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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 or regular 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, which 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, catalogue 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 or 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.
“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.
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.
Last Updated:
March 31, 2005
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