OUR PRIVACY
POLICY
Your privacy is very important to us. We want
to make your experience on the Internet as enjoyable and
rewarding as possible, and we want you to use the Internet's
vast array of information, tools, and opportunities with
complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm
commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy
describes how our company collects information from all end
users of our Internet services (the "Services") - those who
access some of our Services but do not have accounts
("Visitors") as well as those who may purchase Products and/or
pay a monthly service fee to subscribe to the Service
("Members") - what we do with the information we collect, and
the choices Visitors and Members have concerning the collection
and use of such information. We request that you read this
Privacy Policy carefully.
Personal Information Our Company Collects and How It Is
Used
Introduction: Our company collects information in different
ways from Visitors and Members who access the various parts of
our Services and the network of Web sites accessible through
our Service. We use this information primarily to provide a
customized experience as you use our Products and Services, and
generally, do not share this information with third parties.
However, we may disclose personal information collected if we
have received your permission beforehand or in very special
circumstances, such as when we believe that such disclosure is
required by law or other special cases described
below.
Registration: Members may be asked to provide certain
personal information when they sign up for our Products or
Services including name, address, telephone number, billing
information (such as a credit card number), and the type of
personal computer being used to access the Services. The
personal information collected from Members during the
registration process is used to manage each Member's account
(such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared
with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in
special circumstances.
However, in instances where our company and a
partner jointly promote our Services, we may provide the
partner certain personal information, such as the name,
address, and username of persons who subscribed to the
Services as a result of the joint promotion for the sole
purpose of allowing us and the partner to assess the results
of the promotion.
In this instance, personal information may not
be used by the partner for any other purpose. We may also
generate non-identifying and aggregate profiles from
personal information Members provide during registration
(such as the total number, but not the names, of Members).
As explained in more detail below, we may use this
aggregated and non-identifying information to sell
advertisements that appear on the Services.
Our Company Partners and Sponsors: Some products and
services may be offered to Visitors and Members in conjunction
with an affiliate, independent contractor seller or
non-affiliated partner. To provide Visitors and Members some of
these products and services, the partner may need to collect
and maintain personal information. In these instances, you will
be notified before any such data is collected or transferred
and may decide not to use that particular service or
feature.
Additionally, our partners may have
advertisements or co-branded Web Pages that are cosponsored
by an affiliate, independent contractor seller, or
non-affiliated partner. Our company may share
non-identifying and aggregate information (except as
described above), but not personal information, with such
partners in order to administer the co-branded products or
services offered.
Online Shopping: At some Web sites, you can purchase
products and services or register to receive materials, such as
a newsletter, catalog or new product and service updates. In
many cases, you may be asked to provide contact information,
such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and
credit/debit card information.
If you complete an order for someone else, such
as an online gift order sent directly to a recipient, you
may be asked to provide information about the recipient,
such as the recipient's name, address, and phone number. Our
company has no control over the third parties' use of any
personal information you provide when placing such an order.
Please exercise care when doing so.
If you order services or products directly from our company we
will use the personal information you provide only to process
that order. We do not share this information with outside
parties except to the extent necessary to complete that
order.
Online Advertisements: Our company may display our online
advertisements. In those cases we share aggregated and
non-identifying information about our Visitors and Members
collected through the registration process as well as through
online surveys and promotions with these advertisers.
Additionally, in some instances, we use this
aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver
tailored advertisements or joint ventures. For instance, an
advertiser or joint venture company tells us the audience
they want to reach and provides us an advertisement tailored
to the audience. Based upon the aggregated and
non-identifying information we have collected, we may then
display or send the advertisement to the intended audience.
Our company does not share personal information about its
Visitors or Members with these advertisers or joint venture
companies.
Responses to Email Inquiries: When Visitors or Members send
email inquiries to our company, the return email address is
used to answer the email inquiry we receive. Our company does
not use the return email address for any other purpose and does
not share the return email address with any third
party.
Voluntary Customer Surveys: We may periodically conduct
both business and individual customer surveys. We encourage our
customers to participate in these surveys because they provide
us with important information that helps us to improve the
types of products and services we offer and how we provide them
to you. Your personal information and responses will remain
strictly confidential, even if the survey is conducted by a
third party. Participation in our customer surveys is
voluntary.
We may take the information we receive from individuals
responding to our Customer Surveys and combine (or aggregate)
it with the responses of other customers we may have, to create
broader, generic responses to the survey questions (such as
gender, age, residence, hobbies, education, employment,
industry sector, or other demographic information). We then use
the aggregated information to improve the quality of our
services to you, and to develop new services and products. This
aggregated, non-personally identifying information may be
shared with third parties.
Special Cases: It is our company's policy not to use or
share the personal information about Visitors of Members in
ways unrelated to the ones described above without also
providing you an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit
such unrelated uses.
However, we may disclose personal information
about Visitors or Members, or information regarding your use
of the Services or Web sites accessible through our
Services, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we
believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: credit
agencies, collection agencies, merchant database agencies,
law enforcement, or to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, the Child Online Privacy Act,
regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such
information; to disclose information that is necessary to
identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who
may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or Terms Of
Service, or other user policies; to operate the Services
properly; or to protect our company and our
Members.
"Cookies" and How Our Company Uses Them. A "cookie" is a small
data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit
certain Web sites. Our company may use cookies to collect,
store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes
to improve the products and services we provide and to manage
our telecommunications networks.
If you are a Visitor or Member we may use a
cookie to save your settings and to provide customizable and
personalized services. These cookies do not enable third
parties to access any of your customer information.
Additionally, be aware that if you visit other Web sites where
you are prompted to log in or that are customizable, you may be
required to accept cookies.
Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do
not control use of these cookies and expressly disclaim
responsibility for information collected through
them.
Public Forums: Please remember that any
information you may disclose in any Member Directory, or other
public areas of our Web sites or the Internet, becomes public
information. You should exercise caution when deciding to
disclose personal information in these public areas.
Our Company Commitment to Children's
Privacy
Protecting children's privacy is especially
important to us. It is our policy to comply with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable
laws. Therefore we restrict our Web site to persons eighteen
years or older.
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THIS WEB
SITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO THE
AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, NO INFORMATION
OBTAINED BY THIS WEB SITE, FALLS WITHIN THE CHILD ONLINE
PRIVACY ACT (COPA) AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
Our Company's Commitment to Data
Security
Services and Web sites we sponsor have
security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and
alteration of the information under our control. While we make
every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our
network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security
measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally
obtaining this information.
Where to Direct Questions About Our Privacy
Policy
If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact us at
info[at]synergy-worldwide-team.com (replace [at] with
@).
Revisions to This Policy
Our company reserves the right to revise,
amend, or modify this policy, our Terms Of Service agreement,
and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any
manner, by updating this posting.
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2010
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