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.
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.
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