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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