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.
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.