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We promise that we will use your personal information only in ways
that are compatible with this Privacy Policy as follows:
What information do we collect and how are we collecting it?
Do we collect IP addresses?
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name
and a set of numbers, that serve as that computer's "Internet
Protocol" IP address. When a visitor requests a page from any website
within Our Network, our web servers automatically recognize that
visitor's domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address
reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which
you have accessed our sites. We use this information to examine our
traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of Our Network, its
users, or to cooperate with law enforcement. We do not collect and
evaluate this information for specific individuals. Our web servers do
not automatically record e-mail addresses of visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, Our Network or its advertisers may send a
"cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is
sent to your Internet browser from a web server and stored on your
computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off of your computer
hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites. Cookies do
not damage your system. We use cookies to identify which areas of Our
Network you have visited or customized, so the next time you visit,
those pages may be readily accessible. Our advertisers may also use
cookies to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. Our
advertisers and we may use this information to better personalize the
content, banners, and promotions that you see on our Site. You can
choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your
Internet browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or
allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you
choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our Site and
other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as
intended.
What personal information do you collect?
Wherever Our Network collects personal information we make an effort
to include a link to this Privacy Policy. We will ask you when we need
information that personally identifies you (personal information) or
allows us to contact you. The personal information we collect may
include your name, title, company or organization name, e-mail
address, phone number, work or home address, information about your
job function, information about your company, and credit card
information.
We may request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes
of conducting a contest or to provide additional services (for
example, subscriptions to Our Newsletters). Participation in
promotions on the Our Network is completely voluntary and you have a
choice whether or not to disclose personal information. Information
requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping
address), and demographic information (such as zip code).
If you are purchasing something on Our Network, we, and any third
party provider, need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing
address, credit card number and expiration date. This allows us, or
third party providers, to process and fulfill your order and to notify
you of your order status. Credit card and e-mail information will not
be shared or sold to third parties for any purpose except as provided
in this Privacy Policy without your express permission.
Our Company also offers access to some services that require
registration. We may use your registration contact information to send
notification to you of products and services by e-mail and/or postal
mail. We may share that information with our clients and they may also
send you promotional materials. We may also use your IP address
internally and share it with third parties.
When you sign up for an email newsletter, you may be given the
opportunity to sign up for targeted third-party mailings. Whether or
not you want to receive these announcements is your choice. If you
choose to receive an announcement from a specific distribution list,
you will receive commercial messages from independent third parties
that have contracted with Our Company to send messages to the list.
When you sign up for a discussion forum, your name or alias is
recorded solely for purposes of maintaining your own account within
the forums. This information is not used to monitor your activity
within a forum, nor is it used to identify you outside of Our Network.
We may from time to time send e-mail announcing new products and
services. If you choose to supply your postal address in an online
form, you may receive postal mailings from Our Company or third party
companies.
Our Company will disclose personal information and/or an IP address:
1) To contact you regarding other products and services which may be of
interest to you (including those we may offer jointly with other
companies). At any time, however, you may opt out of such contact;
2) When required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is
necessary to:
a) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and
conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served
on Our Company;
b) Protect and defend the rights or property of the Our Network of sites
and related properties, or visitors to Our Network of sites and
related properties;
c) Identify persons who may be violating the law or otherwise misusing
Our Network or its related properties;
d) Fulfill a user's order or request;
3) To process and fulfill your order or notify you of order status;
4) When we have your consent to share the information;
5) When you use co-branded services within Our Network of sites, you
grant us permission to pass your registration information back to that
service partner. Their use of your information is subject to their
applicable privacy policies.
We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we do not sell,
rent, or otherwise give your email address to a third-party, without
your consent or as permitted by this Privacy Policy.
Our Network contains many hyperlinks to third party websites. Our
Network also contains advertisements of third parties. Our Company is
not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third
party websites or advertisers. Our Company does not share any of the
individual personal information you provide with the third parties to
which Our Company has links, except as stated elsewhere within this
Privacy Policy.
If you use any forums, you should be aware that any personally
identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or
used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you
unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally
identifiable information you choose to submit in these discussion
threads. In order to avoid your email address or other personal
information from being gathered and used by others for inappropriate
or harmful purposes, Our Company advises that you should be cautious
about posting a real email address or other personal information to
newsgroups, chats, or other public forums.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online — for example through email, discussion lists, or
elsewhere — that information can be collected and used by others. In
short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to
the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in
return.
Certain of Our Company's websites use a shopping cart feature that
safeguards this information by using industry standard SSL (Secure
Socket Layer) encrypted servers. SSL codes the information transferred
between you and the server, rendering it unreadable to anyone trying
to intercept the information.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of
your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever
you're online.
Business Mergers of Sales
We are always seeking to improve our network of Web sites and our
business. In accomplishing these objectives, we may sell a company,
assets or websites or one or more of the companies in our corporate
family may merge with, or be acquired by, another company. In
connection with the foregoing, we may transfer some or all of your
information in order that the service being provided to you may
continue or for other business purposes.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By using Our Network, you consent to the collection and use of
information by Our Company as specified above. We reserve the right to
modify this Privacy Policy. If we decide to change our Policy, we will
post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we
disclose it.
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