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We are committed to fully preserving our customers' privacy.
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| This Privacy Policy is designed to inform the company subscribing to the Pronews.com service (the “Company”) how Pronews.com, Inc. (“we”, “our” or “us”) collects, uses and safeguards information provided by the Company, and its subscribers (“Company Subscribers”), in connection with the use of the Pronews.com service, including without limitation this website (the “Service”). Company Subscribers using the Service may be referred to as “Service Users”. Company’s use of the Service and/or use by Service Users constitutes Company’s consent to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. If Company does not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, you must immediately log off this website and may not use the Service. |
| Due to changes to the Service, changes in the law, and the changing nature of technology, our information gathering and sharing practices may change from time to time, and we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time without notice to the Company. We encourage the Company to review this Privacy Policy regularly in its use of the Service to ensure it is aware of our current practices. Any use of the Service by the Company or Service Users following the date on which we implement changes to this Privacy Policy shall constitute the Company’s acceptance of all such changes. |
What information do we collect?
Visitors to this website have the option of becoming a subscriber to the Service by completing and submitting an online registration form. To complete a registration form, an authorized representative of Company will be required to select a user name and password, and to provide certain personally identifiable information, including without limitation the Company's full legal name, address, the name, telephone number, and e-mail address for a subscriber contact within Company, and other relevant information (all such information, "User Information"). Company shall be responsible for ensuring User Information is kept accurate at all times. When this information is submitted on behalf of Company, Company acknowledges that it is sharing this information with us and our affiliates. Company acknowledges that we may utilize third parties in connection with the processing of Company's account fees, and that Company's billing information (if credit card payment is selected) may be collected on our behalf by such third parties. |
| We may, at our sole discretion, allow Service Users to participate in sweepstakes or contests from time to time. Information we collect in connection with these sweepstakes and contests may include contact information and survey questions. Contact information provided in connection with a sweepstakes or contest may be used to notify winners, and we may use survey information to develop future promotions, service improvements, and/or new services. |
| We maintain a log of posts to newsgroups through the Service by each Service User. Also, we may from time to time maintain a log of certain information concerning the network profile of Service Users, including without limitation users' IP addresses (a computer's numerical Internet address) and the type of web browsers used to access the Service, in anonymous, "aggregate" form (in other words, we do not associate this information with a specific Service User, and Service Users remain anonymous). |
| Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we do not collect any personally identifiable information through the Service without a Service User's knowledge and consent. |
How do we use information we collect?
We do not share User Information with other companies (except with companies providing any portion of the Service on our behalf and then only as necessary for those companies to provide their services). We may use Company’s information to answer a customer service or billing question or other inquiry from Company or a Service User regarding the Service or Company’s account subscription, and for its own internal business purposes. Except as noted below, we may use logged information (whether anonymous or linked to a Service User) for its own internal business purposes only, including without limitation to help diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. |
| We may disclose Company's personally identifiable information, or information collected regarding Service Users' access to and use of the Service, in any of the following circumstances: (1) in response to a subpoena, search warrant, court order, or other legal process, or as may otherwise be required by applicable law or regulation; (2) to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our affiliates or others; or (3) as we, in its sole discretion, believe is appropriate under exigent circumstances in response to a perceived significant threat to the personal safety or property of any subscriber to the Service or any other person. |
| In addition, as our subscriber database is our business asset, in the event we are reorganized or is sold to or merged with another company, Company consents to the sale, assignment, or transfer of its personally identifiable information to a purchaser of all or substantially all of our business assets, or to our subsidiary or affiliate, as appropriate. |
| Except as described above, we will not disclose, sell, rent, or otherwise provide Company's personally identifiable information to any third party without Company's consent. |
How do we protect the security of the information you provide?
We take what we believe to be reasonable precautions and have implemented managerial and technical procedures to try to protect the security of User Information. We strive to maintain the reliability, accuracy, completeness and currency of User Information provided by Service subscribers and to protect their privacy and security. Although we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, alteration or destruction of data, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences. |
Do we use cookies?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by Serivce Users' web browser on their computers' hard drives. We use cookies only to log "inbound links" to this website (e.g., through an online advertisement, through a link in a search engine result, through a link on a web page, etc.). We do not use cookies to capture any personally identifying information about Service Users. |
What's our relationship with other websites you can access through the Service?
This website, and newsgroup postings accessible through the Service, may contain links to other Internet websites, products, and/or services ("Third Party Services") which provide Service Users with convenient access to publicly available information that Service Users may find of interest. If a Service User uses a link to go from the Service to a Third Party Service, this Privacy Policy will no longer apply. A Service User's use of a Third Party Service will be subject to the rules and policies of that Third Party Service, and the Service User is encouraged to read over those rules and policies. Use of Third Party Services is at the Service User's own risk. |
What other information should you know about privacy?
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") prohibits certain commercial practices related to gathering, storing, and disclosing personal information about children under the age of 13 who use the Internet. We will not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information about children under the age of 13 without prior parental consent. We cannot prohibit minors from using the Service if they supply a valid username and password issued to another person (e.g., a parent or friend). We must rely on parents, guardians and those responsible for supervision of children to monitor the Internet activities of children under the age of 13. Each time any party submits personally identifiable information about him/herrself or their family through the Service, that party is representing to us that he/she is 18 years of age or older. |
| All electronic communication services such as the Service are required to comply with the “mandatory reporting” requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 13032(b), which requires such services to report any apparent child pornography to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In the event we are required to make a report, it will include all information regarding the apparent child pornography it believes may be of importance. We will strictly comply with this reporting requirement. |
How can you contact us with questions on this privacy policy?
If Company has any questions about this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at privacy@pronews.com. |
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