Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. We strive to ensure the privacy of everyone who visits this site. This privacy policy sets out what information we track and how we use it. By using this site, you consent to the collection of information in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy.

Collection and Use of Information

We do not collect any personally identifying information about users unless it has been knowingly and specifically supplied to us by the user. We will not disclose any personal information about users to any outside party, unless the user has been advised of this possibility before providing the personal information. We may share information among our affiliated companies for internal purposes. 
We collect general information on what pages users visit and information volunteered by users, such as survey information and site registrations. 
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our site and to learn about the traffic patterns to our site. From time to time, we do share general demographic information with advertisers or potential advertisers; however, profiles of individual users are never shared, rented or sold. 
User information may sometimes be used by us and our affiliated companies to inform you about changes to our site, new services and offers the user may find interesting. 
We reserve the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information in order to comply with applicable laws and lawful governmental requests, to operate our systems properly or to protect our rights and property.

Use by Children

If you are under 18, be sure to obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission before you send any personal information (for example, your name, address, email address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet. We encourage parents to get involved with their children’s online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating.

Changes to Policy

We may change this privacy policy from time to time by updating this posting. Please check the privacy policy page of our web site periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes. 
Users participating in our online contests may be required to submit varying degrees of personal information, depending on the nature of the particular contest. The specific information to be collected and how it will be used will be disclosed in the general contest rules and regulations and/or in the referring contest pages or newsletter. The names, addresses and photograph or likeness of contest winners may be reproduced on the site or in other advertising materials. Email addresses of users will never be shared with other organizations.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Like most major web sites, we use cookies to better understand how our site is used, to make sure our ads and dynamic content are served correctly and to improve the performance of our site for our users, particularly the way search pages are delivered. We do not use cookies to retain personal information about our users — users remain anonymous — and we do not sell information about our traffic patterns to marketing companies. The general information we gather through the use of cookies may be included in the overall traffic reports that we share with our advertisers, who help to make it possible to bring you this site.

Security

We use state of the art encryption technology to keep your personal information secure. However, you should be aware that there is always a chance that your personal information could be intercepted over the Internet. Any personal information you provide to us is given voluntarily. Please be aware that any material posted to discussion boards, even if it contains personal information, is not secure and can be viewed by anyone.

Emails

We save emails sent to  in order to notify the sender of developments regarding the subject of their email. If you do not wish to receive email replies to your letters, please indicate so in the body of your message. Your email will be read and dealt with, then deleted.