At Seeing-Stars.com, we never ask for
your name, address, email address or telephone number on any part of our
website. If you email us, we will never knowingly sell your name
or email address to others, nor will we disclose such information to others
unless you ask us to (unless required to by law.) If you write us,
however, we may send you email of our own, which we believe you want to
receive (due to your interest in this website) - replies to your questions
& comments, or updates about what's new on the Seeing-Stars
website. We may also reserve the right to publish selected quotes from
email that we feel would be informative for our readers (using only your
first name). If you don't wish to receive updates or newsletters from
us, just let us know (via email at webmaster@seeing-stars.com)
and we will promptly remove your name from our mailing list.
Note: If you mouse click on advertising banners,
or on links to other sites, that click may well take you off the Seeing-Stars.com
website, to totally different websites which are not controlled by us.
These other websites might collect personal information and/or use it ways
different than we do. To be sure, you should review the Privacy Policy
of these other websites. Some ads on the site may set cookies of their
own.
You may also want to review the Privacy Policy of Womens Forum, an
ad agency which supplies most of the ads on this site.
Their privacy policy, which they have asked me to post, follows:
Privacy
Policy
At SITENAME,
we respect the privacy of the viewers who visit our communities and share their
personal information with us. So we've designed our site and programs with
their privacy in mind. Our Privacy Policy describes how we obtain, use and
disclose non-public personal information about our viewers to our select
marketing partners. You will be subject to the terms of this Policy if you
register with us or use any of our services.
This Privacy Policy is subject to
change.
Information about All Visitors
Unless otherwise noted in special
promotions, SITENAME generally
gathers information about its users collectively and only uses this data to
determine how to improve the overall experience for our visitors and members. If this
information is shared with our partners or sponsors, it is only in the
aggregate, which enables them to better understand how Womensforum.com visitors
use and enjoy our site and which resources are of primary interest to them.
We use third-party advertising companies
to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information
(not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about
your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements
about goods and services of interest to you.
Research
SITENAME may
research our users' demographics, interests and behavior based on the
information provided to us upon registration. We may do this to better
understand and serve our visitors. This research is compiled and analyzed on an
aggregated basis. SITENAME may share
this aggregated data with select marketing partners.
Information Usage
In order to provide you with exemplary
services, products, and the benefits of our selected partnerships, SITENAME displays multiple forms of
advertisements from select partners. By better knowing our viewers, we are able
to more effectively target content and sponsors offers to our viewers.
SITENAME uses an
opt-in system before sharing user information with anyone. You always have the
option of not providing permission for your information to be shared. If you do
not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a
particular service or not to participate in certain promotions or contests.
Third Party Data and Aggregated Data
SITENAME may
disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to
prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other
lawful purposes.
Third Party Advertising
We use third-party advertising companies
to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information
(not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about
your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on
this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to
you.
NAI Opt Out of Behavioral Advertising
The NAI Opt-out Tool was developed in
conjunction with our members for the express purpose of allowing consumers to
"opt out" of the behavioral advertising delivered by our member
companies. Please click here for further information: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
Third Party Cookies
In the course of serving advertisements
to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.
Children
We do not knowingly collect information
from children under the age of 13 and feel strongly about protecting the rights
and privacy of children. As such, we do not collect or use any personal
information from children we know to be under the age of 13, and will remove
personally identifying information about such minors from our system. We are
compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998.
See this page for more information:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm
Your IP Address
We may note your IP address when you
visit our site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to
your computer when you use the Internet. IP addresses are not linked to
personally identifiable information. We use IP addresses to analyze trends,
administer our web site, track user movements and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. We collect aggregate (anonymous) information on
persons who access our site so that we can keep it up-to-date, useful and
relevant to visitors.
Cookies
"Cookies" are files with
information that is stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive.
Womensforum.com uses cookies only to keep track of user I.D. information.
Disclosure of Information
SITENAME may
disclose information in special cases when we have reason to believe that
disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal
action against someone who may be violating our terms of use or causing injury
to, or interfering with, our rights, property, other users, or anyone else.
SITENAME may
disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the
law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem
necessary to maintain, service, and improve our service to you.
Your Consent
By using our Web site, you consent to
the collection and use of this information by SITENAME. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
the revised policy on this page so that you are always aware of any changes.
Disclaimer
Please be aware that no data transmitted
over the Internet is guaranteed to be 100% secure. Thus, we cannot ensure or
warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or information that
is transmitted to you from our products, services or partners. Sometimes the
information you disclose can be collected and used by others. If you post
personal information that is accessible to the public, you may receive
unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
