At DSLbyZIP.com, your privacy is our priority. Our unique zip code database was created with the premise that people everywhere would want to search anonymously for broadband, high-speed Internet, and telecom services in their areas, without having to fill out form after endless form for each and every Internet service provider.

Orders

If you purchase a product or service from one of our affiliates or partners, we may request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form or during the order process. You may be required to provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date).

We use this information for checking availability of Internet services, billing purposes and to fulfill your broadband and telecom order(s). If we have trouble processing an order, we may use this information to contact you.

Application Forms

If you apply for a partnership or affiliation with DSLbyZIP, we may require that you provide certain personally identifiable information, including your name, address, phone number, credit card number, and Social Security / Federal Tax Identification numbers where applicable. This information may be necessary to process your application and/or to contact you.

Surveys or Contests

At times we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our website. If you participate, we may request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). We may use this information to make our website more user friendly for our guests.

We may use a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests; that company will be prohibited from using our users’ personally identifiable information for any other purpose.

Uses of Information

DSLbyZIP gathers modest amounts of personal data, provided during availability search or when signing up for broadband and or high-speed Internet DSL service(s). When you the customer checks for DSL service we may ask you for contact information (such as your name, address, and phone number). We use your address and phone number to determine whether or not your telephone line will support high-speed Internet or broadband DSL service, and to contact you should there be any questions regarding your order or to notify you of the status of your order. We do not link any aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.

We may collect aggregate information on what pages website users access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

Log Files

As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp data.

We use a third-party tracking service, Statcounter.com that uses cookies/log files to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site in the aggregate

We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer to our website, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

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 our site. We use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time.

We may set a persistent cookie to store your zip code, or other user entered information, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on DSLbyZIP.com.

If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as our DSL by zip code database, our shopping cart, user forums, affiliate areas, contests, and/or surveys will be limited.

Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. Please see “Third Party Advertisers.”

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by DSLbyZIP.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Third Party Advertisers

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by a third party advertising partner. We share Web site usage information about users with reputable third party partner(s) for the purpose of targeting our Internet banner advertisements on this site.

Third party advertisers may use cookies and clear GIFs on this site, which allow them to recognize a user's cookie when a user visits this site. The information that our advertising partners collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable.

Links to Other Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by DSLbyZIP.com. Please be aware that we, DSLbyZIP.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site, DSLbyZIP.com.

Security

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 contact us.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

The DSLbyZIP Team guarantee’s to all of our website users that if our privacy policy ever changes or is updated, any new terms or amendments to our privacy policy will be posted here for review. 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 here, or by means of a notice on our home page.

Legal Disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose personally identifiable information if as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.