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Privacy
and Information Security Policy
Weight Watchers of Philadelphia, Inc. ("Franchisee")
is committed to safeguarding your online privacy
with respect to the personally identifiable
information that we may obtain from you at the http://www.wwphl.com web
site (the "Web Site"). Our Privacy and Information Security
Policy ("Privacy Policy") answers frequently asked questions
about your online privacy, including what personally identifiable information
we may
obtain from
you and how it will be used and protected. Franchisee may from time
to time change this Privacy Policy, so please check back periodically.
WHAT
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION DO WE OBTAIN
FROM YOU? WHEN DO WE OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION?
If,
upon visiting our Web Site, your use is limited to browsing
our informational content, we will not require that you provide
us with any personally identifiable information.However, we
may request personal information from you at other times. For
example:
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If
you enroll for a Weight Watchers® membership
through our Web Site, we may ask that you provide
us with certain
personal
information, including your name, credit
card number, expiration date, e-mail address,
mailing address and telephone
number.
Your credit card information will not be
stored on our servers, but will immediately be
transferred to InternetSecure for
processing. InternetSecure (as discussed in more detail
below) employs a variety security and risk management technologies
to facilitate secure on-line transactions and to protect
your credit information. You can find more information about InternetSecure at www.internetsecure.com.
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If
you post to our discussion forums, we will ask that you
provide us with your name, e-mail address and password.
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If
you want to enter any sweepstakes, contests or promotions
sponsored by us or by one of our business partners, we
will need your name, e-mail address and other information
as may be required by the rules of the specific contest.
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If
you choose to participate in a customer survey conducted
by us or by one of our business partners, we may ask for
your name, e-mail address and other information as may
be required by the particular survey.
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If
you report a problem or submit a customer review, we will
ask that you provide your name, e-mail address, membership
number, address, phone number and fax number. Should you
contact us for any reason other than to report a problem
and/or submit a review, we may also keep a record and/or
copy of your correspondence with us.
HOW DO WE PROTECT
THE SECURITY AND
QUALITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
To
protect the security and quality of your personal information,
we have implemented technical and managerial procedures to maintain
accurate, current and complete information as well as to protect
your personal information against loss, misuse or alteration when
it is under our control. Your personally identifiable information
will be encrypted and stored on our secured servers. Your personal
information is also password protected so that access is limited
to yourself and those with whom you share your password, Franchisee,
as well as third party access facilitated by Franchisee with your
prior permission.We have also
taken steps to help protect the integrity of your personal financial
information when you complete a purchase transaction on our Web
Site. As noted above, we use InternetSecure to facilitate
confidential online business transactions. InternetSecure helps
prevent your credit information from being read by unauthorized
persons as this information is transmitted over the Internet. InternetSecure employs
the Netscape Enterprise Server using SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
encryption for the secure exchange of your personal information
and the InternetSecure system. The InternetSecure transaction
system passes your credit information through its system, but
does not retain any credit card numbers. Once the transaction
is completed, information about the sale (without credit card
information) is stored in a password-protected online database
maintained by InternetSecure. Only in an offline and offsite
accounting server does InternetSecure retain the entire
transaction record. This eliminates the ability of hackers to
gain access to your personal information. In addition, InternetSecure
processes all transactions by private digital lines, and not
via the Internet. You can find more information about InternetSecure at www.internetsecure.com.
HOW DO
WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
Our primary use of your information is to administer, maintain
and improve your experience on our Web Site generally as well as
provide you with customized, personalization services and interactive
communications.
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If
you check the "opt in" feature
on our Web Site, we may from time to time
send you e-mails regarding
our
Web Site and special promotions. Also,
we occasionally may send you direct mail
about products or services
that we believe may be of interest to you.
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We
use your financial information (e.g., your credit card
number) only to verify your credit and to bill you for
memberships purchased through our Web Site. We also use
your contact information as necessary to send you information
about the memberships that you have purchased on our Web
Site.
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When
you enter any sweepstakes, contests or promotions sponsored
by us or by one of our business partners, we may use your
e-mail address to send you status updates.
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We
use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our
server and to administer the services offered on our Web
Site. We also use your IP address to help identify you
and to gather broad demographic information that we may
share with our business partners, but only in the aggregate
without any of your personally identifiable information.
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We
may research the demographics, interests and behavior of
our customers based on the information provided to us during
membership registration, during sweepstakes, contests and
promotions, from our server log files, from cookies and
from surveys. Our research may be compiled and analyzed
on an aggregate basis. We may share this aggregate data
with business partners, but only in the aggregate, without
any of your personally identifiable information.
CAN
YOU "OPT-OUT" OF RECEIVING COMMUNICATIONS FROM
FRANCHISEE?
If
you change your mind and decide that you no longer want to receive
promotional e-mails and/or direct mailings, you may opt-out at
any time by simply sending an e-mail request to info@wwphl.com.
Similarly, if you are not receiving our promotional e-mails and/or
direct mailings and wish to receive these materials, you may opt-in
at any time by simply sending an e-mail request to info@wwphl.com.
PRIVACY
POLICIES OF FRANCHISEE PARTNERS
Third parties that have links on our Web Site may collect personally
identifiable information about you. We are not responsible for
the privacy policies or practices of such sites and the practices
of these sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. If you
have questions about the privacy policies or practices of a third
party site, you should contact the site administrator or web-master
of the specific site.We
may from time to time partner with other companies to offer co-branded
services as well as sweepstakes, contests and promotions. Any
information that you provide in connection with the co-branded
services or any jointly sponsored sweepstakes, contests or promotions
will become the joint property of Franchisee and its business
partners. We will maintain your information in accordance with
the terms of this Privacy Policy. However, this Privacy Policy
does not govern the privacy policies and practices of our business
partners. If you have questions about the privacy policies or
practices of our business partners, you should contact them directly.
DO
WE SELL OR RENT YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?
No, as a general rule, we do not sell or rent your personally
identifiable information to any one. If and whenever we intend
to share your personally identifiable information with a third
party (other than to a business partner as provided herein), you
will be notified at the time of data collection or transfer, and
you will have the option of not permitting the transfer. However,
we may from time to time rent or sell demographic information in
the aggregate that does not contain your personally identifiable
information.
WITH
WHOM DO WE SHARE INFORMATION?
We generally will not disclose any of your personally identifiable
information except when we have your permission to do so or under
some special circumstances described below.
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As
noted previously, we may from time to time partner with
other companies to offer co-branded services as well as
sweepstakes, contests and promotions. Any information that
you provide in connection with the co-branded services
or any jointly sponsored sweepstakes, contests or promotions
will become the joint property of Franchisee and its business
partners. We may also disclose other personal information
about you to our business partners, but only if we have
obtained your permission to make the disclosure before
data collection or before transferring the data.
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We
may, from time to time, offer you the opportunity to receive
materials or special offers from third parties. If you
want to receive this information, we may (but only with
your permission) share your name and e-mail address with
them.
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Under
confidentiality agreements, we may match user information
with third party data. We also may disclose aggregate demographic
and/or user information and statistics in order to describe
our customer base to prospective partners and other third
parties, and for other lawful purposes.
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We
may disclose your personally identifiable information without
your prior permission in special cases. For example, we
may have reason to believe that disclosing the information
is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone who may be violating the User Terms and
Conditions, or may be causing intentional or unintentional
injury or interference to the rights or property of Franchisee
or any third party, including other customers. Also, we
may disclose or access your personally identifiable information
when we believe in good faith that law or regulation requires
disclosure.
HOW
CAN YOU UPDATE, CORRECT OR DELETE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION?
You
may edit your personally identifiable information and your password
at any time by sending an e-mail request to webmaster@wwphl.com.
WHAT
ARE COOKIES? HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?
Cookies enable us to customize and personalize your experience
on our Web Site, including the products and promotions that are
offered to you. Essentially, a cookie is a small amount of data
that is sent to your browser from a web server and is stored on
your computer's hard drive. We use cookies for several purposes
in connection with the operation of our Web Site.
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We
may use cookies to identify you and access your information
stored on our computers in order to deliver you a better
and more personalized experience. For example, we may use
cookies to tell you about products and services specific
to your interests.
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Upon
request, we will save your "user name" so
that you do not have to re-enter it every time you
visit our
Web Site. In providing you with this service, we use cookies.
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We
may use cookies to estimate our customer base and customer
usage patterns. Each browser accessing our Web Site may
use given a unique cookie that is then used to determine
the extent of repeat visits and the customer activity during
those visits. We may use the historical information to
help target promotions based on customer interests and
behavior, both specifically to individual customers and
on an aggregate basis with respect to all customers.
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We
also may use cookies to track your progress and number
of entries in some promotions, sweepstakes and contests,
or through a meeting registration process. For example,
when a promotion uses cookies, the information coded to
the cookie indicates your progress through the promotion,
and may be used to track entries, submissions and status
of prize drawings.
Business
partners that offer co-branded services and jointly-sponsored
sweepstakes, contests and promotions on our Web Site, may use
their own cookies. We have no control over those cookies, nor
does this Privacy Policy cover how your personal information
contained in those cookies may be used or protected. If you have
any questions about the cookies of such third parties, or about
the use of your personal information by such third parties, you
should contact the site administrator or web-master of the third
party site.
DO
YOU HAVE CHOICES ABOUT COOKIES?
Yes, you have several choices with respect to cookies. You
can modify your browser preferences to accept all cookies, to notify
you when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. However, our
Web Site uses cookie-based authentication. Accordingly, if you
choose to reject all cookies, you may not be able to log onto our
Web Site and/or use our services or participate in our sweepstakes,
contests or promotions.
WHAT
ELSE SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY?
It is important to remember that whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal information on-line, your information can be collected
and used by others. If you transmit or post personal information
on-line that is accessible to others, you will not be able to control
how that information is used by others.When
we receive the transmitted information, we will use the procedures
summarized in this Privacy Policy to ensure the integrity and
security of that information in our systems. Unfortunately, notwithstanding
any of the steps taken by us, it is not possible to guarantee
the security and integrity of data transmitted over the Internet.
Consequently, while we take the above-described reasonable steps
to protect your personal information, we cannot and do not warrant
the security or integrity of any information you transmit to
us when registering for our Web Site or otherwise. All such transmission
of information is at your own risk.Moreover,
though we are committed to having our Web Site comply with this
Privacy Policy, you are ultimately responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your password and your personally identifiable
information. If you are careless with your password, or you decide
to share your password with third parties, you must be aware
of the risk that such third parties will have access to all your
personally identifiable information.
CONTACTING
US.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement
or the practices of our Web Site, please feel free to e-mail us
at webmaster@wwphl.com.
or visit our contact page.
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