Phontel Networks inc. respects your privacy and seeks to guard your data carefully. We realize that the exciting growth of the Internet and online services has created additional privacy concerns for consumers regarding what information is collected about them. We want you to know that Phontel Networks inc. intends to maintain strict customer information privacy policies.
Online privacy concerns typically focus on the protection of "customer identifiable" information, which many customers expect to be kept private. As the term suggests, "customer identifiable" information is information which can be associated with an specific individual or entity, including, for example, a customer's name, address, or telephone number, e-mail address, and information about online activities that are directly linked to the customer.
It is a common practice and often a necessity for companies, governments or other organizations to collect customer identifiable information in order to conduct business and offer services. Consumers signing up for an Internet access service, for example, are usually asked to provide name, address, telephone number, credit card and other information that is typical when the consumer orders a product or service.
Similarly, business web sites, such as Phontel Networks inc., may ask visitors to supply information about themselves, particularly when information, services or merchandise are requested, but often simply to be able to better target the company's services to the customer's interests and requirements.
Phontel Networks inc. has put in place the following Online Privacy Policy to protect customer identifiable information. This policy covers Phontel Networks inc. and its subsidiaries, and applies to all customer identifiable information that Phontel Networks inc. obtains when a customer registers for or uses a Phontel Networks inc. online service. Phontel Networks inc. intends to continue to protect customer identifiable information derived from its calling card services consistent with federal laws and with federal regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
Disclosure:
Phontel Networks inc. will not sell, trade or disclose to third parties any customer identifiable information derived from the registration for or use of a Phontel Networks inc. online service, including customer names and addresses (except as required by subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process or requirement, or in the case of imminent physical harm to the customer or others). In the future, if Phontel Networks inc. decides to share its customers’ personal or online transactional data with third parties, it will, in advance, provide notification and the opportunity for its customers to indicate whether they would prefer that Phontel Networks inc. not provide their information to third parties. Phontel Networks inc. does not market to children or collect personal information about children at this site without the consent of the customer. When Phontel Networks inc. uses other agents, contractors or companies to perform services on its behalf, Phontel Networks inc. will endeavor to ensure that the company protects your customer identifiable information consistent with this Policy.
Collection and Use of Customer Identifiable Information:
Phontel Networks inc. will collect and use customer identifiable information for billing purposes, to provide and change service, to anticipate and resolve problems with customer service, or to create and inform customers of products and services that better meet their needs. This means that Phontel Networks inc. may use customers’ identifiable information, in conjunction with information available from other sources, to market new services that Phontel Networks inc. thinks will be of interest to customers, without disclosing customers’ identifiable information to third parties who want to market their products to Phontel Networks inc.’s customers.
Customer Choice:
A customer may choose not to receive direct marketing communications from Phontel Networks inc. in connection with Phontel Networks inc. online services. If a customer chooses so, Phontel Networks inc. (a) will not contact that customer directly with marketing messages about Phontel Networks inc. online services, and (b) will not use customer identifiable information obtained from that customer's registration for, or use of, an online service to contact that customer with marketing messages about any Phontel Networks inc. products or services. A customer may notify Phontel Networks inc. by e-mail, by mail, or by telephone, of its decision of not receiving such messages.
Collection and Usage of Aggregated Data:
Phontel Networks inc. servers automatically gather information about which pages are visited within a Phontel Networks inc. Web Site in aggregated data that does not identify customers specifically, in order to help make our sites more useful to customers.
Security:
Phontel Networks inc. has implemented technology and security features to safeguard the privacy of customer identifiable information from unauthorized access or improper use.
E-mail Contents:
Phontel Networks inc. will not read or disclose to third parties private e-mail communications that are transmitted using Phontel Networks inc. services except as required to operate the service or as otherwise descried above under “Disclosure.”
Improper Conduct:
Phontel Networks inc. may also use customer identifiable information to investigate and help prevent or stop potentially unlawful activity or activity that threatens the network or otherwise violates the customer agreement between Phontel Networks inc. and the customer.
Account Information:
Phontel Networks inc. honors requests from customers for their own account information, for example, name, address or billing information, and will correct any such information which may be inaccurate. Customers may verify that appropriate corrections have been made.
Changes in Practices:
Phontel Networks inc. will inform customers of any material changes that are made in this Privacy Policy.
[Additional Privacy Protections for Children Using the Internet]
Phontel Networks inc. joins the e-commerce industry in recognizing that children, including young teens, may not be able to make informed choices about personal information requested online.
Accordingly, Phontel Networks inc. does not target children or teenagers younger than eighteen years of age for collection of information online. Phontel Networks inc. does not solicit or collect customer identifiable information targeted at children and teenagers under eighteen and does not allow anyone else to do so on a Phontel Networks inc. web site. In addition, the editorial content of Phontel Networks inc. web sites designed for children will not knowingly promote or link to any third party Web Site that collects customer identifiable information.
