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,
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
Members during the registration process is used to
manage each Member'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 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 to Privacy@PrivacyRequest.com
and please include the phrase
"California Privacy Request" in the subject
line, the domain name of the Web site you are inquiring
about, along 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.
Copyright © 2007. Velocity Group Publishing,
A.Thomas Perhacs