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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
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.
Last updated: January 6th, 2009 |