Privacy, Security & Terms

Because we gather certain types of information from visitors to our sites, we have developed a privacy statement to help you understand the types of information we gather and how it is used. This Privacy Policy only applies to information collected online.

Guiding Principles

Our policy regarding online privacy has been developed using the following guiding principles:

• Candidates for a Veterans Home Security Franchise and subscribers to our e-mail services or any other feature/service found on a Veterans Home Security USA Web site (VeteransUSA.com, VeteransHomeSecurity.com, etc.) will be provided the opportunity to unsubscribe to our email services on every email received from Veterans Home Security USA.
• Veterans Home Security USA collects information online primarily to asses your qualifications to become Veterans Home Security franchise owner as well as to provide our visitors with a more relevant experience on our sites. When doing so, we will make every reasonable effort to avoid excessive or irrelevant collection of data.
• Veterans Home Security USA will take physical, electronic and managerial measures to safeguard and secure information you provide to us (e.g., data will be stored in databases on servers with restricted access).
• Veterans Home Security USA will not share information you've provided to us except as disclosed in its Privacy Policy. We use third parties to help us provide services, such as providing financial and background information, monitoring site activity, conducting surveys, maintaining our database, administering and locating e-mails, collecting and managing information provided by visitors interested in franchise opportunities with Veterans Home Security USA and administering promotions.

Information Collected

• Non-Personally Identifiable Data: Any time you visit a Veterans Home Security USA Web site, we may gather certain non-personally identifiable information regarding the means you use to access our site. This information may include the type and version of your browser, your service provider, your IP address, and any search engine you may have used to locate the site. We use this information to help diagnose problems with our server, administer the Web site, and compile broad statistical data. In addition, Veterans Home Security USA gathers certain navigational information about where you go on our Web sites. This information enables us to determine which areas of the Web sites are most frequently visited and helps us to tailor the sites to the needs and interests of our online visitors. In addition, this tracking data may be used to tailor information presented to you on our sites based on your previous use of the sites and your interests in particular topics.
• Information Voluntarily Provided: Any information you provide to us (i.e., name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, social security number, etc.) when you apply for a Franchise, enroll in one of our e-mail reminder services, request information, register on our site, enter one of our promotions, or use any of the other interactive portions of our Web sites, the information is maintained on our Web server and internal systems. This information will be used to qualify you as a candidate for becoming a Veterans Home Security Franchisee, and may also be used to provide you with information you've requested about our company, our products and our services, or to provide you with special notices. When we request information on our sites, some requests are marked as ?Required?; this information is necessary to allow you to participate in the program or service you?ve requested. You may opt out of receiving future communications at any time (see Opt-Out Procedures below). This data may also be used to tailor your experience on our sites by providing content that is relevant to your interests and geographic region. Finally, we may create aggregated information from information you provide us (such as demographic data) for use in updating and maintaining our sites. This aggregated information will not be shared with others except as noted below (see the "Disclosure of Personal Information" and "Use of Cookies" sections).

How We Communicate with You

Veterans Home Security USA may send communications to you on the basis of the information you provide to us through e-mail or regular mail.. You may also optout of e-mail and regular mail communications from us at any time (see ?Opt-Out Procedures? below).

Disclosure of Personal Information

We collect and maintain the personal information of our candidates for the use of Veterans Home Security USA and its subsidiaries. We do not sell, rent, or trade consumer information to third parties. Third parties may be engaged to provide services for us as described below.

• Business Partners: Veterans Home Security USA may partner with select companies at various times to provide expanded services to our site visitors. As part of such a relationship, Veterans Home Security USA may share with these companies the use of certain interactive Web site functions (e.g., e-mail communications services). Information provided by site visitors through the use of such interactive functions may be available to both Veterans Home Security USA and its partners.
• Agents: Veterans Home Security USA may use other companies and individuals to perform certain functions on our behalf. Examples include providing financial and personal background information, administering e-mail services and running special promotions. Such parties only have access to the personal information needed to perform these functions and may not use or store the information for any other purpose.
• Business Transfers: In the event that Veterans Home Security USA sells or transfers a particular portion of its business assets, candidate information may be one of the business assets transferred as part of the transaction. If substantially all of the assets of Veterans Home Security USA are acquired, consumer information may be transferred as part of the acquisition.
• Compliance with Law/Safety: Veterans Home Security USA may disclose specific personal information based on a good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to comply with or conform to the law or that such disclosure is necessary to protect the users of our Web sites, the sites themselves, or the public.
• With Consent: Other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, you will be notified when any personally identifiable information about you may be shared with third parties, and you will be given the opportunity to decline to share that information.

Use of Cookies

Veterans Home Security USA may use a browser feature known as a "cookie." Cookies are small files placed on your hard drive that assist in providing you with a customized browsing experience. The "help" section of the toolbar on most browsers will inform you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you upon the receipt of a new cookie, or how to disable the use of cookies completely. As the Veterans Home Security USA Web sites have been designed to take advantage of the use of cookies, if you configure your browser to decline their use, certain features of the Veterans Home Security USA Web sites may not function correctly and you may be required to reenter any user IDs and passwords more frequently.

Accessing Veterans Home Security USA Web Sites from Outside of the United States

If you are visiting a Veterans Home Security USA Web site from a location outside of the United States, your connection will be through and to servers located in the United States. Any information you provide during your visit will be processed and maintained on our Web server and other internal systems located within the United States.

External Links

Veterans Home Security USA Web sites contain links to other sites. Veterans Home Security USA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. To help ensure the protection of your privacy, Veterans Home Security USA recommends that you review the privacy policy of any site you visit via a link from one of Veterans Home Security USA' Web sites.

Passwords

To access the personal data record created through your registration with a Veterans Home Security USA Web site you will need to use a password that you create. To protect the integrity of the information contained in this record, you should not disclose or otherwise reveal your password to third parties and should take care to create a password that is not obvious to third parties.

Public Forums

Veterans Home Security USA Web sites may make Franchisee Forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users at various times. Please remember that, unless otherwise stated, any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas. Veterans Home Security USA has specific terms of use for these chat rooms, forums and message boards and requires compliance with these terms of use.

Opt-Out Procedures

You may always optout of receiving future e-mail communications from Veterans Home Security USA. Our e-mails allow users to opt-out of receiving such communications in each email received.

Notification of Changes

This privacy policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the Web sites and as Internet privacy standards evolve. To ensure that you are fully informed about how your personal information is used, our privacy policy will always be available for review on our Web sites.

Contacting the Web Sites

If you have questions concerning this privacy policy or the practices of these sites, you may contact us at:

E-mail: webservices@veteransusa.com
Veterans Home Security USA
2233 Haverford Road
Columbus, Ohio 43220

Terms & Conditions

Important Legal Information

Overview

The following rules and regulations apply to all visitors to or users of the Veterans Home Security USA, Inc.'s ("Veterans Home Security USA") Web site, the home page of which is at www.VeteransUSA.com. Unless otherwise indicated, the Veterans Home Security USA Web site and its contents (including without limitation, all text, photographs, images, video and audio) are the exclusive property of Veterans Home Security USA, Inc. and/or one of its affiliates and are protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress and other laws. By using this Web site, you agree to be bound by these rules and regulations, as they may be modified by Veterans Home Security USA at any time and posted on this Web site. In the event of a violation of these rules and regulations, Veterans Home Security USA reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity.

Limited License

The Veterans Home Security USA Web site and all of its materials, including, but not limited to, its software or HTML code, scripts, text, artwork, photographs, images, video, and audio (collectively, "Materials" ) are protected by copyright laws and other U.S. and international laws and treaties. All Materials are provided by Veterans Home Security USA as a service to its current and prospective customers and may be used only for personal informational purposes and only if you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Materials. No right, title or interest in our Materials is conveyed to you. This is a limited license, not a transfer of title to our Materials, and such license is subject to the following restrictions: (a) you may not copy, reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, post, modify, create derivative works from, sell, license or otherwise exploit this site or any of its Materials without our prior written permission; (b) you may not access or use the Veterans Home Security USA Web site for any competitive or commercial purpose; and (c) you will not permit any copying of our Materials. Any unauthorized copying, alteration, distribution, transmission, performance, display, or other use of these Materials is prohibited. Veterans Home Security USA may revoke this limited license at any time for any or no reason. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Veterans Home Security USA.

Trademarks

Veterans Home Security USA and its affiliated companies retain all rights regarding their trademarks, trade names, brand names and trade dress. These marks, names or trade dress, and all associated logos or images, are registered and/or common law trademarks of Veterans Home Security USA or its affiliates, and are protected by U.S. and international laws and treaties. No license to the use of such marks, names or trade dress is granted to you under these terms and conditions or by your use of the Veterans Home Security USA Web site. Your misuse of the trademarks displayed on the Veterans Home Security USA Web site is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Veterans Home Security USA and its affiliates will aggressively enforce their intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of civil remedies and criminal prosecution.

Linking

Periodically, links may be established from this Web site to one or more external Web sites or resources operated by third parties (the "Third Party Sites"). These links are provided for your convenience only. In addition, certain Third Party Sites also may provide links to the Veterans Home Security USA Web site. None of such links should be deemed to imply that Veterans Home Security USA endorses the Third Party Sites or any content therein. Veterans Home Security USA does not control and is not responsible or liable for any Third Party Sites or any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such Third Party Sites. Access to any Third Party Sites is at your own risk and Veterans Home Security USA will have no liability arising out of or related to such Web sites and/or their content or for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with any purchase, use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such Third Party Site.

Special Notice

Veterans Home Security USA and its affiliates have a no-tolerance policy regarding the use of our trademarks or names in metatags and/or hidden text. Specifically, the use of our trademarks or names in metatag keywords is trademark infringement, and the use of trademarks or names in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines is unfair competition. Linking to any Veterans Home Security USA Web page is prohibited absent express written permission from Veterans Home Security USA. Framing, inline linking or other association of the Veterans Home Security USA Web site or its Materials with links, advertisements and/or other information not originating from the Veterans Home Security USA Web site is expressly prohibited.

Disclaimer of Warranty

Access to the Veterans Home Security USA Web site is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" and without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. Veterans Home Security USA reserves the right to block or deny access to the Web site to anyone at any time for any reason.

Jurisdiction

Veterans Home Security USA controls this Web site from its offices within the State of Ohio. Veterans Home Security USA does not imply that the materials published on this Web site are appropriate for use outside of the United States. If you access this Web site from outside of the United States, you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for compliance with local laws. The terms of this Web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions.

Your Communications

Veterans Home Security USA shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Web site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. Any personally identifiable information you provide to Veterans Home Security USA through the Web site shall be subject to the Web site's Privacy Policy.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL VETERANS HOME SECURITY USA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENT, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENT, EVEN IF VETERANS HOME SECURITY USA IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. In some jurisdictions, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing limitations on liability may not apply to you.

Revisions

Veterans Home Security USA may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of this Web site, including the availability of any features of the site, at any time and without notice. Veterans Home Security USA also reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these terms in whole or in part, at any time and without notice. Veterans Home Security USA may terminate the authorization, rights and license given above at any time and without notice. Your continued use of this Web site after any changes to these terms are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.