Privacy Policy

Your privacy on the Internet is important to us. As part of the operation of our site, we gather certain types of information about our users. An explanation of the types of information we gather, what we do with it, and how to correct or change the information is provided in this statement.

Information Collected by This Site

We collect two types of personal identifiersfrom users: personal data (such as names and email addresses); and aggregate data (such as information about traffic patterns on the site or how many users log into the site on a daily basis).

Personal Data

Personal data is collected when users provide personal data to the site (such as registering for electronic newsletters or other membership services, answering surveys, purchasing items from the site, sending email to the site, and registering for contests and other promotional opportunities). Also, we collect the email addresses of users who post messages to the message boards and chat areas.

Aggregate Information

Aggregate information (such as which pages users access or visit, information volunteered by users, survey information, and/or site registrations) is collected through various methods. We collect IP addresses, which are numbers that are automatically assigned to your computer whenever you’re surfing the Web. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" Web pages, automatically identify your computer by its IP address, and when you request a page from a website, its servers log your IP address. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, so although your session will be logged, you will remain anonymous to the site. We collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to provide aggregate data to advertisers about the volume of use on the site.

Use of Cookies

Our site also uses "cookies" to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that most major websites add to your hard drive when you visit them for recordkeeping purposes. Cookies allow a website to measure activity on their site and to improve your user experience ( such as remembering your passwords and viewing preferences), thus allowing you to visit various memberonly parts of the site without reregistering. We do not use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. Except for personal information voluntarily provided by you (i.e. during membership registration or a contest), we do not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, and that information is not shared with third parties. You may occasionally get cookies from advertisers on the site, which is standard on the Internet. These cookies are outside the control of our site, and are not subject to our privacy policy. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you’d prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, such as the memberonly areas and shopping, contest, and game areas, will not function properly if you do so.

ThirdParty Advertising

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to you by our Web advertising partner. Information about your visits to this site (such as number of times you have viewed an ad,but not your name, address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to you.

ThirdParty Cookies

In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our thirdparty advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.

Use of Information Collected by Our Site

Our site uses both the personal and aggregate information collected for multiple purposes. The information is used to improve the content of the site, to customize the content and/or layout of the site for each individual user, and to notify users about updates to the site or promotional offers or opportunities that we believe will be of interest to you. We share aggregate information collected from the site with third parties for both advertising and promotional purposes. Personal information collected by this site may be shared with other controlled entities. With your permission, we may also share personal information collected on the site with prescreened third parties for marketing or promotional purposes. We will provide users with an opportunity to decline this service when such information is requested from you online. Personal information may also be shared only as necessary with third parties who provide technical services to the site, or host portions of the site, who will not share or otherwise disseminate this information other than as necessary to perform these services. If you have subscribed to one or more email newsletters and do not want to receive such email in the future, please discontinue your subscriptions by selecting the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any message.

Links to Other Sites

It is important to note that this site contains links to other sites, and that those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as our site. For instance, if you click on an advertisement on the site, this will take you away from the site and to an entirely different site. This can include links from advertisers, content providers, and partners who may use the logo and or style as a result of a cobranding agreement. These sites may send their own cookies to you, and may collect data and make uses of it that the sites would not. USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting a revised privacy policy.