ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY

 

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Updated June 18, 2008

Protecting Your Personal Information
What Information Do You Gather About Me?
Does The Site Use Cookies?
Sharing Your Personal Information
What Choices Do I Have?
Passwords
Links To Other Web Sites
Children
Trademark
Advantage Self Storage Contact Us Page
Changes To This Online Privacy Policy
What about Security on Castleministorage.com Web Sites?
Is My Information Safe?

Customer Care


Advantage Advisors, LLC, and all associated Storage Alliance™ and Advantage Self Storage™  stores and entities (CASTLE) have prepared this Online Privacy Policy to describe the types of personal and non-personal information collected through its Web site www.castleministorage.com, the use of such information, and to whom and under what circumstances such information is disclosed. By using our Web sites, you signify your assent to this Online Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree to the terms of this Online Privacy Policy, please do not use the Web site.

Protecting Your Personal Information
We want to address any questions you may have about Castle's online information practices. For that reason we have adopted and posted this online privacy policy. If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact Castle at the following address:

Email:   e-contact@castleministorage.com

Fax:    877-838-4084
Mail:   Castle Mini Storage
          P.O. Box 7324
          Golden, CO 80403

What Information Do You Gather About Me?
We collect only from you the personal information you voluntarily provide in order to deliver the best possible service and to bring you information about products that we think may be of interest to you. For example, our Web site contains a password protected link to your self storage account from which you can pay your Customer Use Fee and other associated fees on your current account, or access to the unit inventory at some of our locations or make a deposit to open a new account and reserve the usage of a self storage space at a certain location or purchase CASTLE's products and services (e.g. boxes, locks, packing supplies). If you decide to place an order via our Customer Care Center, we ask you to provide us with information necessary to process your order, which may include, but not limited to, name, unit number, password, physical address, billing address for your credit card, telephone number, facsimile number, Email address, company name, title, whether you are a current CASTLE customer, prior purchases from the Customer Care Center, and a credit card or transaction card number, expiration date, CVV Number/V-Code and billing address.

We collect your Email address so we can send you information about your order and its status. We may also let you know, via Email, about other notices and updates concerning the property, your use of the property, your accounts or reservations, and other products and services. The credit card or transaction card information that is collected is used strictly for billing and payment purposes.

We also collect messages sent through our email contact links so we can respond to your questions or concerns.

Finally, we collect information about visitors to the Web site, including IP address, ISPs, and browsers. However, this information is not linked to any personally identifiable information. We use this non-personal information to analyze Web site traffic, distribute the load across our servers and improve the operation of our Web site. CASTLE may collect information about your browsing behavior, such as the date you visit the Web site, the areas or pages of the Web site you visit, the amount of time viewing the Web site, the number of times you visit the Web site, and other click-stream information.

CASTLE may use the information collected from you for any of the following purposes: to facilitate your use of our Web site and better understand your needs; to process and fulfill your orders from the Customer Care Center; to respond to your inquiries or requests for information; to send you information, promotional materials, and offers from CASTLE, as well as from any affiliates or partners; to contact you when necessary; to help address problems with our Web site; to administer the site; to conduct internal reviews of the Web site; to protect the security and integrity of the Web site; and to provide you with a greater online experience at our Web site.

Electronic mail messages may be intercepted by third parties and are not protected by CASTLE.  If you use a public computer or terminal, be sure no one is watching over your shoulder and always log out when you complete an online session.  Please do not share or send sensitive account information via Email.  We will never send an Email or call you asking you for your User ID, password, social security number, or FEIN.

If you receive a suspicious Email that appears to be from CASTLE, keep the Email in your inbox and report it to us at webmaster@castleministorage.com  or by calling CASTLE customer service at (301) 774-0243 Please do not forward the Email to CASTLE unless CASTLE requests it.  For more information, contact the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov.

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Does The Site Use Cookies?
Yes. In order to identify you and your shopping cart, we drop a cookie as you move through our Customer Care Center and online store. A cookie is a small file that is sent to your hard drive that helps diagnose problems with our server and administer our Web site. We will not attempt to gather your computer hardware or software information or your demographic information.

The user can always choose to disable cookies in the browser settings. However, that would prevent the identification of the user through each stage of the online buying process and the ability to view our Web site. The "help" segment of the toolbar on most browsers explains how to configure the browser to not accept new cookies, how to have the browser inform the user when he or she receives a cookie, and how to erase cookies from hard drives.

Sharing Your Personal Information
CASTLE does not sell or otherwise provide your information to unrelated third parties. CASTLE does make your contact information available to other customers, vendors, or service providers. Under no circumstances will we intentionally make your personal home address or telephone number available to third parties unless you indicated these as your contact information and request that we provide your contact information to third parties. We strongly recommend that you use your business address for contact purposes. CASTLE may provide aggregate statistical information about our customers, but these statistics will not include personal identifying information.

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What Choices Do I Have?
We use your Email address to communicate with you about your order or inquiry. In addition, we may occasionally send you information about your account or reservation, special offers and new services. If you would rather not receive these messages, please notify us via Email to

e-contact@castleministorage.com.  In addition, if you would like to access or change any contact information you have provided to us, please notify us via Email to the email address found on the “Locations” section for the store in which you are a customer.

Passwords
If you are asked to create a password, please use a combination of capital and lower case letters, numbers and symbols whenever possible. Using words, your name or your Email address as your password is not recommended. Passwords should not be shared with anyone. 

Links to Other Web Sites
CASTLE has established relationships with other companies in order to offer you specialized services. Access to these other companies is available by means of links to their Web sites from our Web site. We provide these links as a service to our users. We do not sponsor or endorse these other Web sites. We are not responsible for the content of any other sites since we do not own or control these other companies or their sites. The CASTLE is not responsible for their privacy practices, their Terms and Conditions (Terms of Use), or the content of their Web sites. Accordingly, CASTLE recommends that you review the privacy policy and Terms and Conditions (Terms of Use) posted on any Web site you access from our Web site.

Our online payment and reservation modules are supported by servers owned and operated by SMD Software and interface with other servers owned and operated by our electronic payment processors.  It is common practice within E-Commerce to have third party vendors such as these, support and enhance the capabilities of a proprietary web site.  These links are necessary to transact business with CASTLE and CASTLE relies on the expressed standards of professionalism, security and privacy of these third parties. 

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Children
CASTLE does not direct its Web site to, nor does it knowingly collect any personal information on, children under the age of 18.

Trademark
Castle Mini Storage, castleministorage.com and the associated logos are registered trademarks and service marks of Advantage Advisors, LLC.  Use of this Web site does not grant the user any rights to use the CASTLE trademarks or CASTLE Web site content.

CASTLE's Contact Us Page
You can contact us at e-contact@castleministorage.com  or use our contact information found on each of the store’s Location page to ask a question, request product information, or provide comments on our service. We capture every message that comes to us and try our best to respond within at least 48 hours of receipt.

Changes to This Online Privacy Policy?
CASTLE reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Online Privacy Policy at any time. Accordingly, CASTLE recommends that you revisit this Online Privacy Policy from time to time to ensure that you are aware of the current privacy practices. Your continued use of the Web site following any changes signifies your acceptance of these changes.

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What about Security on CASTLE's Web Site? Is My Information Safe?
Your credit card or transaction card information is secure while being transferred. CASTLE utilizes Secure Sockets Layers (SSL), to safeguard your credit card and information. SSL encrypts your data so that none of your personal information can be read in transit.

  1. CASTLE uses 128 bit DES (Data Encryption Standard) Key Encryption technology to store your credit card information in our database.
  2. In order to ensure that the information that you send is encrypted:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer: Verify that the lock in the lower right hand corner of your browser is in the closed position.

Customer Care
Is there something you could not find? Do you need additional information regarding the Web Site Online Privacy Policy?  There are several ways to contact us:

  1. Use e-contact@castleministorage.com to reach us via Email and tell us your comments.
  2. Call CASTLE Headquarters at 303-642-7798
  3. Fax: 877-838-4084
Mail: Castle Mini Storage, P.O. Box 7324, Golden, CO 80403
 

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