Web Site Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement sets forth the information gathering, use, and dissemination practices of Stonemor Partners L.P., its affiliate and subsidiary companies ("Our Cemeteries") in connection with the World Wide Web site located at http://www.aftercareplanning.com and any related sites ("Site"). This Privacy Statement addresses Our Cemeteries practices regarding information collected only directly through or from the Site – it does not address or govern any information gathering, use, or dissemination practices related to information collected other than directly through or from the Site, including, without limitation, from or via telephone, facsimile, postal mail, personal delivery, or other or additional offline means or media.
1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors
Our Cemeteries may collect or track (1) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with Our Cemeteries via e-mail, (2) information knowingly provided by the visitor in online forms, information requests, e-mail, the "Contact Us" section of the Site, and other online avenues (including, but not limited to, demographic, business profile, and personal profile data), (3) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, files downloaded, search engine used, operating system, and type of Web browser of visitors to the Site, and (4) aggregate and user-specific information regarding which pages Site visitors access.
Our Cemeteries may place Internet "cookies" on visitors’ hard drives. Internet cookies save data about individual visitors, such as the visitor’s name, password, user-name, shopping cart, screen preferences, and the pages of a site viewed by the visitor. When the visitor revisits the Site, Our Cemeteries may recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitor’s experience accordingly. Visitors may decline Internet cookies, if any, by using the appropriate feature of their Web client software, if available.
Our Cemeteries also may use Web bugs to gather, store, and track certain information related to your visit to and activity on the Site. A Web “bug” is a file object, which can be a graphic image such as a transparent one pixel-by-one pixel graphics file, which is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user activity. A Web bug can gather, for example, the IP address of your computer, the time the Web page was viewed, and the type of browser used.
When a visitor performs a search within the Site, Our Cemeteries may record information identifying the visitor or linking the visitor to the search performed. Our Cemeteries may also record limited information for every search request and use that information to solve technical problems with the services available directly or indirectly in connection with the Site and to calculate overall usage statistics.
2. Use of Personal Data Collected
Personal data collected by Our Cemeteries may be used by Our Cemeteries for many reasons, for example, for product development, for content improvement, for editorial and feedback purposes, for fulfillment of a requested transaction or recordkeeping, for marketing and promotional purposes, for a statistical analysis of users’ behavior, or to customize the content and layout of the Site. Aggregate data on visitors’ home servers may be used for internal purposes, and individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information which visitors voluntarily provide to Our Cemeteries may be added to Our Cemeteries databases and used for future calls and mailings regarding Site updates, new products and services, and upcoming events.Our Cemeteries also may use Site visitor data to contact the Site visitors regarding account status and changes to the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement, Terms of Use and any other policies or agreements relevant to Site visitors.
3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
Aggregate data on visitors’ home servers and individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, and phone numbers, may be disclosed or distributed to another party with which Our Cemeteries enters or reasonably may enter into a corporate transaction, such as, for example, a merger, consolidation, acquisition, or asset purchase, or to a third party pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, in response to a request by or on behalf of any local, state, federal, or other government agency, department, or body, whether or not pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, or if determined by Our Cemeteries in its sole judgment that such disclosure or distribution is appropriate to protect the life, health, or property of Our Cemeteries or any other person or entity.
While Our Cemeteries may undertake efforts to see that any third party to which Our Cemeteries shares, rents, sells, or otherwise discloses personal data is under a contractual obligation to use the personal data solely for the purposes for which the data was disclosed, such third parties are independent third parties over which Our Cemeteries exercises no control. Our Cemeteries is not responsible for, and will not be liable for, their conduct, actions, omissions, or information handling or dissemination practices.This Site may contain links to other World Wide Web sites or advertisements for or placed by third parties. Our Cemeteries is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites, advertisers, or third parties, or for the content of such sites or advertisements. It is possible that these links or advertisements, themselves, may be used by third parties or others to collect personal or other information about Site visitors. It is solely the visitors’ obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other Web sites and of these advertisers and third parties.
4. Security Measures
Our Cemeteries has implemented security features designed to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information, including Secure Socket Layering. Please be advised, however, that given the nature of the Internet, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from Our Cemeteries via this Site or via e-mail cannot be and is not guaranteed. Accordingly, Our Cemeteries is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. Instead of communicating with Our Cemeteries via e-mail or the Internet, visitors can contact Our Cemeteries directly.
5. Opt-Out Right
Except as necessary for Our Cemeteries to provide the services, information, or products requested by a visitor, the visitor may opt out of having his or her personally identifiable information, which has been voluntarily provided to Our Cemeteries through an account registration, customer order, or electronic news or information subscription, prospectively retained by Our Cemeteries, used by Our Cemeteries for secondary purposes, or disclosed by Our Cemeteries to third parties by contacting Our Cemeteries via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone. (This does not apply to collection of the type of Web browser of the visitor to the Site or to information provided or collected that does not meet the description in this Section 5.)
6. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data
Upon a visitor’s request via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone, Our Cemeteries will provide to the visitor a summary of any personally identifiable information retained by Our Cemeteries regarding the visitor, which information has been voluntarily provided by a visitor to Our Cemeteries through an account registration, customer order, or electronic news or information subscription. A visitor may modify, correct, change or update their personally identifiable information by contacting Our Cemeteries via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone.
7. Right to Change Privacy Statement
Our Cemeteries may change this Privacy Statement at any time. Notice of any new or revised Privacy Statement, as well as the location of the new or revised statement, will be posted on the Site for at least 60 days after the change. It is the obligation of users returning to the Site to learn of changes to the Privacy Statement since their last visit. Any change to this Privacy Statement shall be effective as to any visitor who has visited the Site before the change was made.
This Privacy Statement is effective July, 2009.