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.
INTRODUCTION
Our company collects information in different ways from
Visitors and Subscribers who access the various parts of our
Services and the network of web sites accessible through our
Service.
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 ("Subscribers") - what we do with the
information we collect, and the choices Visitors and Subscribers
have concerning the collection and use of such information. We
request that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against
unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that
personally identifiable information that we collect will never be
disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy
Policy.
Registration
Subscribers 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 Subscribers during the registration process is used
to manage each Subscriber's account (such as for billing
purposes). This information may be shared with third parties, as
stated herein, 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 do 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
Subscribers provide during registration (such as the total number,
but not the names, of Subscribers). 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 business partner company. We also may supply
other companies with contact information, for mail offers we
believe would be of interest to our Subscribers, with or without
compensation from those companies. At times we may send and
advertisement for a third-party product, where we collect the
sales proceeds, and forward the purchaser's information to that
third party.
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.
Responses to Email Inquiries
When Visitors or Subscribers send email inquiries to our company,
the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we
receive.
"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.
Most website browsers automatically accept cookies, but you
can usually change your browser settings to display a warning
before accepting a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. However, if
you choose to disable the receipt of cookies from our website, you
may not be able to use certain features of the site. Visit
www.aboutcookies.org to learn about how to delete and control
cookies using the mail browser types.