It's important you read and fully understand the following
privacy statement.
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 policy towards child privacy
The privacy of children is important to all of us. To ensure
compliance with any applicable children privacy laws we
restrict our Web site to people 18 years of age or over.
You
must be eighteen (18) years of age or over to access this
web site. If you are under eighteen (18) years of age, you
are not permitted to access this web site for any reason.
Due to the age restrictions, we do not monitor this web
site for compliance with any applicable children privacy
laws.
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: 19 Octoboer 2006