Privacy Policy
This is the privacy policy ("Privacy
Policy") for www.ratemyteachers.com
("Site," "we," "us," or "our"), Internet
websites offered by RMT Acquisition, LLC ("RMT")).
This Privacy Policy governs only the personally identifiable information
("Personal Information") collected by this Site and does not
cover any such information collected in any other manner or for any
other purpose, by any other RMT programming channel or by any subsidiaries and affiliates of RMT (collectively, "Affiliates"), or by any other company,
unless specifically stated.
This Privacy Policy is intended to explain our privacy practices and
inform you as to:
| 1. | When This Privacy Policy Applies. |
This Privacy Policy applies whether you are
accessing the Site via a personal computer, a mobile device or any other
technology or devices now known or hereafter developed or discovered
(each, a "Device") and whether you are accessing the Site as a
registered user (if offered by the Site) or other user of the Site. This
Privacy Policy governs only the Personal Information and Other
Information (as those terms are defined below) collected by the Site and
does not cover any such information collected in any other manner, such
as by any other website offered by RMT and/or any
subsidiaries and affiliates of RMT (collectively,"Affiliates") or collected by any other company,
unless specifically stated. We may from time to time, combine
Information (as that term is defined below) with other information we
collect from other sources, such as information received from Affiliates, marketing companies or Advertisers and, if we do so, our use of the resulting combined Information will be subject to
this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy will remain in full force and effect, even if your
use of or participation in the Site or any particular service, feature,
function or promotional activity offered through the Site terminates,
expires, ceases, is suspended or deactivated for any reason. If you do
not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not participate in the
Site or any features, activities or services offered through the Site.
| 2. | U.S. Governing Law; Safe Harbor. |
The Site is designed and targeted to U.S.
audiences and is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of
the U.S. We make no representation that this Site is operated in
accordance with the laws or regulations of, or governed by, other
nations. By participating in our Site activities, you certify that you
meet the age and other eligibility requirements for this Site as set
forth in our Terms
of Use Agreement If you are do not meet the age and other eligibility
requirements, please discontinue using the Site immediately as your
continued use of the Site indicates that you are agreeing to the
collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Information
as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you are located in the European Economic Area ("EEA") and
Switzerland, for detailed information on our privacy policy and
practices with respect to personal information transferred from the EEA
and Switzerland, please see our Safe Harbor Privacy Policy located at http://www.ratemyteachers.com/images/Safe_Harbor_Policy.pdf.
If you are located outside of the U.S., the EEA and Switzerland, you use
this Site at your own risk and initiative and you, not us, are
responsible for compliance with any applicable local and national laws.
Please be aware that any Personal Information and Other Information you
provide to us or we obtain as a result of your use of this Site will be
collected in the U.S. and/or transferred to the U.S. and subject to U.S.
law. By using this Site, participating in any Site activities and/or
providing us with your Personal Information and Other Information, you
(i) consent to the transfer and/or processing of any Information to and
in the U.S., (ii) acknowledge that U.S. law may provide a lower standard
of protection for personal data than the laws of your location and (iii)
understand that we will collect, transfer, store, process and/or deal
with your Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and U.S.
law. Consequently, to the full extent permitted by law, you hereby waive
any claims relating to the processing of your Personal Information or
Other Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy that may arise
under the laws and regulations that apply to you in or of any other
country or jurisdiction.
| 3. | Collection and Use of Personal Information and Other Information (Other than Wireless Marketing Services and Associated Promotional Opportunities). |
When we use the term "Personal Information" we
mean information that would allow someone to identify you or contact
you, such as your full name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone
number. When we use the term "Other Information", we mean any
information other than Personal Information that may be collected about
you (Personal Information and Other Information, together, the "Information").
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Information We Collect that You Provide Us. |
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i. User Registration. To the extent we offer user registration on the Site, to register as a member of the Site, you are required to select a user name and password (together, your "User ID") and may be required to also provide other Information, such as your email address and date of birth. Additional Information may be requested during the registration process (but not required). |
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ii. In Connection with Certain Features and Functions. We may also provide you with access to certain features or functions that we may offer on the Site, such as the option to subscribe to a selection of free email newsletters and other periodic information, chat rooms, message boards, electronic mail services, messaging services, auctions, shopping, registration and member profile pages. To sign up for or participate in these features or functions, you may be required to provide us with certain Information about you in order for us to personalize and/or allow you to use such features and functions. For example, to any user registration. Further, for example, to the extent we offer such services, if you order any of our various Products (as defined in the Terms of Use Agreement ), in addition to your name and contact information, we will also collect and may maintain your billing address, shipping address, Product selections, your credit card or other payment instrument information, your order number and information about your computer's internet address and website which may have referred or directed you to the Site (e.g., the referring URL). Your credit card or debit card number is collected via a secure transmission. |
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iii. In Connection with Promotions such as Contests and Sweepstakes. There may be a separate registration process to enter Promotions such as contests and sweepstakes which may require the submission of all or some of the following: your first and last name, street address, city, state and zip code, email address, telephone number and date of birth. Additional Information may be requested depending on the specific Promotion, but submission of such Information may be optional. The Promotion's entry page and/or Rules will provide the specific requirements. You may also have the opportunity to opt-in to receive special Promotions or offers from our third party advertisers, sponsors or promotional partners ("Advertisers") as a result of your use of the Site in connection with many of these types of Promotions. |
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Information Collected Through Use of
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. |
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Use of Information. As set forth in this Privacy Policy, we may share Information with our Affiliates. |
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i.Personal Information. We, and/or our Affiliates, use the Personal Information we collect from you in a variety of ways, including:
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ii.Other Information Collected by Us. We, and/or our Parent Companies and Affiliates, use the Personal Information we collect from you in a variety of ways, including:
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iii.Other Information Collected by Third Party Advertising Service Providers and Advertisers. The use of Tracking Technologies by Third Party Advertising Service Providers and Advertisers is within their control and not ours. Even if we have a relationship with the Third Party Advertising Service Provider or Advertiser, we do not control their websites or their policies and practices regarding your Information and you should be aware that different rules might apply to the collection, use or disclosure of your Information by third parties in connection with their advertisements or promotions and other sites you encounter on the Internet. This Privacy Policy does not cover any use of Information that a Third Party Advertising Service Provider or Advertiser may directly collect from you. Use of Third Party Advertising Service Providers' and Advertisers' Tracking Technologies is governed by the Third Party Advertising Service Providers' or Advertisers', as applicable, own specific privacy policies and not this Privacy Policy. However, please see "Opting-Out of Certain Uses of Your Personal Information and Other Information (Other than Wireless Marketing Services and Associated Promotional Opportunities)" Section for more information on how to opt-out of the collection and/or use of Information collected by certain Third Party Advertising Service Providers. |
| 4. | Opting-Out of Certain Uses of Your Personal Information and Other Information (Other than Wireless Marketing Services and Associated Promotional Opportunities). |
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Opting-Out of Certain Uses of Personal Information. |
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i. In Connection with Marketing and Promotional E-mail and Offers. You may "opt-out" of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails from us at any time by using the opt-out mechanism that is contained in each such email. Please note that when you opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails from us, you are not opting out of receiving newsletters from us that you have requested. Further, when you use the opt-out mechanism that is contained in an email, you are not opting out of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails from other RMT brands. |
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ii. In Connection with Wireless Marketing Services. See"Termination of Wireless Services by Users" under the"Wireless Marketing Services and Associated Promotional Opportunities" Section for more information on how you may unsubscribe from receiving text messages. |
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iii. Certain Continuing Rights Regardless of Opt-Outs. However, even if you exercise your opt-out rights above, we, or our Affiliates, may continue to contact you for the other purposes described in the "Use of Information" Section above, such as for maintenance and administrative purposes. |
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Opting-Out of Use of Certain Other Information
Collected by Tracking Technologies. |
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i. Tracking Technologies Set By Third Party Advertising Service Providers and Advertisers With respect to the Tracking Technologies set by Third Party Advertising Service Providers and Advertisers, you have a number of options:
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Opting-out of, deleting, rejecting, disabling or turning off Third Party Advertising Service Providers' Tracking Technologies does not mean that you will no longer receive online ads. Opting-out of, deleting, rejecting, disabling or turning off Third Party Advertising Service Providers' Tracking Technologies only means that such ads will no longer be tailored to your specific viewing habits or interests, but you will continue to see ads on this Site. |
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ii.Tracking Technologies Set By the Site. With respect to the Tracking Technologies set by the Site, you have a number of options:
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iii. Flash Cookies. Please note that deleting, rejecting, disabling or turning off Tracking Technologies set by Third Party Advertising Service Providers and Advertisers and set by this Site through the above options will not remove Flash cookies. For more information about Flash cookies and how to remove them from your computer, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/articles/lso or http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html |
| 5. | Wireless
Marketing Services and Associated Promotional Opportunities. |
This Site and RMT may provide users and viewers
with the opportunity to register for special Promotions, services, news,
programming and information delivered via text messaging and other
wireless devices such as mobile phones and, in the event we do so, users
are required to provide their consent to receive such information from
the Site and RMT, either by registering on the Site or via their
wireless device. Such services and promotional opportunities are
provided by the Affiliates for the Site and RMT.
The Information requested as part of the online registration process may
include a user's telephone number or a wireless email address, but only
if specifically requested, and the carrier's name. Additional
Information may be requested for specific Promotions, such as a user's
preferences regarding goods or services, choices of music or artists, or
other similar survey information. Depending on the Promotion, we may
also collect an Internet email address or other Information and,
depending on the Information collected, the user may also be required to
confirm his or her agreement to this Privacy Policy and
Terms
of Use Agreement.
We caution that most wireless transmissions are not secured and there is
a greater risk of an unknown third party's interception of messages or a
user's Personal Information when using a wireless communications device.
Users that register for the Site's and/or RMT's wireless marketing
services acknowledge, understand and agree that they will be charged by
the user's wireless carrier for all messages sent to the user from the
Site and/or RMT. Standard messaging rates will apply, unless noted
otherwise. Under no circumstances will the Site, RMT, or Affiliates be responsible for any wireless email or text messaging charges incurred by a user or by a person that has access to a
user's wireless device, telephone number, or email address.
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Registration. To the extent we provide wireless marketing services, there are two registration methods provided for the Site's wireless marketing services. Standard rate Promotions will be subject to either the "single opt-in" or the "double-opt-in" (Site/SMS) method, at the discretion of the Site depending on the type of Promotion. Premium rate services will require the "double opt-in" (Site/SMS or SMS/SMS) method. |
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i.Single Opt-in Method: In response to print, radio, television, Internet, or other promotional messages, users will be directed to send a specific word or code via a text message to a designated telephone number to register for the service promoted. The user's voluntary submission of the designated word or code to the Site and/or RMT will mean that the user has freely and affirmatively granted permission to the Site and/or RMT to send text messages to him or her. The Site and/or RMT will thank the user for his or her registration by sending a "Thank you" message. The user may terminate the service at any time by using the unsubscribe command in any text message from the Site or by sending a text message to the Site that says "STOP","END","CANCEL","REMOVE","UNSUBSCRIBE" or"QUIT". |
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ii. Double Opt-in (Site/SMS) Method: In response to print, radio, television, Internet, or other promotional messages, users will be directed to this Site to start the registration process. The user must affirmatively consent to the Site's and RMT's sending of wireless messages to his or her designated wireless device by submitting a telephone number (or wireless email address, only if requested by the Site and/or RMT) and by clicking the consent statement on the Site's registration page. The user must also agree to the Site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Agreement before the online registration process is completed. The Site and/or RMT will then send a "Confirmation" message to the user's designated wireless device and will request that the user confirm that he or she has agreed to receive messages from the Site and/or RMT to that particular telephone number (or wireless domain name when appropriate). The user must respond to the "Confirmation" message with a text message that states "YES" or "Y" that will indicate the user's acceptance of the Site's and RMT's wireless marketing service. Until the user responds to the "Confirmation" message, the user is not registered for the specific wireless marketing service subject to the Promotion. A user may respond to the "Confirmation" message at any time provided that the Site and RMT may choose to terminate offering wireless marketing service at any time and the user's response to the "Confirmation" is only valid if the response is received while the Site and/or RMT continues to offer the specific wireless marketing service. |
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iii. Double Opt-in (SMS/SMS) Method: In response to print, radio, television, Internet, or other promotional messages, users will be directed to send a specific word or code via a text message to a designated telephone number to register for the service promoted. The Site and/or RMT will then send a "Confirmation" message to the user's designated wireless device and will request that the user confirm that he or she has agreed to receive messages from the Site and RMT to that particular telephone number (or wireless domain name when appropriate). The user must respond to the "Confirmation" message with a text message that states "YES" or "Y" that will indicate the user's acceptance of the Site's and RMT's wireless marketing service. Until the user responds to the "Confirmation" message, the user is not registered for the specific wireless marketing service subject to the Promotion. A user may respond to the "Confirmation" message at any time provided that the Site and RMT may choose to terminate offering wireless marketing service at any time and the user's response to the "Confirmation" is only valid if the response is received while the Site and/or RMT continues to offer the specific wireless marketing service. |
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Termination of Wireless Services by
User. Regardless of which one of the above opt-in methods was used to
register, users may revoke their consent to receive messages from the
Site and RMT by the following procedure: |
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Termination of Wireless Services by the Site and RMT. A user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Site and RMT may, in its sole discretion and without liability to any user, terminate its offer of any specific wireless marketing service or all wireless marketing services at any time without advance notice. The Site and RMT may provide notice of terminations or changes in services on this Site. |
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Use of Information. The Site and RMT will not use a wireless telephone number, wireless or conventional Internet email address, or other Information submitted for its wireless marketing services for any other purpose but to provide the service requested, unless we provide advance notice of any other use. We will not share any Personal Information with Advertisers or other third party marketers unless you opt-in to such disclosure. We will share Personal Information with the operational service providers that assist us in delivering these wireless services to you and with the Affiliates. |
| 6. | Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information and Other Information. |
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Sharing and Disclosure of Personal
Information. |
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i. Disclosure to Affiliates We may disclose Personal Information to Affiliates for marketing and/or administrative purposes. You can choose to opt-out of certain such uses as described in the"Opting-Out of Certain Uses of Personal Information" Section above. |
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ii. Disclosure of Certain Information in Postings Intended to Be Disclosed. Certain Personal Information associated with a Posting may be intended for disclosure ("Posting Information"), such as username. We will disclose Posting Information in connection with the display of, and other services relating to, such Posting. |
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iii. Disclosure In Connection with Co-Branded Services and Features. The Site may also offer co-branded services and features, such as events and Promotions that we put together with another company or our Affiliates ("Co-Branded Partner") and that may be hosted on the Site and/or our Co-Branded Partner's website. We may share your Personal Information with our Co-Branded Partner and your voluntary use of or participation in a co-branded service or feature means that you opt-in and give your affirmative consent to both the Site and our Co-Branded Partner to collect the Information provided in connection with the specific co-branded feature or service and to use such Information for the fulfillment of the feature or service and for marketing or administrative purposes. The Co-Branded Partner will be identified on the co-branded feature or service, along with the Co-Branded partner's privacy policy. If you wish to opt-out of a Co-Branded Partner's future use of your Personal Information for marketing purposes, you will need to contact the Co-Branded Partner directly and the use of such information by Co-Branded Partner is subject to Co-Branded Partner's privacy policy. |
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iv. Disclosure to Operational Service Providers. We also have the right to disclose your Personal Information and Other Information to third parties for the purpose of administering and maintaining the Site's services, features, functions and operations. We will refer to these third parties as "operational service providers". We use operational service providers to efficiently provide the full range of content, activities, services, features and functions we bring you and we disclose your Information to operational service providers for the purpose of providing services to us. |
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v. Disclosure to Certain Other Third Parties. . In addition to the above, we will make your Personal Information and Other Information available to certain third parties in the following limited circumstances: |
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Sharing and Disclosure of Other
Information. We may share or otherwise disclose Other Information with
third parties, but we do not disclose Personal Information to them
except as described in this Privacy Policy. |
| 7. | Generally, you may review, update or delete certain Information collected by the Site, if you are a registered user of the Site and logged into the Site, by clicking "Dashboard" at the top of the Site. Generally, you may review, update or delete
certain Information collected by the Site, if you are a registered
user of the Site and logged into the Site, by clicking "Dashboard" at
the top of the Site. However, Personal Information that is necessary to check eligibility,
such as date of birth or age, cannot be deleted, but may be modified
with sufficient verification of the correct information. We will allow
you to change the password portion of your User ID, as well as certain
other Information you have given us in order to keep your information
current, but once you select a user name you will not be able to
change that user name provided to us during registration and which is
associated with your User ID. |
| 8. | Protection
of Information. |
While no data transmission over the Internet is
100% secure from intrusion, we maintain commercially reasonable
physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your
Information. However, regardless of our efforts and the Device you use
to access the Site, it is possible that third parties may unlawfully
intercept or access transmissions or private communications over an
unsecured transmission. We conduct financial transactions via secured
transmissions but may not always secure other parts of the Site. We also
limit access to the Site by our own employees to those individuals who
are authorized for the proper handling of such information and any
employee found violating our standards of security and confidentiality
will be subject to our disciplinary processes. We request that our
operational service providers follow similar standards of security and
confidentiality.
Phishing. Phishing attacks attempt to steal consumers' personal
identity data and financial account credentials. "Phishers" use
'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to
trick recipients into divulging Information such as credit card numbers,
account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. WE DO
NOT SEND EMAILS ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE OR CONFIRM CREDIT CARD NUMBERS,
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OR YOUR USERNAME OR PASSWORD! If you receive
such email communication, please contact us via the Contact Us page
, and then immediately delete the fraudulent email from
your computer.
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Your California Privacy Rights. |
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Changes to this Privacy Policy and
Notice. |
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Accuracy and Confidentiality. It is
your responsibility to give us current, complete, truthful and
accurate information, including Personal Information, and to keep such
information up to date. We cannot and will not be responsible
for any problems or liability that may arise if you do not give us
accurate, truthful or complete information or Personal Information or
you fail to update such information or Personal Information.We will
reject and delete any entry that we believe in good faith to be false,
fraudulent or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. |
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Questions: If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or if you do not understand any information about how we collect, maintain, use or share your Personal Information or Other Information, you may contact us via the Contact Us page or please contact our Privacy Administrator at RMT Acquisition, LLC, 722 Dulaney Valley Road, #204, Attn: Business and Legal Affairs, Towson, MD 21204 |
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Sole Statement: This document is the sole statement of the Site's Privacy Policy and no summary, restatement or other version thereof, or other privacy statement or policy, in any form, including, but not limited to, machine-generated, is valid. |
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Other: Please review our Terms of Use Agreement which governs your use of the Site. Any terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given in the Terms of Use Agreement. |
This Privacy Policy was last modified on the date
indicated above and is effective immediately.
Copyright © 2012 RMT Acquisition, LLC - All Rights Reserved.
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