Gold Rush Privacy Policy |
| 1. Information Collection & Use:
XC Holdings, LLC.is a licensee of the TRUSTe Web Privacy Seal Program. TRUSTe is an independent organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the Web site www.goldrushnow.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. |
| If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Mr. Gold by calling 1-888 44 MY RUSH or mailing XC HOLDINGS, LLC 19785 W 12 Mile Road #711 Southfield, MI 48076. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns. |
| In order to receive a Gold Rush Bundle, you must first complete the fields in the online form that we have provided, or you can call 888-44 MY RUSH. You are required to give contact information such as name and mailing address. We use this information to send you the Gold Rush Bundle and to either mail you your payment or issue a direct deposit into your checking account if you select the Direct Deposit option on the Rush My Cash form. If you select ‘Extra Rushed Gold Rush’ and print your own shipping label to send us your gold or silver, we will also use the information you entered in the form to mail you your payment or issue a direct deposit into your checking account, whichever option you choose. We use this information to process the goods that you send us and for payment purposes. If we have trouble processing your order, we will use this information to contact you. |
| If you provide us with your email address, we may send you special offers or invite you to enter for a chance to win a variety of prizes. You will have the opportunity to unsubscribe once you’ve received the first email or you can simply email your first and last names, and your email address to us at Unsubscribe@GoldRushNow.com |
| XC Holdings, LLC- Gold Rush is the sole owner of the information collected on GoldRushNow.com. XC Holdings, LLC- Gold Rush collects personally identifiable information from our users on the Gold Rush Bundle Request form located on many pages of our Web site and over the phone when users call 888-44-MY RUSH. |
| We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site |
| 2. Survice Providers: XC Holdings, LLC – Gold Rush uses third party shipping companies including FedEx and the United States Postal Service. XC Holdings, LLC does not share, sell, rent, or trade PII with third parties for their promotional purposes. |
| 3. Surveys or Contests: From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in sweepstakes, contests or surveys on our web site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information such as name, email address, shipping address and demographic information such as gender and household income. |
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We use this information to improve the user experience on GoldRushNow.com; better tailor prize packages and design incentive programs. For example, should you choose to register for a Gold Rush Sweepstakes program, we require a shipping address so that should you win, we know where to ship the prize. |
| We may use a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests; that company will be prohibited from using our users’ personally identifiable information for any other purpose. |
| 4. Tell-A-Friend: If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our web site including promotions that we may offer, 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. XC Holdings, LLC- Gold Rush stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program and promotions. |
| Your friend may contact us at Unsubscribe@GoldRushNow.com to request that we remove this information from our database. It may take up to two weeks to remove your name from our database. |
| 5: Testimonials: We post customer testimonials on our web site which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along with their testimonial. |
| 6: Log Files: As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. |
| We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. |
| We use a third-party tracking service that uses cookies [log files] to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site in the aggregate [state what information is captured, e.g., usage and volume statistics] to [state purpose of the collection] |
| 7: Cookies: A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site for system administration purposes. Information collected via tracking technologies is not linked to PII. |
| We use session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. |
| We set a persistent cookie so that when you return to GoldRushNow.com, we can recognize you. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. |
| If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, may be limited. |
| 8: Links to Other Sites: This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by XC Holdings, LLC- Gold Rush. Please be aware that we, by XC Holdings, LLC- Gold Rush, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. |
| We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. |
| This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site. |
| 9: Security: The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information such as email address on our Bundle Package request form, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). To learn more about SSL, follow this link click here. |
| We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. |
| If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at Questions@GoldRushNow.com. |
| 10: Business Transitions: In the event that XC Holdings, LLC- Gold Rush goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via prominent notice on our Web site for 30 days of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information. |
| 11: Changes in this Privacy Statement:
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. |
| 12: Contact Us: If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please email us at:Questions@GoldRushNow.com. |
| Or, write us at: XC HOLDINGS, LLC 19785 W 12 Mile Road #711 Southfield, MI 48076 |
| Last Updated on 6/1/09 |
