Privacy Notice

Web Site Visits and Personal Information
In general, you may visit the New York Movers Web Site without disclosing any personal information. Flat Rate Moving does not keep track of the domains from which people visit this site. However, in order to post a review, you will be required to provide your name and email address.

Uses Made of the Information
Without the user’s prior consent, Flat Rate Moving will not use your personal identifiable information for any purpose other than that for which it is submitted.

Unless the user marks an “x” in the opt-out option box herein provided, Flat Rate Moving reserves the right to provide the user with information about Flat Rate Moving’s products and services.

Your personal identifiable information will be disclosed only as may be required by law, for example, in compliance with a court order or subpoena. In all other cases, Flat Rate Moving will not share your personal identifiable information with any third party.

Flat Rate Moving stores and retains the information provided by the user for nine (9) months, after which the information is destroyed.

Review Forum
If a user participates in posting a review about a moving company on the New York Movers Web Site, the user should be aware that the information disclosed and shared will be broadly available to other persons, both inside and outside Flat Rate Moving, who have access to the review forum. Flat Rate Moving hereby certifies that under no circumstances does it alter or censor any reviews that are posted, except for inappropriate language, including obscenities. This includes any negative reviews about itself, and Flat Rate Moving would consider any such negative review as a way to improve its products and services. This web site is for anyone and everyone to share their experiences with moving companies. Nevertheless, Flat Rate Moving shall not be liable for any potentially defamatory reviews which may be posted.

Links to Other Web Sites
This New York Movers Web Site may contain links to other web sites. Flat Rate Moving is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites, nor does Flat Rate Moving endorse any products or services offered on those sites.

No Liability for Acts of Third Parties
Flat Rate Moving will exercise all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of customer personal information. However, transmissions protected by industry standard security technology and implemented by human beings cannot be made absolutely secure. Consequently, Flat Rate Moving shall not be liable for unauthorized disclosure of personal information due to no fault of Flat Rate Moving including, but not limited to, errors in transmission and unauthorized acts of Flat Rate Moving staff and/or third parties.

Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights
(a) Changes to Privacy Policy. This privacy notice was last updated on Jun/05 . Flat Rate Moving reserves the right to change its privacy policy statement at any time. A notice of any material change will be posted on the New York Movers Web Site home page for 1 day prior to the implementation of such change. There are two boxes at the end of Flat Rate Moving’s notice of change: (1) an “I accept” box, and (2) an “I do not accept” box. If the user does not mark the “I do not accept” box the user will be deemed to have accepted Flat Rate Moving’s privacy policy changes.

(b) Opt-Out Right. The user has the right at any time to cease permitting personal information to be collected, used or disclosed by Flat Rate Moving and/or by any third parties with whom Flat Rate Moving has shared and/or transferred such personal information. Right of cancellation may be exercised by contacting Flat Rate Moving via email info@flatrate.com. After processing the cancellation, Flat Rate Moving will delete the user’s personal information from its data base.

Accountability
If you have a question about this policy statement, or a complaint about Flat Rate Moving’s compliance with this privacy statement, you may contact Flat Rate Moving by email at pr@flatrate.com.

Acceptance of Policy Statement
If the user chooses to post a review on this web site, the user’s action is hereby deemed as an acceptance of Flat Rate Moving’s practices described in this policy statement. Any dispute over privacy between the user and Flat Rate Moving is subject to the provisions of this notice.

Web Site Owner
Flat Rate Moving is the owner of this web site (“New York Movers Web Site”). Flat Rate Moving can be contacted by mail at 466 Broom Street, NYC, NY 10013 or by email at pr@flatrate.com. This online privacy notice discloses Flat Rate Moving’s information practices for this New York Movers Web Site, including what type of personal identifiable information is requested in order to post a review, how the information is used, how long the information is stored and with whom the information is shared. Note that other Flat Rate Web Sites may be governed by privacy notices containing different information practices applicable to those sites.