Privacy Policy

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.

Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to generate accounts. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the customer when necessary. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services.

Registration: In order to register for our service(s), the user is required to supply his / her Full Name, Company Name, Full Address, Phone Number, E-mail address, username, and domain name. To register for Web Hosting, the user must also supply a username, password and domain name. To use the Search Engine submission tool, the user must supply their domain name / URL.

Sharing of Information: SharpNIC Inc. uses the above-described information to contact our clients in regards to changes in our services. Information that is collected is not shared with or sold to any third party, with the following exceptions:

Domain Registration - In order for SharpNIC Inc. to register / modify domain names, the above information is submitted to SharpNIC Inc. Domains or one of our other ICCAN-accredited domain registrars. SharpNIC Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites described above to whom which we must provide information.

This site does contain a small number of links to other sites. SharpNIC Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.



Limitation of Liability:

SharpNIC Inc. shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental and consequential damages, which may arise from SharpNIC Inc.'s servers going off-line or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever. Further, SharpNIC Inc. shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the corruption or deletion of any web site from one of SharpNIC Inc.’s servers. All damages shall be limited to the immediate termination of service.
SharpNIC Inc. shall be the sole arbiter of what is and is not a violation of these acceptable use policies.
SharpNIC Inc. reserves the right to terminate an account at any time and for any reason that causes harm to any SharpNIC Inc. customer's web sites. SharpNIC Inc. reserves the right to delete all content and files upon termination.
SharpNIC Inc. reserves the right to withhold any prepaid funds for any site removed for violations of these policies.
SharpNIC Inc. reserves the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.
SharpNIC Inc. reserves the right to change these Policies without prior notice or warning. Non-enforcement of any part of these Policies does not constitute consent.

Violations of these Policies should be referred to abuse@SharpNIC Inc. All complaints will be investigated promptly.


“SharpNIC Inc.” respects the privacy of its customers and visitors and is committed to protecting the personal information of its customers and visitors. This Privacy Policy covers the site www.SharpNIC Inc.. We collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide that information to us or as specifically outlined in this Policy.

This Policy describes our general principles for the collection and use of information from customers and visitors to our Web sites. We want to ensure that you understand how we will and will not use the information you entrust to us. In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this Policy.

For visitors, we've structured our Web sites so that, in general, you can visit us on Web without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information.

For prospective and existing customers and partners, once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified), you can be assured that it will only be used to support your relationship with SharpNIC Inc..

What type of information does SharpNIC Inc. collect?

When you visit our Web site, our Web server collects basic user information about you that includes your ISP's domain, the time you accessed our Web site, and the pages from within our Web site that you visit and is not personally identifiable information except as needed to prevent fraud or abuse of the system.

When you sign up for SharpNIC Inc.'s services, you provide us with both contact and payment information. Contact information typically includes your name, address, and phone number. Payment information typically includes your credit card number.

While you are a SharpNIC Inc. customer, we manage information with regard to your account status, choice of services, and customer logs. In addition, we may store customers' electronic mail and other communications as a necessary incident to the transmission and delivery of those communications.

How do we use this information?
SharpNIC Inc. does not trade, rent or sell your personal information to any other organization or third party.

We use the contact information you provide us to establish our service for you. We use payment information for payment processing purposes only. We create and maintain other information such as customer account status, choice of services, and customer logs in the normal course of providing service. By pressing the “submit” button, each visitor constitutes consent to use the information for purposes stated in this Policy.

We may disclose contact information with your permission when gathering and posting testimonials.

We will not otherwise disclose customer personal and account information unless we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of SharpNIC Inc., our customers, or others. We may provide information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable laws or where SharpNIC Inc. has a good faith belief that the law requires such disclosure.

SharpNIC Inc. also will not disclose to third parties the contents of any electronic mail or other electronic communications that SharpNIC Inc. stores or transmits for its customers except where: (a) it is a matter or public safety or policy; (b) it is in connection with the transfer of other business assets; (c) it is required to cooperate with orders, warrants, or other legal process that SharpNIC Inc. determines in its sole discretion to be valid and enforceable; and (d) it is necessary to provide to a law enforcement agency when the contents are inadvertently obtained by SharpNIC Inc. and appear to pertain to the commission of a crime.

SharpNIC Inc. disclaims any intention to censor, edit, or engage in ongoing review or surveillance of communications stored on or transmitted through its facilities by customers or others. SharpNIC Inc. will, however, review, delete, or block access to communications that may harm SharpNIC Inc., its customers or third parties. The grounds on which SharpNIC Inc. may take such action include, but are not limited to, actual or potential violations of the TOS.

Please note that SharpNIC Inc. may use this information collected to direct notices as well as provide you with other general information that may be of interest to you and information about our services or product offerings or the offerings of our business affiliates, as well as other important information regarding your account or services at our discretion.

Customers may opt out of receiving newsletters and/or promotional emails from SharpNIC Inc. by sending a request to newsletter-unsubscribe@SharpNIC Inc..ca. In this request, customers must identify their domain name and contact information. Customers may not opt out of receiving information from SharpNIC Inc. which is essential for maintaining or updating customers account or system information.

Third Party Advertising and Cookies

The basic user information collected is used to help us analyze Web traffic, improve the content of our Web site and improve your experience on our Web site.

We do not trade, rent or sell your personal information to others, except as detailed in this Policy . We currently contract with several online partners who use the data only on our behalf to help manage and optimize our Internet business and communications. We use the services of a marketing company to help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising and how visitors use our site. To do this, we use Action Tags and cookies provided by our marketing company on this site. The information collected by the marketing company through the use of Action Tags and cookies is not personally identifiable. The information we collect helps us learn things like what kinds of customers our site attracts, which of our products most interest our customers, and what kinds of offers our customers like to see. Although our marketing company logs the information coming from our site on our behalf, we control how that data may and may not be used.

We may at times also use cookies, which are small pieces of information that a Web site can store in a designated file on your computer. Cookies allow a Web application to respond to you as an individual. By gathering and remembering information about your preferences, the Web application can tailor its operation to your needs, likes, and dislikes. Most web browsers allow you to control this use of cookies. Please take a look at your particular browser for instructions on this function. If you elect to disable cookies, please keep in mind that you will not be able to take full advantage of a personalized experience on our Web site. It is possible that some portions of the site will not function properly or may perform more slowly if you choose to reject cookies.

Our Web site allows for a chat function. Chat functions allow you to participate in “live” online conversations with us on our Web site. Although the transcripts from the chats may be stored internally on in-house servers for our records only, we collect no personally identifiable information about you when you participate unless you choose to provide that information to us.

How Can I access my personal information?

You can access your personal information, such as your address and contact information, at anytime to correct or change any of the data shared with us when you became a customer of SharpNIC Inc.. If you need assistance or have questions about correcting information you can contact us via email at billing@SharpNIC Inc..

Security

SharpNIC Inc. has security measures in place to help prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. When you place an order online, your information, including your credit card number, is protected using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology. This encrypts order data and is designed to aid in ensuring the accuracy and security of that customer information.

Links

Our Web site provides links to other Web sites, sites that may be maintained by companies that are not affiliates of ours. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites and we encourage you to use caution. In particular, we recommend that you view the privacy policy posted on each site to confirm the sites policies are acceptable to you. This Policy applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Children's Privacy
SharpNIC Inc. does not sell products or services for purchase by children. Customers must be at least 18 years of age. Any individual under the age of 18 (“Minor”) must have a parent or guardian accept the TOS in order for the Minor to become a Customer. If you are under 18, we strongly encourage you to use our Web site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

Changes to our Policy

SharpNIC Inc. reserves the right to change this Policy simply by posting such changes on our site. We encourage you to periodically check our site for changes to this Policy since your continued use of the site following any changes to this Policy will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such change. The operative and effective version of this Policy will be the latest version available on the site.

You may opt out of any posted changes to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information by sending an email to privacy@SharpNIC Inc.. In this request, customers must identify their domain name and contact information.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Policy, you should contact us by email at privacy@SharpNIC Inc..