Privacy Policy
Last Update: November 27, 2005
We are committed to user privacy in our products and services. This policy outlines
our personal information handling practices. If you give us personal information,
we will treat it according to this policy.
Types and Uses of Personal Information
Your personal information is used in the following ways:
- User IDs and Passwords - Provide you with access to your profile areas and to protected
content.
- Account Information - Tells us more about who you are, how to contact you, and
your shipping and billing information. Also contains any preferences you have provided,
such as e-mail format and interests.
- Customer Feedback and Support - Provides a mechanism for requesting information
from our company. Also used to tell us how we can improve our products, services
and site designs.
- E-mail Correspondence - Used to raise and respond to issues and inquiries of all
types. Also used to distribute information about our company, our products, and
services.
- Transactions - Show which products and services you have requested.
We also collect certain information about your computer hardware and software. This
information may include your computer's IP address, browser type, domain names,
access times, and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by our
company for the operation of its services, to maintain quality of its services,
and to generate general statistics regarding use of its services.
We will only use your personal information in the ways specified when it was collected.
We will not subsequently change the way in which we use your personal information,
unless you consent to the new usage.
Security
We protect the personal information you share with us. For example, if you make
an online purchase with us, we encrypt your credit card number. Access to your personal
information is limited to people who need it to do their job.
We may collect and possibly share information in order to investigate, prevent,
or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving
potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms
of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Data Retention
We will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary for the purposes
for which it was collected.
Linked Web Sites
We provide links to third-party sites. Since we do not control these Web sites,
we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) third-party
sites.
Cookies
Most of our web site use cookies. Cookies help us provide a better user experience
by measuring which Web site areas are of greatest interest. We also uses cookies
when you register for one of our Web programs. In this situation, a cookie will
store useful information that enables our Web site to remember you when you return.
We can only read cookies from our own web sites.
If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you can still access most of our
Web sites.
We may display advertisements from third parties. Third-party ad-serving companies
control which ads are shown. These ad-serving companies may use their own cookies
to collect non-personally identifiable information from you. Advertisers use this
information to target the ads and measure their impact.
We use multiple third parties to monitor web traffic, statistics, advertisement
'click-through', and other activities on our web sites. Where authorized by our
company, such third parties may use cookies, our server log files, Web beacons,
and other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous aggregate statistics on our
web site visitors.
Current versions of Web browsers offer enhanced user controls regarding the placement
and duration of both first and third party cookies. Search for Cookies under your
Web browser's Help menu for more information on cookie management features available
to you.
Unsubscribing
Each e-mail newsletter has instructions on how to unsubscribe.
Changes to this Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise
the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. We encourage you to
periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping
to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of our company's
services constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Additional Questions or Comments?
You may contact us directly regarding our Privacy Policy by
clicking here.