Online Privacy Policy
Last Updated: Aug 23, 2020
Credit Input, (hereinafter referred to as ‘Credit Input’ “we” or “us”) is owner and operator of www.creditInput.com Website (“Site”) and is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Please read the following Online Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of our many products and offerings. By using this Site you consent to this Online Privacy Policy, including your consent to our use and disclosure of information about you in the manner described herein.
Please note that we may update this policy from time to time as our information practices are modified or changed. If we make changes to the Privacy Notice, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Policy. Any changes to this Notice will become effective when we post the revised Policy on the Site. Your use of the Site following these changes means that you accept the revised Policy.
This policy will let you know:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you;
- What cookies are and how does Credit Input use them;
- How your information is used;
- How your information is being collected;
- What information you are consenting to be shared, disclosed or sold;
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information;
- How to access, update or delete your information;
- How Credit Input treats your personal and financial related information;
- The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information;
- How Credit Input protects children’s privacy;
- How California Consumer’s Access An Important Privacy Notice; and
- What else you should know about your online privacy?
- What personally identifiable information does the Credit Input Website collect from me?
Credit Input Website collects information in several ways. Some personal information is gathered when you register on the website. During the registration process, the Credit Input Website requires that you create a username and password. At that time you may also be asked for demographic information about yourself, such as your birth date, gender, and mailing address. Other than your mailing address and birth date as any other information required to provide the specific service you requested, you are not required to provide any other information, but the more information you volunteer (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to customize your experience.
We may ask you for personal information at other times also, including (but not limited to) when you utilize a promotion sponsored by Credit Input and/or one of our affiliates; when you make a purchase from the Credit Input Website; and if you report a problem with our products and/or services. Such information may include your e-mail and home address as well as Social Security number and other personal identifiers.
If you make contact with Credit Input we may keep a record of that correspondence. Credit Input may occasionally ask users to complete surveys that we use for research purposes.
We may also collect information about you through and or from third parties or service provides. This information is used to create a specific profile and help us determine how we can best assist you or determine what products best suit your needs, see 3. How does Credit Input use my information? below, for more information.
- What cookies are and how does Credit Input use them
As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, Credit Input Website uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A ‘cookie’ is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. All pages comprising the Credit Input Website where you are prompted to log in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies. (See What are my choices regarding collection, use and distribution of my information?for more information on cookies.)
Generally, we use cookies to:
- Remind us of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver to you a better and more personalized service. This cookie is set when you register or ‘Sign In’ and is modified when you ‘Sign Out’ of our services.
- Estimate our audience size. Each browser accessing the Credit Input Website is given a unique cookie which is then used to determine the extent of repeat usage, usage by a registered user versus by an unregistered user, and to help target advertisements based on user interests and behavior.
- To process the items in your shopping basket. This information collected by cookies is sometimes called ‘clickstream’ or ‘click trail’ and may also describe which pages you have seen in each merchant’s store.
Credit Input Website also collects IP addresses and Internet Browser Information for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.
- How does the Credit Input use my information?
Credit Input Website’s primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience. This includes personalization services, interactive communications as well as display of advertisements for valuable products and services. By knowing a little about you, Credit Input is able to deliver more relevant advertisements and content, and better service to you.
We may use your information to:
- Send you requested product or service information
- Provide you with a requested service
- Respond to customer service requests
- Send you marketing communications or advertisements
- Determine what products or serves may best suit your needs
- For third parties to send you marketing communications or advertisements.
- Respond to your questions and concerns
- Personalize your web or service experience
- Compliance. We may use Information we collect to detect, investigate, and prevent activities on our Sites that may violate our terms of use, could be fraudulent, violate copyright, or other rules or that may be otherwise illegal, to comply with legal requirements, and to protect our rights and the rights and safety of our users and others.
- Research: We may do research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us upon registration and from our server log files. We do this to better understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an anonymous, aggregated basis.
- How your information is being collected?
We collect information directly from you when you use this Site or sign up for our products or services. We also collect information indirectly from you based on insights gathered from your use of our Site and services.
We may also collect information made available through third-party platforms and apps (such as online social media platforms), through online databases or directories, or that is otherwise legitimately obtained. This information may be governed by the privacy notice(s) provided by the third party at the time of collection. We purchase marketing data about our customers from third parties and combine it with the personally identifiable information customers provide us, to offer advertising and products in which we think our customers will be interested. For example, some Credit Input services may be offered in conjunction with an affiliated company.
When you are using this Site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Credit Input and, if applicable Direct Business Affiliates, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.
- Your consent to information being shared, disclosed or sold.
By providing your personal information on this Site under this Privacy Policy grants us full rights to buy, sell or lease your personal information that has been supplied to us on this Website. Credit Input may share your personal information with its business affiliates. Credit Input may also share personally identifiable information with companies who are service providers of Credit Input but these companies are under a strict confidentiality agreement not to disclose any of your personally identifiable information to outside parties unless it is necessary to provide the services you requested or they are they are given permission to do so by you. The following describes some of the other ways that your information may be disclosed.
- Service Provider: A Service Provider is a Company utilized by Credit Input to assist Credit Input in providing you the service you have specifically requested Credit Input provide you. A Direct Business Affiliate is under a strict confidentiality agreement not to disclose any of your personally identifiable information to outside parties unless it is necessary to provide the services you requested or they are they are given permission to do so by you.
- Affilates: Credit Input may disclose your personal information to its affiliates, as specifically described to you when the data is collected. Unless you direct the company otherwise, Credit Input may share your personal information with any affiliate company.
- Business Partners & Sponsors: Credit Input may disclose or share your personal information to business partners or sponsors, as specifically described to you when the data is collected or prior to transferring the data. Some or all data collected during a Credit Input promotion may be shared with a sponsor. Unless you direct the company otherwise, Credit Input may share your personal information with National Debt Relief, Bills.com, or any other business (including lenders). This sharing of information with our business partners will allow them to market products to you that they believe you will be interested in.
- Third Party Data and Data in the Aggregate: Under confidentiality agreements, Credit Input may match user information with third party data. Also, Credit Input may disclose aggregated user statistics (for example, ‘25% of our users are located in West Virginia) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
- Other: Credit Input may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Credit Input Website’s Terms and Conditions of Use or may be violating the Credit Input Agreement or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Credit Input rights or property, other Credit Input Website users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Credit Input may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
By providing personal information on or through the Site, or in connection with services provided by the Company thereon or in connection therewith, you agree that:
- All the information you have provided is true and correct to the best of your knowledge;
- You are allowing Credit Input, and ANY third-party partners of Credit Input to contact you about products or services; and
- Credit Input may buy, sell, rent, lease, share or provide 3rd party companies your personal information that was provided to us.
DISCLAIMER REGARDING SHARING: Credit Input, is committed to providing you outstanding services and ensuring the your needs are met. With your consent, as indicated above, we may share your personal information and non-personal information with third parties for the purpose of allowing them to provide information about products and services that may be of interest to you.
We may review your personal information in order to pick a company that is suited to provide you services that you may need. We may receive compensation from the thirds parties with whom we share your information with. That said, we do not endorse or promote any of the third parties for which we share information with.
We are not attorneys and we don’t provide legal advice. As always, we encourage you to do your homework and check out individuals and companies that have contacted you based on the consent you have provided to Credit Input. We are is not responsible and do not guarantee any outcomes from these providers.
- What are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my information?
You may opt out of having information about you shared with third parties (other than when required by law or court order or to process transactions to which you have consented), or from receiving future offers in connection with the Site, by following the instructions contained within each marketing communication or by emailing us at support@CreditInput.com. However, such opting out will not apply to any communications from our other website offerings you have registered for or to our network partners or other third parties to whom we may have already provided your information. Those third parties’ use of your information is subject to such parties’ own privacy policies and opt-out procedures, for which we are not responsible.
You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you may not be able to use those Site services that require registration in order to participate.
If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service or not to participate in certain promotions or contests.
- How to update, correct, or delete my personally identifiable information?
You may edit your Credit Input Website Account Information at any time by using your Credit Input Website User ID and password. If you have forgotten your password, please click here to request a new password. For all other problems signing in to the Site, please click here to email customer service.
If you are participating in a Credit Input promotion and you wish to update your email address on the promotions mailing list or to quit a promotion and cease receiving promotion related email, please contact support@CreditInput.com.
- How does the Credit Input Website protect my personal and financial related information?
Keeping your personal and financial information private is vitally important to us.
Knowing that you use certain services or features may help us to offer you better and more relevant content and advertisements. But as with all personally identifiable information, we do not make this available to any third parties without your permission. Any user statistics that we may provide to non-direct affiliates regarding financial product or service usage on the Credit Input Website are provided in the aggregate only and do not include any personally identifiable information about any individual user.
Please note that there are several places on the Site where you can transmit credit card information in order to complete a purchase transaction or for verification purposes. Any time we ask for a credit card number we transmit that credit card number in an encrypted format. We use industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption.
- What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
Your Credit Input Website Account Information is password protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. You may edit your Credit Input Website Account Information by using your Credit Input Website User ID and password.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. The Credit Input Website and Credit Input will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also remember to sign out of your Credit Input Website account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.
When you give the Credit Input Website personal information, that information may be sent electronically to servers outside of the country where you originally entered the information, such as to the United States or other countries. In addition, that information may be used, stored and processed outside of the country where you entered that information. Whenever the Credit Input Website handles personal information as described above, regardless of where this occurs, the Credit Input Website takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms and Conditions of Use and this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, no communication — by internet, phone, mail or any other means — can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, the Credit Input Website and Credit Input cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
- What about children’s privacy?
Naturally, the safety of children is very important to us. Credit Input does not offer products and services for purchase to children the age of 13, and does not share personal information about users or their children under the age of 13 with third parties. In addition, Credit Input Website and Credit Input will not send any direct email or mail offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13.
- How California Consumer’s Access An Important Privacy Notice?
This is notice to California Residents. If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights concerning Credit Input’s collection and use of your personal information. After reading this Online Privacy Policy, please click here to visit Credit Input’s California Privacy Notice to learn more about your California Privacy Rights.
- What else should I know about my privacy?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you’re online.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The provisions contained in this privacy statement supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices with respect to this Website. Any and all changes will be made here, to this Privacy Policy.
We encourage you to check our Website frequently to see the current privacy policy to be informed of how we are committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Website in order to enhance your online experience. Upon any material changes to the policy statement, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions or concerns about Credit Input Privacy Policy or data processing, please contact us.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via
email at support@CreditInput.com.
PLEASE PRINT AND RETAIN A COPY OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR YOUR RECORDS.