PRIVACY POLICY
Any future significant changes to this Privacy Policy will be announced to registered members of this site and noted on the website. Minor changes to minor terms that do not affect the ways in which we each use your personally identifiable information will not be announced to every user. This page discloses the privacy policy of Madison Geeks, Inc. We are concerned about your privacy and the security of your important personal information. We want you to be aware of what kind of information we obtain from you, how we use this information, and how you can control its use.
By using this site or making purchases at our store, you consent to this Privacy Policy.This Statement of Privacy applies to the https://www.madisongeeks.com website and Madison Geeks, Inc. and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Madison Geeks, Inc. include https://www.madisongeeks.com and Madison Geeks. The Madison Geeks website is a business, blog, Q&A, eCommerce and affiliate site. This site is restricted to users from the United States and those not governed by privacy policies of the European Union. Users from the European Union are advised not to disclose personal information on this site.
Collection of Personal Information
Madison Geeks may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address if you choose to provide it via any of our forms. If you purchase Madison Geek’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction. Madison Geeks may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your information typically gathered by Google Analytics or similar web analytics services. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future. Any personal information collected will have been actively provided by you.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Madison Geeks. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Madison Geeks website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally
sensitive data through Madison Geek’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
Madison Geeks encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Madison Geeks so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Madison Geeks is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Madison Geeks website.
Use of your Personal Information
Madison Geeks collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. Madison Geeks may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Madison Geeks and its affiliates. Madison Geeks may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Madison Geeks does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Madison Geeks may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Madison Geeks, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Madison Geeks may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Madison Geeks, in order to determine what Madison Geeks services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Madison Geeks to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Madison Geeks will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Madison Geeks or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Madison Geeks; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Madison Geeks, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Madison Geeks website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Madison Geeks pages, or register with Madison Geeks site or services, a cookie helps Madison Geeks to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Madison Geeks website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Madison Geeks
features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Madison Geeks services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Madison Geeks secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
How do we handle information related to children?
This site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly or intentionally obtain any personally identifiable information from any person we know to be under the age of 13.
Subscribe/ Unsubscribe
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information both through email and the US Postal Service. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from Madison Geeks by contacting us. Requests must be made in writing:
Subscribe / Unsubscribe by Email
Email us at Email: helpdesk@madisongeeks.com
Note: Please be sure to include your full name, address, phone number and email address and tell us specifically which type of marketing communication you wish to receive or stop receiving. This will allow us to correctly identify you in our systems and process your request.
Subscribe / Unsubscribe by Letter
Madison Geeks, Inc.
6502 Odana Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53719
Note: Please be sure to include your full name, address and phone number and tell us you want us to no longer provide your name and address information to other companies. This will allow us to correctly identify you in our systems and process your request.
Changes to this Statement
Madison Geeks will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Madison Geeks encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Madison Geeks is protecting your information.
Disclosure exceptions:
Notwithstanding the above policies, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information to appropriate third parties if we are required to do so by law or we believe that such action is necessary: to comply with legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order; to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website to protect Madison Geek, Inc.’s rights and property; or during emergencies, such as when we believe someone’s physical safety is at risk.
In addition, as we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer information, email addresses, and visitor information are generally among the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or any dissolution, including, but not limited to, a bankruptcy proceeding. The effective date of this Privacy Policy is February 1, 2017.
Contact Information
If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us by writing to: Madison Geeks, Inc. at 6502 Odana Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53719. Email helpdesk@madisongeeks.com or call Customer Support (608) 647-4012. Please remember to include your postal address, email address and phone number with your correspondence.