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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.
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.
"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.
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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