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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 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 Service 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
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 parties in order to administer the co-branded
products or services offered.
Online Shopping: At some Websites, 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
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
aggregate 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 provide
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 surveys is voluntary.
We may take the information we receive from individuals
responding to our Customer Surveys and combine
(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 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 place 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 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 : August 16, 2005
© Matthew Woodbury 2005
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