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 Pagesthat 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.
On-line 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 on-line 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.
On-line Advertisements: Our company may display our on-line
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 on-line 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 on-line 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 on-line 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
on-line 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: Aug. 30, 2005
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