The following Privacy Policy governs the online information collection practices of this website ("Site", "us" or "we"). Specifically, it outlines the types of information that we gather about you while you are using the website and the ways in which we use and don't use this information. This website respects your privacy. We collect personal information about you only when you provide it voluntarily.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect personal information that you provide to us such as your name, e-mail address and billing and shipping address. We also may collect credit card information and/or demographic information. We collect this identifiable information on our submission forms only when you voluntarily submit an order to receive products or services through our Site.
We collect information regarding your interactions with our Site using cookies. We may obtain additional personal and non-personal information from third party providers. We may collect the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our Site; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our Site. We use this information to monitor the usage of our Site. All of the information we automatically capture provides us with the ability to enhance our customers' search and shopping experience and to determine aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns.
HOW WE USE AND SHARE PERSONAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION
The information you provide about yourself is used to fulfill your order and/or request and/or provide you with discounted subscription rates and/or qualify you for special offers. We may also use the information to provide you with information about magazine subscriptions and other products and services through our own marketing efforts and those of third parties.
We may also use the personal data we collect for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes, and to report aggregate information to our marketing partners and other third parties. From time to time we may share or exchange marketing information about the consumers who respond to our offers with other companies for marketing purposes.
DISCLOSURE TO OUTSIDE PARTIES
We work with reputable third parties to assist us in delivering services to you, including the delivery of products. In these instances, we will provide your personal information to third parties so that they can perform these services. We may exchange or rent our subscriber names, typically to third party companies that match reader interests. If you do not wish to receive such offers, we suggest that you notify us directly (the current contact information is usually found in each magazine issue).
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use your personal information for promotional and marketing purposes and share it with unaffiliated or unassociated third parties for promotional or marketing purposes. If personal information collected off-line will be used by this Site for promotional and marketing purposes, in many cases you will have the opportunity to Opt-out of such use. For certain promotions and activities, you may have an opportunity to Opt-in to our use of your Personal Information for promotional purposes; such rights will be provided to you in writing at that time.
WHEN YOU CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE
When
you contact our Customer Service department, we use your phone number,
mailing and email addresses, and comments generated on previous calls
and inquiries to help us assist you. We may also pass your feedback
along to other departments within our company in order to improve our
services.
IP ADDRESS
All computers and servers on the Internet use IP addresses to recognize and communicate with each other. We collect IP addresses to administer and analyze our website and report aggregate, non-personal information (such as how many visitors we have). When you visit our website using your computer, our servers enter the IP address of that computer into a log. We do not and cannot use cookies or IP address tracking to retrieve personal information from your computer.
COOKIE NOTIFICATION AND DISABLING
To enhance your experience with our Site, many of our Web pages use "cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. We use cookies to understand Site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our Site. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our Web pages. This Site also uses cookies to facilitate the checkout process. If you choose to change your browser preferences to disable cookies, you will not be able to open the Shopping Cart and therefore will not be able to complete an order with us online.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
We use cookies (1) to estimate the number of visitors to this website, (2) to measure general traffic patterns, and (3) to personalize information and services we provide to you on this website. Companies that place ads on their website - including, but not limited to third-party advertiser(s) may also use their own cookies to help determine the frequency and placement of particular ads. This website has no access to any personal information collected via these cookies.