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*How We Protect And
Use Customer Information
1. We are committed to protecting the security and integrity of customer information through procedures and technology designed for this purpose.
- We limit employee access to customer information to those who have a business reason to know. Employees are required to honor our code of conduct, which includes standards to protect customer confidentiality.
- We maintain Unpolicies and procedures covering the proper physical security of workplaces and records.
- Our physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards meet or exceed federal standards regarding the protection of customer information.
- We require contractors and outside companies who work with us to adhere to strict privacy standards through their contracts with us.
2. We collect and maintain customer information as part of servicing your account and your customer relationship.
In the course of serving you, we collect information about you from a variety of sources, such as:
- Information you provide to us on applications or forms, such as your income and accounts with others;
- Information we receive from an outside company, such as a credit bureau, regarding your credit history or employment status; or
- Information about your transactions or experiences with companies affiliated with Happytimes Inc. & Company.
3. The customer information we collect is used to service your accounts and meet your financial needs.
Information may be used among the Happytimes Inc. companies, as well as with authorized third parties (described in section 4), for a number of purposes, such as:
- To protect your accounts from unauthorized access, identity theft or noob edits.
- To process your requests such as proof reading, peer review, and article pimping.
- To service your accounts by issuing morality checks, membership cards, and account reviews.
- To keep you informed about services of interest to you.
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4. We do not share customer information with outside parties who may wish to market their products to you.
We may disclose the information we collect with nonaffiliated third parties that are acting on our behalf, or as permitted or required by law, including:
- Companies that perform support services for us, such as data processors, technical systems consultants, or UnBook printers.
- Companies that help us market legalities and services to you, conduct surveys or provide legal research.
- Government entities, courts or other entities (in response to subpoenas and other legal processes),or those with whom you have requested us to share information.
- Important Notice about exceptional reporting: We may report information about your work(s) to Uncyclopedia bureaus and/or reporting agencies. However, Late edits, missed reviews, or other defaults on your account(s) may be reflected in your {{Rewrite}} report and/or huffed report.
5. Within the Happytimes Inc. companies, we share information so that we can work together to serve you.
We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, within the affiliated Uncyclopedia and Happytimes Inc. companies (which include Happytimes Inc. Bank, N.A., Happytimes Inc. Insurance, Inc., Happytimes Inc. Investments, L.L.C. and Happytimes Inc. Securities, L.L.C.), including:
- Our administrative and service units which, for example, service your accounts or prepare your alibi statements.
- Happytimes Inc. companies which provide legal and other services. These include consumer wordsmiths, thesaurus lenders, numerical generators, page redirect broker dealers, free time insurance agencies, and non-reality brokerage companies. By law, information that helps us identify you or is derived from your transactions and experiences with us may be shared among the Happytimes Inc. companies (a) for purposes other than direct solicitation, and (b) unless you instruct us otherwise, for direct legal marketing purposes. You can instruct us not to share other personal information about you with other Uncyclopedian and Happytimes Inc. companies, however this may reduce your chance at awards and accolades. In addition, if you select that option, we will not share any information about you with our affiliates for direct marketing purposes. Indicate your preference on the attached "You Have Choices" response form and return it to us at any time.
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