NHRA sending out DVD unsolicited? (1 Viewer)

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Any 'Maters get a DVD in the mail from NHRA that you didn't order? I read on Yellowbullet that a few people have got one in the mail and are saying it includes a letter which says you'll be billed if it's not sent back. Just a FYI: USPS rules say if something is sent to you unsolicited it is yours to keep and you do not have to pay for it!
 
Un-asked for DVD

I haven't seen anything yet.

Hot Rod magazine did this a few years ago. I still have the thing. Don't think I ever watched it.....

I believe you're right about the Postal Service rules about that.

What's the DVD about??? :confused:
 
To my surprise, I got mine today, the dvd is called the first 50 years, cost is $12.95. I don't have to review this dvd, is it any good?
 
I got one in the mail today...

There is a slip you're supposed to return with an option checked:

1. "I enjoyed this special DVD and have enclosed payment of $12.95. I'd also like to start previewing other selections in the On the Throttle DVD Collection every 2-3 months at the regular Member price plus shipping and handling"

or

2. I'm returning the loose DVD and Member Reply Form - at no cost to me - using the attached postage-paid envelope. Please send no further DVDs


The package appears to be from a company called "Product Programs." Sounds to me like they made a DVD and paid the NHRA for access to the member database.

At the bottom of the letter it does say "Because you didn't ask for this special introductory DVD, you are under no obligation to do anything and can consider it a free gift"
 
Well there you have it. Don't know why people are getting their panties in a wad.

Here is why they get wadded Sam. Just keep that disc for a few months and wait til you get the letters and threat letter about 6 months from now. Let me know how that all works out.

Sent them a nice F.U. strong letter to follow with the wadded up disc and sent one from the attorney letterhead as well. Haven't heard much since.:p
 
I got one yesterday too. I find myself a bit confused :confused: If I don't want to receive any more DVD offers, I send back the DVD and the reply form, yet they say because I didn't ask for this special introductory DVD, I am under no obligation to do anything and can consider it a free gift. What happens if I keep the DVD and send back the reply card telling me not to send me anything else?
 
Hot Rod magazine did this to me a couple years ago. They sent me a couple issues ( not sure how many? It's been a while ) and wanted me to be the one to stop the issues by replying. Some how or other I wound up getting a whole years worth and then the never ending solicitation for renewing and more issues. Pretty soon I started getting collection letters wanting me to pay for the subcription I had been getting. Take one guess how that worked out for them. One nasty letter later everything suddenly stopped.

I hate junk mail and crap like this with a passion.
 
Remember Columbia's record deal? 11 albums for a penny and each month you'd get an invoice saying what album will be shipped if they don't get it back saying you don't want it. Or the magazine deals..they can't get away with that crap anymore.
 
I received it in the mail yesterday. The letter that comes with it could be considered very confusing.
The first page of the letter says:
"I've sent this to you as a no-obligation preview so that you can make the best informed decision about it".
Next paragraph: "If you choose to keep the DVD, it's available at the discounted NHRA member price of only $12.95".
On the back of the page it says:
"Because you didn't ask for this special DVD, you don't have to participate or send it back and can consider it a free gift. No question asked".
It's also interesting that if you decide not to keep the DVD the return envelope is a "No postage necessary if mailed in the United States" but on the "Member reply form" you have to provide the postage.
I am not a NHRA member, cancelled my membership 3 years ago, and consider this as "non solicited junk mail" from a organization that I no longer belong to and can do whatever I want with it without any obligation.
I'am going to keep the DVD and letter and not return a reply. If I receive a bill in the future I will turn this over the the US Postal Service.
Any comments?
 
Terry will wait with you. Same thing as I did last year. Then the letters started coming in.

I got more mail from the DVD company by not sending it back than when I did not re-new NHRA membership after 30 plus years. Received one notice my membership was due. No hey we want you back or... Obviously great offers and things like this are much more important than keeping membership up.
 
Re: NHRA Privacy policy from their website

This is a copy of the NHRA policy, it can also be accessed at nhra.com at the bottom of the page. This is the direct link Privacy Policy

If this is a violation of Nitromater for coping text please delete this and I applogize.

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION PRIVACY POLICY
(If you or your child are under 13 years of age, please go to and read our special Children's Privacy Policy section entitled: Notice To Parents of Your Children's Privacy Rights and Our Information Collection, Disclosure and Maintenance Practices, which you may link to now by CLICKING HERE.)

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time.

The National Hot Rod Association ("NHRA") takes your privacy seriously. We want you to understand what kinds of information we gather from you, how this information is used and protected, and how you can control its use. This statement discloses the privacy practices of NHRA on this web site, and does not describe or apply to our privacy practices conducted offline, except where specifically mentioned herein.

Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different from ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. Additionally, the NHRA site may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in that activity. NHRA has no control over these third parties' privacy practices.

GENERAL PRIVACY POLICY

Why Should I Read This Policy?

We want you to understand how we collect and use information from visitors on our website. This notice explains what kind of information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it to others. If you give us permission to collect or use personal information and we make any material changes in how we plan to use that information, we will notify you of this change and require that you give us permission for these new uses before we make further usage of it.

What is Personal Information?

"Personal information" is information that identifies a person or allows a person to be located. Examples of personal information include a name, a home address, an e-mail address, a telephone number, or a social security number.

When Do We Collect Personal Information and What Kind of Information is Collected?

If you request additional information about NHRA, register to become an NHRA member, make a purchase in the NHRA online store including nhradvd.com, or participate in other services NHRA may offer on its web site, we may request your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, birth date and credit card information in order to respond to your inquiries and requests. If you make a purchase in the online NHRA store, NHRA will collect necessary shipping and financial information. From time to time, we may request information from you via surveys, sweepstakes or contests. Participation in these survey, sweepstakes or contests is completely voluntary; you have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include personal contact information such as your name, address, age, and e-mail address. Information will be used to notify winners, award prizes and to contact users with further information about NHRA products and services, as well as the products and services of NHRA partners and third parties. Survey information will be used for the purposes of monitoring or improving use and satisfaction of the NHRA web site.

What Do We Do With the Personal Information We Collect?

We gather, store and archive the information we collect from our website, and we may use the personal information we collect from you for various purposes including: marketing and research analysis; product service and development; promotion and advertising; fulfillment of a requested transaction (i.e. sale of a product, delivery of a publication); record-keeping; marketing back; and billing and customizing the website to individual visitors. We also may use the information to develop an individual profile or a profile of certain groups of visitors to our website or for contacting you about our products, promotions, surveys, or new developments or events. If you do not want to be contacted about these products and promotions, you can let us know at any time. See the "Can You Delete or Edit or Update Personal Information?

Do We Disclose Personal Information About You?

We may disclose information we collect about you to other third party companies by way of sale, lease or rental agreement. The types of businesses in which such third parties are engaged include the following: magazine publishing and retailing; market analysis and development; participatory databases; non-profit organizations; and advertising.

Of course, online purchases require us to disclose necessary payment information to payment processors. We also may use third parties to send you the products you purchase, in which case we would provide them with your name, address, and other information necessary to complete your order.

Agreements with third parties will provide that such third parties will not use or disclose the information for purposes other than those purposes contracted for, and will also require the third parties to maintain the confidentiality, security and integrity of such information.

You may choose not to provide NHRA with any contact information. However, if you opt out in this way, we will be unable to respond to your request for NHRA information, process your order, sign you up for NHRA membership, or allow you to participate in other NHRA web site services that require personal information. Additionally, your ability to navigate our site may be limited. You may opt-out of receiving this information by sending an email to [email protected].

You have the option to agree to let us collect your personal information for activities on our website, but to not allow us to disclose the information to third parties. To prevent disclosure to third parties, please advise us.

Can You Review Your Personal Information?

Yes. You can review personal information you have submitted online. To review personal information submitted to us it is first necessary for you to provide us with information to verify your identity. In order to access a copy of your information you must first send to us at NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, 2035 Financial Way, Glendora, CA 91741, a written request to provide a complete copy of your personal information with your email address or a self-addressed stamped envelope. Upon receipt of this request, we will send you a copy as soon as practicable.

Can You Delete Or Edit Or Update Your Personal Information?

Yes. You can delete or edit or update your personal information. To delete any information submitted to us, just e-mail us at [email protected] and advise us that you wish us to delete all or a specified portion of your information. Please be sure to give us your name and email address.

Can You Revoke Your Permission for Us to Collect or Disclose Personal Information You?

Yes. To revoke the permission you have given us to collect or disclose any personal information about you, just e-mail us at our website at [email protected]. Revoking your permission will result in the deletion of all of your personal information.

What About Links to Other Websites?

We may have links on our website to companies that have different practices regarding personal information they collect from your child. We are not responsible for the policies and practices of any linked website, and you go there at your own risk and choice.

What Other Information Do We Automatically Collect From Your Computer?

NHRA may collect information through IP addresses or environmental variables. An "IP address" is a number used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data can be transmitted to you. "Environmental variables" include, among other things, the domain from which you access the Internet, the time you accessed our web site, type of web browser and operating system or platform used, the Internet address of the web site you left to visit NHRA, the names of the pages you visit while at our web site, and the Internet address of the web site you then visit. We collect all of this information to allow us to detect broad demographic trends, to provide information tailored to your interests and to enhance your experience on NHRA's web site. This information may be aggregated in an anonymous manner.

What is a Cookie, and How Do We Use Them?

A "cookie" is a small text file that a web site can place on your computer's hard drive. The cookie transmits this information back to the web site's computer, which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. NHRA may use cookies to help us recognize you when you come back to our site. We may also use cookies to help us track traffic on our site. This information may be aggregated in an anonymous manner. This will help us better tailor our site and provide you with offers that we think may be of interest to you. We do not link cookie information to personal information.

Can You Refuse To Accept Cookies?

Most browsers can be set to refuse to accept cookies. Doing so will not interfere with your ability to visit our website, but may restrict our ability to direct you to content on our website that is most relevant to you.


Will This Policy Change?

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and will do so by providing notice of such changes on our home page and make changes in our online forms requesting personal information. If we make any material changes in the way we use or disclose information about you, we will notify you with an email message to you. If you do not wish us to use your personal information, then please go to [email protected] and ask us to delete, edit, update or remove any information at that time.

Questions?

If you have any questions about this policy or about how personal information collected on our website is used, you can contact us by e-mail at [email protected], or by regular U.S. mail to:

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
2035 Financial Way
Glendora, CA 91741
ATTN: Privacy Policy

Phone No. (626) 914-4761
Fax No. (626) 914-4601

NOTICE TO PARENTS OF YOUR CHILDREN'S PRIVACY RIGHTS AND OUR INFORMATION COLLECTION, DISCLOSURE AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES

An Important Note to Parents

We are a general audience web site with a children's section. Because we understand that our entire web site may be appealing to children, we seek to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA"), which requires parental consent before we collect personal information from any child under the age of 13 or disclose such information to any third parties. More information about this law can be found at Federal Trade Commission.

Children under the age of 13 are not authorized to submit personal information online without first getting the permission from a parent or guardian.

We encourage parents to take an active interest in their children's use of the Internet. Parents should be aware that software tools are available online that permit them to screen objectionable content and to prevent children from disclosing their name, address, and other personal information without parental permission. However, the best protection for your child is for you to supervise your child's online activities.

If you have any questions about this policy or about how personal information collected on our website is used, you can contact us by e-mail at [email protected], or by regular U.S. mail to:

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
2035 Financial Way
Glendora, CA 91741
ATTN: Privacy Policy

Phone No. (626) 914-4761
Fax No. (626) 914-4601

Why Should I Read This Notice?

We want you to understand how we collect and use information from visitors on our website. This notice explains what kind of information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it to others. If you give us permission to collect or use personal information from your child under age 13 and we make any material changes in how we plan to use that information, we will notify you of this change and require that you give us renewed permission for these new uses.

What is Personal Information?

"Personal information" is information that identifies a person or allows a person to be located. Examples of personal information include a name, a home address, an e-mail address, a telephone number, photograph, or a Social Security number.

When Do We Collect Personal Information from Your Child and What Kind of Information is Collected?

There are several forum in which we may actively collect information from your child under age 13, including: Jr. Membership, E-Newsletter, Contests and Polls, and the NHRA Store.

1. Jr. Membership

We collect personal information from your child when your child registers to become an NHRA member. Specifically, we collect your child's name, mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, and gender, and may obtain credit card information to process the membership application. We also collect personal information from your child (i.e., name and mailing address) when your child requests that NHRA's Jr. Membership driving participants waiver forms be sent to them by mail.

2. E-Newsletter

We collect personal information from your child when your child requests to be added to the NHRA E-Newsletter mailing list. Specifically, we collect your child's name and e-mail address.


3. Contests and Polls

We collect personal information from your child for participation in contests or sweepstakes. For our Jr. Dragster contest(s), we collect your child's name and e-mail address, and may collect your child's age, address, and phone number. From time to time, we offer polls or surveys on the NHRA website. Our site will prevent multiple votes made by the same IP address, but no personal information is collected.


4. NHRA Store

When your child wants to buy a product offered from our online NHRA store, we also collect the personal information necessary for the transaction such as name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and credit card information.

What Do We Do With the Personal Information We Collect?

We may use the personal information we collect from your child to respond to user requests (e.g., to be added to the E-newsletter mailing list, to contact the winner of a prize, to keep membership records, or to verify or process transactions), or to provide children with information requested in a one-time transaction (e.g., responding to an inquiry about NHRA's next race event or location to purchase products). Personal information collected to comply with a child's one-time request will be discarded after NHRA has responded to the child's request. Non-personally identifying information, such as session cookies, will be used to help us improve and update our site based on recorded use. NHRA cannot, and does not, condition a child's participation in an activity on the child's disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity.

Do We Disclose Personal Information About Your Child?

We may disclose information we collect about your child from a membership transaction in the form of a member/subscriber record to other third party companies by way of sale, lease or rental agreement. The types of businesses in which such third parties are engaged include the following: racing, mail order parts, apparel, publishing, and other or related similar third-party marketers.

We may disclose the name and age of a winner of a NHRA contest in NHRA's print newspaper, Jr. DRAGSTER or displaying it on our website.

Of course, online purchases require us to disclose necessary payment information to payment processors. We also may use third parties to send you the products you purchase, in which case we would provide them with your name, mailing address, and other information necessary to complete your order.

Agreements with third parties will provide that such third parties will not use or disclose the information for purposes other than those purposes contracted for, and will also require the third parties to maintain the confidentiality, security and integrity of such information.

You have the option to agree to let us collect your child's personal information for activities on our website, but to not allow us to disclose the information to third parties. To prevent disclosure to third parties, please check the appropriate box in our parental consent form.

Disclosure Without Consent.

In certain limited circumstances, we may collect and disclose personal information from your child without first obtaining your consent. These circumstances are described as follows:

It will be necessary for us to collect your child's name and online contact information, and the name and online contact information of the child's parent, in order to provide the parent with notice of our information practices and to seek the parent's consent for the collection and/or disclosure of information about the child. Should any child's parent not respond within ninety days thereafter, then we will delete that child's and his/her parent's information at that time.

We may collect your child's name and online contact information in order to respond on a one-time basis to a specific request from your child (i.e., upon request from the child, we may e-mail to the child information about our website). After responding the child's name and information will be deleted.

We may collect your child's and parent's name and online contact information in order to respond directly more than once to a specific request of the child (i.e., to provide membership publications, or a contest entry and subsequent award), but in these cases the child must first be registered with us as a Jr. Member as required under this policy before we will respond.

Under certain circumstances we may collect and/or disclose information as is necessary to protect the safety of a child participating in our website, or to comply with law or legal process, or to protect the security and integrity of our website.

Can You Review Personal Information Your Child Submitted?

Yes. You can review personal information your child has submitted online. To review personal information your child has submitted to us it is first necessary for you to provide us information to verify your identity as the child's parent or legal guardian. In order to access a copy of your child's information you must send to us at NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, 2035 Financial Way, Glendora, CA 91741, a form entitled Parental Request For Review with a self-addressed stamped envelope. This form must be signed by you as the parent or legal guardian. This form can be found and downloaded from our website at http://www.nhra.com/parentalreview.pdf. Alternatively you can send us a written request to provide a complete copy of your child's personal information identifying your child by name with his/her email address. Upon receipt of either of these we will send you a copy as soon as practicable.

Can You Delete Personal Information Your Child Submitted?

Yes. You can delete the personal information your child has submitted online. To delete any information your child has submitted to us, just e-mail us at [email protected] and advise us that you wish us to delete all or a specified portion of your child's information. Please be sure to give us his/her name and email address.

Can You Revoke Your Permission for Us to Collect or Disclose Personal Information About Your Child?

Yes. To revoke the permission you have given us to collect or disclose any personal information about your child, just e-mail us at our website at [email protected]. Revoking your permission will result in the deletions of all your child's personal information.

What About Links to Other Websites?

We may have links on our website to companies that have different practices regarding personal information they collect from your child. We are not responsible for the policies and practices of any linked website, and you go there at your own risk and choice.

What Other Information Do We Automatically Collect From Your Child's Computer?

When your child visits our website, our software automatically collects some information from your child's computer. The information includes the unique Internet address assigned to your child's computer, the Internet service provider your child uses, the domain from which your child accesses the Internet, the time your child accessed our web site, type of web browser and operating system or platform used, the Internet address of the web site your child left to visit NHRA, the names of the pages your child visited while at our web site, and the Internet address of the web site your child then visits. We collect all of this information to allow us to detect broad demographic trends, to provide information tailored to your interests and to enhance your experience on NHRA's web site. This information may be aggregated in an anonymous manner.

What is a Cookie, and How Do We Use Them?

A "cookie" is a small text file that a web site can place on your computer's hard drive. The cookie transmits this information back to the web site's computer, which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. NHRA may use cookies to help us recognize you when you come back to our site. We may also use cookies to help us track traffic on our site. This information may be aggregated in an anonymous manner. This will help us better tailor our site and provide you with offers that we think may be of interest to you. We do not link cookie information to personally identifiable information.

Can You Refuse To Accept Cookies?

Most browsers can be set to refuse to accept cookies. Doing so will not interfere with your ability to visit our website, but may restrict our ability to direct you to content on our website that is most relevant to you.

Will This Policy Change?

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and will do so by providing notice of such changes on our home page and make changes in our online forms requesting personal information. If we make any material changes in the way we use or disclose information about your child, we will notify you with an email message to you and your child. If you do not wish us to use your child's information then please go to [email protected] and ask us to delete, edit, update or remove any information at that time.

Effective date: 3/21/2003
 
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