Privacy Policy

Overview

We here at Babysitters registry are very concerned with the privacy of our users. If you have issues with a company that is featured on this site, then you must contact that company directly.

This privacy statement was created in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The following discloses all of our information gathering practices for our website: BabysittersRegistry.com. By using this site, you do hereby warrant and represent that you understand and agree to all terms and conditions stated herein. By using our site, you also represent and warrant that you have read, understand and agree to the terms and conditions stated in the Terms of Use which is incorporated herein by reference.

Financial information

Please be aware that all confidential credit card information required by the site is processed through PayPal. We do not store any of this information. For more information on PayPal’s security policies, please click here. Please also be aware that information collected to order a consumer report such as a background check is not automatically collected and is obtained from Caregivers who authorize us to obtain a report. The information is collected to obtain the report and the purposes of the report are explained in the disclosures that are part of the ordering process. BabysittersRegistry.com holds and disposes of the report information in accordance with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and other applicable law and does not use it for marketing.

IP address and cookies

We will use your IP address to help diagnose, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. This will help us to stay on top of hackers and fraud attempts. Our site uses cookies for identification purposes. Our site’s registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their username and email address), unique identifiers (like their social security number), and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). We will not use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners and/or affiliates. The customer’s contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. Unique identifiers (such as social security numbers) may be collected to verify the user’s identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.

Security

This site has advanced security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of all the information under our control. Other than as set forth in this Privacy policy or with respect to particular transactions, consents and disclosures on the Site, BabysittersRegistry.com does not collect user’s personal information. All confidential Credit Card information submitted on BabysittersRegistry.com’s site is processed by PayPal.

Information retention policy

To preserve the integrity of our databases, standard procedure calls for us to retain information submitted by members for an indefinite length of time. BabysittersRegistry.com understands your submissions as consent to store all your information in one place for this indefinite length of time, if we so wish. If required by law, as is the case to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will nullify member information by erasing it from our database. We will also respond to written member requests to nullify account information that is eligible for nullification (we will make that determination). If you wish to make such a request, which requires that we verify your identity, or if you have any questions regarding this policy, contact BabysittersRegistry.com using our contact form. Also, by using this site, you do hereby represent and warrant that you understand and agree that all information submitted by you to BabysittersRegistry.com becomes the property of BabysittersRegistry.com and may be used in the sole discretion of BabysittersRegistry.com in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.

How we protect your information

Your BabysittersRegistry.com Profile is password-protected so that only you and authorized BabysittersRegistry.com employees have access to your account information. In order to maintain this protection, do not give your password to anyone. If someone who represents to you they are BabysittersRegistry.com staff asks for any personal account information, including password, they are not. If you share a computer, you should sign out of your BabysittersRegistry.com account and close the browser window before someone else logs on. This will help protect your information entered on public terminals from disclosure to third parties.

Notification of changes

BabysittersRegistry.com’s security and privacy policy are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary. This policy might change as BabysittersRegistry.com updates and expands its services. We will contact you via email and will post notification if there are any material changes in its privacy practices. BabysittersRegistry.com also encourages you to review this privacy policy periodically. By using the site, you do hereby represent and warrant that you have read, understand and agree to all terms of this Privacy Policy and Terms of use.

Partner Sites

The web sites and services that Babysitters registry links to are considered by us to be trustworthy and reputable. They each have their own privacy policy of how they treat your information. You will want to read their terms and conditions on their web site if you are concerned.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may contact us using our contact form.