GooglyGreetings.com Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Overview
GooglyGreetings.com, is a provider of free greeting cards on the Internet. This Overall Privacy Statement discloses the privacy practices for the entire GooglyGreetings.com Web site.

Privacy Policy : Statement
GooglyGreetings.com respects your right to privacy. This statement has been formulated to assist you in understanding the nature of user information that we collect in our web site, the means of collection of the said information, and the terms and conditions related to the use of the same.

The Nature of User Information Collected
We collect selective user information from our users during their period of stay and use of information, graphics, images and content including but not limited to the download of any one of the prior mentioned copyrighted properties in one's browser, at GooglyGreetings.com.

We gather selective generic information with respect to customers' use of our web site, such as the number of unique visitors, the frequency with which they visit, and the areas on the web site that they favor. We only look at the data on a collective basis, in summary form, rather than on an individual basis. These statistical ratings do not contain any personally identifiable information about you or any of our users.

The above mentioned collection of data is conducted by the means of "cookies".

Purpose of Collection of Said Data/ User Information
The primary and most important purpose of collection of user information is to analyze user behaviour patterns and bring about changes and improvements in our service to present them with a better front end usage experience.

This data helps us determine the extent to which our customers use certain parts of our web site, which, in turn, enables us to make it as appealing as possible. We may also provide statistical "ratings" about how our customers collectively use our web site to advertisers, sponsors, and other companies with which we do business ("Business Partners"). We do this so they, too, can understand how often people use their areas of the site in order for them to provide you with the best possible experience.

We also collect information to analyze and put to use selective demographic details of our user base for the purpose of optimizing our revenues by means of advertising. GooglyGreetings.com is a free service provider and we would like to keep it that way. For this purpose, a steady advertising revenue is essential for the sustainance of this free service.

Cookies : Statement of Usage Policy
Disclaimer : GooglyGreetings.com uses browser based cookies to collect selective information about their users. We hereby state that it is not required that the cookies in your browser be turned on in order to access or use the services of GooglyGreetings.com.

We use cookies to make your visit to our web site easier. Cookies allow us to recognize you when you re-enter our web site so that you will not have to re-enter ecard related information everytime you visit. Cookies also allow us to count the number of unique and return visitors who use our site.

Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site.

Third Party Advertising
We use third-party advertising companies to serve our ads on the Internet. These third-party advertising companies employ cookie and Clear Gif technology (aka 1x1 Pixel .gifs, Web bugs) to measure and improve the effectiveness of ads for their clients. To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to our Web site and other Web sites. This information can include: date/time of banner ad shown, the banner ad that was shown, their cookie, the IP address. This information can also be used for online preference marketing purposes. GooglyGreetings.com does not use or have access to this information.

Third Party Cookies
In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique “cookie” on your browser.

IP Addresses
We collect and analyze traffic on our web site by keeping track of the IP addresses of our visitors. IP addresses are unique numeric identifiers that are assigned to each computer browser accessing the Internet. An IP address, by itself, cannot identify you personally. However, when combined with other information provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), your IP address can be used to identify the computer originating a message.

When You Send An eCard
If you use our web site to send an eCard or any other content, we collect your e-mail address and your recipient's e-mail address. This information is necessary to send the content and provide confirmation that it has been received. We will not use your recipient's e-mail address for any purpose other than to send the eCard. We may also use your e-mail address to contact you if you have chosen to receive communications from GooglyGreetings.com or its Partners.

Newsletters & Special Offers Mailings from Advertisers & Business Partners : Practices and Policies
Information submitted by you to GooglyGreetings.com during independent subscription to our Newsletters and Special Offer mailings, or the same during the sending of an ecard, resides with GooglyGreetings.com and is not disclosed to third parties.

All offers & promotions are sent directly by GooglyGreetings.com, either for GooglyGreetings.com itself or for its partners.We share information with our partners on aggregate demographic, geographic, preference, and other personally non identifiable information we have gathered about you. This will help them in directing to you offers that are more likely to be of interest.

You have the option of unsubscribing from these offers. You can do so by visiting the GooglyGreetings.com Newsletter Area and following the instructions there to unsubscribing your email address.

If you do not want to receive such offers & promotions, please either unsubscribe yourself at the address given above or do not enter your email address & other information while creating one of our cards.

Questions and Comments
Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding any other aspects of our Web site, should be sent via e-mail : webmaster@GooglyGreetings.com

We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to every one. We may also file your comments to improve the site, or review and discard the information.