1.	The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com Privacy Policy:
	The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to our website(s) (unless a different privacy statement is specifically made applicable). By using a The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com web site, you consent to the policies and practices described in this Statement.
2.	Data Storage and Processing:
	Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. If you access The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com outside the United States, your usage of this site constitutes consent to the transfer of your data out of your country and to the United States. Our site contains links to other website(s) (Link Partners) over which we have no control. The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of Link Partner sites to which you choose to link from our web site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to the information we collect on BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com, and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion. BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com is owned and operated by The Best of the U.S. LLC.
3.	Use of Text, Graphics, Images, Logos, Software, Code, and Related Material:
	Copying of all text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, code, software, and related material is prohibited without permission of The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com. The compilation of all content on the site is the exclusive property of The Best of the U.S. LLC and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the site may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may not sell or modify the content of BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com's webpages, reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the site in any way for any public or commercial purpose. In some areas of our site, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com requests that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, contact information, billing information, and other information from which your identity is discernible. In other areas, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com collects or may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, preferences, gender, interests and hobbies. The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com may indirectly collect information about you when you use certain third party services on our web site. We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be collected by The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com may sometimes offer you the opportunity to provide descriptive, cultural, behavioral, and preferential and/or life style information about yourself, but it is solely up to you whether you furnish such information. If you do provide such information, you are thereby consenting to the use of that information in accordance with the policies and practices described in this Statement. For example, such information may be used for the purpose of determining your potential interest in receiving email from The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com or its sponsor(s) and other communications about particular products or services. You can correct or update your participant or client registration profile at any time. Moreover, you can delete your profile from our online database or close your account at any time, in which event we will remove all our copies of your registration profile information except for an archival copy which is not accessible on the Internet.
4.	Use of Information by The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com.:
	We use the information we gather on our web site, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com website, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services that we offer. We will not share, survey or collect your email address and profile data with any third party organization except for the deployment of relevant content originally authorized and published by The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com or its sponsor(s). We may use your contact information in order to send you upon opt-in subscription request, e-mail or other communications regarding updates at The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com website, such as new contests and related news which may be of interest to you. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you. In addition, at the time of registration for The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com, you have the option to elect to receive additional communications, information from The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com relating to topics that may be of special interest to you. We have an area where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in this area becomes our property, and we can use such feedback for marketing purposes or contact you for further information.
5.	Disclosure of Information to Others:
	We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com website except for our sponsor(s). We may only disclose such information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure except when you choose to enter/register/add a contest to your profile. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the products or services of The Best of the U.S. LLC or its sponsor(s) at the time you register, we or our sponsor(s) reserves the right to send you an e-mail regarding promotional offers or eNewsletters of which you may opt-out or unsubscribe at any time. We may use data we have about you (such as the interests and preferences you have expressed) to determine whether you might be interested in other products or services provided by The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com or its sponsor(s). However, this information will be sent only upon your opt-in request. We will not disclose such information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf unless previously authorized by our terms stated above. Examples may include hosting our web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party. We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public. We may disclose and transfer such information to a sponsor(s) or business who acquires all or a substantial portion of The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event The Best of the U.S. LLC becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, The Best of the U.S. LLC or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court.
6.	Federal, State, or Local Emergency:
	In the event of a national emergency or other similarly urgent situation, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com reserves the right to fully cooperate with the requests of government authorities and agencies and disclose to those entities all website user information and databases collected, compiled and/or maintained by The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com
7.	Correcting, Updating or Changing Selections Regarding Your Personally Identifiable Information:
	Once you provide personally identifiable information to The Best of the U.S. LLC via BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com, you may review, correct, update or change your registration profile information at any time. If you opted to receive newsletters, commercial e-mails or other communications from The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com or sponsor(s) at the time you registered, but subsequently change your mind, you may opt-out by sending an email to support (at) kj@BestofUS.com or selecting "unsubscribe" from the email you received. If you previously opted not to receive such communications, you may later opt-in at any time.
8.	The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com Use of Cookies
	Unlike many other Internet websites, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com DOES NOT utilize "cookies" to automatically track and store anonymous preferential information about you as you use and navigate BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com. However, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com does use Session Variables which does track user activity for a particular user session. Once a user exits a browser session, the slate is wiped clean and the system no longer tracks user activity except for activity that was saved by the system per the user's request.
9.	Security of Your Submissions and Transmissions
	The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com utilizes its best efforts to protect the security of any information submitted or transmitted by you via BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com, including, but not limited to, personally identifiable information. However, in the unlikely event that an unauthorized third party compromises The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com's security system, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com is not responsible for any occurrences or damages directly or indirectly caused by an unauthorized third party's ability to view, use or disseminate your submissions or transmissions or your personally identifiable information.
10.	Links to other websites (aka Link Partners) from or to BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com:
	BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com may contain links (aka Link Partners) to other websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com webpages hosted by the BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com contest engine . The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com makes no representations or warranties about, nor is it responsible for, the privacy practices of other Link Partner websites. When you enter a linked website, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com encourages you to read the privacy policy of that linked website, as its privacy policy may differ substantially from that of this Privacy Policy.
11.	Changes to this Privacy Policy:
	The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com developed this Privacy Policy as a manifestation of our firm commitment to disclose our current privacy and confidentiality policies to you. However, the Internet is rapidly evolving. With this in mind, The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time in its sole discretion and without notice. Any information we collect from you is subject only to our most current Privacy Policy. You are advised and encouraged to visit BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com on a regular basis to review our most current Privacy Policy, and review any changes that may have been made. Unless you elect to opt-out of our Privacy Policy, you agree to be bound by our most current Privacy Policy, including any changes that have been made since you originally provided The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com with information.
12.	Your Questions, Comments & Complaints:
	The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com encourages you to provide The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com with feedback regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please email us at support (at) kj@BestofUS.com. If you feel that The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com m is not abiding by this Privacy Policy at any time, please immediately contact us via email.
13.	Governing Law; Arbitration:
	This Privacy Policy is to be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Alabama, without regard for principles of conflicts of laws. Any civil action, claim, dispute or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, this Privacy Policy shall be referred to final and binding arbitration, before a single arbitrator, under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in the City of Birmingham, Alabama USA. You and The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com shall select the arbitrator, and if you and The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com are unable to reach agreement on selection of the arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the notice of arbitration is served, then the American Arbitration Association shall select the arbitrator. Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and conclusive upon you and The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com, and yours and The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com's respective administrators, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in no event shall either you or The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com be entitled to punitive, special, indirect, or consequential damages, and both you and The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com hereby waive your rights to any punitive, special, indirect, or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, damages for any loss of profit, revenue or business.
14.	Miscellaneous:
	If any portion of this Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by any arbitrator, this Privacy Policy as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, but only that portion of this Privacy Policy that is unlawful, void or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Privacy Policy. The headings contained in this Privacy Policy are for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Privacy Policy, and shall not limit or otherwise affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Privacy Policy. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Privacy Policy, as may be amended by The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com from time to time, shall survive your opting out of this Privacy Policy and the termination of this Privacy Policy. AThis Privacy Policy represents the entire understanding and agreement between you and The Best of the U.S. LLC/ BestofUS.com/SmartestsofUS.com regarding the subject matter of this Privacy Policy, and supersedes all other previous agreements, understandings and/or representations regarding the same.