Privacy Policy

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 2009

(INCLUDING YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS)

This is the official privacy policy (Privacy Policy) for our use of ourWebsite. We will use the term Website to refer tohttp://www.cheaphost.com, as well as all equivalent, mirror, replacement,substitute or backup websites and all included web pages and all theservices, features and functions that are offered and made availableon, through or using our Website, as well as all of the Content thatrelates to our Website.

This Privacy Policygoverns the Personal Information (as defined below) collected by ourWebsite and does not cover any other information, whether collected inany other manner or for any other purpose, nor on any other website orservice unless specifically stated.

Overview:

Our Privacy Policy is intended to explain our privacy practices and inform you as to:

• The kinds of Personal Information we collect from users and how such Personal Information is collected;
• How we use Personal Information;
• The circumstances under which we disclose Personal Information to third parties;
• How you can access, update or delete any Personal Information we collect about you; and
• The mechanisms we have implemented to protect your Personal Information.

We have the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time and fromtime to time by posting an updated version on our Website, withoutadvance notice to you. The revisions shall be effective to youimmediately upon posting. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policyoften so you are aware of the most current terms and conditions thatapply to you. We may also, at our discretion, email you about thesechanges.

When we use the term PersonalInformation we mean information such as your first/middle initial orname and last name, street address, town or city, state, zip code,telephone number, instant-messenger nickname, blog, vlog or anypersonal website URL, your date of birth, email address, gender, andany other information that would allow someone to identify you orcontact you. Personal Information also includes information about yourpersonal preferences, survey responses, and your transactions andinteractions with us if you are or have been a user and/or cheaphostcustomer. For example, if you are a cheaphost customer, in addition toyour name and contact information, we may also collect and maintainyour billing address, service selections, account number, credit cardor other payment instrument information and/or your computers and/orservers internet address and website, including any link that may havereferred or directed you to our Website (e.g., to our Website from areferring URL).

We are committed toprotecting our users privacy and keeping Personal Information you sharewith us through the use of our Website, secure. It is also importantfor us to explain to you how we collect, use, disclose and maintainyour Personal Information and to help you understand these procedures.We maintain commercially reasonable physical, electronic and proceduralsafeguards to protect your Personal Information and, while no datatransmission over the Internet is completely secure, we have used andwill continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure theprotection of your Personal Information.

General:

Our Website is designed and targeted to United States audiences andgoverned by and operated in accordance with the laws, regulations, andtreaties of the United States. By your use of (or attempt to use) ourWebsite, you certify you are at least 13 years of age and if you are aMinor, you have obtained consent from your parent as required (Pleasesee our Terms of Use). We make no representation that our Website isoperated in accordance with or governed by the laws of other nations orjurisdictions. If you are located in the European Union or elsewhereoutside of the U.S. and you use or attempt to use the Website contraryto our Terms of Use which state that only U.S. residents are eligibleto be users, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible forcompliance with any applicable local, national laws rules andregulations and, if applicable, international treaties.

By using our Website and providing us with Personal Information, youconsent to the transfer of your Personal Information to and from theU.S. and waive any claims that may arise under your own or any otherlocal or national laws, rules or regulation or international treaties.All users of our Website are required to provide true, current,complete and accurate Personal Information when prompted and we havethe right to refuse or revoke your right to use our Website and/orreject and delete any entry you make, if we have reason to believe thatthe information you provide to us is or may be false, fraudulent, orinconsistent with this Privacy Policy or in violation of the Terms ofUse. Your continued use of our Website indicates your acceptance ofthis Privacy Policy and of the collection, use, disclosure,maintenance, management and storage of your Personal Information asdescribed. We may from time to time, transfer or merge your PersonalInformation collected off-line to our online databases or storeoff-line information in an electronic format. We may also combinePersonal Information we collect online with information available fromother sources, including information received from our advertisers andpromotional partners. This Privacy Policy remains applicable to yourPersonal Information for as long as your Personal Information is in ourpossession, even if you terminate or discontinue your use of ourWebsite and you acknowledge and agree you will be bound by its terms.

Collection and Use of Personal Information:

We collect Personal Information about you when you use our Website, asa user, whether or not you sign up for particular activities, services,features or functions, order or purchase goods or services or simply inthe course of exchanges of information, transactions and activities inconnection with our Website. We may use your Personal Information totailor your experience on our Website and understand your preferences,among other things, to provide you with offers we think may be ofinterest to you. It is your responsibility to give us current,complete, truthful, and accurate information and to keep the PersonalInformation that you provide us up to date. We cannot and shall not beresponsible for any problems or liability that may arise if you do notgive us accurate, truthful or complete information or you fail toupdate the information you give us. Bear in mind that when you submitinformation to us, it does not guarantee that we will permit you toparticipate in or use any or all of the activities, services, featuresor functions of our Website.

Promotions and Offers.

We may make certain promotions and offers available on the Website(e.g., special offers or discounts on cheaphost services) and in additionto the Additional Terms that may apply, you may be required to submitPersonal Information (e.g., your name, street address, city, state andzip code, email address, and telephone number) in order to takeadvantage of these offers. When you take advantage of any such offer,you are also confirming your agreement to comply with all of theAdditional Terms that may apply, in addition to the Terms of Use, ofwhich this Privacy Policy is a part.

Opt-Out Procedures.

Unless you Opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails fromus, we may contact you by email to promote the cheaphost services or tosend offers we believe may be of interest to you. You may chose toOpt-out of receiving marketing and promotional emails from us bysending us an email to info@cheaphost.com.Your request to Opt-out will be processed within 10 business days ofour receipt of notice from you. Once your request has been processed wewill not send you any marketing or promotional e-mails. We may alwayscontact you via email for administrative or informational purposes,including (a) follow-up messages regarding the administration of offersyou have accepted or indicated interest in, (b) services you haveselected or ordered, or (c) other transactions you have initiated inconnection with our Website.

Disclosure to Third Parties.

We do not sell, rent, lease or disclose your Personal Information tonon-affiliated entities (i.e., entities that are not subsidiary oraffiliated companies) or entities that are not our advertisers oroperational service providers, except in the limited circumstancesdisclosed in this Privacy Policy. If we plan to disclose your PersonalInformation to any non-affiliated entities, we will ask for you toOpt-in, in which case their use of your information is subject to theirprivacy policies. We also have the right to disclose your PersonalInformation to third parties for the purpose of administering andmaintaining our Website and our operations. These third partyspecialists that provide support to our Website and Content are ouroperational service providers and we use them to efficiently providethe full range of Content, services, promotions, advertising,downloading and other features and functions we offer or make availableto you. We request that our operational service providers also protectyour privacy and not disclose your Personal Information to third partymarketers that are not associated with us. Additionally, theseoperational service providers are not permitted to use your PersonalInformation for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

We will make your Personal Information available to non-affiliated third parties in the following limited circumstances:

• When we are compelled to do so by a governmental agency, court or otherentity (e.g., to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process);
• If we believe your actions violate any law, regulation, any term orcondition of the Terms of Use, including, without limitation, thisPrivacy Policy, or any of Additional Terms or rules applicable toContent or if you threaten the rights, property or safety of us, ourparent, subsidiaries or affiliated companies, our Website, services,any of our operational service providers, suppliers, advertisers,customers, other users, customers or any other party;
• If in our sole discretion, we believe such disclosure to be necessaryor appropriate to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiriesto protect our business and assets, to defend our interests, or tocomply with any legal and regulatory obligations; or
• In the event of a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, transfer of control,joint venture or other business combination involving us.

Cookies and Similar Technology.

We use cookie technology to collect data regarding your visits to ourWebsite and your use of our Website. This data is stored in aggregateform and is not used to identify any particular user or individual. Weuse cookies and similar tracking technologies in a variety of ways,including:

• Saving your user ID or other information so you dont have to re-enter it each time you visit or use our Website;
• Keeping count of your return visits to our Website, advertisers or partners sites;
• Accumulating and reporting aggregate, statistical information in connection with our Website and Content; and
• Determining which Websites, Content, features and functions users like best.

Although we may track the numbers of users to inform us on how best toupdate and enhance our Website, Personal Information is not extractedin this process. We use tracking information on an aggregated basis tohelp us operate, enhance, and improve our Website and displayadvertising and marketing information. You can choose to have yourcomputer warn you each time a cookie or image tag is being sent or youcan choose to turn off all such mechanisms. This is done through yourbrowser. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to manyfeatures and functions of our Website that make your experience moreefficient and enjoyable and our Website may not function properly. OurWebsite may contain advertisements, references and links to otherservices, websites and organizations. We may also use third parties todisplay or serve advertising and to communicate to you. Often thesethird parties employ cookie and web bug technologies to measureadvertising effectiveness. You should be aware that different rulesapply to the collection, storage, maintenance, use and disclosure ofyour information by third parties in connection with theiradvertisements, promotions, and other websites you encounter on theInternet. The use of such technology by these third parties is withintheir control and not ours and even if we have a relationship with athird party, we do not control their websites, their technology orpolicies and practices regarding your information. This Privacy Policydoes not cover any use of Personal Information that a third party, anadvertiser or ad server may collect from you. We encourage you toinvestigate and ask questions directly of them in this regard.

Security and Protection of Personal Information.

We maintain commercially reasonable standards of security andconfidentiality to protect and ensure the security of your PersonalInformation. We also take commercially reasonable measures to preventany open proxies, open relays and the dissemination of computerviruses, worms, or trojan horses in connection with our e-mail network.However, for most Internet websites, it is possible that third partiesmay unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or privatecommunications over an unsecured transmission. We conduct financialtransactions via secured transmissions but may not always secure otherparts of our Website in the same way. We also limit access to ourWebsite by our own employees to individuals who are authorized for theproper handling of such information and any employee found violatingour standards of security and confidentiality will be subject to ourdisciplinary processes. We request that our operational serviceproviders follow the same policy. Review, Update or Delete YourPersonal Information. Generally, you may review, update or delete anyof your Personal Information collected by or through our Website. Youmay also correct factual inaccuracies. However, Personal Informationthat is necessary to check eligibility, such as date of birth or age,may be modified with sufficient verification of the correctinformation, but cannot be deleted and if you delete or attempt todelete such information, it may result in the suspension of any and allrights you may have to use our Website, your registration as a userand/or other aspects of our Website or services we make available toyou. If you have registered for our Website or provided any informationas part of an account or profile in connection with our Website, youmay review, update or delete your Personal Information and you shouldgo to our Website and follow the instructions there that will explainhow you can edit, change, update and, with some exceptions noted,delete your Personal Information. If you do not understand or are notsure what Personal Information may be collected or used for particularpurposes, you should contact our Privacy Administrator via email at info@cheaphost.com and be prepared to provide verification of your identity. If you becomeaware of any abuse or misuse of Personal Information in connection withour Website, through e-mail communications which appear to be from usor violations of our Privacy Policy, please report such issues to us at info@cheaphost.com.

We reserve the right to deny, suspend, deactivate, terminate and/orcancel any registration, use of or access to our Website and anyservices, content, activities, features or functions, if we believethere is a question about the identity of the person trying to use oraccess any portion of our Website, to receive any services from us, touse or access any information or to use a user ID. If the burden orexpense of providing access to your Personal Information isdisproportionate to the risks to your privacy or if the legitimaterights of others would be violated, we may decide not to provide youaccess to such information. In such cases, we will provide you with anexplanation of why access cannot be provided and a contact person forfurther inquiries.

Privacy Rights of California Residents:

Residents of the State of California, under the California Civil Code,have the right to request from companies conducting business inCalifornia, a list of all third parties to which the company hasdisclosed Personal Information during the preceding year for directmarketing purposes. Alternatively, the law provides that if the companyhas a privacy policy that gives either an Opt-out or Opt-in choice foruse of your Personal Information by third parties (such as advertisersor affiliated companies) for marketing purposes, the company may,instead, provide you with information on how to exercise yourdisclosure choice options. cheaphost qualifies for the alternativeoption: it has a comprehensive Privacy Policy and provides you withdetails on how you may either decline to permit (Opt-out) or consent to(Opt-in) the use of your Personal Information by third parties fordirect marketing purposes. Therefore, we are not required to maintainor disclose a list of the third parties that received your PersonalInformation for marketing purposes during the preceding year. If youare a California resident and request information about how to exerciseyour third party disclosure choices, you must send a request to thefollowing address with a preference on how our response to your requestshould be sent (email or postal mail). Send an email to the PrivacyAdministrator at info@cheaphost.com. or you may contact us via postal mail at:

Privacy Administrator
CHEAPHOST.COM
333 Jericho Tpke.
Suite 200
Jericho, NY11753
Attn: Your California Privacy Rights

Allrequests sent via postal mail must be labeled Your California PrivacyRights on the envelope or post card and clearly stated on the actualrequest. For all requests, please include your name, street address,city, state, and zip code. (Your street address is optional if you wishto receive a response to your request via email. Please include yourzip code for our own recordkeeping.) We will not accept requests viathe telephone or by facsimile. We are not responsible for notices thatare not labeled or sent properly, notices that are illegible or do nothave complete information. To all users of the Website, if you have anyquestions about this Privacy Statement, please contact our Privacy:

Administrator at info@cheaphost.com. or: Privacy Administrator
CHEAPHOST.COM
333 Jericho Tpke.
Suite 200
Jericho, NY11753
Attn: Your California Privacy Rights

Questions.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can go directly to http://www.cheaphost.com.If you cannot find the answer to a question related to our PrivacyPolicy or if you do not understand the information about how wecollect, maintain, store, use or share your Personal Information youmay contact our Privacy Administrator at info@cheaphost.com.Sole Statement. The foregoing statements, terms and conditionscontained in this Privacy Policy is the sole statement of our privacypolicy, and no summary, restatement or other version, or otherstatement or policy, in any form, including, without limitation,machine-generated, is valid.

This Privacy Policy was last modified on March 1, 2009 and is effective immediately.