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
provide during registration (such as the total number, but not the
names, of Members). As 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 non-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 non-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 co-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.
Promotions: Our company may offer polls, contests,
sweepstakes, drawings, games, content, or other promotions that are
sponsored by or cobranded with third parties. In certain instances,
company may have to supply personally identifiable information of the
winners to the third parties. Our company has no control over third
parties' use of this information.
You may be entered in a sweepstakes, contest, or other
promotion, simply by making a purchase from us or by providing us with
personally identifiable information for some other reason or purpose.
When the winning entries are chosen, only the names and personally
identifiable information of the winners are shared with the entity
administering the sweepstakes or contest, so that they can notify the
winners.
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 governmental
or legal requests for such information; to disclose information that is
necessary to 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.
Notice of Compliance to California Residents Your California Privacy Rights
Under The California Online Privacy Protection Act and the California Business and Professions Code
This privacy policy identifies the categories of personally
identifiable information that our company collects through our Web site
or online
service, about individual consumers who use or visit our
company's commercial Web site
or online service and the categories of third-party persons or
entities with whom our company may share that personally
identifiable information.
Our company does not maintain a process for an individual
consumer who uses or visits our commercial Web site or online service to
review and request changes to any of his or her personally
identifiable information that is collected through our Web site or
online service.
See the section below entitled "Revisions To This Policy" for a description of the
process by which our company notifies consumers who use or visit our commercial Web site or online service of
material changes to our company's privacy policy for this Web site or online service.
The effective date of this privacy policy is listed at the end of this
privacy policy under the heading, "Last updated."
For the purposes of this policy and California compliance the following definitions apply:
Depending on the visitor's activity, in our commercial Web site or online service,
the following "personally identifiable information" may be collected, in addition to
information set forth in other sections of this document.
The term "personally identifiable information" means individually identifiable information about an individual consumer
collected online by our company from an individual and maintained
by our company in an accessible form, and may include any of the following:
(1) A first and last name.
(2) A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town.
(3) An e-mail address.
(4) A telephone number.
(5) A social security number.
(6) Any other identifier that permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual.
(7) Information concerning a user that the Web site or online
service collects online, from the user, and maintains in personally
identifiable form, in combination with an identifier described
within this
privacy policy.
Under California Law SB 27, California residents have the right to
receive, once a
year, information about third parties with whom we have shared
information about you
or your family for their marketing purposes during the previous calendar
year, if any, and a
description of the categories of personal information shared. To make
such a request,
please send an email to Privacy@PrivacyRequest.com
and please include the phrase
"California Privacy Request" in the subject line, the domain
name of the Web site you are inquiring about, along with your name,
address and email address. We will respond to you within thirty days of
receiving such a request.
"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 CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY
PROTECTION ACT (COPPA) 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. You should exercise
caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these public
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. Your
use of this site after such changes are implemented constitutes
your
acknowledgement and acceptance of these changes. Please consult
this
privacy statement prior to every use for any changes.
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