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Your privacy is important to us. That is why we
want you to be informed about how we protect the
privacy of visitors to our site. Please take a
moment to read the following policy, which
describes our privacy practices.
Most of the content and services on our site are
available without our collection of any personal
information from you. However, in some areas of
the site we may request personal information from
visitors such as name, home address, e-mail
address, age, interests and gender. We may collect
this information when you register for a
newsletter, complete a survey, purchase a product,
or inquire about our services.
In addition, some information may automatically be
collected by our web servers as you browse our
site. Our web server automatically collects
information known as "clickstream data," such as
the domain name of the service providing you with
Internet access, the Internet protocol (IP)
address used to connect your computer to the
Internet, your browser type and version, operating
system and platform, the average time spent on our
site, pages viewed, information searched for,
access times and other relevant statistics. We
also use cookies on our site. Cookies are pieces
of information that a web site transfers to the
hard drive of a visitor's computer for
record-keeping purposes.
USE OF INFORMATION We use your personal
information in a limited number of ways. We use
the information to complete transactions, to
respond to your requests, and to identify persons
participating in interactive portions of our site
if they are provided, such as chat rooms. We use
information collected to send you e-mail updates
and newsletters about our sites and to notify you
if you've won a game or contest. We may share the
information with our affiliates. We also may use
the information you provide to send you e-mail
promotions and special offers from reputable third
parties in whose products and services we think
you may have an interest. And we may share your
information with reputable third-parties in whose
products and services we think you may have an
interest, who may contact you directly.
We use clickstream data and cookies in the
aggregate to measure the use of our site and to
administer and improve our site. When we collect
personal information, we may extract some of the
information and combine it with other information,
such as clickstream data. This combined
information is used and analyzed only at an
aggregate level to help us understand trends and
patterns. None of this combined information is
reviewed at an individual level.
To the extent required or permitted by law, we may
also collect, use and disclose personal
information in connection with security-related or
law enforcement investigations or in the course of
cooperating with authorities or complying with
legal requirements. We may also use your
information as permitted by law to perform credit
checks, report or collect debts owed, or protect
our rights or property, our website, or its users.
We take commercially reasonable precautions to
keep all information obtained from our online
visitors secure against unauthorized access and
use and we periodically review our security
measures.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES Our site contains links to
other web sites. These sites are not covered by
this privacy statement, and we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of these
other sites.
CHANGES TO THE POLICY By using our site you
consent to our collection and use of your personal
information as described in this policy. We
reserve the right to modify this privacy statement
and related business practices at any time by
posting updated text on this site, and your
continued use constitutes acceptance of those
changes. Thank you for visiting our site, and for
taking the time to read this policy.
LAST UPDATED: June, 2005
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