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.
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