October 3rd 2019
alpha (“alpha “) values your trust and is committed to the responsible management, use and protection of your information. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information Alpha collects from and about you when you visit our Website, alphapsychics.com, and explains how Alpha may use and disclose such information, as well as your ability to control certain uses of it. Please take the time to read and understand this policy.
If you have questions regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com
FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY
THIS SERVICE IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO USE THE PREMIUM AREAS OF THIS SERVICE. ALL PURCHASES USING CREDIT CARDS, DEBIT CARDS, PAYPAL ACCOUNT, OR OTHER PAYMENT MECHANISM SHALL ONLY BE MADE BY THE CARD OR ACCOUNT HOLDER. WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY AND BENEFIT FROM YOUR READING, AND OUR PSYCHICS MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH HELPFUL ADVICE. HOWEVER, THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BY MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE ANY INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE.
- Information We Collect.
There are several ways we may obtain information about you, including through (A) information you provide to us directly; and (B) information that we automatically collect. This includes data that identifies you personally whether directly (e.g., your name) or indirectly (e.g., information about your online use).
- Information You Provide
Alpha collects personal information from you when you choose to share it with us. This may include when you create an online account with us, talk to a psychic, enter contests, participate in surveys, subscribe to a service (like our horoscopes), take quizzes, post to message boards, participate in a chat room, request information from us, or otherwise contact us. The types of personal information that may be collected on these pages include name, address, age, date of birth, gender, e-mail address, telephone number, credit or debit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various services.
We do not ask for, access, or track any location-based information from your mobile device at any time while downloading or using our mobile services.
- Information Automatically Collected
As is true of most websites, we may use technologies such as cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, scripts, log files, or local shared objects (Flash cookies/HTML5), to automatically or passively collect certain information about visitors to our Sites and interactions with our emails and online advertisements, and to allow Alpha to keep track of analytics and certain statistical information which enables Alpha to improve its Sites and provide you with more relevant content and advertising on our Site and other sites. For information about our use of cookies and other similar technologies through the Site, you can read our Cookie Policy.
Please note, we may automatically collect certain non-personal information from you, including, but not limited to, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, clickstream data, unique device identifier of any of your computer(s) or device(s) that are used to access the Site, and the domain name from which you accessed the Site. We also may collect information about your use of the Site, including the date and time you visit the Site, the areas or pages of the Site that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing or using the Site, the number of times you return to the Site, other click-stream or site usage data, emails that you open, forward or click-through to our Site, and other sites that you may visit.
We partner with third party advertising networks to display advertising on our Site and to manage our advertising on other sites. Some of our advertising partners, marketing affiliates, or analytics providers may use technology such as cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, or local shared objects (Flash cookies/HTML5) when they advertise on our Site, which may send these advertisers information including your non-personal information. We do not have access to, or control over, these third parties’ use of cookies or other tracking technologies.
To learn more about your advertising choices relating to the collection and use of your information, please see the Your Rights and Choices section below.
Combination of Information
We may combine the information we receive from and about you, including information you provide to us and information we automatically collect through our Site, as well as information collected from other online sources or from third party sources (including social networks that you use to connect with Alpha ) to help us tailor our communications to you and to improve our Site.
- How We Use the Information.
Alpha may use the information we collect from and about you for a variety of business purposes, as discussed below. We are committed to protecting and maintaining the privacy of your information. Therefore, we will process your data only in accordance with applicable data protection law and this Privacy Policy.
We will have a lawful basis for processing your data if:
We need to process your information in order to provide you with the products or service you have requested or to enter into a contract;
You have consented to such processing;
We have a legitimate interest for processing your data – e.g., for fraud prevention; network and information systems security; data analytics; enhancing, modifying or improving our services; identifying usage trends; determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns; and personalization of the service using data to make it easier and faster for you to place orders; and/or
We are required to do this by law (for example, where it is necessary to retain it in connection with potential litigation).
Alpha may use the information we collect from and about you for any of the following purposes:
To provide you with the services that you have requested. For example, if you sign up for horoscopes we will send you horoscopes, or if you have entered a contest and win, we will send you an email notification that you have won.
To respond to your inquiries, fulfill orders, and contact and communicate with you when necessary;
To develop new products or services and to conduct analysis to enhance current products and services;
To review the usage and operations of our Site and improve the design and content of our Site;
To personalize your experience on the Site and provide you with customized content, targeted offers, and advertising on the Site or via email;
To contact you with information, newsletters, and promotional or other marketing materials offering products or services from Alpha or on behalf of our partners, affiliates, or subsidiaries that we think you may be interested in;
To use your data in an aggregated non-specific format for analytical and demographic purposes (this processing may involve profiling – for example to create audiences based on demographic or location based information for marketing and customization purposes);
To address problems with the Site or our business;
To manage our telecommunications networks;
To protect the security or integrity of the Site and our business;
As otherwise described to you at the point of data collection; and
To use and disclose your credit/debit card or payment account information only to process payments and prevent fraud
Additionally, if you use the Site to connect with third party services you authorize us to use information from and about you, on your behalf, to interact with these third party services based on your requests.
- Your Rights and Choices.
We respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access and rights to the personal data that you may have provided through your use of the Site. If you wish to make changes to your account information, you can do so by accessing the My Account section of your member account or by sending an e-mail with your requests to Privacy@alphapsychics.com. If you live in the European Economic Area (EEA), and wish to access, amend, delete, or transfer any personal data we hold about you, you may send an e-mail with your requests to Privacy@alphapsychics.com, or contact us by postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will make every effort to respond to your request within 30 days. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or fulfilling your requests.
Please note that while any changes you make will be reflected in active user databases instantly or within a reasonable period of time, we may retain all information you submit for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where we otherwise reasonably believe that we have a legitimate reason to do so.
In certain circumstances, you also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information by us. You may decline to share certain personal data with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of the Site or certain of our services. In circumstances where you have provided your consent, you also have the right to withdraw your consent.
If you believe your right to privacy granted by applicable data protection laws has been infringed upon, please contact Privacy@alphapsychics.com. If you live in the EEA, you also have a right to lodge a complaint with data protection authorities.
Opt Out Preferences
You can view or change your preferences to receive subscriptions (e.g., horoscopes, newsletters), promotional communications, and alerts at any time by accessing the Mail Preferences and My Alerts sections of your member account, or by contacting us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com. You also may choose to stop receiving such communications delivered by e-mail by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the emails.
Tracking Options and California Do Not Track Disclosures
Certain parts of our Site require cookies. You are free to set your browser or operating system settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Site or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Please refer to your Web browser’s or operating system’s website or “Help” section for more information on how to delete and/or disable your browser or operating system from receiving cookies or controlling your tracking preferences.
Our system may not respond to Do Not Track requests or headers from some or all browsers. To learn more about the use of cookies or other technologies to deliver more relevant advertising and to know your choices about not having this information used by certain service providers, please click here. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, please click here. Please note that you may not be able to opt out of being served targeted advertising from certain ad networks, and you also will continue to receive generic ads.
- Retention of Your Data
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to address outstanding account balances, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
- International Transfers
Alpha is a global business and it, or its service providers, may process, transfer, and store information about our users on servers located in a number of countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. Since we are committed to protecting your information, we take steps to ensure that there are appropriate safeguards in place when we transfer that data.
- How We Secure Your Information
Alpha is committed to handling your customer information with high standards of information security. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations and generally accepted standards to guard your nonpublic personal information, both during transmission and once we receive it. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Sites, you can contact us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com.
- Testimonials
We display personal testimonials of customers on our Site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com.
- Third Party Content, Links, and Plug-ins
Our Site include links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Alpha . If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We are not responsible for the practices of such sites, and encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.
The Site may offer you the ability to interact with social plugins from social media sites, such as the Facebook Like and Share buttons, and other widgets and interactive mini-programs that run on our Site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. As with linked sites, we have no control over the information that is collected, stored, or used by social network plugins, and are not responsible for the practices of such sites. In addition, we may receive certain information about you from a third party social network if you choose to link to us or use certain social media features, based on your registration and privacy settings on those third party services.
- Send to a Friend
If you choose to use our referral function to tell a friend about our Site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the Site. Alpha stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com to request that we remove this information from our database.
- Children’s Privacy
Protecting children’s privacy is important to us. Our Site are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 16. Alpha does not knowingly collect or store personal information from anyone under the age of 16. Premium services may not be used by anyone under the age of 18. If you have concerns about our Site or the services offered on our Site, or if you believe that your child under 16 has gained access to our Site, you may contact us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com.
- Revisions to this Privacy Policy
Alpha reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, remove, or otherwise revise portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will post the change(s) on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes. If we change the Privacy Statement in a material way, we will provide appropriate notice to you.
- How to Contact Us.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you may e-mail us at Privacy@alphapsychics.com .