INSTAFILE is committed to protecting your privacy. This INSTAFILE Privacy Statement applies to InstaFILE's family of Web sites and governs data collection and usage at all INSTAFILE sites. Please read the INSTAFILE Privacy Statement below and also any supplementary information at the end of this statement for additional details about particular INSTAFILE sites and services that you may use.

Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

INSTAFILE collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. INSTAFILE may also collect demographic information, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites. Information collected by INSTAFILE may be combined with information obtained from other InstaFILE services and other companies.

If you choose to sign up for a paid subscription service, we will collect additional personal information, including your credit card number and billing address, in order to create a InstaFILE billing account.

INSTAFILE also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by INSTAFILE for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of INSTAFILE.

INSTAFILE keeps track of the pages our customers visit within INSTAFILE, in order to determine what INSTAFILE sites and services are the most popular. This data is also used by INSTAFILE to deliver customized content and advertising to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

INSTAFILE encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from INSTAFILE so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. InstaFILE is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the InstaFILE and INSTAFILE family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

INSTAFILE and its operational service partners collect and use your personal information to operate INSTAFILE and deliver the services you have requested. INSTAFILE does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

INSTAFILE also uses your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from InstaFILE and its affiliates. INSTAFILE may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

INSTAFILE does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. INSTAFILE may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your personal information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

Certain INSTAFILE services may be co-branded and offered in conjunction with another company. If you register for or use such services, both INSTAFILE and the other company may receive information collected in conjunction with the co-branded services. In such cases, either a joint privacy statement or a link to the other company's privacy statement will be provided, which will provide you with information about how the other company will use the information and how you can contact the other company with requests to access the information or other inquiries.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

INSTAFILE may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on InstaFILE or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of InstaFILE, including its INSTAFILE family of Web sites; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of INSTAFILE services or members of the public.

Personal information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which InstaFILE or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. InstaFILE abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control your Personal Information

You may stop the delivery of future promotional e-mail from INSTAFILE by following the specific instructions in the e-mail you receive. The instructions explain how to stop receiving such e-mails.

There are some INSTAFILE services that send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and news about INSTAFILE products and services. You will not be able to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information

INSTAFILE is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access, that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Use of Cookies

INSTAFILE uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize INSTAFILE's pages, or register with INSTAFILE sites or services, a cookie helps INSTAFILE to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to INSTAFILE, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the INSTAFILE features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the INSTAFILE services or Web sites you visit.

Use of Web Beacons

INSTAFILE Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow INSTAFILE to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. INSTAFILE may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or INSTAFILE Newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personal information on the INSTAFILE network of sites and services; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about INSTAFILE Web site usage.

Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. INSTAFILE Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by third parties to help determine the effectiveness of our joint promotional or advertising campaigns.

Use of Third Party Ad Networks

The majority of the online banner advertisements you see on INSTAFILE Web pages are displayed by INSTAFILE.

In addition, INSTAFILE allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements on INSTAFILE Web pages. Some of these ad networks may place a persistent cookie on your computer. Doing this allows the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. InstaFILE does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third-party ad servers or ad networks.

INSTAFILE maintains relationships with a number of the third-party ad networks currently operating such as: 24/7 Real Media; AdForce; AdKnowledge; AppNet/admaximize/i33; Avenue A; BlueStreak.com; CFM&Z; Click Here; DoubleClick; Flycast; Interad Network; MatchLogic; Mediaplex; Sabela Media; The Thinking Media; and Vita Bella. Those ad networks that use persistent cookies may offer you a way to opt out of ad targeting. You may find more information at the Web site of either the individual ad network or the Network Advertising Initiative.

Changes to this Statement

INSTAFILE will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. When INSTAFILE posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of INSTAFILE. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how INSTAFILE will use your personal information, INSTAFILE will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. INSTAFILE encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how InstaFILE is protecting your information.

Contact Information

INSTAFILE welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that INSTAFILE has not adhered to this Statement, please contact INSTAFILE.

INSTAFILE Privacy
InstaFILE
8188 Alpine Ave. Ste. F
Sacramento, California 95826

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