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.
Registration: Members may be asked to provide certain
personal information when they sign up for our Products or Services
including name, address, telephone number,
The personal information collected from Members
during the registration process is used to manage each Member's account . This information may be shared with
third parties, as stated herein, or in special circumstances.
Instructions on how users can modify or delete their personal information.
Once you register in our mail list you will receive an automated
confirmation for your sign up , you will be able any time to request
deletion from our list by replying to this automated email
Also any email sent to you through our mailing system will contain an
subscribe link to opt out of our list and a link to edit your personal
information you provided during your sign up
How this information will be transferred to third party companies
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
purpose of offering you other products and services.
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.
Also, with purchases, we supply our member's contact
information, to our business partners, who then may
contact the member by telephone after the member
purchase. Sales proceeds are collected by the that
business partner company. We also may supply other
companies with contact information, for mail offers we
believe would be of interest to our members, with or
without compensation from those companies. At times we
may send an advertisement for a third party product,
where we collect the sales proceeds, and forward the
purchaser's information to that third party.
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.
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 use the personal information you provide to
process that order. We do share this information with
outside parties that we do business with.
Online Advertisements: Our company may display our
online advertisements. In those cases we share
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
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 information we have collected, we may
then display or send the advertisement to the intended
audience. Our company does 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.
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.
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 to use or
share the personal information about Visitors or Members
in ways described herein without additional notice or
means to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated
uses.
Also, 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.
Notice to California Residents � Your California
Privacy Rights
Under California Law SB 27, California residents have
the right to receive, once a
year, information about third parties with whom we have
shared information about you
or your family for their marketing purposes during the
previous calendar year, and a
description of the categories of personal information
shared. To make such a request,
please send an email and please include
the phrase
"California Privacy Request" in the subject line, and
provide us with your name,
address and email address. We will respond to you within
thirty days of receiving
such a request.
"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 purposes stated herein as well as for
statistical purposes to improve the products and
services we provide and to manage our telecommunications
networks.
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.
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