12flat Orion & 12flat.com, referred to herein as 12flat, is strongly committed to your right to privacy and to taking steps designed to secure your personal and financial information. To earn your trust and confidence in our commitment, the intent of this policy is to fully disclose our privacy practices to you. We will only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read our policy to understand the types of personal information we collect and how this information is used.
Your Consent: By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect and how we use it.
General: 12flat collects personal information necessary to respond to your requests and to allow you to use the resources available on our website. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, name, physical address, email address, phone number, age, and any other information that itself identifies or, when tied to the above information, may identify you as a specific individual. 12flat also uses order forms for you to request certain information. On such order forms, we may collect your contact and demographic information. Any payment gateways provided shall use a paypal encrypted site off of our site. We do not and collect any pertinent financial information other than what paypal provides.
Contents and Online Surveys: 12flat and its partners sometimes sponsor contests to give you the opportunity to win prizes. Your participation in these contests is entirely optional. Information we collect for such contests can include contact information and demographic information. 12flat also values the opinions and comments from all of our users, so we may conduct surveys online, via e-mail, or by telephone. Your participation in these surveys is entirely optional. Information we collect in online surveys will include general information on the use of our site and other demographic information, such as age and income bracket. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.
Cookies: “ Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies in several ways (and thousands other sites are currently using them to!) Cookie files are used to better understand how you go through our website so that we may tailor your experience on our website. Cookies are also used to tell us whether you have visited our website previously, and to help use determine whether you came to our website from a particular Internet link or banner advertisement. Cookies can also be used to help you to save and retrieve passwords and other information and preferences you use on our website, saving you from having to re-enter this information upon every visit to our website. Cookies cannot and will not be used by us to retrieve any personal information about you from the computer that you used have not previously and voluntarily provided to us. However, cookies may also be received when you link to our partners’ sites or when you click on banner advertisements served by our outside advertising company and we do not have control over how they use this information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. However, most of our features will not function if you do not accept cookies. For more information on cookies, see Cookies.
IP Addresses: When you connect to our website, we may record your IP addresses and information on the type of operating system (e.g. Windows98) and browser software (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape) you are using. This helps us to diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. Your IP address is also used to help gather aggregated demographic information.
With whom your Information is shared and how it is used: When you provide information to 12flat, the information is stored in our databases, such information is used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Information we collect is used to tailor your experience at our site, to show you content that we think you might be interested in, and to display the content according to your preferences. We also use such personal information to send you information and promotional materials on us, and. Your contact information is held in strictest confidence and never shared with third parties.
