This Privacy Notice discloses the privacy practices of our website (the \u201cSite\u201d). Specifically, it outlines the types of information that we gather about you while you\u00a0are using the Site, and the ways in which we use and share this information. This Privacy Notice does not apply to any information you may provide to us, or that we may collect, offline and\/or through other means (for example, at a live event, via telephone, via email, or through the mail).<\/p>\n
Please read this Privacy Notice carefully. By visiting and using the Site, you agree that your use\u00a0of our Site, and any dispute over our online privacy practices, is governed by this Privacy Notice\u00a0and our Terms of Service.<\/p>\n
Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change our\u00a0Privacy Notice at some point in the future, in which case we\u2019ll post the revised Privacy Notice\u00a0on this website. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the\u00a0Privacy Notice as modified.<\/p>\n
How We Collect Information<\/strong><\/p>\n Information You Provide<\/strong> Location Information<\/strong> Other Information Automatically Collected to Improve the Site and Deliver Targeted\u00a0Advertising<\/strong> The information we collect may be collected directly by us, or it may be collected by a third-party website hosting provider, or another third-party service provider, on our behalf.<\/p>\n We also may use \u201ccookies\u201d and other similar technologies on the Site. Cookies are small\u00a0files that are placed on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and to enhance your\u00a0experience with the Site. By showing how and when visitors use the Site, cookies help us deliver\u00a0advertisements, identify how many unique users visit us, and track user trends and patterns. They\u00a0also prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences on certain areas of the Site where you\u00a0may have entered preference information before. This Site also may use web beacons (single-pixel graphic files also known as \u201ctransparent GIFs\u201d) to access cookies and to count users who\u00a0visit the Site or open HTML-formatted email messages.<\/p>\n How Information is Used<\/strong> We may use location information, either information you provided by you or information\u00a0automatically collected, in order to provide you with content, services and advertising that is\u00a0relevant to your geographic area. We may combine information we collect from you while you\u00a0are using our Site with information that we collect from other sources to customize features,\u00a0content and advertising that appear on our Site.<\/p>\n In addition, we may use any information submitted by or collected from you via the Site for any\u00a0purpose related to the Site, including to contact you for customer service purposes, to inform you\u00a0of important changes or additions to our Site or the services offered over our Site, and to send\u00a0you administrative notices and any other communications that we believe may be of interest to\u00a0you.<\/p>\n Your Choices<\/strong> If you want to limit the information that is automatically collected while you use our Site, most\u00a0Web browsers allow you to disable certain functionality or set certain privacy setting. If you\u00a0choose to disable cookies or turn off other functionality, you may not be able to use or participate\u00a0in some or all of the features offered through the Site. If you would like more information\u00a0on how to opt out of information collection practices by many third parties, visit the Digital\u00a0Advertising Alliance\u2019s website at www.aboutads.info<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n How Information is Shared<\/strong> We also may make some content, products and services available through our Site through\u00a0cooperative relationships with third-party providers, where the brands of our provider partner\u00a0may appear on the Site in connection with such content, products and\/or services. We may share with\u00a0our provider partner any information you provide, or that is collected, in the course of visiting\u00a0any pages that are made available in cooperation with our provider partner. In some cases, the\u00a0provider partner may collect information from you directly, in which cases the Privacy Notice\u00a0of our provider partner may apply to the provider partner\u2019s use of your information. The Privacy\u00a0Notice of our provider partners may differ from ours. If you have any questions regarding the\u00a0Privacy Notice of one of our provider partners, you should contact the provider partner directly\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n Sharing Information with Third Parties for Advertising and Other Promotional Purposes<\/strong> Unless you affirmatively provide information within an ad, the data collected in connection\u00a0with the ads, ad serving and ad targeting on our Site does not include your name, address,\u00a0email address or telephone number, but it may include the device unique identifier, IP address,\u00a0MAC address and location information of your computer or device. The use and collection of\u00a0information by third-party advertising service providers is governed by the relevant third party\u2019s\u00a0privacy policy and is not covered by our Privacy Notice.<\/p>\n For information about possible use of your information by us and by third-party advertising service\u00a0providers for advertising, see the section \u201cData Collected in Connection with Ad Serving and\u00a0Targeting.\u201d<\/p>\n Sharing with Third Parties for Other Purposes<\/strong> Please also note that as our business grows, we may buy or sell various assets. In the unlikely\u00a0event that we sell some or all of our assets, or another company acquires our Site, information about our Site users may be among the transferred assets.<\/p>\n Data Collected in Connection with Ad Serving and Targeting<\/strong> We also may use third-party service providers, to target and serve some of the advertisements\u00a0you see on the pages of our Site. We may share technical or aggregate information about your\u00a0interaction with our Site, such as type of pages viewed and categories of interest, from our Site\u00a0with these service providers for their use in displaying ads on our Site. These providers may use\u00a0their own cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect similar information from our\u00a0Site. These service providers may use that information, sometimes in conjunction with similar\u00a0information gathered through other websites, to deliver advertisements on this Site, and on\u00a0other websites that participate in our service providers\u2019 advertising networks, that are tailored to\u00a0match the perceived interests of consumers. The information obtained by our third-party service\u00a0providers also may be used to help measure and research an advertisement\u2019s effectiveness, or for\u00a0other purposes.<\/p>\n Unless you affirmatively provide information, the data collected in connection with the ad\u00a0serving and ad targeting on our Site does not identify you personally and does not include\u00a0your name, address, email address or telephone number, but it may include device identifying\u00a0information such as the IP address, MAC address, cookie or other device-specific unique\u00a0alphanumerical ID of your computer.<\/p>\n The use and collection of information by third-party advertising service providers are governed\u00a0by the relevant third party\u2019s Privacy Notice and are not covered by our Privacy Notice. If you\u00a0would like more information about the information collection practices of a particular service\u00a0provider, or if you would like more information on how to opt out of a service provider\u2019s\u00a0information collection practices, go to www.aboutads.info<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Information You Post to Blogs<\/strong> Security<\/strong> Links to Other Sites<\/strong>
\nWe may collect and store information that you voluntarily supply to\u00a0us while on our Site. This may include information that can be used to contact or identify you,\u00a0such as your name, email address, or postal address. Some examples of this type of information\u00a0include information that you electronically submit when you contact us with questions or information that you post on the blog on our Site, and information\u00a0that you electronically submit when you complete an online registration form to access and use\u00a0certain features of our Site. We also may ask for information (including a credit card number and\u00a0other financial information) from those users who make purchases or have payment transactions\u00a0on our Site.<\/p>\n
\nWe may collect location information (e.g., city and state and\/or zip\u00a0code) that you provide. Certain devices and browsers contain unique identifiers that can be used\u00a0to identify the geographical location of the device. When you use such a device or browser to\u00a0access our Site, your device and\/or browser may automatically collect and\/or transmit your\u00a0location information. We also may collect GPS information from the device if the device\u00a0transmits it.<\/p>\n
\nWe may also collect and store information through a variety of automatic technologies,\u00a0such as browser and flash cookies, pixels, and web beacons about your use of our Site, including\u00a0device identifying information such as IP addresses, MAC address or other device-specific\u00a0alphanumerical ID numbers, the make and model of your device, the wireless provider\u00a0associated with your device, how many times a particular page within the Site is visited, which features the users\u00a0interact with, and your device or computer\u2019s connection to the Internet. If you choose to connect\u00a0to our Site through a social network such as Facebook, we may automatically collect your profile\u00a0information. These things allow us, among other things, to improve the delivery of our web\u00a0pages to you and to measure traffic on the Site.<\/p>\n
\nWe use the information we collect from you while you are using the Site in a variety of ways,\u00a0including, for example, for the purpose for which the information was submitted, to process your\u00a0registration request, to provide you with services and communications that you have requested,\u00a0to send you email updates and other communications, customize features and advertising that\u00a0appear on the Site, to deliver our Site content to you, to measure Site traffic, measure user\u00a0interests and traffic patterns, and to improve the Site and the services and features offered via the\u00a0Site.<\/p>\n
\nWhen we request information from you on the Site, you may always choose\u00a0not to provide us with that information. But if you decline to supply or provide us with certain\u00a0information while using the Site, you may not be able to use or participate in some or all of the\u00a0features offered through the Site.<\/p>\n
\nSharing with Affiliates, Partners and Third Party Service Providers. We may provide your\u00a0information to our affiliates or to third parties, including our third party service providers and\u00a0contractors, for purposes related to Site administration and other services. For example, if you\u00a0use a credit or debit card to complete a transaction on our Site, we may share your personal\u00a0information and credit card number with a credit card processing and\/or a fulfillment company in\u00a0order to complete your transaction, or such service provider(s) may collect that information from\u00a0you directly, on our behalf.<\/p>\n
\nWe may use third-party service providers to target and serve some of the advertisements\u00a0you see on the Site. We may share technical or aggregate information, such as type of pages\u00a0viewed and categories of interest, from our Site with these service providers and advertisers\u00a0for their use in displaying ads on our Site. These third party providers and advertisers may use\u00a0their own browser or flash cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect technical\u00a0information (such as device unique identifier, IP address, MAC address, browser type, pages\u00a0visited, and location information) from users of the Site that is generated automatically as a user\u00a0views or interacts with an ad. These service providers may use that information, sometimes\u00a0in conjunction with similar information gathered through other websites and other sources, to\u00a0deliver advertisements on this Site, and on other websites.<\/p>\n
\nPlease be aware that we may occasionally\u00a0release information about our visitors if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment,\u00a0such disclosure is reasonably necessary: (a) to comply with legal process; (b) to enforce our\u00a0Terms of Service; or (c) to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our Site, us, our\u00a0affiliates, our officers, directors, employees, representatives, our licensors, other users, and\/or the\u00a0public.<\/p>\n
\nWe may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies, and\/or a third-party ad serving\u00a0software, to automatically collect information about site users and site activity, and we may\u00a0use this information to, among other things, serve targeted advertisements on this site. The\u00a0information collected allows us to analyze how users use the site and to track user interests,\u00a0trends and patterns, thus allowing us to deliver more relevant advertisements to users.<\/p>\n
\nPlease keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily make your personal information or other\u00a0private information available for viewing by third parties online, such as on blogs, or other community posting areas of our Site, that information can\u00a0be seen, collected and used by others besides us. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized\u00a0third-party use of such information.<\/p>\n
\nAll information we gather on our Site is stored within databases to which only we and services\u00a0providers are provided access. However, as effective as the reasonable security measures implemented by us may be, no physical or electronic security system is impenetrable. We cannot\u00a0guarantee the security of our Site\u2019s servers or databases, nor can we guarantee that information\u00a0you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.<\/p>\n
\nOur Site may also include links to other websites and provide access to products and services\u00a0offered by third parties, whose privacy policies we do not control. When you access another\u00a0website or purchase products or services from a third-party, use of any information you provide\u00a0is governed by the privacy notice of the operator of the site you are visiting or the provider of\u00a0such products or services.<\/p>\n