Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Privacy

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that we do not own or control.

Children Under 13 Years of Age

No person under 13 should disclose any information on this website. This website not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. You may learn more about protecting children’s privacy online by visiting www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy.

What Information Do We Collect?

When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you actively choose to disclose (Active Information) and usage information collected, in a way not visible to you, on an aggregate anonymous basis as you and others browse this website (Passive Information).

Active Information You Choose to Provide

We may receive and store any information you choose to enter on our website or provide to us in any other way (such as email, regular mail, IM, or telephone contact). We generally collect personally identifying information with your specific knowledge and consent. For example, when you submit a comment.

Passive Information Collected

We utilize standard technologies called “cookies” and “log files” to collect information about how this website is used. Passive Information gathered may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at this website, the websites visited just before and just after this website, what type of web browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Information is collected on an aggregate basis without any association to your personal information so that you remain anonymous. If you do not wish to transmit “cookie” information about yourself, you may turn off the cookie function in your web browser.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. They are small pieces of data that are stored by a user’s web browser on one website to simplify subsequent interactions with that website by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user’s transaction on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from website to website and to complete transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.

How Do We Use the Information Collected?

Broadly speaking we use Active Information for purposes of administering our activities and providing customer services such as support.

We use Passive Information to gather information about our users and to enhance and design our Website to make it easier, faster, and friendlier to use. Additionally, cookies help us know information about how many people visit our Website, when they visit and how they use our service. We do not connect any of this information to your personal information or email address. However, Passive Information may result in your viewing of particular advertising based on your user habits for your viewing on our website.

Your Information In Relation to Others We Link To

You may be able to access third party websites through our website. When you do so you are doing so subject to their policies regarding privacy and data collection and you should read those websites’ privacy policies to make sure you agree to them before using such websites. When you choose to shop at such websites, you should read their privacy policies to make sure you agree to them before making purchases.

Sharing Information with Advertisers or Other Third Parties

We may disclose anonymous information about user habits, characteristics, and user patterns based on aggregate user statistics to advertisers or service providers.

In the course of serving advertisements on our website, our third-party advertisers may place or identify a unique cookie on your browser, or use web beacons to collect information. This information may include your IP address, ISP, the browser you used to visit our website, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is often used for geotargeting purposes (showing Los Angeles restaurant ads to someone in Los Angeles, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing personal finance ads to someone who frequents personal finance sites).

Sharing Information with the Government or As Otherwise Required by Law

We may be required by law or government agency to disclose both Active and Passive Information you have provided to us.

How Do We Secure Active Information and Passive Information?

We secure your personal information submitted by you by using reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, or accidental loss or destruction of Active Information and Passive Information. Your postings on this Website and other communications you may have with us via email or regular mail may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures are in place prior to your sending information. Therefore, if you choose to communicate with us through these means, you are assuming the risk of doing so and we request that you do not send or post sensitive information through these means.

We reserve the right to revise this policy at our discretion. Please check back on this Website as this policy may be revised from time to time without notice to you. If you cannot agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use this website.