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is the ReliableLinks Web site.
Our postal address is
PO Box 6158
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-6158
United States of America
You may also contact us via
e-mail at support@ReliableLinks.com.
ReliableLinks's PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy on the Internet is
important to us. As part of the operations of ReliableLinks, we
gather certain types of information about ReliableLinks users.
This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") explains the
types of information we gather, what we do with it and how you may
correct or change information that ReliableLinks may collect.
Information Collected by
ReliableLinks
ReliableLinks collects two types of information about users:
personal information (such as name and e-mail address) and
aggregate information (such as information about how many users
log on to our sites on a daily basis).
Personal Information
Personal information is collected when users voluntarily register
for membership services. These services include receiving
electronic newsletters, creating personal stock portfolios, using
community and communication services, answering surveys,
purchasing items, and entering contests and other promotional
opportunities provided on our sites. We may collect personal
information from you in other areas of our sites, but we will
provide on-screen notification that we are doing so. We may
receive personal usage and demographic information from our
third-party partners, and we also collect e-mail addresses from
users who send us support mail or request technical or other help.
This information enables ReliableLinks to improve our sites to
make your online visits more productive and enjoyable.
Aggregate Information
One method of collecting aggregate information about your
activities online (such as the pages you access most frequently or
the search terms you enter), and information volunteered by you
(such as survey or registration information), is by tracking
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP address is a number that
is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you surf the
Web. The computers that deliver the Web pages to you automatically
identify your computer by its IP address. When you request a page
from one of our sites, our servers log your IP address.
Our sites record IP addresses for
the purposes of system administration and to provide aggregate
data to advertisers about the volume of use on our sites. We also
create aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns
for advertisers and partners. This allows these parties to
advertise more effectively, and allows you to receive
advertisements that are most relevant to your personal interests.
An advertiser will not know that you clicked its advertisement
unless you voluntarily and explicitly permit us to provide such
information.
Search Terms
As a measure of user interest, we track search terms that are
entered into our sites' search features. Search data and
user-provided information help to improve the relevancy of search
results by learning user preferences and prioritizing search
results accordingly. The intended result is a more efficient
search feature for visitors to our sites.
Use of Cookies
Our sites use 'cookies' to record information. A cookie is a small
data file that Web sites store on your hard drive when you visit
them. Cookies allow us to measure activity on our sites and to
improve your user experience by remembering your passwords and
viewing preferences, and allowing you to visit various
members-only parts of our sites without re-registering. Cookies
allow us to determine which areas and features of our sites are
most popular by measuring user activity. This information allows
us to make improvements and updates to improve your ReliableLinks
experience. Our sites do not use cookies to retrieve any
information from your computer.
Most browsers are set to accept
cookies. If you prefer, you may set your browser to refuse cookies
or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, some parts
of our sites, such as the members-only areas (i.e. shopping,
contest and game areas) will not function properly if you choose
not to accept cookies.
You may occasionally get cookies
from our advertisers. ReliableLinks does not control these
cookies, and they are not subject to ReliableLinks's Privacy
Policy.
Use of Information Collected
by ReliableLinks
ReliableLinks uses the personal information we collect to improve
the content of our sites; to customize the content and/or layout
of our sites for each individual user; to notify users about
updates to our sites or promotional offers or opportunities that
we believe will be of interest to users; and to investigate
violations of our terms and conditions of use.
Sharing Data with
ReliableLinks Affiliates
ReliableLinks may share the personal and aggregate information we
collect with our affiliates and other sites operated by or for
ReliableLinks.
Sharing Data with Third
Parties
ReliableLinks shares aggregate information with third parties for
advertising and promotional purposes. With user permission,
ReliableLinks accesses personal information on behalf of
pre-screened third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.
We will always request permission to share such information on our
sites. You may elect not to participate by clicking the
appropriate on-screen button. ReliableLinks may also share
personal information with consultants and affiliates for internal
business purposes and may divulge personal information if such
information is subpoenaed, or if ReliableLinks believes that
membership has been used to commit unlawful acts, or acts that may
endanger the health or safety of another user or of the general
public. In some situations, we will share your personal
information, on a confidential basis, with third parties who
perform a particular service on our behalf, such as sending
e-mails. These parties are not allowed to use personal information
except for the limited purpose of providing the particular service
on our behalf. In addition, ReliableLinks receives personal usage
and demographic information from third parties and uses this
information to improve our products and services.
Occasionally, we may post the
name of a user (for example, a contest winner) on one of our
sites. ReliableLinks will notify you of this possibility when you
provide your information or, if possible, will notify you when the
information is posted.
ReliableLinks uses a third-party
advertising company to serve ads when you visit our sites. This
company may use information (not including your name, address,
e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to our and
other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site
and other sites about goods and services of interest to you. In
addition, we share Web site usage information about visitors to
our sites with such company for the purpose of managing and
targeting advertisements on our sites. For this purpose, we and
our third-party advertising company note some of the pages you
visit on our sites through the use of pixel tags (also called
clear gifs).
Membership Services and
Service Providers
When you register to use membership services, ReliableLinks may
share your registration information with content or service
providers. For instance, the personal information that you provide
to our e-mail, sports, discussion boards and gaming services is
shared with the companies that provide those services in order to
retrieve your password when necessary. You do not have to register
your personal information with our sites, but if you choose not
to, certain services, such as e-mail and fantasy sports, will not
be available to you.
Electronic Newsletters
Some of our sites offer free, electronic newsletters as a service
to our users. You will only receive a newsletter if you agree to
receive it during registration to one of the areas of our sites or
directly from our newsletter sign-up form. We will not divulge
your membership in a newsletter mailing list to any third parties,
including advertisers or partners, if you request that we not do
so when you register.
If you have registered through
our online registration system and have subscribed to one or more
of ReliableLinks's e-mail newsletters but do not want to continue
receiving such e-mail newsletter(s), please send an e-mail to support@ReliableLinks.com.
ReliableLinks Shopping
ReliableLinks's shopping services allow you to search merchant
sites and make online purchases. These purchases may require
credit card and personal contact information. ReliableLinks's
shopping services store your information and send it to the
merchant automatically when you make your purchase, using
encryption technology to protect your information during this
transfer.
We strive to make your shopping
experience as worry-free as possible. We use secure server
software (SSL), the industry standard for ensuring the security of
your electronic commerce transactions. SSL encrypts all of your
personal information transmitted over the Internet, including your
credit card number and name and address. This technology is
designed to protect your information by rendering it useless,
should it ever be intercepted in transit. We will continue to
provide the highest level of security by implementing improved
technologies as they become available.
Note that each of our online
merchants follows separate privacy policies. ReliableLinks is not
responsible for policies other than our own. For more information
about a merchant's policy, visit the merchant's home page and read
carefully its privacy policy.
CHILDREN AND PRIVACY
ReliableLinks encourages parents and guardians to spend time with
their children online, and to be familiar with the sites their
children visit. At various places on our sites, we ask whether
users are under the age of 18 or 13. ReliableLinks relies on our
users to be truthful in responding to these questions.
Individuals Under 13
No information should be submitted to or posted on our sites by
users under the age of 13. Individuals under the age of 13 are not
allowed to become registered users of our sites.
Individuals 13 Through 17
ReliableLinks requests that children under the age of 18 not
submit or post information to our sites. If an individual between
the ages of 13 and 17 does so, ReliableLinks may collect
information (including personally identifying information). This
information may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by
ReliableLinks and may, with the user's permission, be shared with
pre-screened third parties. If a user or his/her parent or
guardian changes his/her mind with respect to such use, that user,
parent or guardian may stop that use either by e-mail request or
by modifying his/her registration information online.
Community and Public Areas
Information posted to message boards, chat areas, clubs and home
pages is available to the general public. Please use caution when
posting any such information. Users under the age of 18 should be
particularly careful not to provide any personally identifying
information while using chat rooms or message boards. Users of
chat areas and message boards must follow acceptable standards of
behavior when posting messages online. ReliableLinks reserves the
right to, but is not obligated to, refuse or delete any content
that in our sole discretion is considered inappropriate.
Links to Other Sites
Our sites contain links to sites other than our own. Those sites
may not follow the same privacy policies as ReliableLinks. Such
links may be to advertisers, content providers or partners who may
use our logo and/or style as a result of a co-branding agreement.
These sites may send their own cookies to you, and may collect
information and use it in a way inconsistent with ReliableLinks's
privacy policy. ReliableLinks does not control the content that
appears on these sites. Such sites may contain information that
content providers independent of ReliableLinks have created,
maintained, published, posted or otherwise made available.
The use of any information or
materials that you may access at these external sites is purely
voluntary. You should not rely on their contents without
independent and thorough review of the accuracy, completeness,
effectiveness, timeliness and correct sequencing. These external
sites may also refer to specific commercial products, processes,
or services by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer
or otherwise. Unless ReliableLinks has provided explicit
authority, such references in no way indicate our endorsement,
recommendation or preference.
This section should be read in
conjunction with the full Terms of
Service.
Additional Information
No transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be
completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under
the control of ReliableLinks to intercept or access transmissions
or private communications unlawfully. While we strive to protect
your personal information, ReliableLinks cannot ensure or warrant
the security of any information you transmit to us. Any such
transmission is done at your own risk.
Under no circumstances, including
but not limited to negligence, shall ReliableLinks be liable for
any special, incidental or consequential damages that result from
the use of the information or materials on our sites, even if
ReliableLinks or an authorized representative of ReliableLinks,
has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This section
also should be read in conjunction with the full Terms
of Service.
ReliableLinks reserves the right
to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any such changes will
be posted online. Questions should be directed to support@ReliableLinks.com.
USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR
UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE ENTIRE PRIVACY
POLICY.
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