Data Collected and Collection Methods
Personally identifiable information willfully submitted by you such as
your email address, name, mailing address, phone number may be
collected and archived in our databases.
We
also track information about how our Site is used by you through
cookies (log files, server logs). For example, your Internet browser
automatically transmits to us information such as the URL of the
website you just came from and the Internet Protocol (IP) address and
the browser version your computer is currently using.
If
you have actively sent us your name or other personally identifiable
information to receive content, offers or products from us, we may
combine such information with tracked information for the purposes set
forth below.
Disclosure
We keep your personally identifiable information confidential and we
generally do not disclose it. But, please note the following
clarifications and exceptions:
Our
employees and independent contractors have access to some of your
personally identifiable information for the purpose of helping us run
our business (and not for their own purposes). They access and use such
data subject to our instructions, on a "need to know" basis and under
confidentiality and security obligations.
If we
ever sell this website, we may disclose your personally identifiable
information to a (prospective) buyer on the condition that such buyer
agrees to comply with this Privacy Policy.
We
may also share your personally identifiable information to respond to
law enforcement requests, court orders or other legal process or if we
believe that such disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent or
respond to illegal activities, fraud, physical threats to you or others
or as otherwise required by any applicable law or regulation.
Data Usage
We collect information about you for site improvement purposes and to
provide content that you may like or find interesting (on our Site, in
newsletters, via email and otherwise).
Security
We
take reasonable steps to protect personally identifiable information
from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or
destruction. But, you should keep in mind that no Internet transmission
is ever completely secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to
or from the Site..
Terms of Use
Note also that your use of the Sites is subject to our Terms of
Service, which contain disclaimers, limitations of liability and a
choice of California law.
Changes to This Policy
This
Privacy Policy is effective April 1, 2008. We reserve the right to
amend it from time to time and if we change it, we will post a revised
version on the Site.
Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information to us.
This
Privacy Policy does not apply to any other data, including, without
limitation, data that we collect offline or data that others collect on
websites that are linked to the Site. |