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Privacy Policies Privacy Policy for Maureen Haney Online (www.maureenhaney.com) Privacy Policy for Maureen Haney Online (www.maureenhaney.com) Effective Maureen Haney has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and so that you, as a visitor to Maureen Haney Online ("Web site"), will be aware of the uses made of information that may be generated as a result of you using our Web site. What information is generated when you visit Maureen Haney Online? Depending how you use our Web site, certain types of personal and nonpersonal information may be generated and collected. For example, you may give us your name or email address when you complete a registration screen, respond to a questionnaire or submit an e-mail to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be used by us primarily to fulfill the stated objective for which the information was requested or collected (e.g. if information is provided as a result of you e-mailing us, we will use the information provided, such as e-mail address, to respond to you). Other types of information that may be generated and collected when you use our Web site is information that we consider nonpersonal in nature. For example, we may collect the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account); the date and time you access our site or and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We use this information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our Web site and to help us make our Web site more useful to visitors. Use of Cookies What is a cookie? A cookie is a data file that is created and stored on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a web site. The typical purposes of a cookie is to make your use of the web site easier and more convenient and to assist the web site in tracking your use of the site. For example, a cookie may save the registration information, passwords, purchases or preferences that you create when using a web site so you don’t have to reenter this information. Cookies may also tell the web site which areas of the site are popular and which aren’t. Cookie technology is used by most major web sites and is considered an industry standard for the Internet. Our Web site uses cookie technology to verify user information. (Please see the section titled "Advertisements" for more information concerning advertisers.). Also, most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you may set your browser so that it refuses cookies or alerts you when cookies are being created on your hard drive. You should be aware though that by not accepting cookies, you may impair your ability to use certain shopping or password protected areas of web sites. "Contact Us" Feature Like most sites on the Internet, our Web site contains a feature that allows you to contact us with your comments or questions. Not surprisingly, we call this feature "Contact Us." To use this feature, there is an icon on our Web site which you can click onto. When you do click this icon, a screen will prompt you to provide us with certain information, such as your first and last name, email address, phone and fax number and your address, including your city and state. The information collected through the "Contact Us" feature is used to investigate and respond to your inquiries. Links to Other Sites In many areas of our Web site, we have included links to other Internet sites which we feel add to or improve the quality of our Web site. While we hope you find these links helpful, we cannot assume responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of any linked site. Therefore, we encourage you to investigate and determine the privacy policy and practices of any linked site prior to providing information to the linked site. Surveys We may from time to time create and use surveys on our Web site. Most surveys are simple "click box" surveys where you click a box on the screen to indicate your response. However, we may from time to time ask you for your name, email address or demographic information. If a survey does ask you this information, we will use the information to complete the survey, compile statistics and update member records. Contests We may from time to time run contests on our Web site. If our contests require you to provide personal or demographic information, we will use this information primarily to complete the contest and update member records. Advertisements Like many other sites on the Internet, we may sell advertising space on our Web site to other companies. The advertising space we sell is usually in the form of an electronic "advertisement banner." An advertisement banner is essentially a graphic link to the actual Internet site of the advertiser. While we hope you find our advertiser’s products helpful, we cannot assume any responsibility for the privacy practices of our advertisers. Therefore, like any other Internet site you may visit, we encourage you to become knowledgeable of the privacy policies and practices of our advertisers prior to providing information on their sites. Public Chat Rooms or Forums We from time to time may provide chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups on our Web site. While we feel these features will be helpful to the users of our Web site, we will not monitor them regularly nor will we be responsible for what is said on or done as result of them. Please remember that any information you disclose on these types of features will be accessible to the public and you should exercise caution prior to disclosing any personal information on these features. Required by Law We may disclose information provided by you if we are legally required to do so, such as by court order or subpoena. Security We have adopted what we consider to be reasonable security measures to protect against the loss, theft, misuse and alteration of information collected through our Web site. However, if you are concerned about the security of the Internet or our Web site, we suggest that you not provide this information. Other Products and Services Although we generally collect and use information to fulfill the stated objective for which the information was requested or collected, we may also provide the information to our subsidiaries so that they may send you information regarding other products or services that may be valuable or interesting to you. Children's Guidelines Our Web site does not currently attempt to collect or solicit information from persons who are under the age of eighteen. However, given the anonymous nature of the Internet, it is possible that someone under the age of eighteen may access our Web site and provide us with personal information. If this situation occurs and it is brought to our attention, we will not use the information in any way without prior parental consent and we will take all reasonable steps to prevent it from occurring again. Choice/Opt-Out Our Web site provides you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us. To exercise your opt-out privilege, please feel free to email us at: jhaney@maureenhaney.com or write us at: Corrections/Updates If there is information about you on our Web site which needs to be corrected or updated, please feel free to email us at: jhaney@maureenhaney.com write us at: 134 North Glendora Ave., Glendora, CA 91741, Attn: Jason Haney Online Web Developer. Contacting our Web Site If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our Web site, or your dealings with our Web site, please feel free to email us at: jhaney@maureenhaney.com write us at: 134 North Glendora Ave., Glendora, CA 91741, Attn: Jason Haney Online Web Developer. Changes to Privacy Policy Statement With the ever-changing environment of the Internet and to maintain our ability to improve the quality and safety of our Web site, we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the Policy’s Effective Date and indicating the previous Effective Date. As you use our Web site, we encourage you to periodically check back with this Privacy Policy for changes that we may make. Your continued use of our Web site will constitute your agreement to any changes we make and if you do not agree with a change, please refrain from using our Web site. Thank you! Maureen Haney Online Maureen Haney has created this User Information Privacy Policy to demonstrate its firm commitment to the privacy of User information and so that you, as a user of Maureen Haney Online, will be aware of the uses made of your information by Maureen Haney. 1. Confidential. In general, all information provided to Maureen Haney Online, by its users is treated as confidential and Maureen Haney uses its best efforts to keep such information confidential and prevent unauthorized use. 2. Maureen Haney User Communications. From time to time, Maureen Haney Online. will use your preferred contact information to send you regular and special user communications and publications. "Preferred contact information" as used in this section and the remainder of this privacy policy is the information pertaining to your name, email address, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers which you indicated to when enter any information into our Web-site. For example, you may have indicated your business address as your preferred mailing address and your home telephone number as your preferred telephone number. 3. Choice/Opt Out. Maureen Haney Online recognizes the importance of your privacy. If you do not want your information displayed or used in one or more of the manners described above, please read the following instructions: To opt out of having your name and business contact information included in the Maureen Haney Online Database, please email us at: jhaney@maureenhaney.com write us at: To opt out of having your preferred contact information provided to third parties, please email us at: jhaney@maureenhaney.com write us at: 134 North Glendora Ave., Glendora, CA 91741, Attn: Jason Haney, Third Party Opt Out Request. To insure your request is processed timely and accurately, please provide the following information with your request: first name, last name, telephone number, and E-mail. Maureen Haney Online will process your request as quickly as possible; however, your name may continue to be reproduced in the Database until the request is ultimately processed. Maureen Haney Online apologizes in advance for any inconveniences this may cause. Please note, if you are a employ of Maureen Haney Online, you cannot opt out of having your name reproduced and your preferred contact information used in the manner described in Sections 2 and 3 above. 4. Corrections/Updates. If there is user information about you which needs to be corrected or updated, please email us at: jhaney@maureenhaney.com write us at: |