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Privacy Statement
ExpertZone.net cares about your privacy. This privacy statement covers the site
http://www.expertzone.net. Because our web site wants to demonstrate its
commitment to our users' privacy, we has agreed to disclose its information
practices.
Information Collection
ExpertZone.net is the sole owner of the information collected on ExpertZone.net.
ExpertZone.net collects information from our users at several different points
on our Web site.
Registration
Registration may be required to use parts of this web site. During registration
a user may be required to give contact information. It may be required to give
unique identifiers (such as username and password), so we can provide a more
personalized experience on our site. We do not share this information with a
third party.
Web Site Profile
We anonymously store information that we collect through cookies, log files,
and/or third parties to create a profile of our web site. A profile is stored
information that we keep that details viewing preferences. Consequently,
collected information is used only to improve the content of the site for the
user.
Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by the following
advertisers.
FastClick - Privacy Statement: http://www.fastclick.com/co_privacy.html
ValueClick - Privacy Statement: http://www.valueclick.com/privacy.html
Commission Junction - Privacy Statement: http://www.cj.com/privacy2.jsp
Google - Privacy Statement: http://www.google.com/privacy.html
LinkShare - Privacy Statement: http://www.linkshare.com/home/privacy.shtml
For more information about our advertisers, please contact them directly.
This privacy statement does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files. This information may
include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service
provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and/or
number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to
personally identifiable information.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose
personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a
court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
There are no instances in which we will share a user's personal information.
Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via contests.
Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore
has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested
information typically includes contact information. Contact information will be
used to notify the winners and award prizes. Users' personally identifiable
information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and
choice.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing others about our web
site, we ask them for the person’s name and email address. ExpertZone.net will
automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the web
site.
Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example on message boards, through e-mail, or in chat areas - that
information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal
information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When
users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is
protected both online and off-line. All of our users’ information is restricted
in our offices. Only staff members who need the information to perform a
specific job (for example, a computer support representative, moderator, and/or
administrator) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our
staff must use passwords to grant access to user information. Furthermore, all
staff members are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are in a
secure environment, in a locked facility.
Contact Information
If users have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us
here.
Last updated May 1, 2004.
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