Information Collection and Use

iNeedHosting.net is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. We collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Registration

In order to provide the services requested by the user and access to certain section of this site, a user must complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as social security number), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

IF YOU PUT A FAKE E-MAIL ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTACT YOU IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS SUSPENDED FOR VIOLATION OF OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Order

We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name, contact number, and email address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes. Please note, all billing details (such as your credit card number) you will enter on a SECURE site hosted away from iNeedHosting.net. These are payment processors and we are authorized sellers with them. To make sure it is secure, look for the padlock.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site.

Cookies at iNeedHosting.net can be found at; our forums (http://www.inhforums.net), order system, client system and various other areas in and around the webhosting control panel.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing

We will not share any data such as customer personal information or even site statistics to other third party companies.

Links

Although this site does not publish links OUTSIDE of iNeedHosting.net, there may be links to other sites found in posts on our forums or our support helpdesk. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website such as billing details it will be via a secure gateway. NO HARD COPIES of customer information is kept, though there are backup files incase of disastor.

When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just "surfing".

Payment may be through other payment gateways provided by other companies, as long as there is a "lock" in the corner your information is protected. Please make sure it says "iNeedHosting.net" somewhere on the page and that you are buying the correct package.

Special Offers

Current special offers can be found on the home page as well as which promotional codes that should be used upon signing up.

Site and Service Updates

We may also send out notices from our user forums ONLY about site and service updates - you may opt out of these but they contain very important information you might like to know!
We also send out notices from our e-mail address; noticesandfeedback@ineedhosting.net where specific webhosting details will be sent ONLY to our paid customers.

Correction/Updating Personal Information

If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your post code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavour to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by emailing sales@ineedhosting.net.

Newsletters, Competitions and Other Companies

You will not be contacted by us for any of the above without your permission first. If you are a member of the forums you may be contacted once in a while about site/forum/hosting changes but you can opt out of these.
If you receive an e-mail claiming to be from us - and you weren't expecting it please contact support@ineedhosting.net.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Customers will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.