Privacy Policy Notice
This
Privacy Policy is for your protection, please
read.
This Privacy Policy
Notice governs the use of this web site and its
associated services, web pages, domains and sub-domains. Wherever this
Notice refers to "users" it means "you", while "we" or "our" refer to
the web site in which the page belongs.
This website is
committed to protecting the privacy of our online visitors. We collect
information from online
visitors who ask to be on our newsletter mailing list and/or receive
periodic email announcements. Anyone who
wishes can choose to be removed from our mailing list at any time.
In addition, online
visitors who wish to purchase a membership through our Web site must
provide their name,
email address, mailing address, phone number, and credit card number
and expiration date.
All credit card transactions occur over a secure connection. All online
visitor data collected by this website is
protected against unauthorized access.
We will not sell,
trade, or give your personal information to other companies or
organizations. This website
strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet
technology and to provide an interactive and
personalized experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information
(your name, e-mail address, street address,
telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We will
never sell, barter, or rent your email
address to any unauthorized third party. Period."
How we gather information from users
How we collect and
store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities
in which you elect to
participate and the services provided.
For example, you may
be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain
portions of our
site or request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make
a purchase.
You may provide
information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, message
boards and chat rooms, and
other interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, this website
also collects information automatically and
through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our
visitors.
For example, we may
log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology
to recognize you and
hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may
store your user name and password, sparing you
from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may
control the number of times you encounter a
particular advertisement while visiting our site.
As we adopt
additional technology, we may also gather information through other
means. In certain cases, you can
choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your
browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if
you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may
be asked to re-enter your user name and
password, and we may not be able to customize the site's features
according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web
publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver
more individualized content
and advertising.
We respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated
Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be
used in many ways. For
example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with
similar information obtained from other users to
help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are
visited most or what features are most
attractive).
Aggregated
Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and
business partners. Again, this
information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information
about you or allow anyone to identify you
individually.
We may use Personally
Identifiable Information collected on this website to communicate with
you about your
registration and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and
privacy policy; services and products offered
by this website and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally
Identifiable Information collected by this website may also be used for
other purposes, including but
not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration of
sweepstakes and contests, and other communications with you. Certain
third parties who provide technical support
for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for example) may
access such information.
We will use your
information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as
we continue to develop
our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies
or businesses. In such transactions, user
information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose
your information in response to a court
order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do
so by law, in connection with the collection
of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities
whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary.
Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in
such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and
advertisements
This website expects
its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our
users. Be aware,
however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers,
affiliates and other content providers accessible
through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection
policies and practices.
For example, during
your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on
this website page,
certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party.
Also, through this website you may be
introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features,
contests or sweepstakes offered by other
parties.
This website is not
responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties.
You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties
when providing information on a feature or
page operated by a third party. While on our site, our advertisers,
promotional partners or other third parties may
use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your
preferences or retrieve information about
you.
For example, some of
our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that
enable the
advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular
advertisement before. Other features available on our
site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies
or other technology to gather
information.
This website does not
control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting
information, and is
not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. You
should also be aware that if you voluntarily
disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in
chat areas, that information can be viewed
publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our
knowledge and may result in unsolicited
messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are
beyond the control of this website and this
policy.
Children's Privacy
We do not knowingly
collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we
discover we have
received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this
policy, we will delete that information from
our systems immediately.
If you believe this
website has any information from or about anyone under 13, please
contact us at the address
listed below.
We encourages parents
to go online with their kids.
Here are a few tips to help make a child's online experience safer:
¥ Teach
kids never to give personal information, unless supervised by a
parent or responsible adult, including name, address, phone,
school, etc.
¥ Know the sites your
kids are visiting and which sites are appropriate.
¥ Look for
Web site privacy policies. Know how your child's information is
treated.
Check out the FTC's
for more tips on protecting children's privacy online:
http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/childrens.html
or http://www.ftc.gov/
for any
updates and changes.
Changes to this Policy
This website reserves
the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page
periodically for
changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of
changes to these terms will mean you accept those
changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted
will be used according to the rules and laws
that applied at the time the information was collected.
Governing
law
This policy and the
use of this Site are governed by the laws of the state
of California , United States
of America. If a dispute arises under this Policy you
agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a
mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: Sacramento
, California U.S.A.
If it proves
impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through
mediation, you agree to submit the
dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: Sacramento
, California U.S.A. under the
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitration may be entered
in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
This website is controlled, operated and administered entirely within California,
U.S.A.
This statement and
the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any
contractual or other
legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
Audited: September 20, 2009
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