Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Please read this Policy carefully because by accessing and using the Website you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy, please do not use our Website or our products or services.
Welcome and thank you for visiting our Website. This Website, located at http://www.changesmithusa.com, is owned and operated by ChangeSmith LLC (“ChangeSmith”). This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to this website and any other website where this Policy is posted (collectively referred to as the “Website”). As used in the Policy, “you” or “your” refers to visitors and users of the Website. “we,” “our” or “us” refers to ChangeSmith,” as well as any third-party vendors We hire to assist directly in the administration of the Website. This Policy is incorporated by reference into ChangeSmith’s Terms of Use.
ChangeSmith is committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy covers how ChangeSmith handles personal information that it collects and receives through the Website. Personal information includes any information about you that is personally identifiable such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and any other information about you that is not otherwise publicly available.
What We Collect: ChangeSmith collects personal information when you visit our Website, including when you request information from ChangeSmith through the Website and, if we offer this feature in the future, if you register on the Website. If you submit a request for information through the Website, ChangeSmith will ask you to provide information about yourself such as your name, email address, and other information. The requested information may change from time to time. In addition, when you visit the Website, ChangeSmith may collect and record information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP Address, cookie information, and/or the web page(s) you visit.
What We Share: It is not our policy to rent, sell, or share your personal information with non-affiliated third parties, except to provide products or services you have requested or when ChangeSmith has your permission. However, ChangeSmith reserves the right to share your personal information under certain circumstances as described in this Policy or as otherwise agreed by you.
ChangeSmith reserves the right to release or disclose your personal information, including to local, state, or federal law enforcement officials, when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, or when required to do so by order of a court or authorized administrative agency. ChangeSmith also reserves the right to share your personal information where we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person or to prevent violations of our Terms of Use.
ChangeSmith reserves the right to transfer personal information we have collected about you if ChangeSmith is acquired by or merged with another company, in the case of a sale of all or substantially all of ChangeSmith’s assets, or in the unlikely event of a bankruptcy.
ChangeSmith may provide your personal information to trusted business partners, such as service providers and third party processors who work on behalf of or with ChangeSmith to provide elements of products or services offered by or on behalf of ChangeSmith or who host portions of the Website. These companies use your personal information to provide services they have been hired them to perform, such as to organize, administer, process, append and/or analyze data, deliver email correspondence on behalf of ChangeSmith, or deliver other necessary services.
ChangeSmith may also use your personal information to customize content and advertising you may see on the Website and to improve our products and services.
ChangeSmith reserves the right to share certain data with our internal and external clients or service providers in aggregate form for auditing, marketing and other purposes. Because aggregated data is not associated with any particular person, the third parties with whom we share this information will not have access to your personal information. ChangeSmith may also analyze IP addresses of visitors to the Website in the aggregate for purposes including system administration and the gathering of broad demographic information.
Use of Cookies and Other Technologies: ChangeSmith may use cookies and other technologies, such as pixel tags, web beacons, and clear gifs, to personalize the Website to your interests and, potentially in the future, to facilitate an automatic log-in process. A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a web page server that is uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie. Although ChangeSmith does not currently display advertising on the Website, at some point in the future, we may allow advertisers on the Website to set and access cookies on your computer. Use of cookies by advertisers on the Website is subject to the privacy policies of those advertisers and is not covered by this Policy. If you are not comfortable with the use of cookies on your computer, you may set your computer preferences to accept or decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience all features of the Website. ChangeSmith may also use web beacons to access cookies in connection with your use of the Website or any e-mail correspondence we may send you. A web beacon is an electronic file stored in a web page that allows us to count visitors to our Website and to recognize users by accessing cookies. Use of web beacons help us personalize your experience when you visit the Website, conduct research on behalf of our partners, and conduct periodic audits of the site.
Setting your Preferences: ChangeSmith respects your right to control how your personal information is used. If you have questions about how your personal information is used, please contact us at: info@changesmithusa.com. At some point in the future, ChangeSmith may allow you to create a user account which will allow you to edit the personal information we have collected about you and to modify your preferences, including your email preferences. ChangeSmith reserves the right to send you certain communications relating to ChangeSmith’s products and services, such as service announcements and administrative messages that are related to your business transactions with ChangeSmith, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
Security: ChangeSmith takes reasonable security measures to protect user information under our company’s control against loss, misuse, or alteration. Except as otherwise stated in this Policy, access to your personal information is limited to only those employees and third parties with a specific need to retrieve this information.
DISCLAIMER: ChangeSmith disclaims, and you agree, that ChangeSmith will not be liable to you for any damages caused by acts or events beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, fires, floods, acts of terrorism, wars, civil disturbances, sabotage, accidents, labor disputes, governmental actions, and failures or delays of transportation, that result in our disclosure of your personal information.
While the Website may contain links to other websites, this Policy applies solely to information collected by our Website. ChangeSmith is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third party websites and encourages users to be aware when you leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of other websites you visit.
International Transfer of Information: ChangeSmith may transfer your personal information from your country or jurisdiction of residence to another country or jurisdiction. If you are visiting from the European Union or other regions outside of the United States, please note that the United States may not have the same data protection laws as your country of residence. By providing your personal information to ChangeSmith, you consent to: (i) the use of your personal information for the uses described in this Policy; and (ii) the transfer of your personal information to the United States.
Changes to this Policy: ChangeSmith reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to update or modify this Policy, the Website, or any products or services offered in connection with the Website by posting such change, update, or modification on the Website. Any such update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting and your use of the Website following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised privacy policy then in effect.
Your California Privacy Rights: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits the customers of ChangeSmith who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail correspondence to the address listed under Contact ChangeSmith below, attention California Privacy Rights.
Contact ChangeSmith: If you have any questions about this Policy or ChangeSmith’s information-handling practices, please contact us by e-mail at info@changesmithusa.com.
Terms of Use
Please read these Terms of Use carefully because by accessing and using the Website you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our Website or our products or services.
Welcome and thank you for visiting our website. This website, located at http://www.changesmithusa.com, is owned and operated by ChangeSmith LLC (“ChangeSmith”). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to this website and any other website where these Terms are posted (collectively referred to as the “Website”). As used in these Terms, “you” or “your” refers to visitors and users of the Website. “we”, “our” or “us” refers to ChangeSmith,” as well as any third-party vendors we hire to assist directly in the administration of the Website.
User Conduct: By accessing and using the Website, you agree: (i) that you will comply with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations that govern your use of the Website; (ii) not to disrupt or interfere with the security or accessibility of the Website or any products or services offered in connection with the Website; (iii) not to transmit any obscene or otherwise offensive content, viruses or other harmful files, or any type of unsolicited mass email through or in connection with the Website; (iv) to provide truthful and accurate information about your identity if you choose to request additional information through the Website or, in the future, register on the Website; and (v) not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website.
Ownership of Intellectual Property: All content published on the Website (“Content”) is protected by applicable intellectual property laws and is owned or licensed by ChangeSmith and is intended for personal, noncommercial use. ChangeSmith grants you a limited right to access, view, print, and copy information published by ChangeSmith on this Website, provided that such Content may only be used for informational, non-commercial purposes and any and all copyright or other proprietary notices that appear in connection with the Content must appear on all copies that you make. You may not modify, create a derivative work, display, distribute, perform publicly, or in any way exploit, in whole or in part, any of Content contained on, comprising, or provided in connection with the Website without seeking prior written permission from ChangeSmith. You are also restricted from using any automated device or manual process to copy, monitor, index, or data mine the Website.
The ChangeSmith logos, trade dress, and the graphics and layout of the Website are the registered or unregistered service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of ChangeSmith and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without ChangeSmith’s prior written permission. All other trademarks, product names, and company names or logos mentioned on the Website are the property of their respective owners.
Privacy Policy: If you choose to provide ChangeSmith with personal information about yourself, ChangeSmith will handle your information according to the terms of its Privacy Policy.
Indemnification/Disclaimer: By using the Website, You agree to indemnify and hold ChangeSmith, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors (“Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any claim or demand, including attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your access or use of the Website, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of a third party in connection with the Website, and/or, if this feature is made available in the future, any content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Website. The Indemnified Parties shall not be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained on the Website and assume no responsibility for use of the information by visitors to the Website.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. CHANGESMITH DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CHANGESMITH PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, FUNCTIONALITY, OR RELIABILITY OF THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT PROVIDED THEREON.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL CHANGESMITH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OR SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION), PUNITIVE, LOST PROFITS OR OTHER DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE), ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR LOSS OF THE DATA CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEBSITE. IN STATES THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, CHANGESMITH’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Changes to the Website ChangeSmith reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to update or modify these Terms, the Website, or the products or services offered by ChangeSmith in connection with the Website by posting such change, update or modification on the Website. Any such update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued access or use of the Website and/or any products or services provided in connection with the Website will confirm your acceptance of any modifications to these Terms.
Additional Terms: ChangeSmith reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or block your access to the Website or to modify or remove any content from the Website at any time and without notice, for any reason. Any failure by ChangeSmith to exercise or enforce any right under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right. If any portion of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, that portion shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein. These Terms shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the state of Virginia, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Contact ChangeSmith: If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us by e-mail at info@changesmithusa.com.