Privacy
Policy
The BlueKnight Group, LLC ("BKG") (referred to as "Our"
and/or "We") owns and operates as a website and a Affiliate
several products. The BlueKnight Group, LLC may also publish
various eBooks (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Sites"). "You" refers to the person using the Sites. We strive
to offer You the many advantages of Internet technology and to
provide an interactive and personalized experience. We may use
"Personally Identifiable Information" (name, e-mail address,
street address, telephone number, IP address, financial
information, social security number and/or other form of tax
identification number, and other information) subject to the
terms of this Privacy Policy. We will never sell, barter, or
rent your email address to any unauthorized third party. We
employ specific security measures when storing, retrieving, or
accessing any form of financial information and/or social
security number and/or other form of tax identification
number.
How We Gather Information From
Users How we collect and store
information depends on the page you are visiting, the
activities in which you elect to participate and the services
provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information
when you register for access to certain portions of our site or
request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make
a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in
any of Our programs, on or by the Sites and other interactive
areas of the Sites. Like most websites, we also collect
information automatically and through the use of electronic
tools that may be transparent to You. For example, we may log
the name of your Internet Service Provider or your IP address,
or use information available through the Internet, cookie
technology, other forms of technology, and technologies yet to
be conceived and/or implemented, to recognize You and hold
information from your visit. Among other things, these
technologies, in whole or in part and in any possible
combination, may store your user name and password, sparing You
from having to re-enter that information each time You visit,
identify your account number, or may control the number of
times You encounter a particular advertisement while visiting
the Sites, or be used to Our advantage to market products and
services on behalf of Us or Our Advertisers, or in any other
way we see fit. (To learn more about "IP addresses" or
"cookies", find information by use of an Internet search
engine.) As we adopt additional technology, We may also gather
additional types and categories of information about You and
Your use of the Sites, its Programs, Your use of the Internet,
and/or Your implied topics of interest, usage, or research, and
do this through other means.
In certain instances, you can choose not to provide us with
information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to
accept cookies, but, if you do, you may be unable to access
certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your
user name and password, or we may not be able to customize the
site's features according to your preferences, or you may not
be able to become a Participant in some or all of the programs.
Furthermore, in some instances (as detailed in the Terms and
Conditions as well as in the paragraph below entitled "Taxpayer
Identification Number") if you fail to provide us with
information we request, you may be ineligible to participate in
some or all of the programs and/or services offered through the
Sites.¹
What We Do With the Information We
Collect Like other web services, We
collect information to formulate lists of topics, categories of
interest and/or use, and Your implied specific areas of
interest. This may be used to enhance Your visit, deliver more
individualized content and advertising, to affect our
accounting methodology, to secure our database(s), to protect
Us from illicit usage of the Sites, or to disable certain
services or programs for use by You. We respect your privacy
and do not share your information with anyone outside of Our
organization and any subsidiaries We may have. Additionally,
real time transmission of the information may occur to affect,
enable, or enhance other programs and services.
Aggregate Information (information that does not personally
identify You) may be used in many ways. For example, we may
combine information about your usage patterns with similar
information obtained from other users to help enhance the Sites
and the services offered therein (e.g., to learn which pages
are visited most or what features are most attractive).
Aggregate Information may occasionally be shared with or sold
to BlueKnight Group, LLC and its licensees and subsidiaries,
our advertisers, Our business partners, or the general public.
Again, this information does not include any Personally
Identifiable Information about You or that would allow anyone
to identify You individually. Additionally, periodic
transmission of the aggregate information may occur to affect,
enable, or enhance other programs and services.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected by
and/or retained on the Sites or through any of our Affiliate's
links, to communicate with You about your registration and
customization preferences; our Terms and Conditions (aka
License/Terms and Conditions (of Use)/Terms of Service), this
Privacy Policy, or any other legal documents contained on the
Sites or any other legal documents which pertain to your
participation; services and products offered, now or in the
future, BlueKnight Group, LLC; or any other topics we think you
might find of interest. Any such communication may be in the
form of email or by telephone or any other means suitable to
the type of communication, including any new information
delivery technologies that might become available.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by and/or
retained on the Sites or through any of our Affiliate's links,
may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited
to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and
contests, and other communications with You. Certain third
parties who provide technical support for the operation of the
Sites (our Web hosting service for example), in general, may
access such information. We will use your information only as
permitted by law. In addition, from time to time, as we
continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or
partner with other companies or businesses. In such
transactions, user information may be among the transferred
assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a
court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably
required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of
amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement
authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary.
Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to, or
after, disclosure in such cases.
Occasionally BlueKnight Group, LLC is approached by
companies and professional associations seeking to inform our
Members, Participants, Purchasers, and Affiliates, about
products or services that may be of interest to them. We review
these requests and when, in our judgment, we think the
information would be of benefit to these persons or entities,
we cooperate in getting you this information. We view receiving
such information as a benefit for those who are seeking new
tools to help them run their online business. In such cases, we
would provide you with this information directly, rather than
provide your Personally Identifiable Information to the outside
companies and professional associations. We may initiate the
communication of any information or advertising for Our direct
or indirect financial gain and it is done so without any
compensation due to You or any other recipient of the
information.
We may use third party merchant payment verification and
processing companies to obtain payment and approvals and to
bill users for goods and services. We do not have complete
control over the actions or intentions of the third party
payment processors or how they use the information that you may
provide during a payment transaction and therefore have no
responsibility for their use of the data specific to the
transaction. These payment processors, and/or Your own
financial institution may, in some circumstances, make
secondary use of Your personal information and purchasing
history; it is Your responsibility to contact the payment
processors and/or Your financial institution for information
regarding their specific usage of the information conveyed
during transactions.
On most purchases and transactions on the Sites, or through
our Affiliates' links, BKG will normally collect and record
merchant/payment processing information. Much of the
determination on what information is collected and/or archived
before, during, and/or after a purchase transaction, is based
on the provisions and/or limitations of the payment processor
systems that are implemented on each of the Sites, and this may
vary from site to site. Purchases will normally be done via
third party merchant transaction or other payment providers and
such information during the post sale transaction of data and
the data communication between their computer(s) and our
computer(s) may not be encrypted nor protected with SSL or any
other form of encryption software, in some cases.
The actual account access credentials information is not
supplied to Us, but is available only for purposes of
processing and completing the purchase transaction. The account
and/or credentialization information is only disclosed to
specific third parties as necessary to complete the purchase
transaction, or during the process of financing the
transaction. Additionally, notifications delivered in the form
of email to Us will be delivered unencrypted and clearly
readable in standard character sets defined by or within the
geography of delivery or by or within the receiving computers
configuration. During the entire process of placing and paying
for an order, there may be several steps in the process where
data is transmitted unencrypted and this is variable between
Users partly based on the configuration of web browser
technology or by any other means they access the Sites, or by
the payment method and/or payment or merchant transaction
processor chosen or available at the time of purchase, or by
any third party provider used by the merchant transaction or
associated payment processor, all of which is beyond Our
control. Your payment processor ids, payment processor
transaction identifiers, dates and times of transactions,
contractual obligations or details specific to the
transactions, checksums, electronic forms of signature, and any
other useful information for identifying or explaining or
replicating the transaction may be stored temporarily or
permanently on the Sites.
Requesting Your Personally Identifiable
Information and/or Financial
Information Upon written request we
may provide You with access to information that we maintain
about You including, but not limited to, financial information
(e.g., payment processor and/or merchant account information),
unique identifier information (e.g., customer number or
password), transaction information (e.g., dates on which You
made purchases, amounts and types of purchases), participation
history (e.g. dates on which you subscribed to lists at the
Sites), and/or contact information (e.g., name, address, phone
number). You may also obtain some or all of this information
directly from your Affiliate Back Office (also referred to as
your "Profile). Upon request, we offer You the ability to have
inaccuracies corrected in contact information, financial
information, and/or transaction information as further detailed
in this Sites' Terms and Conditions.
Affiliated Sites, Linked Sites and Advertisements. We expect
Our members, partners, advertisers, and Affiliates to respect
the privacy of Our Users. Be aware, however, that third parties
(including, but not limited to, our members partners, peers,
advertisers, Affiliates, BlueKnight Group, LLC entities and
personnel, other content providers, or other advertising
services) (collectively referred to as "Promotional Partners")
whose websites may be accessible through the Sites, may have
their own privacy and data collection policies and practices.
For example, during Your visit to the Sites, or websites that
the Sites provide advertising services to, You may link to or
view, certain content that is actually owned, created, hosted
by a third party, or hosted or advertised by another service,
or websites far removed from and unrelated to the Sites. Also,
through the Site, You may intentionally or unintentionally be
introduced to, or be able to access, information, other
websites, programs, products, services, features, contests or
sweepstakes offered by other parties. We are not responsible
for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should
check the applicable privacy policies of each of those third
parties when providing information on any page operated by a
third party.
While on the Sites, our Promotional Partners or other third
parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to
identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about
you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third
parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to
determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement
before. Other features available on the Sites may offer
services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other
technology to gather information. AHI does not control the use
of this technology by third parties or the resulting
information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies
of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily
disclose Personally Identifiable Information on
message boards or in chat areas which may be accessible through
the Sites, that information can be viewed publicly and can be
collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and
may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or
third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of AHI
and this Policy.
1.Taxpayer Identification Number (Affiliates Only)
Individuals or entities who register as Affiliates (hereinafter
"Payees") AND who are due any monies from their participation
in the AHI Affiliate Program, must provide their Taxpayer
Identification Number (either their social security number or
employer identification number if a United States citizen or
resident, or other form of identification provided by their
country of origin or residence) to AHI. AHI cannot make any
payments to said Payee until the Payee submits their
appropriate Taxpayer Identification Number and supporting
Identification to AHI (as required by the Affiliate Agreement
of the Sites).
Furthermore, AHI may not pay any monies to any United States
resident or citizen that would cause such Payee's cumulative
earnings to meet or exceed $600 during a calendar year, until
that Payee submits an original, signed copy of IRS form W-9 as
per instructions contained in the Sites' Terms and Conditions.
We are required to collect this information from each Payee in
order to report each Payee's earnings to the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service, (and/or to the taxing authorities of any
nation, state, or political subdivision whose laws or
regulations we are obligated to respect), and to issue IRS form
1099-MISC to the Payee and to the IRS. (To read more about the
IRS Regulations that govern our operation,
visit http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99928,00.html
.)
If you are neither a citizen nor a resident of the United
States, You do not need to provide a U.S. taxpayer
identification number, but in this case we are required to
withhold a portion of any monies that may be due to You and
remit them to the IRS. (You are still required to provide us
with Personal Identification as required in the Sites' TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.) For more information on withholdings for
foreign persons or entities, click here. (You must apply to the
IRS for a refund of this money if you do not owe any United
States income taxes or are not subject to any laws pertaining
to United States income taxes.) You should not be asked for
(and You should never provide) Your taxpayer identification
number, unless You are applying for a Program that entitles you
to earn monies (whether such monies are derived from credits
converted to cash, or otherwise).
We designed this Policy to comply with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). BlueKnight Group, LLC does
not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable
Information from or about children under the age of 13 except
as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any
information from a child under the age of 13 in violation of
this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If
you believe BlueKnight Group, LLC has any information from or
about anyone under the age of 13, please contact us at the
address listed below.
User Emails or
Testimonials If you are a customer
and send an email to the Sites, to AHI, or to BlueKnight Group,
LLC, or if you communicate with any of them by phone or mail or
other means, the party you are communicating with collects
information about your communication. By communicating with the
any of them, you give your permission to collect, archive,
retrieve, and otherwise use any information collected as the
Network sees fit.
Any communication which, in our sole discretion, we deem to
be a testimonial, may be publicized for commercial
purposes.
Legal
Disclaimer BlueKnight Group, LLC uses
reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to Us
secure. We will use your information only as permitted by law.
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may
need to disclose Personal Identifiable Information when
required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to:
1) Conform to the edicts of the law or to comply with a
current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process
served on either AHI or BlueKnight Group, LLC;
2) Protect and defend the rights or property of the Sites or
visitors to the Sites;
3) Identify persons who may be violating the law, any legal
notice, or the rights of third parties (including those
violating the Terms and Conditions of the Sites);
4) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful
activities;
In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our
business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other
companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information
may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your
information in connection with the collection of amounts you
may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever
we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not
provide you with notice prior to, or after, disclosure in such
cases.
BlueKnight Group, LLC does not endorse, nor is it
responsible for the accuracy of the privacy policies and/or
terms and conditions and/or terms of use/service of each or any
of the advertisers within the Sites. The entities which
advertise and/or place ads with BlueKnight Group, LLC are
independent third parties and are not affiliated with The
BlueKnight Group, LLC and are neither owned nor operated by
BlueKnight Group, LLC, unless otherwise stated on such site.
Furthermore, BlueKnight Group, LLC is not responsible for any
breach of security, misuse of information, or for any other
actions of any third parties that may receive the
information.
Changes to This
Policy We reserve the right to change
this policy at any time. Please check this page and the Site's
Terms and Conditions periodically for changes. Your continued
use of the Sites following the posting of changes to this
Privacy Policy will mean You accept those changes. Information
collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used
according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the
information was collected.
Your
Acceptance of These Terms By
agreeing to receive information from Us, by downloading any BKG
eBook or report, or by participating in the BKG Affiliate
Program, you agree to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the
right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove
portions of this policy at any time. All Privacy Policy changes
will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Sites.
Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued
use of the Site or acceptance of any email from AHI following
the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept
these changes.
Governing Law
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by the laws
of the State of Indiana, in the County of Lake, United States.
If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to
resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon online
mediator. Any costs and fees (other than attorney fees)
associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each of
us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory
solution through online mediation, we agree to submit the
dispute to binding arbitration online, under the rules of the
American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with
jurisdiction to do so.
In no case shall the User have the right to go to court or
have a jury trial. Users will not have the right to engage in
pre-trial discovery except as provided in the rules; you will
not have the right to participate as a representative or member
of any class of claimants pertaining to any claim subject to
arbitration; the arbitrator's decision will final and binding
with limited rights of appeal.
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