Privacy Policy

The policies below are applicable to Local Thunder®. Our Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect when you visit Local Thunder, how we protect it, and what choices you have about how that information is used. We urge you to read our entire Privacy Policy so that you will understand our commitment to your privacy. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us by email at info@localthunder.com.

Privacy@Local Thunder

Local Thunder has created this statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. We allow our users to control the amount of personal information they provide to us. Local Thunder hopes that users will feel comfortable providing this information to us, because this information allows us to tailor our promotional offers to each visitor's particular business needs. However, we recognize that some visitors will prefer not to provide certain requested information, so we've designed Local Thunder with the visitor's personal preferences in mind.

Observation of Site

In order to view the Local Thunder website, you do not need to provide, nor does Local Thunder require, any personal information.

What Information We Collect/How We Use It

Information Inquiries: When you inquire about Local Thunder's products and services, you are required to provide certain information, including your business name, primary contact, mailing address, phone number and email address. This information is used only for the purposes of fulfilling your information request and to respond to your inquiry accordingly.

Reports

We provide reports to the companies with which we do business. These reports include aggregate information about our users. The information in these reports will not identify individual members. No information is contained in the reports that would allow companies to contact members directly.

Changes in Privacy Practice

In the event of any fundamental amendment to the privacy statement for Local Thunder, both the new and the old privacy statements will be posted for a period of 30 days on this Privacy Policy page as well as a notice on the homepage. After 30 days, only the new privacy statement will appear. During the 30-day period, users may change their status with Local Thunder as described in the "Changing Your Status" section of the Privacy Statement or as described in any notice. After 30 days, the new privacy policy will be in effect regarding the usage and treatment of information.

Cookies

Cookies are a standard Internet technology that allow us to store and retrieve the log-in information on your system. Cookies are also used on Local Thunder so that the Web pages presented to you are consistent. Based on this implementation of session management, you must have cookies enabled to use our site. Local Thunder tracks that information in a non-identifiable way.

Although cookies must be enabled to access Local Thunder, this specific cookie does not have to be present in your 'Cookies' folder to access our site. If you wish to eliminate cookies placed by our server, you must delete them from the 'Cookies' folder in the 'Windows' folder of Microsoft Windows systems. If you are not able to determine which cookies are being sent by our server, you may choose to delete all cookies. However, this action will eliminate any control information that has been set-up by other websites you visit. In the case of Local Thunder, the next time you visit http://www.localthunder.com, a new cookie will be placed to guide your session interaction.

Log Files

Log files are generated on all websites on the Internet, including Local Thunder. These files are set according to the standards for HTTPD Web server technology as described by the standards organization, W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). These Log files contain 'clickstream information' (i.e. transactions about the Web pages viewed during a session, including the originating website/Web page, navigation to another website/Web page, the type of browser used, date/time, and success status of the server transaction).

Links between pages are described using a URL (Universal Resource Locator) address, http://www.localthunder.com. Each page viewed has a unique address that is recorded as a transaction in the server log. Transactions about all pages viewed on Local Thunder are analyzed to administer the website and to count visits to a page. Our website design uses log transactions to optimize site navigation and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information. We maintain these log files solely for our own internal purposes and they are not shared with third parties, except to prevent abuse or fraud.

Security

This site has implemented reasonable security measures in an effort to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Local Thunder uses reasonable networking, server, database, and procedural mechanisms in an effort to safeguard the integrity and privacy of data.

Local Thunder also protects user information off-line. All of our users' information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted passwords to access personally identifiable information. Furthermore, all employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.

Local Thunder is committed to protecting the privacy of our members. We will continue to review and implement new technologies as necessary to maintain the security of our networks and servers.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Local Thunder is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Third Parties

From time to time, Local Thunder may co-brand services. At the point of collection, Local Thunder will clearly indicate who is collecting information and which privacy statement is applicable. Please be aware that Local Thunder is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policy of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website. Local Thunder does not share any personally identifiable information with third parties, other than for the purposes described herein.

Local Thunder contracts with third parties to perform functions on our behalf such as analyzing data, delivering packages, sending postal mail and email, providing marketing assistance and processing credit card payments. These third parties may be granted access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

Children Under the Age of 18 Years

Local Thunder does not wish to collect and does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18 years. By submitting information to Local Thunder, the individual submitting information certifies that they are not under the age of 18 years.

Limits of Confidentiality

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Local Thunder may disclose member information to third parties when Local Thunder determines in its sole discretion that it is reasonably necessary to do so to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, legal process served on our website, or as otherwise required by law.

Choice/Opt-out

Email addresses submitted by visitors are used to notify customers about updates to the website and to send special offers that may be of interest to your business. Local Thunder does not share these email addresses or any other identifying information that you provide with third parties. If you do not wish to receive such notices and special offers from us in the future, you may contact us by emailing us at info@localthunder.com.

Sale of Assets, Merger or Acquisition

In the event Local Thunder merges, is acquired by or sells its assets to a third party, Local Thunder may disclose member information as is reasonably necessary to effect any such merger, acquisition or sale. Members will be given the opportunity to opt-out of the Local Thunder service. Members can log-in at any time and modify their profile. A selection allows members to opt-out of any future emails from Local Thunder. For more information, please refer to "Changes in Privacy Practice."

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of Local Thunder, or your dealings with Local Thunder, you should please contact us by email at info@localthunder.com