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. Your use of this 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: January 15, 2010