PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy
is very important to us. We want to make your experience on
the Internet as enjoyable and profitable as possible and
want you to use the services and products we offer with
complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our
commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy
describes how our company collects information from all the
people who use our Internet services (the Services). Those
who visit our site and may access some our Services without
having accounts with us (Visitors) as well as those who
purchase Products and pay a fee to subscribe to our Services
(Members). It also sets out what we do with the information
we collect and the choices Visitors and Members have
concerning the collection and use of this information. We
ask 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 on this or related web sites.
We use this information mainly to provide a personalized
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 prior permission, or in very special
circumstances as when we believe disclosure is required by
law and in the special cases described below.
Upon Registration: Members may be asked to provide
certain personal information when they sign up for our
Products and Services including name, address, telephone
number, billing information, (such as credit card number),
and the type of personal computer being used to access the
Services. 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, except as specifically stated
or in special circumstances.
However in
instances where our company and a partner jointly promote
our Services, we may provide the partner some personal
information like the name, address and user name of the
persons who subscribed who subscribed to the Services as a
result of the joint promotion solely for the purpose of
allowing us and the partner to asses the results of the
promotion.
In this case,
personal information may not be used by the partner for any
other purpose. We may also generate general non-identifying
profiles from personal information our Members provide
during registration, (like total number, but not the names
of Members). As explained below, we would use this
information to sell advertisements which may appear in the
Services.
With Partners: Some Products and Services may be
offered to Visitors and Members in conjunction with an
affiliate, independent contract seller or non-affiliated
partner. To provide Visitors and Members with some of these
Products and Services, the partner may need to collect and
maintain personal information. In such cases, you will be
notified before any of your data is collected or
transferred, giving you the choice of consent and allowing
you to decide whether to use that particular feature or
service.
Shopping: If you order Products or Services from our
company we will use the personal information you provide
only to process the order. We do not share this information
with outside parties except to the extent necessary to
complete the order.
Advertisements: Our company may display online
advertisements. In those cases we share general
non-identifying profile information about our Visitors and
Members collected during the registration process as well as
through online surveys and promotions with these
advertisers. In some cases, we use this general
non-identifying profile information to deliver specific
advertisements and for joint ventures. As an example, 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 general non-identifying
profile information we have collected, we may then display
or send the information to the intended people. Our company
does not share personal information of Visitors and Members
with these advertisers or joint venture partners.
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
we receive for any other purpose and does not share the
return email address with anyone else.
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 which
helps us to improve the types of products and services we
offer and how we provide them to you for your benefit. Your
personal information and responses will remain strictly
confidential, even if the survey is conducted by a third
party. Participation in customer surveys is voluntary. We
may take the information we receive from people responding
to our surveys and combine it with the responses of other
customers we have to prepare broader, general responses to
the survey questions (such as age, gender, residence,
hobbies, education, employment, industry and other
demographic information). We then use this information to
improve the quality of the Services and Products we provide
to you and to develop new products and services. This
general non-identifying profile information may be shared
with third parties.
Special Cases: It is our company's policy not to use
or share the personal information we collect about Visitors
and Members in ways unrelated to the ones described above
without also providing you the prior opportunity to opt out
and prohibit such unrelated disclosures. However we may
disclose information about Visitors or Members, or
information concerning your use of the Services and Products
or Websites accessible through the use of our Services or
Products for any reason, if in our sole discretion we feel
it is reasonable to do so (as permitted by law were
applicable) such as to credit agencies, collection agencies,
law enforcement, to protect the interests of our Company and
Members, or as required by law.
"Cookies": A "cookie" is a small data file that can
be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain web
sites.
How We Use Cookies: Our company may use "cookies" to
collect, store and track data for statistical purposes to
improve the products and services we provide and to manage
our networks. If you are a Visitor or Member we may use
cookies to save your settings and provide customized and
personal service. These cookies do not allow any third
parties to access any of your customer information.
Advertisers and Partners may also use cookies. We have no
control over their actions and we specifically disclaim any
responsibility for information they may collect.
Our Company's Commitment To Data Security: Services
and Websites we sponsor have security measures in place to
protect the loss, misuse and alteration of data under our
control. While we take all reasonably necessary steps to
protect the integrity and security of our data and networks,
we cannot guarantee our security measures will prevent
"third party" hackers from illegally accessing our data.
Revisions: 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: January 7, 2007 |