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Privacy Policy
LAST UPDATED: November, 2009
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.
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