PRIVACY
Our Privacy Policy is designed
to assist you in understanding
how we collect and use the personal
information you provide to us and
to assist you in making informed
decisions when using our site and
our products and services.
What Information Do We
Collect?
When you visit our Web site you
may provide us with two types of
information: personal information
you knowingly choose to disclose
that is collected on an individual
basis and Web site use information
collected on an aggregate basis
as you and others browse our Web
site.
1. Personal Information
You Choose to Provide
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with
us through email, we may retain
the content of your email messages
together with your email address
and our responses.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar
to other commercial Web sites,
our Web site utilizes a standard
technology called "cookies" (see
explanation below, "What Are
Cookies?") and Web server
logs to collect information about
how our Web site is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web
server logs may include the date
and time of visits, the pages viewed,
time spent at our Web site, and
the Web sites visited just before
and just after our Web site. We,
our advertisers and ad serving
companies may also use small technology
or pieces of code to determine
which advertisements and promotions
users have seen and how users responded
to them.
How Do We Use the Information
That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal
information for purposes of administering
and expanding our business activities,
providing customer service and
making available other products
and services to our customers and
prospective customers. Occasionally,
we may also use the information
we collect to notify you about
important changes to our Web site,
new services and special offers
we think you will find valuable.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document,
which often includes an anonymous
unique identifier. When you visit
a Web site, that site's computer
asks your computer for permission
to store this file in a part
of your hard drive specifically
designated for cookies. Each
Web site can send its own cookie
to your browser if your browser's
preferences allow it, but (to
protect your privacy) your browser
only permits a Web site to access
the cookies it has already sent
to you, not the cookies sent
to you by other sites. Some of
our business partners (e.g.,
advertisers) use cookies that
originate from their sites. We
have no access or control over
those cookies.
How Do We Use Information
We Collect from Cookies?
As you use our Web site, the site
uses its cookies to differentiate
you from other users. In some cases,
we also use cookies to prevent
you from seeing unnecessary advertisements
or requiring you to log in more
than is necessary for security.
Cookies, in conjunction with our
Web server's log files, allow us
to calculate the aggregate number
of people visiting our Web site
and which parts of the site are
most popular. This helps us gather
feedback in order to constantly
improve our Web site and better
serve our customers. Cookies do
not allow us to gather any personal
information about you and we do
not generally store any personal
information that you provided to
us in your cookies.
Sharing Information with
Third Parties
We may enter into alliances, partnerships
or other business arrangements
with third parties who may be given
access to personal information
including your name, address, telephone
number and email for the purpose
of providing you information regarding
products and services that we think
will be of interest to you. In
connection with alliances, partnerships
or arrangements, we may also provide
certain information to third parties
if we have determined that the
information will be used in a responsible
manner by a responsible third party.
For example, some of our partners
operate stores or provide services
on our site, while others power
offerings developed by us for your
use. We also use third parties
to facilitate our business, including,
but not limited to, sending email
and processing credit card payments.
In connection with these offerings
and business operations, our partners
and other third parties may have
access to your personal information
for use in connection with business
activities. As we develop our business,
we may buy or sell assets or business
offerings. Customer, email, and
visitor information is generally
one of the transferred business
assets in these types of transactions.
We may also transfer such information
in the course of corporate divestitures,
mergers, or any dissolution.
What About Other Web Sites
Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the
practices employed by Web sites
linked to or from our Web site
nor the information or content
contained therein. Often links
to other Web sites are provided
solely as pointers to information
on topics that may be useful to
the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you
use a link to go from our Web site
to another Web site, our Privacy
Policy is no longer in effect.
Your browsing and interaction on
any other Web site, including Web
sites which have a link on our
Web site, is subject to that Web
site's own rules and policies.
Please read over those rules and
policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent
to our collection and use of
your personal information as
described in this Privacy Policy.
If we change our privacy policies
and procedures, we will post
those changes on our Web site
to keep you aware of what information
we collect, how we use it and
under what circumstances we may
disclose it.