CheckHouston.com respects your privacy

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for CheckHouston.com (http://www.checkhouston.com) and its affiliate web site CheckHouston.net (http://www.checkhouston.net). Certain services outsourced in whole or in part by CheckHouston.com may fall under the privacy policy of the company offering that specific service.

Information Collection and Use

DirectoryOne, Inc. is the owner of the information collected for its web directory. Directory One, Inc. collects information from our users at several different points on the CheckHouston.com web site.

Advertising Orders

If you choose to advertise through banners or other means on the CheckHouston.com website, you will be asked for certain contact information. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. CheckHouston.com currently does not use cookies on our site.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. These IP addresses are stored on a third party site.

Sharing

We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that CheckHouston.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by CheckHouston.com

Newsletter

If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Members will occasionally receive information on products, services, and special deals. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive our newsletter at anytime (opt-out).

Surveys & Contests

From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site