Privacy Policy

January 3, 2019

Funerals360, owned and operated by Funerals360 Inc. (“Funerals360”, “Company”, “us” or “we”) respects the privacy of Users (defined below) of our website www.funerals360.com (“Website”) and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website and is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use, maintenance, protection and disclosure of this information.

This Privacy Policy applies to all registered members (“Members”), companies and other third parties offering products and services related to Funerals (“Vendors”), and also those just visiting this Website (“Visitors”). Members, Vendors and Visitors are collectively referred to as “Users.” Before using the Website, please read this Privacy Policy carefully, because by using the Website, you agree to its terms. This policy may change from time to time (see Notification of Changes). This Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated in our Terms of Use.

Notification of Changes

Funerals360 may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in its sole discretion. If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, we may notify our Members by sending a notice to the e-mail address you provided to us, by placing a prominent notice on the Website, or by other means. Unless otherwise provided, the revised terms will take effect when they are posted. Once any changes that we make to this Privacy Policy become effective, your continued use of the Website after such time will signify your acceptance of the new terms.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Users choose to interact with the Website in ways that require us to gather personally identifiable information, such as your name, telephone number, and email address (“Personal Information”); and your internet usage details. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. We collect such Personal Information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the User’s interaction with us.

We may ask for financial information from Vendors who would like to purchase a plan to list their services on our website and from consumers who purchase a Premium Membership plan. Visitors can always refuse to supply Personal Information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities. For example, only Members are able to save vendors listings, articles, and stories to their dashboard, post reviews and ratings on entities listed on the Website, and use the editable Funeral Planning Checklist, My Funeral Wishes, and Online Memorials. In addition, some functionality that enhances the user experience may only be available to Members, such as full access to funeral home general price lists, funeral cost comparisons, and other premium services.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Website, such as a Vendor Review, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”) such as an phone call request or vendor inquiry.

You may have the opportunity to provide contact information for other people or entities through our Website. You should obtain the consent of other individuals prior to providing Us with their personal information.

We also collect personal information from other sources:

Automatic Information

We automatically collect some information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns as you navigate through and interact with our website, including: traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data session data, your IP address, operating system, Web browser software, and referring website. We also may collect information about your online activity, such as content viewed and pages visited. The information we collect automatically may include Personal Information and we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service.

Funerals360 uses Google Analytics to collect and process data, in order to better understand how Users use the Website and enhance your experience. You can learn more about how Google uses data at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Funerals360 uses cookies when necessary to help us identify and track Users, their usage of the Website, and their website access preferences. Users who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Website, with the drawback that certain features of the Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements and social login functions on the Website, are served by third parties. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Funerals360 and does not cover the use of cookies by third parties.

How We Use Your Information

Funerals360 uses the information we collect about you for the following general purposes:

and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

Disclosure of Your Information

Funerals360 may collect or aggregate statistics about our Website Users. We may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, we do not disclose Personal Information other than as described below in this section.

We do not sell our Users’ Personal Information to third parties.

We may provide you with the opportunity to receive newsletters via email. If you decide to opt in to receive newsletters, you may opt out of receiving these newsletters at any time by updating your preferences in your User Dashboard. Furthermore, Funerals360 may share your information:

i.  With third-party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including business analytics, customer service, marketing, distribution of surveys or sweepstakes programs, and fraud prevention. We may also authorize third-party vendors to collect information on our behalf, including as necessary to operate features of our Website or to facilitate the delivery of online advertising tailored to your interests. Third-party vendors have access to and may collect information only as needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use the information for any other purpose.

ii.  In response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.

iii. When we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Funerals360, our customers, or others; and in connection with our Terms and Conditions and other agreements.

v.  With your consent.

vi.  We also reserve the right to transfer your Personal Information as part of a transfer of all or part of Company’s assets to a buyer, as described in “Acquisition,” below.

If Vendors choose to create a profile on the Website, certain information in the profile will be publicly viewable and identifiable via the screen name or the business listing.

The Funerals360 Vendor Review system represents a central repository for ratings and reviews of funeral vendors by their customers. When you submit a review or a comment on a review on the Website, your Display Name will be made available as part of the review posting. If you provide a review for a Vendor that is not yet part of our Website, or if you add a new Vendor, we will use the information that you provide about the Vendor to notify them that a review has been completed and that we are adding the Vendor to our Website. We will also seek that Vendor’s greater involvement with our Website. Your Personal Information will NOT be made available to the public as part of the Vendor Review process.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

i.  Tracking Technologies and Advertising: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.  

ii.  Communications from Funerals360: If you do not wish to receive certain newsletters or emails from us, you can opt-out by unsubscribing to email messages or by sending us an e-mail stating your request to privacy@funerals360.com.

iii.  We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

How You Can Access and Correct Your Information

We take reasonable steps to ensure that your information is relevant to its intended use, accurate, and complete. You can access and update your contact information by visiting the Dashboard - My Dashboard page when logged in on the Website. You can deactivate your Funerals360 account by contacting us at deactivate@funerals360.com. We will send you an e-mail to confirm your request.

Please note that deactivating your account only removes your user profile. As a Vendor, your entity’s information will remain on the website for use and review by Members. As a Member, if you deactivate your account, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. After you close an account, you will not be able to sign in or access any of your personal information. However, you can open a new account at any time. Please also note that we may retain certain information associated with your account in our archives, including for analytical purposes as well as for recordkeeping integrity.

How We Protect Your Information

We want you to feel confident about using the Website, and we are committed to protecting the information we collect. We will use commercially reasonable methods to keep Personal Information securely in our files and systems. In addition, we use encryption when transmitting your personal information between your system and ours, and we employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your information.

Use of portions of the Website requires you to establish a User ID and password. You agree that you will be responsible for maintaining your password as confidential and for any activity that occurs on your Account as a result of you sharing your password with another or failing to protect it. Funerals360 are not responsible for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your password.

Children Under the Age of 13

The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not use or provide any information to this Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

Acquisition

If our company or our assets related to the Website are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy inures to the benefit of successors and assigns of Funerals360.

External Links

If any part of the Website links you to other websites, those external websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

Visiting the Website from outside the United States

If you are visiting our Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, but please be assured that Funerals360 does take steps pursuant to laws in the United States to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our services, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

How You Can Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@funerals360.com.