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The information BigRevu collects about you at BigRevu's Websites, including but not limited to the one located at http://www.bigrevu.com and all co branded Websites (collectively, "Website"), is used to provide you with a more personalized and rich experience while visiting the Website. Your use of the Website is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of and agreement to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Website. By using this Website, you agree to abide by this Privacy Policy. In addition, when using specific services or entering contests or sweepstakes, you agree to abide by any guidelines or rules posted in connection with such services, contests or sweepstakes, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any posted guidelines or rules, or with any part of this Privacy Policy, you must not use this Website. If you do not comply with this Privacy Policy at all times when using this Website, BigRevu reserves the right to deny or restrict your access. The terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy shall apply regardless of the means by which the Website was accessed, including but not limited to through the URL, electronic mail or links from other sites. Please read on for details.

What Does This Privacy Policy Cover? This Privacy Policy covers how BigRevu treats information that BigRevu collects and receives about you via the Website, including information related to your past use of the Website. BigRevu has prepared a detailed policy in order for you to know as much as possible about BigRevu's practices so that you can make informed decisions. By using the Website and thereby agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you expressly consent to BigRevu's use and disclosure of automatic and personal information provided to BigRevu when you interact with the Website, as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to: (i) the practices of companies or other third parties that BigRevu does not own or control, or people that BigRevu does not employ or manage; or (ii) any offline matters, activities or information that BigRevu or any affiliate collects about you or anybody else.

How Does BigRevu Collect and Use Information About You?
The information learned from the Website's users, members and customers helps BigRevu personalize and continually improve your experience at the Website. Here are the types of information BigRevu gathers and how this information is used:

Automatic Information: BigRevu receives and stores certain types of Automatic Information whenever you interact with the Website. Here are the types of Automatic Information BigRevu gathers and how it is used:

IP Address: Your Internet Protocol ("IP") address is a unique identifier used to connect your computer to the Internet. Your IP address also is stored in BigRevu's user registration databases when you register with BigRevu.

IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including to:

Help BigRevu identify you and your shopping cart and to gather broad demographic information
Diagnose service or technology problems reported by BigRevu users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific Web company or ISP
Estimate the total number of users visiting BigRevu from specific countries or regions of the world
Assist Shop to track visits to and business at BigRevu's store
Help determine which users have access privileges to certain content that BigRevu hosts.

Cookies: BigRevu uses a feature of your Internet Web browser called a "cookie," a small piece of information stored on your hard drive that uniquely identifies your intra- and inter-requests on the Website. Cookies may be used for various purposes, including to keep track of preferences you specify while you are using BigRevu's services and the Website. BigRevu allows other companies that are presenting advertisements on some of BigRevu's Website pages to set and access cookies on your computer. BigRevu does not control cookies from third-party advertisers. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not the privacy policy of BigRevu. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

Web Beacons: Web pages may contain electronic images (called a "single-pixel GIF" or "Web beacon") that allow a Website to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies. BigRevu uses Web beacons in the following ways:

Within the BigRevu network of Websites in order to count users and to recognize users by accessing BigRevu cookies
To personalize your experience when you visit the Website

Mobile Device Unique Identifier: BigRevu may provide services that allow users to access and customize Internet content through mobile phones, PDAs and other alternative devices. These devices may collect different information than what is collected by computers.

When available, when connecting to BigRevu using a mobile device that provides Internet access, if the mobile device service provider uniquely identifies the device, BigRevu will receive this information.
BigRevu may use this unique mobile device identification information to offer extended services and/or functionality.
Certain BigRevu services may require collection of the phone number for your device. BigRevu may associate that phone number to the mobile device identification information.

Physical Location

· Some mobile phone service providers in the United States are required to operate a system that will pinpoint the physical location of devices that use their service.

· Depending on the provider and if you are located in the United States, BigRevu may automatically receive this information.

· BigRevu may use and store this information to provide enhanced location-based services as well as to serve location-targeted advertising.

Personal Information: BigRevu also receives and stores information that personally identifies you. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at the Website include: name, address, email address, phone number, fax number, billing address, shipping address, product selections, order number, referring URL, IP address, password, username, how you got to know about the Website, gender, occupation, personal interests, your age and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs and services. You voluntarily provide this personally identifiable information when you enter it on the Website to sign up as a member of BigRevu, whether in connection with a Email List subscription, when you enter a sweepstakes, promotion or contest and/or other special benefits.

At the Website, you can submit personally identifiable information about other people. For example, you might submit a person's name and email address to send an electronic greeting card or to email an BigRevu news story and, if you are located in the United States, order a gift on the Website and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might submit the recipient's name and address. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected and stored about other people at the Website include: recipient's name, address, email address and telephone number. BigRevu does not share with, rent, transfer or sell personally identifiable information that you submit about other people to any third parties or nonaffiliated entities.

If you are located in the United States and make a purchase on the Website, BigRevu will collect and store your personally identifiable information. When processing an order on the Website, BigRevu needs to know your name, mailing address, billing address, email address, telephone number, product selection, order number, credit card number and expiration date. This information is necessary to process your order and to keep you updated on your shipping status. Although BigRevu transmits your credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing, BigRevu does not rent, transfer, sell or share your credit card issuer, credit card number or expiration date with any nonaffiliated entities.

With respect to unsolicited telephone calls made to BigRevu, if you make a call to an BigRevu telephone number provided by BigRevu via the Website (or any other means) ("Unsolicited Telephone Call"), BigRevu may collect and store your personally identifiable information. BigRevu does not knowingly share with, rent, transfer or sell personally identifiable information that you submit about other people to any third parties or nonaffiliated entities. In the event you make an Unsolicited Telephone Call, you acknowledge and agree that: (i) all local and/or long distance toll charges that may apply are your sole responsibility; (ii) you knowingly and voluntarily assume all risks associated with such Unsolicited Telephone Call; (iii) you will not harass, abuse, or threaten any BigRevu employee, contractor, agent or representative; (iv) you will not deliver any unauthorized or unsolicited, advertising or promotional materials or solicitations; (v) you will not make an Unauthorized Telephone Call using any type of automated dialing system; (vi) you will not attempt to interfere, disrupt, or adversely affect or impact BigRevu; (vii) you will not make any misrepresentations, commit or perpetrate any fraud with regard to your name, the purpose of your call, your telephone number and/or email address, or any other information or disclosures made by you at any time during the course of your Unsolicited Telephone Call; (viii) you are 18 years of age or older; (ix) if you are a resident of the State of Alabama or Nebraska, you are 19 years of age or older; and (x) if you are a resident of the State of Mississippi or Pennsylvania, you are 21 years of age or older. Your Unsolicited Telephone Call is expressly conditioned on your acceptance and agreement that your Unsolicited Telephone Call may be monitored and/or recorded at any time for quality control purposes. In the event you provide BigRevu with your telephone number by making an Unsolicited Telephone Call and/or by interacting with the Website then you expressly consent and give permission to BigRevu to contact you via telephone ("Return Telephone Call"). You expressly acknowledge and agree that such Return Telephone Call is made by BigRevu with your express consent and agreement and shall not be in violation of any local, state, federal or international "Do Not Call" statutes, regulations, codes or laws, or any similar law in any country of the world.

Does BigRevu Ever Share Information with Other Parties?

Disclosure of Information to Outside Parties: BigRevu may disclose information about you (except your credit card number and its expiration date, personally identifiable information that you submit about other people and as described below) to those whose practices are not covered by this Privacy Policy in the following circumstances including, but not limited to:

BigRevu provides the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with BigRevu and under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help BigRevu communicate with you about offers from BigRevu and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
BigRevu responds to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise BigRevu's legal rights or defend against legal claims.
BigRevu shares information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of BigRevu's terms of use or as otherwise allowed by law.
BigRevu displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria (for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area).
By interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
BigRevu does not share with, rent, transfer or sell to any nonaffiliated entities information, such as your cover letter, salary history, requirements or résumé, that you submit to BigRevu through http://www.bigrevu.com in connection with your job application, which will be considered only if you are eligible to be employed in the United States.

Due to the existing regulatory environment, BigRevu cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting the foregoing), third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications.

Links to Outside Third Parties: BigRevu may establish relationships with business partners by creating a link between their sites and the Website. BigRevu is not, however, responsible for the content, maintenance or privacy policies of those sites. Once you click over to a third party site, BigRevu encourages you to check its privacy policy.

The Website may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than the information practices of BigRevu Users who click over to a third party site from a link on the Website must be aware that BigRevu makes no warranties with regard to that site's policies or business practices. BigRevu is not responsible for any transactions that occur between the user and the third party site. Please consult the other sites' privacy policies, as BigRevu has no control over information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties. Should a user purchase any products or services from that third party site, the user must contact the third party site directly regarding any disputes that might occur, including but not limited to delayed shipping, missing products, damaged goods or pricing and billing discrepancies. BigRevu is not responsible for the actions of any third-party site.

Business Transfers: As BigRevu continues to develop its business, it might sell or buy stores or assets. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that BigRevu or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will be one of the transferred assets.

Children's Guidelines: BigRevu does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, nor does it contact children under the age of 13 about special offers or for marketing purposes without a parent's permission. BigRevu encourages parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet use. Also, BigRevu strongly encourages parents to help BigRevu enforce its Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information on the Website without permission.

It is possible that due to fraud or deception by others, BigRevu may unknowingly receive information pertaining to children under the age of 13. If BigRevu is notified of this, once BigRevu has verified the information, BigRevu will promptly obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from its servers. If you want to notify BigRevu of its receipt of information in relation to children under the age of 13, please visit Customer Support.

Public Forums: The Website may have chat rooms, forums, message boards and newsgroups available to its users. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information. Exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. As these forums are public and open for users to interact with each other, BigRevu expects all its users to respect the rights of others.

Consent to International Information Transfers: The Website is operated in the United States and is intended for viewing solely in the United States. While BigRevu is committed to providing your information with a high level of privacy protection, you should know that the general level of protection for personal information in the United States may not be the same as that provided in other countries. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to BigRevu will be transferred to the United States. By using the Website, participating in any BigRevu services and/or providing BigRevu with personally identifiable information, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to this transfer and the collection and processing of information in the United States.

Security: BigRevu has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under BigRevu's control. BigRevu is able to keep your personal information safe and secure by utilizing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology. For maximum security, BigRevu uses a secure server that encrypts all your ordering information, including your name, address and credit card number.

Changes to This Privacy Policy: BigRevu will occasionally update this Privacy Policy at BigRevu's sole discretion. Please check the Website frequently to see recent changes. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting thereof. Without limiting the foregoing, BigRevu may occasionally notify you by email about changes to the Website or provide notices of changes by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Website. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and all of the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Please contact Customer Support or via written correspondence to:

BigRevu

PO Box 2051

Seattle WA 98111

All requests must include your email address with proper verification. Send your request via a 3 1/2" x 5" postcard only. ANY ENVELOPE SUBMITTED WILL BE DESTROYED WITHOUT OPENING. Written correspondence that is not addressed Attn: Customer Support Re: Privacy Policy will be destroyed automatically without opening. Written correspondence that contains content that is unrelated to this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website will be destroyed.

Contacting the Website: If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website or your dealings with this Website, you may contact Customer Support.