Policies & Terms of Service

This page contains current Privacy and Security Policies for ByteMeGeeks.com [hereafter referred to as "ByteMeGeeks"] as well as our Terms of Service (TOS). By using this web site and/or the products and services provided by ByteMeGeeks, you are agreeing to be bound by the following policies, terms and conditions.

Summary

ByteMeGeeks reserves the right at any time to modify, edit, delete, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this web site (or any portion thereof) and/or the information, materials, products and/or services available through this web site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. All visitors must agree that ByteMeGeeks shall not be liable to them or to any third party for any such modification, editing, deletion, suspension, or discontinuance of this web site.

Access to and use of this web site and the information, materials, products and services available through this site are subject to all applicable laws and regulations posted below in the Terms of Service.

By accessing this web site, you agree to all of our policies which form a legally binding agreement. If you do not agree, please exit this site.

All posted policies may be changed by us from time to time without specific notice to you. The latest policies will be posted on this page, and you should always review them prior to using the site to ensure that you have a current understanding of the policies under which you are permitted to access this web site. If you cannot access our policies via the Internet, we can provide a copy of the most recent policies by email upon request.

Privacy

Our interest is to protect your privacy and we will not provide any information you may furnish us with anyone outside of our company, nor to any third party unless required by law. We will not sell or disclose any information to telemarketing or any other parties or companies.

We only use information from our email lists to alert our customers of special offers and/or seasonal promotions. It does include an "opt out" response link that will prevent any future mailings, if you are not interested in receiving these offers or promotions.

Our business objective is to provide our customers with superior service and support and to earn your trust as a valued customer for the long term. If you have any questions about our privacy policy or any other policy or practice, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site. Any changes or updates to our privacy practices will be posted here.

Log Files

We use IP addresses, browser type, time of day, to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Registration / Ordering

Our site's registration/order form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address). The customer's contact information is used to contact the customer in the event of a problem when processing an order. For example, problems with credit card verification, product availability, etc.

Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products and services. We collect customer's contact information (like their phone number or email and IP address). ByteMeGeeks.com is secured by a COMODO SSL Certificate with 256-bit encryption. COMODO SSL's are trusted by over 99.3% of internet browsers Ubiquity (equal to Verisign and Thawte certificates). All user data and transactions are protected through strong encryption, satisfying industry best practices and security compliance requirements with SSL.

ALL financial information (like their account or credit card numbers) are processed through an encrypted SSL server provided by PayPal and/or Mals-e's encrypted shopping cart.

The customer's contact information is used to get in touch with the customer when necessary (i.e., in the event there is a problem processing an order, terms of service changes or changes in privacy practices). Financial information collected and used to bill the customer for products and services are done completely through Thawte SSL encrypted Mals-e shopping cart and process transactions through PayPal's (Verisign SSL) servers. All parts of the payment processing solution are encrypted and hacker safe secured by ScanAlert. The customer ID numbers are assigned to website visitors to verify the user's identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.

Security

This web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the web site, your information is protected both online and offline. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry -- SSL. No sensitive information is ever transmitted in plain text.

Websites use SSL Certificates to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. COMODO has checked and verified ByteMeGeeks' registration, authorization and control of the domain name ByteMeGeeks.com.

This information is included in the SSL certificate issued. This enables you to check the site's validity yourself. Always check a site's certificate before entering any sensitive information. We use Mal's E-commerce Limited shopping cart and secure servers (thawte SSL) to process transactions via PayPal.com (Verisign SSL).

While on a secure page, such as our order form, three things happen. One, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just surfing. Two, in the address bar, the "http" becomes "https." And three, the favicon area to the immediate left of the address bar becomes blue and when hovered over or clicked, reveals the SSL verification information. To learn more about SSL, follow any of these links: http://www.instantssl.com/, http://www.thawte.com/ or http://www.verisign.com/.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Terms of Service

Introduction: Your use of the ByteMeGeeks.com web site signifies your consent to the following terms of service. If you do not consent to these terms of service, please do not use the ByteMeGeeks.com web site. We reserve the right to make changes of these terms of service without notice and your continued use of the ByteMeGeeks.com web site will mean that you accept those changes.

No Warranty. This web site is provided by ByteMeGeeks as a service to its users on an "as is" basis. ByteMeGeeks makes no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, as to the information, content, materials, services, or products included on this site or as to the operation of the site. ByteMeGeeks disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including without limitation the warranty of merchantability and the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.

Copyright and Trademarks. Trademarks mentioned on this site belong to their respective owners, even if not clearly identified. All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, images, video clips, and software is the property of ByteMeGeeks or their respective owners, even if not clearly identified, and is protected by U.S. copyright law, and except for non-commercial, personal use, may not be copied, distributed, displayed, reproduced or transmitted without the prior written permission of ByteMeGeeks or their respective owners. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained on this site is true and accurate, ByteMeGeeks offers no guarantee as to such accuracy and accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage, howsoever caused, arising from reliance upon the information contained on this site.

ByteMeGeeks respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask users of our websites to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, subscribers or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers. We may also, at our sole discretion, limit access to our website and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

Hyper-Links. This site may link to sites not related to or maintained by ByteMeGeeks. These links are provided as a service to the users of this site and ByteMeGeeks makes no representations or warranties about the content, completeness or accuracy of the sites or the links on this site or as to any site linking to this site.

Limitation of Liability. ByteMeGeeks shall not be liable, whether in contract, tort (including the negligence of ByteMeGeeks, its officers, directors, agents or contractors), or strict liability for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages resulting from your use of the ByteMeGeeks.com web site or any of its content. You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ByteMeGeeks, its officers, directors, contractors, consultants, agents, resellers, and affiliates from any causes of action, claims, proceedings, losses, damages, fees, expenses, liabilities or costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, arising from your use of this web site or its content, your violation of any of these terms or conditions, or your infringement of any intellectual property rights.

Price Change. The amount you pay for a service will never increase from the date of purchase. We reserve the right to change prices listed on ByteMeGeeks.com, and the right to increase the amount of resources given to plans at any time.

Indemnification. Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold ByteMeGeeks harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted against ByteMeGeeks, its agents, its customers, officers and contractors, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, its agents, contractors or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ByteMeGeeks against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with ByteMeGeeks; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4) any defective products sold to customers from ByteMeGeeks' server.

Arbitration. By using any ByteMeGeeks services or products, you agree to submit to binding arbitration. If any disputes or claims arise against ByteMeGeeks or its subsidiaries, such disputes will be handled by an arbitrator of ByteMeGeeks' choice. An arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association or the National Arbitration Forum will be selected in the state of Missouri. Arbitrators shall be attorneys or retired judges and shall be selected pursuant to the applicable rules. All decisions rendered by the arbitrator will be binding and final. The arbitrator's award is final and binding on all parties. The Federal Arbitration Act, and not any state arbitration law, governs all arbitration under this Arbitration Clause. You are also responsible for any and all costs related to such arbitration.

Disclaimer. ByteMeGeeks shall not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. ByteMeGeeks makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services or products we provide. ByteMeGeeks disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, no deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by ByteMeGeeks and its contractors.

Miscellaneous. These terms of service shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree that venue for any action shall be in the state and federal courts of Christian County, Missouri and hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts. If for any reason a court finds a provision or portion of the foregoing terms of use to be unenforceable, the remainder will continue to be valid and shall remain in full force and effect.

Changes to the TOS. ByteMeGeeks reserves the right to revise its policies at any time without notice.