- Preamble and General Principles
- The following information is designed to help you understand how we
collect, use, disseminate and safeguard the information you provide to
us while accessing and using our Site. If you do not agree with our
information practices, please do not access or use our Site. By
accessing and using our Site, you signify your assent to this Privacy
Policy.
- This Privacy Policy describes how and all of its properties operated under
these names, hereinafter known as "" collects information
from all end-users of 's Internet services (the "Services") -
those who access some of our Services but do not have accounts
("Visitors") as well as those who pay fees to gain access to the
Service ("Members") - what we do with the information we collect, and
the choices Visitors and Members ("Users") have concerning the
collection and use of such information. requests that you
read this Privacy Policy carefully.
- Revisions to this Policy
- reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy
and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. The user
should periodically check for any modifications of this Policy by
re-visiting this web page and using the "refresh" button on the user's
browser. The user should note the date of last revision to this
Policy, which appears at the top of this Policy. If the "last
modified" date remains unchanged after the user has clicked the
"refresh" button on his/her browser, the user may presume that no
changes have been made since the last reading of the policy. A changed
"last modified" date indicates that this Policy has been updated or
edited, and the updated or edited version supersedes any prior
versions immediately upon posting.
- Personal Information Collects and How It Is Used
- 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 Services and,
generally, do not share this information with third parties. However,
we may disclose personal information collected when we believe that
such disclosure is required by law.
- Registration:
Members are asked to provide certain personal information when they
sign up for our 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 collected by our credit card processors, and is
not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or
in special circumstances.
- Online Shopping
- At some of our Web sites, you can purchase products and services or
register to receive materials. 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. 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 products or services directly from , 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: displays online advertisements. We are not
affiliated with these third-party websites and are not responsible for
their use of information.
- Responses to Email Inquiries: When Visitors or Members send email
inquiries to 's websites, the return email address is used to
answer the email inquiry we receive. 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 services we offer and how we
provide them to you. Your personal information will remain strictly
confidential, even if the survey is conducted by a third party.
Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary.
- Other Internet Data: also collects IP addresses,
referral URLs, browser preferences, the user's registration forms, surveys,
and communications transmitted through site applications. This information
is used internally to track how users come to be referred to our Sites
for the purpose of compensating our affiliates, advertisers, and other
marketing entities. This information may be disclosed to
third-parties. If we choose to disclose information to third-parties,
this information shall consist of non-specific information regarding
site traffic and statistics. never discloses any
customer-specific information to third parties unless it is reasonable
to believe that doing so is required by law, a binding contract, a
Court Order, or other state, local, or administrative regulation.
- Special Cases: It is 's policy not to use or share the
personal information about Visitors or Members in ways unrelated to those
described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt out
or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. However, 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:
- To satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications 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 other user policies;
- To operate the Services properly;
- To protect and our Members;
- We will cooperate with law enforcement authorities, private-party
litigants, and others seeking information about our end users to the
extent required by applicable law. Examples of such cooperation
include compliance with discovery requests, subpoenas, court orders,
and writs.
- "Cookies" and How Uses Them: A "cookie" is a small
data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain
Web sites. 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. We
may use a cookie to save your settings and to provide customizable and
personalized services to you. These cookies do not enable third
parties to access any of your customer information. 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.
- Company Email: does not currently engage in email
promotions to its members. Membership information is only used to help
find your membership information in the event you need to cancel, or
otherwise change your membership. You will have the option to join our mailing
list. If you choose to join the mailing list, your email address will
be stored in our database and used periodically to send you news and
promotions about our services. You can be removed from the list by
following the link contained in the email instructing you on how to
unsubscribe. The only way for the user's email address to be added to
our email list is for the user to provide this information to us and
then affirmatively take a step to notify us that you wish to be added
to the email list, either explicitly, or by acquiescing to the
conditions of an offer. Every email we send you will have a link
contained therein which will direct you to a site where you can
unsubscribe. These unsubscribe links, when clicked, will automatically
remove your email address from our database without any additional
action on your part. takes all reasonable steps in order to
adhere to this policy, but is not responsible for occasional
technical malfunctions, which may result in additional unwanted emails
being sent to you. Should this occur, you are instructed to direct an
inquiry to 's Customer Service email, which is . reserves the right to email you at any time regarding your account, or about any changes or problems with our services, regardless of whether you have opted out of our email lists.
- Our Commitment to Children's Protection
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Our sites are designed for adults, but not for use by anyone under
the age of 18. In light of that fact, the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act of 1998 is not applicable to this site.
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We have no Web pages designed for younger users. We make every effort
to ensure that our Web sites contain adequate warnings to make their
content obvious and to warn users under the age of 18 that they are
not welcome to view our Web sites, we believe that there is no
substitute for proper parental supervision of their children's
internet use. Nevertheless, we will take any steps possible to
discourage those under the age of 18 from visiting our Web sites. For
further information about tips, tools, age-appropriate, or
kid-friendly Web sites and how to report online trouble, please visit
www.getnetwise.org.
- Public Forums and External Sites
- Please remember that any information you may disclose in our 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.
- The Site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are
not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware that when they leave our Site they
should read the privacy statements of each and every site that
collects personally identifiable information.
- If you choose to subscribe to one of 's websites as a "Member,"
your name, email address, mailing address, credit card information,
and IP address are stored by one of our billing companies. You may
read the privacy policies on their websites at www.epoch.com, www.ccbill.com
and www.segpay.com.
These sites are external entities, and once this information is
transmitted to them we are under no obligation to police their use of
the information, and take no steps to do so. All of the
aforementioned information, with the exception of your credit card
information, is also stored on our servers.
- '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. We take all reasonable measures to
prevent such breaches of security, but given the resourcefulness of
cyber-criminals we are unable to guarantee that our security is 100%
breach-proof. You assume the risk of such breaches to the extent that
they occur despite our reasonable security measures.
- Where to Direct Questions about 's Privacy Policy
- If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices
described herein, you may contact our Customer Service Department at
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