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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 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 and agreements at any time and in any manner,
by updating this posting.
Last updated: January 25, 2008
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