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PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is very important to us. We want to your
experience on the Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and
to use the Internet's vast array of information, tools, and
opportunities with complete confidence. This Privacy Policy demonstrates
our firm commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy
describes how our company collects information from all end users, what
we do with the information we collect, and the choices you have
concerning the collection and use of such information. Please read this
Privacy Policy carefully.
Personal Information Our Company Collects and How
It Is Used:Our company collects information in different
ways from people who access our network of various Web sites. 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:You 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 you 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.
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.
"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. 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 at any time and in
any manner, by updating this posting.
Last updated: June 25, 2005
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