GoRAPIDS.com Privacy Policy

This policy describes the ways we collect, store, use and protect your personal information. You agree to and accept this policy when you become a member of GoRAPIDS.com.  We may amend this policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it.

GoRAPIDS.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. All information requested from GoRAPIDS.com members will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

GoRAPIDS.com collects personally identifying information and data about individuals and demographics "personally identifying information and data" including (i) when you provide information to GoRAPIDS.com, such as when you register or sign up for any of our products such as subscriptions, e-mails, contests, newsletters, memberships, RSS Feeds, webcasts, and other communications with GoRAPIDS.com (ii) when you register or sign up on GoRAPIDS.com and  (iii) from time to time we may add other information that we collect from third party sources to enhance the information that you provided to GoRAPIDS.com. Below is the current policy regarding the usage of personally identifying information and data collected by GoRAPIDS.com. We reevaluate this policy on an ongoing basis based on feedback from users. GoRAPIDS.com reserves the right to change its privacy policy. However, if there are any changes to the use of personally identifying information and data that are different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our website.

How We Use Cookies:

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

We send a "session cookie" to your computer when you log in to your account. This type of cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple pages on our site during the same session, so that we don’t need to ask you for your password on each page. Once you log out or close your browser, this cookie expires and no longer has any effect.

We also use longer-lasting cookies for other purposes such as to display your e-mail address on our sign-in form, so that you don't need to retype the e-mail address each time you log in to your account.

We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may interfere with your use of our website.

GoRAPIDS.com or one of our affiliated companies, or third party partners may place a "cookie" in the browser files of a user's computer. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifying information, except when such information has been supplied by a member, subscriber or registered user.If you have registered with GoRAPIDS.com, the information in your "cookie" is used to provide a more personalized experience on our Web site.

If you haven't registered with our site, we may place a cookie on your system to help provide a more personalized experience on GoRAPIDS.com. This cookie identifies you as a unique user by means of a tracking ID. However, if you have not registered on our site, we cannot link that user ID with personal identifying information and data about you such as your name or e-mail address. Other cookies without personally identifying information and data are used to enable GoRAPIDS.com to manage the banner advertisements presented or personalized information to the user.

Browsers or third-party software can allow you to block the use of cookies while you surf our site. Or, you can use third-party "anonymizer" services to mask information in your cookies, or even general data such as your IP address. In such cases you would not be able to take advantage of most of the personalization services offered by GoRAPIDS.com.

Security:

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We store and process your personal information on our computers, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable US federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.

How We Use the Information We Collect:

The aggregated information we collect is used for a number of purposes including the following:

1. To improve the content and design of the GoRAPIDS.com.
   
   
2. To enable our audit bureau to verify our claims of traffic to the site.
   
   
3. To help advertisers, potential advertisers or marketers assess the suitability of the site for their ad campaigns.
   
   
4. As clear GIFs, also known as pixel tags, to help manage online advertising. These clear GIFs let us know when a user visits our site. The information we collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable.
   
   
5. We may create and use aggregate customer data to understand more about the interests of our customers and may use the data to offer goods and services we believe may be of interest to our customers, on behalf of GoRAPIDS.com, affiliated companies, or select organizations. In addition, GoRAPIDS.com and/or affiliated companies may combine a users' profile data (in the aggregrate and without identifying a particular user) with a users’ “predictions” (in the aggregate and without identifying a particular user) for the purpose of compiling and creating research that may be sold or licensed by GoRAPIDS.com or its affiliated companies.

Postal addresses, and other personally identifying information and data that may be collected will be used to promote GoRAPIDS.com and other affiliated companies' and GoRAPIDS.com sponsors products and services, and may be rented and/or licensed to selected outside firms for promotional purposes. Offers for which the personally identifying information and data are rented and/or licensed for use and the users are required to target their offers carefully.

Telephone numbers of GoRAPIDS.com registered users are used by GoRAPIDS.com to collect re-qualification data and may be used by GoRAPIDS.com, The Goodness Company and affiliated companies, affiliates and it's advertisers for promotional purposes. GoRAPIDS.com may rent and/or license for use phone numbers to selected outside firms for promotional purposes. Offers for which the numbers are rented and/or licensed for use are required to target their offers carefully.

Fax numbers of GoRAPIDS.com registered users may be used for surveys for GoRAPIDS.com and third parties. Except as set forth in this policy no fax numbers are rented and/or licensed to outside firms.

E-mail addresses of GoRAPIDS.com registered users may be used to collect feedback by members of our research team, to promote GoRAPIDS.com, affiliated web sites, The Goodness Company and The Goodness Company products and services, and they may be rented to other firms and/or licensed for promotional purposes. When you provide your email address to us, you agree to receive email from GoRAPIDS.com and its affiliate companies, The Goodness Company and GoRAPIDS.com advertisers and sponsors. We allow users to "opt-out" of receiving e-mail from outside firms, however, when e-mail information is collected and with each e-mail use of the user's address you can individually "opt-out" of receiving further e-mail from outside firms, GoRAPIDS.com, its affiliated companies and The Goodness Company. If a user does not choose to "opt-out" at the time the e-mail address is collected, or does not respond to the questions concerning how we may use their email address, the address may be rented and/or licensed for use to outside firms.

Offers for which the e-mail address is rented and/or licensed for use require the users to target their offers carefully. Users who later decide they want to change their preferences may do by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Personal identifying information submitted on portions of our site developed with outside third parties may be shared with those third parties, and the information will be governed by those parties' privacy policies as well as GoRAPIDS.com. GoRAPIDS.com, nor any of its parent companies or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates do not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of such third parties.

GoRAPIDS.com users should be aware that when they disclose personal identifying information (e.g., user name, address, company name, telephone number, demographic information, buying information, other data and E-mail address) in discussion forums, chat rooms or other areas that are publicly accessible by others, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or parties. GoRAPIDS.com nor its parent company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates are not responsible for any information that you provide in the above areas. In the event that the ownership of GoRAPIDS.com or any of its products are sold or transferred all lists and data which contain personally identifying information and data including, for example, user name, address, company name, telephone number, demographic information, buying information, other data and e-mail address, will be transferred to the new owner.

To access restricted content on GoRAPIDS.com you must be a member of GoRAPIDS.com. To become a member of GoRAPIDS.com, you need to provide certain information about yourself. GoRAPIDS.com may use this identifying information for internal analytical and business development purposes and to send you email. However, other forms of communication, including postal mail, may be directed to you pursuant to the site's specific privacy policy, as may be updated from time to time.

You can "opt-out" of receiving further email by clicking the appropriate links that appear at the bottom of any email you receive. If you do not want to receive other types of communication, including as applicable, postal mail, from the editor and publisher of the site, please refer to the site's privacy policy for the procedure to follow.

Off Site Links:

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, please note that we do not have any control over any other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Throughout this policy, we use the term "personal information" to describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not identify a specific user.

GoRAPIDS.com is intended for individuals over the age of 13 years old. Personal information may not be provided by anyone under 13 years of age. Further no one under 13 years old may participate in the giveaways, forums or chat rooms or any other areas where public discussions may take place. In addition no one under that age of 18 may conduct any transactions for the purposes or purchasing or selling any items. Parents should be sure that their children are not conducting any of the above activities on GoRAPIDS.com. Giveaway winners under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian to collect giveaway prize winnings. Legal guardian must be at least 18 years of age, be able to provide photo identification and reasonable proof of legal guardianship. No prizes will be distributed to unaccompanied minors under the age of 18.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the GoRAPIDS.com or its use of information please send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or write to us at Privacy Department, GoRAPIDS.com, 820 Baker Street, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. 54494