PRIVACY POLICY
Updated July 22, 2009
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.
A NOTE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS (ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 2003--OPPA)
It is the intent of the Privacy Policy to comply with the California Act. Various provisions throughout this Privacy Policy address requirements of the act. In summary, you must presume that we collect electronic information from all visitors. This is not usually personally identifiable. If you purchase a product or service via this website (and thereby become covered by the Act), the purchase agreement you electronically sign prior to purchase allows the website to collect and archive all the personal information you provide and to transmit and/or transfer that personal information to third parties. There is no way you can modify this information and you have no right to do so. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, you have no right to view or receive any information about our database. In the event that the website, under advice of counsel agrees to divulge information, the requesting party must submit whatever information is demanded by the website in insure that the website is releasing information to the correct party. Other provisions of the OPPA may exempt this website from complying. While we take measures to ensure that outside parties do not have access to any information we have about you, we do not warranty that outside parties will not breach our system and thus have access to your information. (You should know that merchant service providers do not allow us access to your credit card information.) This Privacy Policy also is subject to change without notice. You are required to read it prior to using the website. By interacting with the website you agree to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy. By using the website or purchasing a product through this website, you waive the right to use state or federal court systems to address complaints and, instead, agree to use the American Arbitration Association located in a city and county specified herein.
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. |