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.
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