ThePointsTrader.com is committed to protecting your privacy. We only use the information we collect about you to process trade transactions you requested on our website. This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

 

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit and/ or transact at our Website?

 

When submitting a quote, trading or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address and phone number. In some cases, we may also need credit card information, social security number, credit card and frequent flyer account login details or other details to add you as an authorize user on credit card accounts and/ or frequent flyer accounts, to transfer the credit card rewards points and/ or frequent flyer miles from one account to the other and to help you ease your experience while transacting at our website. We may ask for this information directly from you or other third party source and upon visiting and/ or transacting at our website you agree to and give us consent to acquire the required information to successfully complete the transaction on our website.

 

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by ThePointsTrader.com. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of our website.

 

When do we collect information?

 

We collect information from you when you trade, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form, Open a Support Ticket or enter information on our site.

 

How do we use your information? 

 

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a sale or purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

      • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

      • To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.

      • To quickly process your transactions securely.

      • To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)

 

 

How do we protect your information?

 

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. We also implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

 

How do you get my consent?

 

When you provide us with personal information to complete a quote form, transaction, verify your credit card and/ or frequent flyer login details, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

 

Do we use 'cookies'?

 

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

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If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly. 

 

Disclosure

 

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate any of our Terms of Service.

 

Third-party disclosure

 

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it's release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety. 

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. 

 

Third-party links

 

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

 

Google

 

Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en 

 

We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

We have implemented the following:

 

      • Remarketing with Google AdSense

 

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website. 

Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

 

 

Age of Consent

 

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your country, state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your country, state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

 

Changes to this privacy policy

 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

 

Contact Information

 

If you have further questions to our privacy policy set forth herein, feel free to contact us using the contact form below. We will respond to your questions at the earliest possible time.