The bizstarter.us, Internet website (hereinafter, the “Website”) is owned and operated by Multichoice Group, Inc., a Georgia (USA) corporation (hereinafter, the “Company”). The Company created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to disclose our current policies regarding your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. In addition, we take further measures to enhance the protection of your privacy and personally identifiable information, as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
APPLICABILITY OF PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy is intended to apply to you, the Company, its affiliates and all Internet websites owned and operated by the Company, including, but not limited to, the Website. This Privacy Policy is a statement of the Company’s current policies with regard to how information about you is collected from the Website, used, and potentially shared by the Company.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU
Much of the Website is accessible to you without providing personally identifiable information. However, the Company may request you to register and provide personally identifiable information to enable you to utilize certain features of the Website, like listing your property on the Website. The Company will specifically ask you for any personally identifiable information requested, and your provision of such information will always be voluntary.
Once you have provided personally identifiable information via the Website, you may elect to revoke (“opt-out”) or update that information at any time. In order to revoke, opt-out or update personally identifiable information that you have provided, please contact us through the contact form. The Company will remove or update your personally identifiable information in its records accordingly. However, please note that your revocation or opting-out of providing personally identifiable information may inhibit or cancel your ability to fully utilize the Website to make property listings and to access some of the Website’s other features.
THE COMPANY'S USE OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Currently, the Company DOES NOT share your personally identifiable information with third parties, such as credit card or service companies, etc. In addition, the Company DOES NOT loan, rent, or sell your personally identifiable information, including, but not limited to, contact, address, and property listing information, to other third parties.
However, an exception to this policy occurs when you purchase services through us that are provided by our partners (third-party companies). In such cases, it may be necessary to share your personally identifiable information with these third-party companies to facilitate the provision of the services you have requested. This sharing is limited to the information required for these third-party companies to deliver their services effectively. These partners are obligated to protect your information and use it solely for the purpose of providing the services you have purchased.
The Company reserves the right to share or disclose your personally identifiable information when it determines, in its sole discretion, that the disclosure of such information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against you if you may be: (i) causing intentional or unintentional injury to another; (ii) interfering with another’s rights or property, including the Company’s rights or property; (iii) violating any applicable law, rule, or regulation; or (iv) such disclosure is required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
NOTICE TO NON-U.S. USERS
If you are based outside the United States, please be aware that your personal information will be transferred to the U.S., where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. By voluntarily submitting personal information to us from outside the U.S., you consent to the general use of such information as outlined in this Privacy Policy, as well as its transfer to, storage, and processing in the United States. You acknowledge that your information may be accessible to government authorities under lawful orders and applicable laws in the U.S. By using our Services, you agree to the transfer of your information to countries outside of your residence, including the United States, which may have different data protection regulations than those in your country.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We collect information to personalize and enhance your experience on our website. Here’s how we use that information:
Service Provision: We gather information to send you emails or postal mail, complete purchase transactions, provide customer support, and manage customer relationships. This information also helps us optimize and improve our services and operations, including training and quality assurance.
Legal and Compliance Purposes: We collect information to meet our legal obligations. This includes complying with regulatory screening requirements for entity formations, responding to subpoenas and other legal information requests, and maintaining records in our role as Registered Agent. Additionally, we collect information to detect and prevent fraud or other suspicious activities.
Analytics and Improvement: We collect data to perform various types of analytics. This includes analyzing how visitors interact with our website, tracking visitor origins and destinations, and monitoring page visits, link clicks, text entries, and mouse movements. These insights help us understand site usage, detect fraud and potential threats, and enhance our services.
Newsletters: We reserve the right to use our clients' email addresses to send newsletters. Each recipient of our newsletters can always opt out of receiving them.
TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect various types of information about you, including:
Personal Identifiers: This includes your name, address, phone number, email address, banking details, credit and debit card numbers, social security number, Federal Tax Identification number, account numbers, user names, IP addresses, and other online identifiers.
Commercial Information: This involves details such as legal entity names, business filings, registered agents, officers, directors, managers or members of an entity, communication contacts, other business-related information, services purchased, and purchasing or consumption histories or tendencies.
Internet Activity: We gather data on your internet browser, browsing history on our site, search history on our site, device information used to access our site, and interactions with our website or advertisements. This also includes browser settings, operating systems, referring/exit pages, and clickstream data of site visitors.
Audio Information: If you engage with our customer service team, we may record phone calls or keep email threads for quality assurance purposes.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
We collect information from various sources, including:
Directly from You: Most of the information we gather comes directly from you when you fill out forms online or communicate with us over the phone. We also collect data indirectly through your interactions with our website, utilizing cookies and other tracking technologies as detailed below.
Related Parties: We may receive information about you from other parties. For instance, if you are a member or manager of a limited liability company formed through our website, relevant information about you may be provided to complete the formation process.
Service Providers: Information about you may be collected from service providers we engage to support our business operations. These entities help us fulfill various business needs.
Business Partners and Affiliates: Our business partners and affiliates may also provide us with information about you. For example, they may inform us of your interest in a particular service we offer.
Public Sources: We may obtain information about you from publicly accessible sources, including government records. This can include details such as the standing status of your legal entity with a specific state.
COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING MATERIALS
We, as well as our affiliated companies and business partners, reserve the right to use the contact information you provide, including your email address, phone number, and mailing address, to send you informational and promotional materials related to our services and products. This may include:
1. Newsletters and Updates: Periodic emails containing company news, updates about services, and other relevant information. These communications may also include links to blogs, educational articles, and other informative materials designed to help you better understand our services, industry trends, and related topics.
2. Promotional Offers: Notifications about discounts, offers, and promotions for our services or those of our affiliates.
3. Event Invitations: Invitations to webinars, seminars, or other events organized by us or our partners.
4. Relevant Recommendations: Personalized service recommendations based on your previous interactions or purchases.
Consent and Opt-Out
By providing your contact information and using our services, you consent to receiving such communications. However, you may opt out of receiving marketing and promotional emails at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the email or contacting us directly through the contact details provided on our website.
Please note that opting out of promotional communications will not affect our ability to send you important non-marketing communications, such as order confirmations, service updates, or legally required notices.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
To enhance the quality and scope of our services, we may share your contact information with affiliated companies and business partners for the purpose of sending you relevant marketing and promotional materials. These affiliates and partners are contractually obligated to safeguard your information and use it solely for authorized purposes.
Protection of Rights in Case of Disputes
We reserve the right to retain records of your consent to receive communications and any interactions related to marketing materials to protect our legal interests in the event of a dispute. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge and accept our right to:
1. Use your provided contact information for the purposes outlined above.
2. Share your contact details with affiliates and business partners for similar purposes.
3. Retain records of your consent and opt-out actions as evidence in case of legal or regulatory conflicts.
Compliance with Regulations
Our communications practices are designed to comply with applicable laws, including the CAN-SPAM Act, GDPR, and other relevant regulations. If you believe you have received communications in error or without consent, please contact us immediately, and we will address your concerns promptly.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third-party entities such as agents, affiliates, and partners who perform services on our behalf, including analytics, credit card processing, marketing agencies, etc. These entities have access to the necessary personal information to perform their tasks and are required to maintain its confidentiality and security. They are not permitted to use your information for any other purpose beyond providing services to us or directly to you.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information as mandated by law. This could include responding to a subpoena, complying with a lawful request from a public authority (including those related to national security or law enforcement), or other legal processes. We may also disclose information when we believe in good faith that it is necessary to protect our rights, ensure your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a legal request.
Our Affiliates: While we do not share personal information with companies outside of Active Filings or its parent, subsidiaries, or related entities, we may share some personal information with certain service providers and other third parties. However, under no circumstances will we sell your personal information as part of a customer list or similar transaction, allowing unrelated parties to market to you independently.
THE COMPANY'S USE OF COOKIES
The Company may utilize “cookies” to track and store preferential information about you as you use the Website. “Cookies” are alphanumeric identifiers in the form of text files that are inserted and stored on your hard drive by your web browser. Cookies track your personal preferences and activities, but in no way contain or refer to any personally identifiable information.
The Company’s use of cookies allows the Company to aggregate certain information about its users. The aggregated information helps the Company to serve you better by compiling user preferences to improve the features of the Website. The Company DOES NOT share, loan, rent or sell this aggregated information to third parties, but keep in mind that the aggregated information contains absolutely no personally identifiable information.
If you do not want the Website’s cookies to be inserted into your hard drive, you can disable your hard drive’s ability to accept and receive cookies through your web browser. However, keep in mind that if you disable your hard drive’s ability to accept and receive cookies, you may not be able to utilize all of the convenience features of the Website fully. For instance, you may have to log in your username or password more than once per session.
EMAIL ADDRESSES, USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS MAY BE ISSUED TO YOU
You may be issued an email address, username or password by the Company to utilize certain features of the Website. In order to receive an email address, username or password from the Company for use on the Website, you will be required to submit personally identifiable information. You are responsible for keeping your usernames and passwords, if any, confidential. You are responsible for any access, use or activities on the Website under your email address, username or password.
SECURITY OF YOUR SUBMISSIONS AND TRANSMISSIONS
The Company utilizes its best efforts to protect the security of any information submitted or transmitted by you to the Website, including, but not limited to, personally identifiable information. The Company uses a secure server and SSL encryption technology to help ensure that your submissions and transmissions are kept confidential. However, in the unlikely event that an unauthorized third party compromises the Company’s security system, the Company is not responsible for any occurrences or damages directly or indirectly caused by an unauthorized third party’s ability to view, use or disseminate your submissions or transmissions to the Website, or your personally identifiable information.
LINKS TO OTHER INTERNET WEBSITES
The Website is contain links to other Internet websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to the Website, and all Internet websites owned and operated by the Company and its affiliates. The Company makes no representations or warranties about, nor is it responsible for, the privacy practices of other Internet websites. When you enter a linked Internet website, the Company encourages you to read the privacy policy of that linked website, as its privacy policy may differ substantially from that of this Privacy Policy.
ACCESS AND USE BY MINORS
The Website is not intended to be accessed or utilized by persons under the age of 18. The Company does not intend or purposefully attempt to gather information from children under the age of 13.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Company developed this Privacy Policy as a manifestation of our firm commitment to disclose our current privacy and confidentiality policies to you. However, the Internet industry is rapidly evolving. With this in mind, the Company reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time in its sole discretion and without notice. You are encouraged to revisit this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to review any changes that have been made. Your continued access and use of the Website following the posting of any such changes shall indicate your acceptance of the same.
YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & COMPLAINTS
The Company encourages you to provide the Company with feedback regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via contact form. If you feel that the Company is not abiding by this Privacy Policy at any time, please immediately contact us.
GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION AND VENUE
This Privacy Policy is to be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Georgia, the USA without regard for principles of conflicts of laws. Any civil action, claim, dispute or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be referred to final and binding arbitration, before a single arbitrator, under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The arbitrator shall be selected by you and the Company, and if you and the Company are unable to reach agreement on selection of the arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the notice of arbitration is served, then the arbitrator shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association.
Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and conclusive upon you and the Company and your and the Company's respective administrators, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in no event shall either you or the Company be entitled to punitive damages, and both you and the Company hereby waive your rights to any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, damages for any loss of profit, revenue or business.
MISCELLANEOUS
If any portion of this Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, this Privacy Policy as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, but only that portion of this Privacy Policy that is unlawful, void or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Privacy Policy.
The headings contained in this Privacy Policy are for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Privacy Policy and shall not limit or otherwise affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Privacy Policy.
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Privacy Policy, as may be amended by the Company from time to time, shall survive your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the termination of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy represents the entire understanding and agreement between you and the Company regarding the subject matter of this Privacy Policy, and supersedes all other previous agreements, understandings and/or representations regarding the same.
