Privacy Policy
October 17, 2005
Privacy Policy
ShopperNewsNow.com is committed to protecting consumer privacy
online. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on
the web will not only protect consumers, but also increase consumer
confidence and ultimately their participation in online activities.
At ShopperNewsNow.com we intend to give you as much control as
possible over your personal information.
The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of
information we gather about you when you visit our site(s), how we
may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the
choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct,
the information.
Our site(s) may contain links to other web sites, including web
sites directed to children. We have no control over the privacy
practices or the content of any of our business partners,
advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide links from
our sites. You should check the applicable privacy policy of the web
site sponsor when linking to other web sites.
I. Information Which We Collect
We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal
information, including your e-mail address, postal address, home or
work telephone number, credit card number (only if you choose to
purchase a product online), for purposes such as correspondence,
making a purchase, or participating in online contests, surveys or
games. If you choose to give us personal information via the
Internet that we or our business partners may need -- to correspond
with you, process an order or provide you with a subscription, for
example -- it is our intent to let you know how we will use such
information.
Like many other commercial sites, our site(s) may utilize a standard
technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our
site is used. Cookies were designed to help a web site recognize a
user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any
preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the
site. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive,
pass on a computer virus, or capture your e-mail address. Our web
site(s) may use cookies to enhance your visit. Cookies can securely
store a user's password, personalize home pages, identify which
parts of a site have been visited or keep track of selections, such
as those selected in a "shopping cart." Our cookies may collect your
domain name and track your selections through our web pages. We only
use "cookies" to gather the information indicated in this policy and
do not use cookies to gather personal identifying information about
you without your consent.
We also use cookies in connection with our chat rooms in order to
record your preferences. These cookies store automatically
information pertaining to the last chat room you visited, as well as
certain comments that can be issues in the chat room, in order to
facilitate your experience with the chat rooms. No additional
identifying information is stored on these cookies. You also have
the option of choosing to allow us to use a cookie to store your
username, or "handle" and password on your computer for use in that
chat rooms, forums and other sites as indicated on the particular
site.
We may require you to supply us with personal information
(demographic information such as average age, income, education,
population data, zip codes) during a "registration" process online
prior to using certain features of our site. For example, you may be
required to register to use chat rooms, forums, to access archival
stories, to subscribe to newspapers, and to access other features.
We use this general information to aggregate information according
to demographics, such as gender, geographic location, age, income or
a combination of these or other demographics.
In addition, users may complete a subscription form online in order
to subscribe to Blount Today. To subscribe, users must submit
personal information in order for us to send the newspaper to you.
II. Use of User Information
We may perform statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior. This
allows us to measure relative consumer interest in the various areas
of our web sites for product development purposes. Any information
we collect is used for its own internal purposes to improve the
content of the web sites, to enhance users' experiences when
visiting our site(s), to customize the content and/or layout of our
pages, and to provide the services required by an individual user.
We do not use personal identifying information for any reason that
is not disclosed either in this Policy or at the time the
information is requested. We never send e-mail to you unless you
request a particular service, or consent to being contacted by
e-mail. There are instances where you will have the opportunity to
subscribe to an e-mail list that will send information about the
site or our advertisers to your e-mail address, but this will be
done only with your permission and consent.
III. Disclosure to Third Parties
We do not share personal identifying information with any third
party without your permission. We disclose only in aggregate form
our statistical analyses or demographics of users to third parties,
such as advertisers or other business partners. In some instances,
we operate shared web sites with businesses affiliated with us. Our
privacy policy will apply to these web sites, and our affiliates
adhere to our privacy policy and will not share personal information
with any third party without your permission. PLEASE BE AWARE that
when you voluntarily disclose personal information (such as your
name, e-mail address) in chat areas or bulletin boards to third
parties, that information may be collected by others outside the
control of us and may result in unsolicited messages from others.
IV. Accuracy of User Information
In order to ensure the accuracy of personal information provided for
registration, you may return to the registration form online in
order to change information you have provided at any time. Questions
regarding our privacy policy, the accuracy of your personal
information or the use of the information collected should be
directed via e-mail to info@ShopperNewsNow.com, or you can reach us
by telephone at (865) 922-4136 You can also write us at:
Shopper-News Now
P.O. Box 18295
Knoxville TN 37928
865 922-4136
These privacy policies are effective as of October 16, 2005. We
reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and will post
any changes to this policy as soon as they go into effect.
V. Security of Information
We use our best efforts to ensure the security of personal
information submitted by users. When collecting credit card
information for online purchases, we offer secured-server
transactions that encrypt your information in transit to thwart
someone from intercepting it and misusing it. When we collect other
information from our users, it is stored in an area where the
general public does not have access to it.
VI. Opting-out
At any time while assessing our site(s), any user while online may
"opt-out" of further e-mail contact from us (while still allowing
access to our site(s)). For further information about opting-out,
contact us at the e-mail address, postal address or telephone number
stated above.
VII. Use of Materials
The right to download and store or output the materials in our
site(s) is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials
may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction,
transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by
any means mechanical or electronic without the express written
permission of us is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain
permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on these
sites may contact us at info@ShopperNewsNow.com.
To link to the full Terms of Use Agreement pertaining to use of our
site(s), please click here.
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