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.