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Privacy Policy

Direct Selling News (“DSN,” “we,” “us” or “our”) values its customers and respects their right to privacy. We are committed to protecting our users’ information and to making our users aware of our online practices regarding the privacy of their information. That includes meeting or exceeding requirements under data protection acts and regulations (including the General Data Protection Regulation Act).

By accessing this web site (the “Site”), you expressly consent and agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy, including our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, then please do not use or access our Site.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

Visitors to our Site can access the Site’s home page and browse the Site without disclosing any personally identifiable information. We may track information provided to us by your browser, including the web site you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.

DSN may also collect personal information when you provide it to Direct Selling News, such as by submitting to the Site content to the Site, requesting e-mail updates and newsletters, reminders for events, special dates or offers, purchasing materials or products, participating in a webinar, responding to a survey or questionnaire from us, or when you provide comments, suggestions and submissions to us via the Site or otherwise. DSN may collect personal information in connection therewith such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone numbers and other relevant information. Depending upon the services you elect to use or receive, we may also collect device-specific information, mobile network information, including your mobile device number or other identifier.

Information we collect from you, when you choose to provide it to us (e.g. when you set up an account with us), may include your name, your mailing address (where you request/purchase certain materials), your email address and other contact information you may provide when purchasing materials or products from our Site. We use a third party provide to process credit card payments; we do not maintain and/or store any credit card information. Please see the privacy policy of that third party when purchasing products or services from our Site.

We may also maintain a record of your online history on the Site, and the aforementioned information in connection therewith.

You also understand that when you post information to our Site, it may be indexable by search engines. If a third party then copies your content posted on our Site, your election to remove that content from our Site may not remove your content from other sources that have since linked to or copied your content.

How the Information Is Used.

By using this website, you agree that Direct Selling News may use the information you give it to provide services to you or provide information, notices and reminders that DSN thinks you may find interesting or useful, or that you specifically requested. We may from time-to-time provide your name and email address to marketing partners. DSN may also use the information for other actions you take or other services you request on our Site.

Your responses to and results from the questionnaires and/or surveys that you may complete are owned by us, and we and others may use them in a variety a ways to enhance our delivery of information and services to you. We may also share results with third parties, including market research firms, but in so doing, we will not include your personal information. Instead, results will be aggregated (for example, by age range, geographic region, etc.).

We may also use information we collect from you to:

  • perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our features, including your submission of content for our Site, services or content, or products, services or content offered by others, including our participating affiliates and vendors;
  • communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, facsimile, telephone and/or mobile devices about products and services that may be of interest to you, and/or about content that you have submitted to the Site;
  • develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our Site and other web sites;
  • use your email to communicate with you if you forget your password;
  • enforce our terms and conditions;
  • manage our business; and
  • perform functions in connection with providing information and services to you, including without limitation, reviewing and posting your content to the Site.

We may receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.

Please note that information, images, and other materials you post or submit for posting to the Site is not protected by this Privacy Policy and may be shared with third parties by us.

Accordingly you should not submit to Direct Selling News any information that you do not want shared with others. Further you will not submit any information or content regarding a third party unless you are expressly authorized to do so.

Personal Information of Minors.

Direct Selling News does not knowingly solicit or collect personally identifiable information online from minors. If Direct Selling News learns that a minor has submitted personally identifiable information online, in contravention of these measures, it will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from its databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the minor or others as required by law).
Links.

The Site may provide links to other web sites that Direct Selling News thinks you will find interesting or useful. Direct Selling News is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites.

External Distribution of Personally Identifiable Information and of Confidential Information.

Direct Selling News owns several Sites, all of which are owned directly, or through affiliated companies of SUCCESS Partners. In some instances, we may share your personal information within the SUCCESS organization to provide, maintain and improve our products and services.

Direct Selling News does not externally distribute personally-identifiable information of a user of the Site, except if a user specifically opts-in that certain of its personally-identifiable information be distributed to a third party, or if necessary to protect the rights of Direct Selling News or others. External distribution does not include certain limited distributions such as sharing personally-identifiable information with a third party working on behalf of Direct Selling News, transfer of personally-identifiable information in connection with the sale of DSN’s assets or the merger of Direct Selling News or the disclosure of personally-identifiable information in connection with legal proceedings, investigations of crimes, or other governmental investigations. Transferring personally-identifiable information in connection with a sale or merger and sharing personally-identifiable information with an entity or person working on behalf of Direct Selling News is considered an onward transfer to third parties and is permitted under this policy.

Third-Party Service Providers.

We may employ other companies and individuals, including third party metrics and analytic tools, to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), and providing customer service. These service providers have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but such service providers are not authorized to use personal information for other purposes.

Use of Your Information to Protect Direct Selling News and Others.

We may release your personal information if we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms of Use; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Direct Selling News, our other users, or third parties. This includes exchanging information with other companies and entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. We do not, however, sell, rent, share, or otherwise disclose personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Use of Cookies.

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

  • Account related cookiesIf you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
  • Login related cookiesWe use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
  • Email newsletters related cookiesThis site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
  • Orders processing related cookiesThis site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
  • Surveys related cookiesFrom time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
  • Forms related cookiesWhen you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
  • Site preferences cookiesIn order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
  • Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
  • From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
  • As we sell products it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
  • The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
  • We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
  • Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
  • We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Third Party Advertisers.

We may use outside companies to display ads on our Site, including manufacturers of the products we offer on the Site, and third parties acting on their behalf. These ads and notices may contain cookies. Third parties also may post content to our Site. These postings may also contain cookies.

How Long We Keep Your Personally-Identifiable Information.

Direct Selling News retains the personally-identifiable information you provide to us as reasonably necessary in connection with Direct Selling News’ operation of its business and for you to use the Site, or for us to provide customer support or other services described herein in connection with the Site.
Security.

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow reasonable standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

ALTHOUGH DIRECT SELLING NEWS USES REASONABLE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM AND STORED ON OUR SERVERS, DIRECT SELLING NEWS CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION STORED ON OUR SERVERS, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THE SITE, WILL BE FREE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, DIRECT SELLING NEWS DISCLAIMS AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR DAMAGE TO, OR INTERCEPTION OF ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION BEING STORED ON OUR SERVERS OR ON THE SITE, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES.

Access; Review and Correction.

Customers can, by emailing DSN at admin@directsellingnews.com review and correct the personally identifiable information that has been collected from them by DSN.

Opt-Out.

At any time should you wish for us to no longer communicate with you, or wish to have us delete or destroy any names, email addresses, content or communications you send to us, please write to us at: Direct Selling News, 5717 Legacy Drive, Suite 250, Plano, Texas 75024, or email us at admin@directsellingnews.com.  However, then you may no longer be able to use the Site and/or the services offered through the Site.

California Residents – Your Privacy Rights.

Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California can obtain certain information about the types of personal information that companies with whom they have an established business relationship have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. In particular, the law provides that companies must inform consumers about the categories of personal information that have been shared with third parties, the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by Direct Selling News pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact us via the email address stated above. Please allow 30 days for a response.

Binding Agreement; Changes.

Any user that accesses all or any part of this Site, or subscribes for newsletters or e-mail notifications and other information, or submits content to our Site for posting on the Site agrees and represents that such user is at least eighteen (18) years old and that such user has consented to this Privacy Policy. Each time a user accesses this Site, this Privacy Policy should be reviewed because Direct Selling News reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice. Your use of our Site constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Links.

This Site may provide links to other web sites that Direct Selling News thinks you will find interesting or useful. You may also link to these other web sites for a product or service featured on this Site. Direct Selling News is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites, and you should review those policies.

Disputes.

If you choose to visit our Site, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. By visiting the Site, using the services offered on the Site, or submitting and/or posting content to the Site, you agree that the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern this Agreement and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us. Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Site, using the services offered on the Site and/or submitting and/or posting content on the Site, shall be adjudicated in any state court in Collin County, Texas, or any federal court in the Northern District of Texas and you and we consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts and waive any and all claims of inconvenient forum and immunity. YOU AND WE EXPRESSLY AGREE HEREBY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

Amazon

By using this website, you agree that Direct Selling News may use the information you give it to provide services to you or provide information, notices and reminders that Direct Selling News thinks you may find interesting or useful, or that you specifically requested. We may from time-to-time provide your name and email address to marketing partners. Direct Selling News may also use the information for other actions you take or other services you request on our Site.  Please note, as an Amazon Associate, Direct Selling News earns from qualifying purchases.

Updated: December 2019