PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is
very important to us. We want to make your experience on
the Internet as
enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and we want you to
use the Internet's vast array of
information, tools, and opportunities with complete
confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our
firm commitment to privacy and
security. This Privacy Policy describes how our company
collects information from all end users of our Internet
services (the "Services-those who access some of our
Services but do not
have accounts ("Visitors") as well as those who may
purchase Products and/or pay a monthly
service fee to subscribe to the Service ("Members")
-what we do with the information we
collect, and the choices Visitors and Members have
concerning the collection and use of such
information. We request that you read this Privacy
Policy carefully.
Personal Information Our Company Collects and How It Is
Used
Introduction. Our company collects information in
different ways from Visitors and Members
who access the various parts of our Services and the
network of Web sites accessible through
our Service. We use this information primarily to
provide a customized experience as you use
our Products and Services, and generally, do not share
this information with third parties.
However, we may disclose personal information collected
if we have received your permission
beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as
when we believe that such disclosure is
required by law or other special cases described below.
Registration: Members may be asked to provide certain
personal information when they sign up for our Products
or Services including name, address, telephone number,
billing information
(such as a credit card number), and the type of personal
computer being used to access the
Services. The personal information collected from
Members during the registration process is
used to manage each Member's account (such as for
billing purposes). This information is not
shared with third parties, unless specifically stated
otherwise or in special circumstances.
However, in instances where our company and a partner
jointly promote our Services, we may
provide the partner certain personal information, such
as the name, address, and username of
persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of
the joint promotion for the sole purpose
of allowing us and the partner to assess the results of
the promotion.
In this instance, personal information may not be used
by the partner for any other purpose. We may also
generate non -identifying and aggregate profiles from
personal information Members explained in more detail
below, we may use this aggregated and non -identifying
information to sell advertisements that appear on the
Services.
Our Company Partners and Sponsors: Some products and
services may be offered to Visitors
and Members in conjunction with an affiliate,
independent contractor seller or no-affiliated
partner. To provide Visitors and Members some of these
products and services, the partner
may need to collect and maintain personal information.
In these instances, you will be notified
before any such data is collected or transferred and may
decide not to use that particular
service or feature.
Additionally, our partners may have advertisements or co
-branded Web Pages that are
cosponsored by an affiliate, independent contractor
seller, or no-affiliated partner. Our
company may share non -identifying and aggregate
information (except as described above), but not
personal information, with such partners in order to
administer the -branded products or services offered.
Online Shopping: At some Web sites, you can purchase
products and services or register to
receive materials, such as a newsletter, catalog or new
product and service updates. In many
cases, you may be asked to provide contact information,
such as your name, address, email
address, phone number, and credit/debit card
information.
If you complete an order for someone else, such as an
online gift order sent directly to a
recipient, you may be asked to provide information about
the recipient, such as the recipient's
name, address, and phone number. Our company has no
control over the third parties' use of
any personal information you provide when placing such
an order. Please exercise care when
doing so.
If you order services or products directly from our
company we will use the personal
information you provide only to process that order. We
do not share this information with
outside parties except to the extent necessary to
complete that order.
Online Advertisements: Our company may display our
online advertisements. In those cases
we share aggregated and non -identifying information
about our Visitors and Members collected through the
registration process as well as through online surveys
and promotions with these advertisers.
Additionally, in some instances, we use this aggregated
and non-identifying information to deliver tailored
advertisements or joint ventures. For instance, an
advertiser or joint venture
company tells us the audience they want to reach and
provides us an advertisement tailored to
the audience. Based upon the aggregated and non
-identifying information we have collected, we may then
display or send the advertisement to the intended
audience. Our company does not share personal
information about its Visitors or Members with these
advertisers or joint venture companies.
Responses to Email Inquiries: When Visitors or Members
send email inquiries to our company,
the return email address is used to answer the email
inquiry we receive. Our company does not
use the return email address for any other purpose and
does not share the return email address
with any third party.
Voluntary Customer Surveys: We may periodically conduct
both business and individual
customer surveys. We encourage our customers to
participate in these surveys because they
provide us with important information that helps us to
improve the types of products and
services we offer and how we provide them to you. Your
personal information and responses
will remain strictly confidential, even if the survey is
conducted by a third party. Participation in
our customer surveys is voluntary.
We may take the information we receive from individuals
responding to our Customer Surveys
and combine (or aggregate) it with the responses of
other customers we may have, to create
broader, generic responses to the survey questions (such
as gender, age, residence, hobbies,
education, employment, industry sector, or other
demographic information). We then use the
aggregated information to improve the quality of our
services to you, and to develop new
services and products. This aggregated, non -personally
identifying information may be shared
with third parties.
Special Cases: It is our company's policy not to use or
share the personal information about
Visitors of Members in ways unrelated to the ones
described above without also providing you
an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit such
unrelated uses.
However, we may disclose personal information about
Visitors or Members, or information
regarding your use of the Services or Web sites
accessible through our Services, for any reason
if, in our sole discretion, we believe that it is
reasonable to do so, including: credit agencies,
collection agencies, merchant database agencies, law
enforcement, or to satisfy laws, such as
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Child
Online Privacy Act, regulations, or
identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone
who may be violating our Acceptable
Use Policy or Terms Of Service, or other user policies;
to operate the Services properly; or to
protect our company and our Members.
"Cookies" and How Our Company Uses Them. A "cookie" is a
small data file that can be
placed on your hard drive when you visit certain Web
sites. Our company may use cookies to
collect, store, and sometimes track information for
statistical purposes to improve the products
and services we provide and to manage our
telecommunications networks.
If you are a Visitor or Member we may use a cookie to
save your settings and to provide
customizable and personalized services. These cookies do
not enable third parties to access any of your customer
information. Additionally, be aware that if you visit
other Web sites where you are prompted to log in or that
are customizable, you may be required to accept cookies.
Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies.
We do not control use of these
cookies and expressly disclaim responsibility for
information collected through them.
Our Company Commitment to Children's Privacy. Protecting
children's privacy is especially
important to us. It is our policy to comply with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998 and all other applicable laws. Therefore we
restrict our Web site to persons eighteen
years or older.
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THIS
WEB SITE. IF
YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO
ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO THE AGE
RESTRICTIONS
FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED BY
THIS WEB SITE,
FALLS WITHIN THE CHILD ONLINE PRIVACY ACT (COPA) AND IS
NOT
MONITORED AS DOING SO.
Public Forums: Please remember that any information you
may disclose in any Member
Directory, or other public areas of our Web sites or the
Internet, becomes public information.
areas.
Our Company's Commitment to Data Security: Services and
Web sites we sponsor have
security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse,
and alteration of the information under
our control. While we make every effort to ensure the
integrity and security of our network and
systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures
will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally
obtaining this information.
Where to Direct Questions About Our Privacy Policy: If
you have any questions about this
Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you
may contact us through the contact
information provided on this Web site.
Revisions to This Policy: Our company reserves the right
to revise, amend, or modify this
policy, our Terms Of Service agreement, and our other
policies and agreements at any time and
in any manner, by updating this posting. |
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