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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 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.
Last updated: Jan 19, 2006
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