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| PRIVACY POLICY |
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We have created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate
our firm commitment to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains
our practices with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure
of personal and non-personal information provided by visitors
to our Web site. By using this site, you signify your assent
to these our privacy practices and the terms and conditions
of our Web site.
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 INFORMATION
COLLECTED ON SITE |
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We only collect personal information from visitors
to our Web site when they voluntarily provide it to us by completing
our registration form or electing to use one of our services.
We may require visitors to provide us with information including,
but not limited to, their name, physical address, email address,
birth date, credit card number, credit card expiration date,
username, password, and on occasion a unique identifier.
When visitors access our Web site, certain non-personal information
may be collected from them including, but not limited to, their
browser type (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), operating
system (e.g., Windows or Macintosh), IP address, and the domain
name from which they accessed the site (e.g., lycos.com). In
addition, we may collect information about visitors' browsing
behavior, such as the date and time they visit the Web site,
the areas or pages of our Web site that they visit, the amount
of time spent viewing the site, the number of times the visitor
returns to the site, and click-stream data. We use transparent
tracking pixels to determine the number of Web site visitors
that have been sent to us through our affiliate network. We
do not track any information about visitors once they leave
our site. We may use cookies (small text files that are stored
on visitors computers when they access our Web site) to collect
this information. Information collected through cookies may
be combined with visitors' personal information. We may also
allow unaffiliated third parties, such as advertisers, to serve
cookies to visitors of our Web site. Visitors are always free
to decline cookies, but in doing so they may not be able to
use certain features on our Web site. The "help" segment
of the toolbar on most browsers explains how to configure a
browser to not accept new cookies, how to have the browser inform
a user when they receive a new cookie, and how to erase cookies
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| USE
OF INFORMATION |
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Our goal in collecting personal information
is to provide visitors with the most personalized Web experience
possible and our advertisers with an efficient means to reach
the right audience. By knowing a little about our visitors,
we are able to deliver more relevant content and advertisements,
and provide better services. We may use information collected
from visitors to our Web site for any of the following purposes:
(1) to send visitors information and promotional materials
about our company, (2) to send visitors information and promotional
materials from our marketing partners and third parties (such
as advertisers on our Web site), (3) to deliver targeted display
advertisements and offers by email (by matching criteria provided
by our advertisers with information collected from our visitors),
(4) to contact visitors to our Web site when necessary, (5)
to allow one-click purchases or access to proprietary content
by pre-populating fields, within registration or other transaction
screens, with a visitor's name, billing address, and credit
or charge card information (among other things), as provided
by that visitor, (6) to help diagnose problems with our server,
(7) to administer our Web site, (8) to conduct internal reviews
of our site (e.g., to determine the number of visitors to
the site), (9) to help us better understand visitors' use
of our site, and (10) to protect the security or integrity
of our site. Non-personal information will be used for purposes
of conducting internal reviews of the site, monitoring the
site, and providing a greater online experience for our visitors.
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| DISCLOSURE
OF INFORMATION |
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We may transfer or disclose information collected
from visitors to our Web site to our employees and independent
contractors, subsidiaries and affiliates, and to our consultants,
other business associates, and suppliers, if the disclosure
will enable that party to perform a business, professional,
or technical support function for us, or if required to do so
by law. We may also disclose information we collect from our
site visitors to our marketing and business partners, who may
use the information in connection with their business operations,
such as to send marketing and other communications to visitors
of our site.
During the registration process, and at certain times during
any member user session, we may present additional offers from
third party service providers. Our third party service providers
have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies. We
suggest that visitors access these third party sites and review
their terms and conditions and privacy policies before "subscribing"
to any third party offer. If a visitor subscribes to a third
party offer during our registration process, we may transfer
the data they provided to us as part of the registration process
to that third party company, which will then process further
using that data. We may also share non-personal information
we collect from visitors to our site, such as their browsing
behaviors, with third parties. For example, we may tell a third
party advertiser that a certain number of people have visited
a certain area on our Web site. |
| CHANGES
AND ACCEPTANCE |
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In the event of a merger, acquisition, asset
or stock sale, bankruptcy, or other asset transfer (regardless
of legal formality), any of our assets may be transferred to
a third party, including personal information collected from
visitors to our Web site. There may be times when we need to
change the terms of this Privacy Policy. To ensure that you
are aware of our current privacy practices, please bookmark
this page and check back often.
By visiting this Web site, you are agreeing to the practices
described in this Privacy Policy. By visiting this site, you
also accept, without limitation or qualification, all terms
and conditions concerning the use of this site. We may at any
time revise these terms and conditions. You are bound by any
such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this
page to review the then-current terms and conditions to which
you are bound. To the extent that any of the third-party sites
accessible through our Web site (such as our advertisers) have
different privacy practices from those stated in this Privacy
Policy, those third-party privacy practices govern the collection
and use of information you provide when visiting those sites.
We are not responsible for the policies, content, and practices
of other companies. |
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