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. 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 CHILD ONLINE PRIVACY
ACT (COPA) 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.