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 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.
