Privacy
Policy
This privacy policy describes the privacy practices for the Web sites
operated by Amos Press, Inc. (“API”) and on behalf of its various publication
and other registered trade names (Hereinafter “Web site” if singular, or, “Web
sites” if more than one API site is referred to).
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE.
We gather two types of information: (1) personally identifiable information
that you supply voluntarily when you register for interactive services, order
other products or services, or enter certain other areas of our Web sites as
noted below in this Privacy Policy and (2) aggregate tracking and site usage
information that we gather automatically as you access our Web sites. Your
provision to us of any information through our Web sites, or through other
sites that link to our Web sites, is deemed your agreement to this Privacy
Policy. It is our policy to use the personally identifiable information we
acquire at our Web sites for internal business uses only and to provide
content, products and services to you that you value and request. We do not
authorize the use of your personal information by any third party (other than
API business services providers discussed in the next section,
or, under exceptional conditions as described under “Legal Matters” below). We
operate and maintain a variety of online security measures to safeguard and
keep your information private.
Anyone can access our Web sites, but there are certain areas and services that
require registration or provision of certain personal information if accessed,
such as by way of example: entering premium content areas, placing
advertisements online and making other online purchases, signing up for e-mail
newsletters, promotions, contests, sweepstakes or special offers, or
participating in reader forums, message boards, chats and reader surveys. If
you choose to make a purchase or use such areas, we will ask for certain
personally identifiable information, which may include name, mailing address,
valid e-mail address and other personal information. Based upon the personally
identifiable information you provide us at registration, we will send you a
welcoming e-mail to verify your username and password. We will also communicate
with you in response to your inquiries, regarding any information or services
you request, and to manage your "account". We will communicate with you by e-mail or
other method as directed by you. If you
decline to supply or maintain with us certain information while using our Web
sites, understand that you may not be able to use or participate in some or all
of the features offered through the Web sites.
We strive to keep personal information (such as your name or e-mail
address) that you voluntarily provide us private. We do not authorize your
personal information to be shared with third parties without your consent,
aside from third parties that perform essential business services for us (which
may include by way of example: credit card processing, subscription fulfillment
and billing, shipping, e-mail and list processing). We provide these suppliers
only with the information they need to process the transaction or perform the
service. We ask that such parties either comply with our Privacy Policy or have
comparable privacy policies that protect your information.
If you purchase a product or service from us, or through us, we request
certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You
must provide contact information (such as name and shipping address) and
payment information (such as credit card number, expiration date). We use this
information to fulfill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we
will use the contact information provided to contact you.
Certain information supplied by you to our Web sites may be
password-protected, and you should take all necessary measures to protect the
secrecy of your password. If you use a computer in a public place or share a
computer with others, remember to log out/sign out and close your browser
window when you finish accessing our Web site in order to prevent others from
accessing your personal information. You are solely responsible for the control
and use of each password you create.
Personal information which you provide on user forums or bulletin boards
or in other areas that are accessible to
other users could also be collected and disclosed by other users. We cannot
and do not take any responsibility for such collection or disclosure.
From time to time, we may obtain
e-mail addresses from third party commercial sources to be used for promotional
purposes. You may opt out of receiving any messages from us in the future by
either clicking the appropriate box, radio button or link in the e-mail message
received, or by contacting us as instructed at the end of this Privacy Policy.
We also
collect and store information that is generated automatically as you navigate
through our Web sites. For example, to enhance your experience on our Web
sites, we use a standard feature found in browser software called a
"cookie." Cookies are small files that your web browser places on
your hard drive for record-keeping purposes. By showing how and when visitors
use the Web site, cookies help us track user trends and patterns. They also
prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences on certain areas of the
Web site where you have entered preference information before. API also may use
pixel tags (single-pixel image files also known as transparent GIFs, clear GIFs
or web beacons) to access cookies and to count users who visit the Web site or
open our HTML-formatted e-mail messages. The information that is collected
through the use of these image files is not personally identifiable and is used
only to track responses to our advertising and promotional efforts. Another example of information that we
automatically collect as you navigate our Web sites is information in “log
files” about your computer's connection to the Internet such as a user's IP
address (the number assigned automatically to your computer whenever you use
the Internet), length of time spent on the Web sites, and the pages accessed
during each visit to the Web sites. We use this information to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user movement on the Web sites, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to
personally identifiable information except if necessary to provide certain
premium content or services for which you have registered. In general,
aggregate information allows us to improve the delivery of our web pages to you
and to measure traffic on the Web sites.
In addition, third party advertisers
or third party ad servers that place and present advertising on the Web site
also may collect information from you via cookies, pixel tags or similar
technologies. These third party advertisers and ad servers may use the
information they collect to help present their advertisements, to help measure
and research the advertisements' effectiveness, or for other uses. Please be
aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage users to be aware that when they leave our Web sites for
another site, even if through a link, they should read the privacy policies of
each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. The
provision of external links to other Web sites is a common practice on the
Internet and it in no way indicates that we have any responsibility or control
over the linked company, its products, services, or Web site.
If we gather demographic information from you (for example, your age, education
level or household income), we will not share that information in a manner that
identifies you as an individual with any other third party. Any information
that might be shared with third parties will be aggregate information only
(“aggregate” meaning demographic information speaking only to the broad
characteristics of a group), unless we are required to release additional
information under conditions described in next section “Legal Matters”.
Notwithstanding any other term or conclusion of any third
party Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to comply with the law and release
information concerning any user of our sites or services when we have grounds
to believe that: (i) the user is in violation of our Terms of Use or other published guidelines or is
engaged in any illegal activity, (ii) to release information in response to
court and governmental orders, other enforceable requests from government
entities, civil subpoenas, discovery requests and otherwise as required by law;
and (iii) we believe in good faith that such release is required to protect the
rights, property, safety or security of API, any of our users or the public, or
(iv) to respond to an emergency.
In the event of a change of control
of API (such as through a merger, sale, assignment or liquidation of the
business entity, or any of its properties, assets or equity) or, in the event
of a direct or indirect sale of any of its publishing properties and/or its Web
sites, personal information of users of the affected Web sites in our
possession will be transferred to the new owner/successor. We are not obligated
to notify Web site users of any such transaction. You may always change or
delete your information or opt out by contacting us as provided below, or if
the acquirer posts a new Privacy Policy with new contact information, you may
change or delete your information or opt out by following any new instructions
that are posted.
HOW DO I OPT OUT OR CHANGE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?
To opt out of further e-mail communications from us, just click on the opt out
controls in the e-mail, or contact us as instructed at the end of this Privacy
Policy. We may need up to 30 days to assure compliance with your request.
To change your personal information
that you have provided us, please contact us as instructed at the end of this
Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN'S ON-LINE PRIVACY INFORMATION.
These Web sites are not intended for use by children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information from
children and minors. We encourage
parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help
enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide
information on our Web sites without their permission.
Involvement of parents: In accordance with the provisions of the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, in the event that we do collect any
personal information or data from children as a byproduct of Web site
operation, it should be noted here that we publish content relating to
collectibles and other areas of interest that may naturally appeal to a given
child. However, if information is subsequently found to belong to a child under the age
of 13, we will notify parents first, and will seek parental or guardian
determination as to the use or deletion of such personal information. A parent also has the option to contact us
and have deleted any of their child's personal information that they find is in
our possession. This can be done by contacting us as noted at the end of this
Privacy Policy.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY.
We have put in place security hardware, software and software update and
network scanning procedures designed to safeguard and secure the information
under our control and follow generally accepted industry standards. Our Internet architecture is certified as Payment
Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliant (PCI DSS)—a certification which
requires scanning for network vulnerabilities and up-to-date detection of
infected files or unwanted access.
We use encryption and authentication to maintain the confidentiality of
your personal information. If stored, we house personal information on systems
behind firewalls that are only accessible to limited personnel. Any employee
with access to personally-identifying information is required to protect this
information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and may not
use the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they
are performing for API. These individuals may be subject to discipline,
including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
We also take appropriate measures to encrypt the transmission of personal
information from your computer to API computers. When you furnish sensitive
personal information to us, such as credit card information, on our secure
pages, all information is transmitted via 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
technology. SSL encodes the information
transferred between you and API servers and is the industry standard for
rendering online information unreadable to anyone trying to intercept it.
Although we will exercise high levels of care in providing secure
transmission of information between your computer and our servers and in
storing that information on our systems, no method of transmission over the
Internet, or of electronic storage, is 100% secure. As such, we cannot ensure
or otherwise guarantee the security of information transmitted to us over the
Internet.
CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
We may modify this privacy
policy at any time, so please review it frequently. We will post any changes to
the privacy policy on the Web sites, but we have no other obligation to notify
you of such changes. We indicate the date of the current version of this
privacy policy below, so you know when it was last updated. Any changes will
affect all of the information we have previously collected from you, as well as
the information we collect after such changes, and may include without
limitation additional uses or disclosures of your information. If any of the
changes represent a material change that expands our use of personal
information, the changes will be posted in advance of taking
effect. We may post
a prompt on the home page of our site for users to review the new privacy
policy but are not required to do so. If you object to the changes, please contact
us as provided below and we will remove your information that we previously
collected. However, your subsequent provision of information to us through any
of our Web sites is deemed your agreement to use of that information in
accordance with the then-current privacy policy.
CONTACT US.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or you wish to make changes
to your personal information or remove yourself from our database, please
contact us in one of the following ways:
E-mail us at: Webmaster@amospress.com and insert only the words “Re:
Privacy Policy” in the subject line header of the e-mail.
Write to us at:
Webmaster
Amos Press, Inc.
August 11, 2008
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