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FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES.
Maintaining your privacy is of utmost importance to Options Newsletter, Inc.
This policy will tell you exactly what we will and won't do with the private,
personal information you provide us.
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can unsubscribe at any time by following the removal instructions at the bottom
of each email correspondence.
The
information collection, use, and dissemination practices of Options Newsletter,
Inc. (the "Company") are discussed in this policy. This policy applies to
Company's information collection (a) on Company's websites (Optionsnewsletter.com,
and Lifeloop.com) ("Websites"), (b) on various third party websites and off-line
channels.
1.
Collection of Information.
1.1
Opt-in Information. The Company collects information from individuals
when an individual voluntarily opts-in via the Company’s proprietary Websites,
via registration page either online or offline, or by means of online or offline
subscription forms, or registration pages operated by third parties. (As used
herein, "online" means using the Internet, including the Websites, and related
technologies, and "offline" means by methods other than online, including in
person, in the postal mail, using telephones and cell phones, and other similar
means.) In the Surveys, the Company or a third party (a "Third Party") may ask
an individual to provide various information to the Company, which may include
his or her name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers
(including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range,
education and marital status, occupation, employment information, personal and
online interests, and such other information as may requested from time to time
(together, "Opt-in Information"). Company or third party may also collect
information such as what browser you are using and your Internet Protocol ("IP")
address. Completing the Opt-in process is completely voluntary, and individuals
are under no obligation to provide Opt-in Information to the Company or Third
Party, but an individual may receive incentives from the Company or a Third
Party in exchange for providing Opt-in Information to the Company.
1.2
Third Party List Information. The Company may collect information from
individuals when an individual provides information on Company’s Websites, to a
third party, and the Company subsequently purchases, licenses, or otherwise
acquires the information from the third party (the "Seller"). Such information
may include, but is not limited to, an individual's name, email address, street
address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and
carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and marital status,
occupation, industry of employment, personal and online interests, and such
other information as the individual may have provided to the Seller (together,
"Third Party List Information).
1.3
Other Information. Other occasions when the Company obtains information
from individuals include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a prize or
seeking to redeem an incentive offered by the Company or by a third party, and
(2) when an individual voluntarily subscribes to a Company service or newsletter
(together, "Other Information").
1.4
Cookies, Web beacons, and Other Information Collected Using Technology.
The Company currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate certain
Internet-related information about an individual with information about the
individual in our database. Additionally, the Company may use other new and
evolving sources of information in the future (together, "Technology
Information").
(a)
Cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard drive of
the individual's computer that allows Company to identify the individual with
his or her corresponding data that resides in Company's database. You may read
more about cookies at www.cookiecentral.com. Individuals who use the Websites
need to accept cookies in order to use all of the features and functionality of
the Websites.
(b)
Web beacons. A web beacon is programming code that can be used to display
an image on a web page (by using an
programming function -- see www.www.org for more information), but can also be
used to transfer an individual's unique user identification (often in the form
of a cookie) to a database and associate the individual with previously acquired
information about an individual in a database. This allows Company to track
certain web sites an individual visits online. Web beacons are used to determine
products or services an individual may be interested in, and to track online
behavioral habits for marketing purposes. For example, Company might place, with
the consent of a third party website, a web beacon on the third party's website
where fishing products are sold. When Joe, an individual listed in Company's
database, visits the fishing website, Company receives notice by means of the
web beacon that Joe visited the fishing site, and Company would then update
Joe's profile with the information that Joe is interested in fishing. Company
may thereafter present offers of fishing related products and services to Joe.
In addition to using web beacons on web pages, Company also uses web beacons in
email messages sent to individuals listed in Company's database.
(c)
New Technology. The use of technology on the Internet, including cookies
and web beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is Company's use of new and evolving
technology. As a result, Company strongly encourages individuals to revisit this
policy for any updates regarding its use of technology.
1.5
Outside Information. The Company may receive information about
individuals from third parties or from other sources of information outside of
the Company including information located in public databases ("Outside
Information").
1.6
Individual Information. As used herein, Individual Information means
Survey Information, Third Party List Information, Other Information, Technology
Information, and Outside Information, and any other information the Company
gathers or receives about individuals.
2.
Use of Individual Information.
2.1
Discretion to Use Information. THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION. The following
paragraphs in Section 2 describe how the Company currently uses Individual
Information, but the Company may change or broaden its use at any time. As noted
below, the Company may update this policy from time to time. The Company may use
Individual Information to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of
email advertising, telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner
advertising, and package stuffers, among other possible uses.
2.2
Email. The Company uses Individual Information to provide promotional
offers by email to individuals. The Company may maintain separate email lists
for different purposes. If email recipients wish to end their email subscription
from a particular list, they need to follow the instructions at the end of each
email message to unsubscribe from the particular list.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages. In certain commercial email messages
sent by Company, an advertiser's name will appear in the "From:" line but
hitting the "Reply" button will cause a reply email to be sent to Company. The
"Subject:" line of Company email messages will usually contain a line provided
from the advertiser to Company. The subject line will not usually contain
phrases such as "ADV:" or "ADVERTISEMENT". Company's commercial email messages
will contain information how an individual may unsubscribe from that particular
list.
2.2(b) Solicited Email. Company only sends email to individuals who have
opted-in to our email databases. Company does not send unsolicited email
messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited
email are not applicable to Company's email messages.
2.3
Targeted Advertising. The Company may use Individual Information to
target advertising to an individual. When an individual is using the Internet,
the Company may use Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below) to
associate an individual with that person's Individual Information, and the
Company attempts to show advertising for products and services in which the
person has expressed an interest in the Surveys, indicated an interest by means
of Technology Information, and otherwise. The Company may, at its discretion,
target advertising by using email, direct mail, telephones, cell phones, and
other means of communication to provide promotional offers.
2.4
Direct Mail and Telemarketing. The Company uses Individual Information to
advertise, directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing or
telemarketing using telephones and cell phones.
2.5
Use of Technology Information. The Company may use (at its discretion)
Technology Information (1) to match a person's Survey Information and Third
Party List Information to other categories of Individual Information to make and
improve profiles of individuals, (2) to track a person's online browsing habits
on the Internet, (3) to determine which areas of Company's web sites are most
frequently visited. This information helps the Company to better understand the
online habits of individuals so that the Company can target advertising and
promotions to them.
2.6
Profiles of Individuals. The Company uses Individual Information to make
a profile of an individual. A profile can be created by combining Survey
Information and Third Party List Information with other sources of Individual
Information such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7
Storage of Individual Information. The Company cannot guarantee that its
security measures will prevent the Company computers from being illegally
accessed, and the Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
2.8
Email Notification of Privacy Policy Changes. Individuals will NOT
receive notification via email from Company when there are changes in the terms
of this Privacy Policy. It is therefore important to review this policy
frequently for changes.
3.
Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1
Sale
or Transfer to Third Parties.
THE COMPANY MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY
PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
3.2
Order Fulfillment. The Company will transfer Individual Information to
third parties when necessary to provide a product or service that a person
orders from such third party while using Company web sites or when responding to
offers provided by Company.
3.3
Legal Process. The Company may disclose Individual Information to respond
to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal process.
3.4
Summary Data. The Company may sell or transfer information, such as
summary or aggregated information about all persons or sub-groups of persons.
4.
Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1
Advertiser cookies and web beacons. Advertising agencies, advertising
networks, and other companies (together, "Advertisers") who place advertisements
on the Websites and on the Internet generally may use their own cookies, web
beacons, and other technology to collect information about individuals. The
Company does not control Advertisers' use of such technology and the Company has
no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information about
individuals.
4.2
Links. The Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links
to the web sites of third parties. The Company is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such other web sites.
4.3
Affiliated Companies. The Company may disclose, transfer, and sell
Individual Information to any outside company in Company's discretion.
5.
Unsubscribe Procedure. If you wish to discontinue receiving email messages
from Company, follow the instructions in each promotional email message sent by
the Company.
THE
COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE THIS POLICY FROM TIME TO TIME, SO YOU
SHOULD REVIEW THIS POLICY FREQUENTLY.
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2003 Options Newsletter, Inc. All rights reserved.
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