Privacy Policy
Your privacy is 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 Internets vast array of information, tools, and opportunities with complete confidence.
We created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect information from all end users of our services (the “Services”)—those who access some of the Services but do not have accounts (“Visitors”)—as well as those who may purchase Products or Services and/or pay a monthly service fee (“Customers”)—what we do with the information we collect, and the choices Visitors and Customers have concerning the collection and use of such information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Personal Information we Collect and How It Is Used
We collect information in different ways from Visitors and Customers who access the various parts of these Services and the network of Web sites accessible through this Service. We use this information primarily to provide a customized 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 permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as when we believe that such disclosure is required by law or other special cases described below.
Registration
Customers may be asked to provide certain personal information when they sign up for Products or Services including name, address, telephone number, and billing information (such as a credit card number). The personal information collected during the registration process is used to manage each Customer’s account (such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special circumstances.
Partners and Sponsors
Some products and services may be offered to Visitors and Customers in conjunction with an affiliate, independent contractor, or non-affiliated partner. To provide Visitors and Customers some of these products and services, the partner may need to collect and maintain personal information. In these instances, you will be notified before any such data is collected or transferred and may decide not to use that particular service or feature.
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 from someone other than us, you may be asked to provide information such as name, address, and phone number. We have no control over a 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 us, we will use the personal information you provide only to process that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
Responses to Email Inquiries
When Visitors or Customers send email inquiries to us, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry. We do not use the return email address for any other purpose and will not share the return email address with any third party.
Voluntary Customer Surveys
We may periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys. We encourage Customers to participate in these surveys because they provide important information that helps us improve the types of products and services we offer and how we provide them to you. 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 individuals responding to 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 services offered and provided 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 policy not to use or share the personal information about Visitors or Customers in ways unrelated to the ones described above without providing you an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
However, we may disclose personal information about Visitors or Customers, or information regarding your use of the Services or Web sites accessible through the 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 user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect us and our Customers.
“Cookies” and How We Use Them
A cookie is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain Web sites. We may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes to improve the products and services we provide and to manage telecommunications networks.
If you are a Visitor or Member we may use a cookie to save your settings and to provide customizable and personalized services. We may need to set a cookie to provide a service such as access to a password-restricted web site—for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page the software won’t recognize you and won’t be able to keep you logged in. These cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your customer information.
We may also set cookies to enable aggregate data collection of numbers of site visitors, length of visit and number of pages visited. We do not collect personally identifiable information.
Cookies and Browser Settings
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
Please note however, that by blocking or deleting cookies used on our site(s) you may not be able to take full advantage of our site(s) or complete an order.
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 Service 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.
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 these networks and systems, we cannot guarantee that security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining this information.
Where to Direct Questions About This 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
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, and any other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner, by updating this posting.
