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.
Please note, by purchasing our product, you will be opted-in
to our mailing lists.
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:
A first and last name.
A home or other physical
address, including street name and name of a city or town.
An e-mail address.
A telephone number.
A social
security number.
Any other identifier that permits the
physical or online contacting of a specific individual.
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 us an email 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.
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