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.
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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