Effective as of July 5, 2005
THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. PLEASE CHECK THIS
PAGE FOR UPDATES OR REQUEST THE LATEST COPY BY CONTACTING US ONLINE.
Alexander Robb owns and/or operates a network of Web sites (referred to
hereafter as the "Network") providing diversionary entertainment and
topical news, information and editorial content to hundreds of users
and subscribers daily. The information collection, use, maintenance and
disposal practices of the Network are discussed in this privacy policy.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
The Network collects information from individuals when such individuals
voluntarily complete Network surveys, order forms, send an email
through the Network's referral engine technology or submit information
via an online forms which may or may not be accompanied by a
pre-checked or non-pre-checked checkbox indicating that such
individuals consent to receiving marketing communications from the
Network (a "Co-registration"), or a registration pages either online or
offline, or by means of online or offline surveys, order forms, or
registration pages operated by third parties (each, a "Survey"). (As
used herein, "online" means using the Internet, including the websites
and related technologies, and "offline" means by methods other than
online, including in person, via postal mail, telephones, and other
similar means.) In the Surveys, the Network or a third party may ask
individuals to provide various information to the Network, which may
include their name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone
numbers, birth date, gender, salary range, education level, marital
status, occupation, employment information, personal and online
interests, and such other information as may be requested from time to
time (collectively, "Survey Information"). Completing the Surveys is
completely voluntary, and individuals are under no obligation to
provide Survey Information to the Network or any third party, but
individuals may receive incentives from the Network or a third party in
exchange for providing Survey Information to the Network.
1.2 Other Information.
Other occasions when the Network obtains information from individuals
include when such individuals (1) make a claim for a prize or seek to
redeem an incentive offered by the Network or a third party, (2)
request assistance through the Network's customer service department,
and (3) voluntarily subscribe to a Network service or newsletter
(collectively, "Other Information").
1.3 Cookies, Web beacons, and Other Information Collected Using Technology.
The Network may use cookie technology to associate certain
Internet-related information about individuals with information about
such individuals in our database. Additionally, the Network may use
other new and evolving sources of information in the future (together,
"Technology Information").
(a) Cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard
drive of the individual's computer that allows Network to identify the
individual with his or her corresponding data that resides in Network's
database. You may read more about cookies at www.cookiecentral.com.
(b) Third Party Cookies. We send to your web browser many of the
advertisements you see when you use our network of Web sites. However,
we also allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad
networks, to serve advertisements within our web pages. Because your
web browser must request these advertising banners from the ad network
Web site, these companies can send their own cookies to your cookie
file, just as if you had requested a web page from the site. Please
note that if an advertiser asks us to show an advertisement to a
certain audience (for example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for
example, men ages 13-24 who have viewed sports content) and you respond
to that ad, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the
description of the audience they are trying to reach. As always
remember, we only authorize our third-party ad servers to employ
anonymous cookies for ad delivery and anonymous targeting. Our
third-party ad servers do not collect, nor do we give them access, to
any personally identifying information about you.
Opting Out of Third-Party Ad Servers.
If you want to prevent a third-party ad server from sending and reading
cookies on your computer, currently you must visit each ad network's
Web site individually and opt out (if they offer this capability).
(c) Web beacons. Web beacons are graphic images, often
transparent and no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, that are placed on a
Web site or in an e-mail. Web beacons are used to monitor the behavior
of the user visiting the Web site or opening the e-mail. When the HTML
code for the Web beacon points to a site to retrieve the image, it
simultaneously can pass along information such as the IP address of the
computer that retrieved the image, the time the Web beacon was viewed
and for how long, the type of browser that retrieved the image and
previously set cookie values. The Network, or third parties acting on
the Network's behalf, may utilize Web beacons on Web pages or in email
for any legally permissible purpose.
(d) General Behavior Tracking. The Network may track online behaviors
("Behaviors") through its own technologies, including its desktop
software products, in order to increase the effectiveness of the
advertisements it delivers. Examples of such behaviors may include
advertisement responses, websites that individuals visit, and products
that individuals purchase. Individuals can prevent the tracking of
Behaviors by globally unsubscribing from the Network's marketing
materials. As described in Section 2.1, the Network reserves the right
to use such technologies for any purpose permitted by law.
(e) Information Automatically Collected. For site maintenance, optimization, security and other legally
permissible purposes, the Network's servers (or third party servers)
may collect certain information about website visitors automatically.
Such information may include such visitors' IP address, browser type,
date, time and duration of visit and particular pages viewed, and such
other information as is permitted by law.
(f) New Technology. The use of technology on the Internet is rapidly evolving, as is the
Network's use of new technology. As previously stated, Network reserves
the right to change this policy at any time without any additional
notice to the user. As a result, the Network strongly encourages
individuals to revisit this privacy policy from time to time for any
updates regarding its use of technology. Use of any Network website
constitutes acknowledgement and acceptance of the Network's Privacy
Policy and the Network's right to modify such Privacy Policy without
additional notice.
1.4 Outside Information.
The Network may receive information about individuals from a third
party or from other sources of information outside of the Network
including information located in public databases ("Outside
Information"). provided however, that “Outside Information” shall not
include any information which allows the Network to directly or
indirectly personally identify any end user, and (ii) any information
received in connection with any merger, acquisition, reorganization,
change in capital structure, sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of any Network division or website.
1.5 Individual Information.
As used herein, "Individual Information" means Survey Information,
Other Information, Technology Information, and Outside Information, and
any other information the Network gathers or receives about
individuals.
1.6 No Information Collected from Children.
The Network will never knowingly or intentionally collect any
personal information about children under the age of 13. If the Network
obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information
about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately
deleted from its database. Because it does not knowingly or
intentionally collect such information, to the best of the Network's
knowledge and belief, the Network has no such information to use or to
disclose to a third party. The Network has designed this policy in
order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
1.7 Credit Card Information.
The Network may in certain cases collect credit card numbers and
related information, such as the expiration date of the card ("Credit
Card Information") when an individual places an order from Network.
When the Credit Card Information is submitted to the Network, such
information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software.
The Network will use the Credit Card Information for purposes of
processing and completing the purchase transaction, and the Credit Card
Information will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary to
complete the purchase transaction.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information.
THE NETWORK MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE
PURPOSE IN THE NETWORK'S SOLE DISCRETION. The following paragraphs in
Section 2 describe how the Network currently uses Individual
Information, but the Network may change or broaden its use at any time
as permitted by law. As noted below, the Network may update this policy
from time to time. The Network may use Individual Information to
provide promotional offers to individuals by means of email
advertising, telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, and online
banner advertising, among other uses.
2.2 Email.
The Network uses Individual Information to provide promotional offers
by email to individuals who have permitted use of their email address
for this purpose. The Network may maintain separate email lists for
different purposes. If email recipients wish to end their email
subscription, they need to follow the instructions at the end of each
email message to unsubscribe.
2.3 Targeted Advertising.
The Network uses Individual Information to target advertising to
individuals. When individuals use the Internet, the Network uses such
persons' Individual Information to show advertising for products and
services in which those users have expressed an interest, whether
directly or indirectly.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing.
The Network may use Individual Information to advertise or provide
promotional offers, directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct
mail marketing or telemarketing using telephones, as permitted by law.
2.6 Storage of Individual Information.
The Network stores Individual Information in a database on Network
computers. Network computers have security measures (such as firewalls)
in place to reasonably protect against the loss, misuse or alteration
of the information under the Network's control. Notwithstanding such
measures, the Network cannot guarantee that its security measures will
prevent Network computers from being illegally accessed, and the
Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
2.7 Rights of Third Party Affiliates.
Network may extend any of its rights under this Agreement to third parties performing services on its behalf.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Sale to Third Parties.
The Network may sell or transfer Individual Information to third
parties in connection with any merger, acquisition, reorganization,
change in capital structure, sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of any Network division or website, or any activity specified in
Section 3.2, 3.3, or 3.4 below.
3.2 Order Fulfillment.
The Network will transfer Individual Information to third parties as
necessary to provide a product or service that an individual orders
from such third party while using one of the Network's websites or when
responding to offers provided by the Network.
3.3 Legal Process.
The Network may disclose Individual Information to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or other legal process.
3.4 Summary Data.
The Network may sell or transfer non-individualized information, such
as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or
sub-groups of persons.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies
(collectively, "Advertisers") who place advertisements on the Network's
websites and on the Internet generally may use their own cookies, web
beacons, and other technology to collect information about individuals.
The Network does not control Advertisers' use of such technology and
the Network has no responsibility for the use of such technology to
gather information about individuals.
4.2 Links.
The Network's websites and email messages may contain hypertext links
to the websites of one or more third parties. The Network is not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other
websites.
4.3 Affiliated Companies.
The Network may disclose, transfer and sell Individual Information to
an entity which becomes affiliated with Network through formation,
merger or acquisition, in the Network's discretion.
5. Unsubscribe from the Network's lists.
The Network maintains multiple newsletter and email marketing lists. To
unsubscribe from one or more of such lists, click the link included in
the footer of any message delivered by the Network and follow the
instructions provided.
6. More Information.
For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to
visit www.privacylaw.net or www.privacyalliance.org. If you have
questions about this policy, please Alexander Robb through the contact
section of this web site. THIS POLICY FROM TIME TO TIME WILL CHANGE, SO YOU SHOULD
REVIEW THIS WEB PAGE PERIODICALLY.
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