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We value the trust you place in PLS. We want to ensure that you
understand what information we gather about you, how we use it, and
the safeguards we have in place in order to protect it.
What This Privacy Policy Covers
- This policy covers how PLS treats personal information that PLS collects and receives, including information related to your past use of PLS products and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, postal address, e-mail address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
- This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that PLS does not own or control, or to people that PLS does not employ or manage. In addition, certain PLS associated companies have their own privacy and as such we are not responsible for how they manage their data.
Information Collection and Use
- PLS collects personal information when you register with PLS, when you use PLS products or services, when you visit PLS pages or the pages of certain PLS partners. PLS may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
- When you register we ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, zip code. Once you register with PLS and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
- PLS collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners.
- PLS may receive and record information in our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, PLS cookie information, and the page you request.
- PLS uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous internal reporting.
PLS has a firm policy of never disclosing or selling any
financial information, e-mail addresses, or customer phone numbers
to any corporation or individual. After all, we are trying to build a community here.
- PLS will maintain practices and procedures designed to enhance the security, integrity, and confidentiality of customer data.
- We restrict and limit access to customer information only to those employees who need it to carry out their business functions.
- When credit card information is transmitted online, PLS uses industry standard security measures called SSL (secure socket layer) encryption and unique, one-way encrypted (MD-5) transaction identifiers.
- PLS will monitor and adopt, as appropriate, new technological improvements designed to aid in ensuring the accuracy and security of customer data.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
- PLS does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
- when we provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with PLS under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help PLS communicate with you about offers from PLS and our partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
- when we respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims
- when we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of PLS's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law
- when we transfer information about you if PLS is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, PLS will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
- PLS may update this policy from time to time. Please check our policy periodically for changes.
If you have questions or would like further information about this,
please feel free to contact us via our
Reach Out to Us page.
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