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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 service (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.
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 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 may be shared with third parties, as stated
herein, 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 name, address, and
username of the persons who subscribed to the Services as a
result of the joint promotion for the purpose of offering
you other products and services.
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.
Also, with purchases, we supply our Member’s contact
information, to our business partners, who then may contact
the member by telephone after the member purchase. Sales
proceeds are collected by the business partner company. We
also may supply other companies with contact information,
for mail offers we believe would be of interest to our
members, with or without compensation form those companies.
At times we may send an advertisement for a third party
product, where we collect the sales proceeds, and forward
the purchaser’s information to that third party.
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.
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, telephone 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 use the personal information you provide to
process that order. We do share this information with
outside parties that we do business with.
Online Advertisements: Our company may display our
online advertisements. In those cases, we share 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 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
information we have collected, we may then display or send
the advertisement to the intended audience. Our company does
share personal information about its Visitors and 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.
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 product and services we
offer and how we provide them to you.
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 the other
demographic information). We then use the aggregated
information to improve the quality of our services and
products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying
information may be shared with third parties.
Special Cases: It is our company’s policy to use
or share the personal information about Visitors or Members
in ways described herein without additional notice or means
to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Also, 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 purposes stated herein as well as for
statistical purposes to improve the products and services we
provide and to manage our telecommunications networks.
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 alterations 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. Your
use of the site after such changes are implemented
constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of these
changes. Please consult this privacy statement prior to
every use for any changes.
Last Updated: April 10, 2009
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