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 to our
Service. We use his 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 a partner
certain personal information, such as the name, address, and
username of persons who subscribe 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 his 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 co-sponsored 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, e-mail 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 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 E-mail Inquiries: When Visitors or
Members send e-mail inquiries to our company, the return e-mail
address is used to answer the e-mail inquiry we receive. Our company
does not use the return e-mail address for any other purpose and
does not share the return e-mail 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 the 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 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 or 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
Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Child Online Privacy Act,
regulations, or governmental or legal request 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 are
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 the
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 except 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 18 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 other policies and agreements at any time and in any
manner, by updating this posting.