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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.
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.
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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