Privacy Policy
Welcome to the LiveHelpAmerica.com Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to you if you are a visitor of LiveHelpAmerica’s corporate website at www.LiveHelpAmerica.com. This Privacy Policy also applies to you when you visit LiveHelpAmerica’s social media web pages located on third-party social media websites (“LiveHelpAmerica-branded social media pages”). Visitors to LiveHelpAmerica’s Website and visitors to LiveHelpAmerica-branded web pages on social media websites are referred to in this policy as “you” or a “LiveHelpAmerica Visitor”. “You” and “LiveHelpAmerica Visitor” also refers to users who communicate with LiveHelpAmerica directly using LiveHelpAmerica’s communication technology or other engagement technology or services (“LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology”). This Privacy Policy applies regardless of whether you are using a computer, a mobile device or other device.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to visitors to the websites (or social media web pages) of LiveHelpAmerica’s business customers. For privacy terms applicable to those visitors, please click here. This Privacy Policy also does not apply to users of LiveHelpAmerica’s expert services platform offered by LiveHelpAmerica and made available on www.LiveHelpAmerica.com/experts or on www.kasamba.com or on third party websites. For privacy terms related to LiveHelpAmerica’s expert services platform, please click here.
This Privacy Policy explains how LiveHelpAmerica may collect, use, and disclose “Personal Information” and other information we obtain through LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, through LiveHelpAmerica-branded web pages located on third party social media sites and from communications between you and LiveHelpAmerica.
Personal Information Defined. LiveHelpAmericaconsiders “Personal Information” to include information that alone or when in combination with other information may be used to readily identify or contact you, such as: name, address, email address or phone number. LiveHelpAmerica does not consider Personal Information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not allow a third party to easily identify a specific individual.
Use and Acceptance. By using LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or by using LiveHelpAmerica-branded social media pages, you agree to this Privacy Policy. In addition, by using LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology to communicate with or engage with LiveHelpAmerica, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, you must not use LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or LiveHelpAmerica-branded social media pages, and you must not otherwise use LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology to communicate with or engage with LiveHelpAmerica.
What information do we collect from LiveHelpAmerica Visitors and how do we collect such information?
- Communication Products. If you engage in a communication with a LiveHelpAmerica agent using LiveHelpAmerica’s chat, email, voice or other communication products or services, or if you engage in a pre- or post-interaction survey (“Survey”), you may voluntarily provide, or otherwise be asked to provide, Personal Information, such as your name, contact information and other information to facilitate service.
LiveHelpAmerica maintains transcripts of chats, emails and other written communications that are conducted between you and LiveHelpAmerica (collectively, “Transcripts”). LiveHelpAmerica also maintains copies of Surveys and LiveHelpAmerica may, in accordance with applicable law (including laws related to notice and/or consent), record and maintain recordings of voice communications (“Recordings”). By providing Personal Information and other information via LiveHelpAmerica’s products or services, you consent to LiveHelpAmerica collecting and processing such information for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. - Requests for Information, News and other Content. You may sign up to receive information, news and other content related to new and existing LiveHelpAmerica products and services, LiveHelpAmerica events and other information related to LiveHelpAmerica that may be of interest to you. You will be asked to provide Personal Information, such as contact details and other information, relevant to delivering such news and information. We maintain all such information.
- Participation in one or more Communities offered by LiveHelpAmerica. You may participate in one or more communities (e.g. the Labs Community, Developer Community, Partner Community, Customer Community) offered by LiveHelpAmerica on LiveHelpAmerica’s Website. You may be asked to provide Personal Information, such as contact details, and other information prior to becoming a member of any such community. We maintain all such information. In the event that you participate in any message board or blog on LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, please see the terms below under the heading “LiveHelpAmerica Community, Message Boards, Blogs”. Other terms may apply to your use of one or more of the LiveHelpAmerica communities. Such terms are made available when you sign up to become a member of any community and, thereafter, in the member sections of LiveHelpAmerica’s Website and/or in your member account.
- Technical Support Requests. . If you need technical support related to our services or LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, you will need to complete a form for the purposes of defining and clarifying your technical support request. When submitting a technical support request, you are asked to provide Personal Information, including an email address, a URL of their website and a description of the issue. We maintain copies of all technical support requests and other information submitted with or related to such requests.
- Promotions. From time to time, we may offer promotions to LiveHelpAmerica Visitors. If we do, and if you wish to participate, you may be required to provide Personal Information, such as contact information and other information. We maintain such information.
- Recruitment and Job Applications. Personal Information such as that contained on a resume or curriculum vitae may be submitted to LiveHelpAmerica via LiveHelpAmerica’s Website in connection with a job offered by LiveHelpAmerica. Any information supplied by or on behalf of an applicant may be maintained by LiveHelpAmerica as well as third parties performing recruitment and/or other employment-related services. Please note that LiveHelpAmerica may have additional privacy terms that apply to job applicants. Such terms will be made available when an applicant applies for a job or, if applicable, when an applicant otherwise accesses his or her job account.
- Browser Information and Usage Information. We log web browser information (e.g., Internet Protocol addresses and browser types) and other usage information from LiveHelpAmerica’s Website and otherwise via LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology. Such information may include page view tallies, time spent on each page, geographic location information, page browsing information and operating system information. If you are using a mobile or other device to visit LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or otherwise communicate or engage with LiveHelpAmerica via LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology, we may collect hardware information related to the device used by you.
Your browser may be set to limit or prevent any of the browser information described above from being transmitted. If so, certain communication tools and other features and functions on LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or offered in LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology may not be available to you.
LiveHelpAmerica may review and run reports related to the browsing, purchasing and online behavior and activities of visitors to LiveHelpAmerica’s Website and visitors to LiveHelpAmerica’s branded web pages on third party social media websites. LiveHelpAmerica maintains records of such usage and reports.
Also, LiveHelpAmerica may obtain from a third party data source commercially available information related to a LiveHelpAmerica Visitor. LiveHelpAmerica maintains copies of such information. As mentioned below, LiveHelpAmerica is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third party. - Cookies. LiveHelpAmerica’s services use cookies and other technologies such as pixel tags to collect and store information that is generated automatically as you use the services, including your preferences and anonymous usage statistics.
Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you prefer not to receive cookies, you typically have the option of setting your browser to refuse cookies. If your browser is set to refuse cookies, it is possible that some of the functionality offered by LiveHelpAmerica will not be available or will not work as effectively for you.
By providing Personal Information and other information via LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology and otherwise via LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, you consent to LiveHelpAmerica collecting and processing such information for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.
How does LiveHelpAmerica use and disclose information it collects from LiveHelpAmerica Visitors?
- Transcripts, Surveys and Recordings. LiveHelpAmerica may use Transcripts, Surveys and Recordings for purposes of performing or delivering a service to you, providing maintenance or support services to you, for training and quality assurance purposes, for purposes of improving our services and for other lawful purposes. Third party service providers retained by LiveHelpAmerica to perform agent or operator services or other services on behalf of LiveHelpAmerica may also have access to Transcripts, Surveys and Recordings for purposes of performing or delivering a service to you, providing maintenance or support services to you, and/or for training and quality assurance purposes.
- Browser Information and Cookies. We use browser information, cookies and pixel tags to determine whether a chat, voice or email button or other communication service should be deployed on your browser (in order to allow LiveHelpAmerica to offer assistance or offers to you or otherwise engage with you). We may also use browser information, cookies and pixel tags to help us adjust and improve our product and service offerings, to allow LiveHelpAmerica to recognize whether you are a return visitor, for quality assurance and training purposes, to gather broad demographic information, to administer and optimize our services, to deliver marketing or other materials to you and for other lawful purposes.
- Aggregate Information. We may aggregate information so that it is not Personal Information and we may use such aggregated information, and share such aggregated information with our customers and third party service providers, for training and quality assurance purposes, for purposes of delivering services to you and our other customers, for purposes of improving our services and for other lawful purposes.
- Third Parties. LiveHelpAmerica does not sell, trade or rent Personal Information provided by you in any Transcript, Survey or Recording for direct marketing or any other purpose, except as provided in this Privacy Policy or with your permission. LiveHelpAmerica does not divulge the content of Transcripts, Surveys or Recordings to third parties other than to service providers performing services on behalf of LiveHelpAmerica, others as provided in this Privacy Policy or with your permission.
Certain third parties may provide services that connect to or leverage LiveHelpAmerica’s services. As mentioned below, LiveHelpAmerica is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third party.
LiveHelpAmerica uses third party data facilities, web and data analytics providers, and other third party service providers (including credit card processors) to perform services related to our website and services that are routinely handled by such providers. Such providers may store and, if applicable, process Personal Information and other information in keeping with the service that they provide. - Technical Support Requests. If you submit a technical support request, we may use and maintain such request in order to respond to the questions posed, improve our product and service offerings, for training and quality assurance purposes, for record keeping purposes and for other lawful purposes.
- Offers. We may use Personal Information provided by you and other information in order to keep you posted on product and service offerings, important announcements, updates to product offerings and events. We may also use such information for purposes of improving our product and service offerings, for training and quality assurance purposes, for record keeping purposes and for other lawful purposes.
- Promotions. From time to time, we may offer promotions on LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or via LiveHelpAmerica-branded social media pages or otherwise via LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology. If we do, and if you wish to participate, you may be required to provide Personal Information, such as contact information and other information. We will use and maintain such information for purposes of delivering the promotion and for purposes of improving our product and service offerings, for record keeping purposes, for data analysis purposes and for other lawful purposes.
- Job Applications. If you submit a resume, curriculum vitae and/or job application via LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or otherwise to LiveHelpAmerica via LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology, LiveHelpAmerica and its third party service providers may contact you and distribute and use this information throughout LiveHelpAmerica (subject to applicable law) for purposes of considering you for possible employment with LiveHelpAmerica. We may also keep your information on file for future consideration.
- Legal Requirement to Disclose/Discretion to Disclose. LiveHelpAmerica may disclose your information including Personal Information if LiveHelpAmerica reasonably believes that disclosure: (i) is necessary in order to comply with a legal process (such as a court order, subpoena, search warrant, etc.) or other legal requirement of any governmental authority, (ii) would potentially mitigate our liability in an actual or potential lawsuit, (iii) is necessary to enforce this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use or any other agreement in place between you and LiveHelpAmerica, (iv) is intended to investigate and prevent unauthorized transactions or other illegal activities, or (v) is otherwise necessary or appropriate to protect our rights or property (including our rights related to payment for services), or the rights or property of any person or entity.
Special Notice to LiveHelpAmerica Visitors located in countries other than the United States
Because LiveHelpAmerica operates globally, we may transfer Personal Information about you within our global operations to fulfill LiveHelpAmerica’s obligations to you, but always subject to the requirements of applicable data protection laws and this Privacy Policy. LiveHelpAmerica entities located in countries other than the United States may have supplemental privacy policies that may apply in their countries of operation.
If you are visiting from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, including those whose privacy laws may be more restrictive than U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States to LiveHelpAmerica. By providing your personal data you consent to that transfer.
LiveHelpAmerica Community, Message Boards, Blogs
If you use any communities, groups or spaces on the LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, you should be aware that any information you submit there may be read, collected, copied and used by other users, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. LiveHelpAmerica is not responsible for the information that you choose to submit or post on any of these areas of LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or on third party websites and LiveHelpAmerica is not responsible for how any such information may be used by others or responded to by others. LiveHelpAmerica’s privacy obligations set forth in this Privacy Policy are not applicable to your use of any community, message board or blog on LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or any third party website. Additional terms made available via any such community, message board and/or blog may apply to your use of any of the foregoing.
How does LiveHelpAmerica protect your information?
- Security. Data transmissions over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be fully and absolutely secure. Our website and our services have security measures in place designed to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our security measures include the following.
- Encryption and Firewalls. Chat transcripts are encrypted during transmission. We use standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption that encodes information for such transmissions. Transcripts are maintained and archived on secure servers. Access to such data is protected by multi-layered security controls including firewalls, role-based access controls and passwords. Data is backed up daily and archives are stored off-site in a secure location.
Additional terms that may apply to your information
- Safe Harbor. LiveHelpAmerica complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Information from European Union member countries. The company has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view the company’s certification, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
- Third-Party Websites. LiveHelpAmerica is not responsible for and does not control the privacy practices of any business customer of LiveHelpAmerica or any other third party. We encourage you to review the privacy practices of each third party.
- Business Transfers. In the event that all or substantially all of LiveHelpAmerica’s assets have been acquired, or in the event of any merger, bankruptcy or reorganization involving LiveHelpAmerica, all Transcripts, Recordings and Surveys, as well as all other information about you and your use of our services will likely be included in the acquired or merged assets.
- Choice Regarding Personal Information. If you elect to engage in any communication using our services, or submit any request or application to LiveHelpAmerica via LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, it is up to you to decide what, if any, information to provide. Depending on the circumstances it may not be possible to communicate with you or address all of your questions without providing some information. Nevertheless, if you do not wish to furnish certain information, then you should not do so.
- Changes to your Personal Information. If you receive marketing or advertising communications from LiveHelpAmerica, you may, at anytime, opt out of receiving further marketing and advertising communications from LiveHelpAmerica by clicking on a link on the bottom of the applicable marketing or advertising email. You may not be able to opt out of receiving important (non-advertising and non-marketing) announcements and notices from LiveHelpAmerica.
- New Uses of Information. From time to time, LiveHelpAmerica may use information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our information practices change regarding information previously collected, LiveHelpAmerica will make reasonable efforts to provide notice and obtain consent to any such uses as may be required by law.
Contacting LiveHelpAmerica
LiveHelpAmerica welcomes your feedback on our Privacy Policy. Please send your comments to privacy@livehelpamerica.com or to: LiveHelpAmerica, Inc., Attn: Legal Department – Privacy, 7625 Reseda Blvd #105, Reseda, CA 91335.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We recommend that you review this policy periodically, as we may update it from time to time. Your use of LiveHelpAmerica’s Website, any service offered on the website or any of LiveHelpAmerica’s engagement technology to communicate with LiveHelpAmerica (whether on LiveHelpAmerica’s Website or on a third party website) following a change to this Privacy Policy represents your consent to the new Privacy Policy to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Definitions
Data masking is the process of obscuring (masking) specific data elements within a communication or storage device. Once data is masked the masking cannot be reversed.
Encryption is the process of transforming information into unreadable text so that it is only legible to those possessing an encryption key. The process of making encrypted information readable again is referred to as decryption.
Web browser is a software program that allows a user to access, retrieve and view information on the World Wide Web. Examples of browsers include Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome and Safari.