identify you and your shopping cart, track referrals, prevent or report incidents of credit card fraud or for other purposes deemed reasonable and necessary.
Registration and Order Forms

The VIPGeek Affiliate Program collects information from the new affiliate such as their name, address, number, web site URL & SSN Social Security Number of the affialte or TAX ID Number of the affialtes company. This information is used for purposes of creating a 1099 Tax Form for reporting income earned in excess of $600.00 by VIPGeek Affiliates to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service).

Customer Information Updating

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may [correct, update, delete or deactivate it] by making the change on our member information page located at https://www.vipgeek.com/members.php [or by emailing our Customer Support at webmaster@vipgeek.com ] or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.

Web Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on VIPGeeks’ site.

We use session cookies on our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. We use a session cookie to process your information on our web ordering form for purchasing our services such as Web Hosting, Email Hosting, Domain Purchase and / or Web Design signup.

Social Security Numbers

We require your SSN (social security number) to provide us information required for the VIPGeek’s Affiliate Program which allows an individual to make referrals to others about our services an receive a 20% commission. Your SSN will be reported to the IRS for any income earned over $600.00 for the active year of participation. When you enter your social security number on our registration form, we encrypt it using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

Site registration and/or order forms may require users to give us contact information (like their name and email address), unique identifiers (like their social security number), and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and to fulfill delivery of ordered products and services. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Financial information that is collected is used to check the users' qualifications for registration and to bill the user for products and services. Unique identifiers (such as social security numbers) are collected to verify the user's identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.

Potentially sensitive information (e.g., credit card numbers) is collected through secure server connections. VIPGeek Corporation believes that e-mail transmission of sensitive information is at least as secure as normal and customary non-internet transactions. Visitors always have the option to provide this information in an alternative format. The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at webmaster@vipgeek.com.

Third Party Access to Information

We use a Third Party Merchant Credit Card Company to process your information which is collected on our site for services such as Web Hosting , Email Hosting, or Web Design. We will share you name, address, phone number and credit card information with VIPGeek’s Merchant provider. This is necessary for processing your credit card for above noted services.

Some information may be shared with third-party companies. Only such information as is necessary in order to process payments, and to fulfill product and service delivery requirements will be provided to third-parties. VIPGeek Corporation will comply with any subpoena or summons issued by any federal, state, or local law enforcement or judicial agencies for information. We may voluntarily provide unsolicited information to appropriate authorities if we believe the information is relevant to a criminal investigation. Unless clearly and specifically stated at the point the information is gathered, we will not sell, give away, or otherwise share information about you for any purpose other than the purposes mentioned in this document.

Our web site may contain links to other, non-VIPGeek sites. VIPGeek Corporation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Privacy Policy Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by means of a notice on our homepage.

Public Forums

We post customer testimonials on our web site which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along with their testimonial.

Our site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

Our site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. These measures include the use of secure servers to collect the information, encrypted databases, storage of the information in non-public areas of the servers, and other measures as deemed reasonable and necessary.

Supplementation Information

Our site may supplement the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our sites give users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
You can send email to sales@vipgeek.com.

You can send postal mail to the address which appears at the end of this document.

You can call us at the phone number which appears at the end of this document.

Correct/Update Information

Our sites give users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

E-mail sales@vipgeek.com
Send postal mail to the address which appears at the end of this document.

Call us at the phone number which appears at the end of this document.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of our sites, or your dealings with any of our web sites, you can contact us at:

VIPGeek Corporation
700 Commerce Drive Suite 500
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(708) 623-7623