Information
Collected
We collect personal information (such as your name, e-mail
address and any other details you provide to us that identifies
you as
an individual) from you when you submit a request for information
or when you submit your details for any other reason. Personal
information will only be collected with your consent.
Use
of Information
Horizon will not share or sell your personal information
with third parties, other than to Horizon subsidiaries or
vendors,
including
payment processors, content providers, shipping vendors or
others who perform similar functions on behalf of Horizon.
Disclosure
of personal information may be necessary in special circumstances,
such as when disclosure is required or authorized by law,
to investigate possible crimes, to protect Horizon Telcom’s
legal rights, or in connection with a sale, purchase, merger,
reorganization,
liquidation or dissolution involving Horizon.
Customer
Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) is information that
Horizon obtains in connection with providing telecommunications
services to you. CPNI includes the types of services purchased,
optional services used, types of information typically
included
on your telephone bill, such as call details and the amount
you spend on communications services. CPNI does not include
your
telephone number, name and address.
Horizon
uses technical and policy guidelines to safeguard the privacy
of CPNI and help protect it from unauthorized
access
or improper
use. Horizon does not sell CPNI to third parties and
complies with applicable federal and state CPNI rules that
apply
to telecommunications carriers.
Horizon,
or its authorized representatives, may use CPNI information
to make suggestions to you and discuss
products and services,
packages and promotions that may service your communications
needs or to
let you know about enhancements to services that
you already use. Horizon will not use your CPNI for any
other marketing
purpose without your approval.
Horizon
is required to provide directories and directory information
(name, address and telephone number)
to authorized third parties,
for example, directory publishers. You can restrict
the publication of personal information in telephone
directories,
online
directories and directory assistance through such
services as non-published
or non-listed numbers. Contact a Horizon customer
service representative to discuss the options available
to
you.
Links
to Other Sites
Horizon is not responsible for the practices employed
by websites linked to or from our websites, nor
for the content
contained
therein. The websites and services you are able
to access on the Internet
are outside the control and limits of this privacy
policy. Any information you provide to such organizations
is
at your own
risk.
Security
Horizon makes reasonable efforts to maintain
the security of our servers and computer networks
in
order to help
prevent the loss,
misuse and modification of the personal information
in our possession. Horizon protects the security
of your
personal information by
using specialized software during the service
application process,
enrollment,
while shopping on the Horizon website or when
paying your Horizon statement. Even though
we take reasonable
steps
to
maintain
information security and expect our vendors
to do likewise, Horizon cannot
guarantee the security of personal information.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we may use a standard
technology called a “cookie” to collect information
about how you use our websites. A cookie is a small
data file that may be sent to
your computer when you visit our websites. A cookie
file can contain information such as a user ID so that
we can track the pages you
have visited on our websites, but the only personal
information a cookie can contain is the information
that you supply yourself.
A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read
any other cookie files created by other websites.
You have options in regard to cookies. By
changing the settings of your browser, you
may opt to
accept cookies,
to be informed
when a cookie is being placed on your PC
or to reject all cookies. Please consult
your
browser
manual.
Children
It is a Horizon policy to comply with the
Children’s Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws relating
to children’s privacy. In order to
respect the privacy of children online,
Horizon does not knowingly
collect, maintain or
process personal information submitted
by children under the age of 13. Children
should always receive
permission from a parent
or guardian before sending personal information
over the Internet.
Changes
To This Policy
If we change our privacy policy and procedures,
we will post these changes on our website:
www.horizontel.com. If you
have any questions
regarding this notice or would like to
know how to
restrict
the use of your information, please contact
a Horizon representative by calling the
telephone number
listed on your monthly
statement.
