Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting MentalGameMaster.com, an information and ordering site for a book called How Great Golfers Think – Perfecting Your Mental Game. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect it, we provide this statement explaining our online information practices. The policy herein does not reflect the policy of other sites which may be accessed through our site such as a web site which provides payment security.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
At our site, you may now or in the future be able to order products, express an opinion, subscribe to a service, or request information. The type of information you may be asked to submit includes: name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
You may also be able to submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address in order to send a message to them to visit our site. If you order a product online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might submit the recipient's name and address. The type of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
Certain features of our site may only be available to persons who provide us with requested personal information such as the name, address and e-mail address of the person ordering products, and services or the person who is otherwise participating in the site's activities and offerings. We also may collect certain non-personal information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
Finally, we may receive and store certain types of information whenever you visit the site. For example, we may collect Automatic Information and your IP address.
HOW INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED
We may collect information from you in several different areas on this site, including but not limited to those described below:
EMAIL ADDRESS
When you make a purchase you will be put on our list to receive a monthly newsletter. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time.
COOKIES
As with many websites, this site uses standard technology called "cookies," which are small data files that are transferred to your computer when you allow your browser to accept cookies. Cookies automatically identify your Web browser to this site whenever you visit it and make usage easier for you by saving your user ID, preferences and other convenient site usage information. By tracking how and when you use this site, cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to our site are based on data obtained from cookies. If you do not want to allow information to be collected through the use of cookies, you can generally opt out of providing this information by turning the cookies off in your browser. However, some areas of this site may not provide you with an acceptable user experience if you have disabled the use of cookies.
IP ADDRESSES AND AUTOMATIC INFORMATION
We may collect IP addresses and/or Automatic Information for purposes of system administration and feedback. Our computers identify your computer by its IP address. When you request Web pages from our site, our computers log your IP address. Automatic Information we collect may include, without limitation, such information as the page served, the time, the source of the request, the type of browser making the request, the preceding page view and other such information. When analyzed, this data helps us determine how visitors arrive at our site, what type of content is most popular, and what type of visitors are interested in particular kinds of content. We may now or in the future also use Automatic Information to provide you with a more personalized user experience.
WEB BEACONS
Consistent with standard practice within the world wide, web pages throughout this site may contain electronic images called "web beacons." These web beacons allow us to access certain cookies that were set in a domain different from that which is displayed in the current web page's address bar. Our use of web beacons, includes, without limitation, the following:
- We may use web beacons within the site in order to count unique web browsers, visits and page views. Unique browser recognition is possible through the use of web beacons and associated cookies that may be managed by a third party site.
- We may use web beacons to monitor site traffic and conversion patterns through our various product offerings. This allows us to determine the most appropriate methods to serve our transaction-oriented customers.
- We may use web beacons to provide our web-serving applications with access to our cookies.
- We include web beacons in HTML-formatted email messages. These beacons allow us to determine whether or not e-mail messages were opened, links were clicked and notifications/offers were acted upon.
TRANSACTION INFORMATION
If you purchase our product we or a third party will ask you to complete an order form that will require certain information from you, including credit card number and expiration date, billing address and shipping information, if applicable. We or a third party will use this information to complete the transaction that you have requested, that is to say to deliver the product that you have ordered, and, if necessary, to invoice you or to submit a receipt.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our product, and to respond to your inquiries. We sometimes use this information to respond to you.
If you choose to submit content to us in the form of a question, a review, or a testimonial, we will request permission from you before making it public.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to improve your Internet experience. We may also use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, and to structure offerings. Although a very limited number of people have access to the information we collect and although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information collected will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this privacy statement.
We do not sell any collected information to companies seeking to market products or services to you, nor do we deliberately share or disclose any collected information to the same.
LINKS
Our site may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we may not have control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. MentalGameMaster.com does not have ultimate control over these third parties' use of this information.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. In addition we attempt not to collect sensitive information from our visitors other than that which is necessary to transact orders.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about the online privacy statement for this site or its implementation you may contact us at info@howgreatgolfersthink.com.
UPDATES & EFFECTIVE DATE
From time to time, we may update this privacy statement. We encourage you to periodically review this policy in the interest of knowing what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it. Your continued use of this site shall constitute your acceptance of the current or any revised privacy statement in the future.
Last Update: November 4, 2009