This privacy policy applies to the U.S. operations of all brands and services
within the PZ10.com and family.
Overall privacy statement
We take your privacy seriously. Because we gather certain types of information
about our users we want to help you understand the terms and conditions
surrounding the collection and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses the types of information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct
or change it. These privacy practices apply to the Web site that you were
viewing when you clicked through to this policy, which is operated by us
directly, our partner, or our affiliate.
1. What information does PZ10.com collect?
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with the
best and most useful content and services. Because we derive revenue mainly from
advertising, collecting information is essential to keeping our services
affordable to users.
We collect personally identifiable information when you provide it to us, such
as when you register on one of our sites, when you subscribe for a print
magazine or an e-mail newsletter or when you register to use certain services.
Several of the services that we offer on our sites, such as auctions and message
boards, may require registration as a condition of use. Once you register with
one of our PZ10.com sites you are no longer anonymous to us. We may also receive
information about you from other sources and add it to the information you
provided to us.
This personally identifiable information is limited to:
First and last name
Address, including street name & city
Email address
Telephone number
Credit card information in the event a user purchases products or services
online
2. What is PZ10.com' practice regarding cookies? Your Internet browser has a
feature called "cookies" which stores small amounts of data on your computer
about your visit to any of our sites. You do not need to have cookies turned on
to visit most of our sites, although active participation in certain areas of
our sites may require cookies. Cookies alone tell us nothing about who you are
unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information when, in
which case we use the information to enhance your services in the ways described
below. You may elect not to allow cookies to be collected by adjusting your
settings on your browser.
We use technologies, including electronic images known as Web bugs--sometimes
called transparent GIFs, clear GIFs, or beacons--that allow us to track general
user traffic patterns. We also automatically receive and record information from
our servers and from your browser, including your IP address, the time of your
visit to pages on our site, and information about pages you visited. Unless you
have registered for one of our products or services, the information we gather
through the use of tracking technologies cannot be matched with any personally
identifiable information about you unless you have specifically given us
personally identifiable information, in which case we use the information to
enhance your services in the ways described below.
We use cookies and tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including:
* Keeping count of return visits to our site or our advertisers' or partners'
sites
* Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass),
statistical information on Web site and advertisement usage
* Determining which features our overall user population likes best
* Saving your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our
sites
* Display the most appropriate advertising based on your interests
We allow other companies that are presenting advertisements on our sites and,
sometimes, in our newsletters to use tracking technology on your computer. We do
not give any personally identifiable information to them as part of this
relationship. Unless you visit the website of these companies and provide them
with personally identifiable information about yourself, these tracking
technologies tell those advertisers nothing about who you are. Our advertisers'
use of tracking technology is subject to their own privacy policies.
3. How does PZ10.com use the information?
We use the information we gather for four general purposes:
* To customize the advertising and content you see
* To enhance the user experience in our network of sites. We use tracking
information to determine how well each page performs overall based on aggregate
user demographics and traffic patterns to those pages. This helps us continue to
build a better service for you.
* To fulfill your requests for certain products and services, such as sending
out electronic newsletters and enabling users to participate in paid services,
polls, contests, message boards, and auctions
* To send you information you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of
interest to you
4. How does PZ10.com share the information
Personally identifiable information
We will make your personally identifiable information available to other
companies or people when:
* We have your consent to share the information
* We have engaged companies to work with us or on our behalf to provide a
product or service that you have requested, such as opt-in e-mail announcements
* You use co-branded services. When you use a co-branded service within our
network of sites you grant us permission to pass your registration information
back to that service partner. Their use of your information is subject to their
applicable privacy policies.
* We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; or we believe that
your actions violate applicable laws, PZ10.com' Terms of Use or any usage
guidelines for specific products or services, or threaten the rights, property,
or safety of our company, our users, or others
Aggregate information
We aggregate personally identifiable information and disclose such information
in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties
for marketing, promotional, and other purposes. We do not disclose to these
entities any information that could be used to identify you personally.
Business transfers
We are always seeking to improve our network of Web sites and our business. In
accomplishing these objectives, we may buy or sell a company, or one or more of
the companies in our corporate family may merge with or be acquired by another
company. If we sell a business, we may transfer some or all of your information
as a part of the sale in order that the service being provided to you may
continue or for other business purposes.
5. What are my options?
Users who would rather not provide any of the user data requested by our
registration process do not need to register with us. You can still view much of
the content and use many of the services offered by our sites without
registering. We also give users the following options:
* Opting not to receive our electronic newsletters or those of third parties
when registering. Users who opt-in may remove themselves from mailing lists at
any time through the subscription management pages or by following the
instructions at the end of the e-mail they received from us;
* Opting not to provide certain personal information when registering for a
site, provided, however that you may not be able to utilize certain of our
products or services without providing us with certain information.
6. How can I review and update my personally identifiable information?
You can review, correct or change the information collected during registration
for any of our sites. The instructions for doing this can be found in our member
services areas. Users may change information at any time and as often as
necessary. Users who are experiencing problems with our services or who have
questions about how our services work can contact us using e-mail addresses at
the bottom of this page. Currently, we do not offer users a means by which to
completely delete personal information established at the time of registration.
7. How will I know if the privacy policy is changed?
Any modifications to our privacy practices will be reflected first within this
area of our network of Web sites. If there is a material change in our privacy
practices, we will indicate on our sites that our privacy practices have changed
and provide a link to the new privacy statement. If we are going to be using the
information collected from users in a manner materially different from that
stated at the time of collection we will send affected users written notice by
email of the change.
8. Privacy of children Our network of sites is not directed to children under
the age of 13. We operate our network of sites in compliance with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act and do not permit registration by, and will not
knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under
13 years of age. This requirement is clearly posted during the registration
process.
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