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VRP Media's Privacy Policy
This site is owned and operated by VRP Media, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company d/b/a VRPMedia.com ("VRPMedia").
OPTIONAL VOLUNTARY INFORMATION SUBMISSION
VRP Media offers the following inexpensive services, which
require some type of voluntary submission of personal information
by users:
1. Electronic newsletters (Dispatches)
VRP Media offers a free electronic newsletter to users. VRP Media
gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe to
this service. At any time, users are free to remove themselves
from this mailing list by following the link provided in every
newsletter pointing the user to the subscription management page.
2. Message Boards/Forums
Users of the VRP Media's Message Boards and Forums must register
separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order
to post messages. Registration is not required in order to visit
or otherwise use VRP Media's other services and/or products.
However, in order to register for VRP Media's Message Boards and
Forums, users are required to supply a user name, password, and
email address.
3. "E-mail this to a friend" Service
VRP Media users can choose to electronically forward a link,
page, or documents to someone else by clicking on "e-mail this to
a friend". In order to do so, the user must provide his email
address, as well as the email address of the intended recipient.
This information is used only in the case of transmission errors
and, of course, to let the recipient know the identity of the
sender. The information collected is not used for any other
purpose.
4. Polling
VRP Media occasionally offers interactive polls to users in order
to enable the users to share their experience with other users as
well as to improve VRP Media's services. The collected
information, including user opinions, testimony and other
submitted information is aggregated. This information is not
identifiable to any particular user. However, VRP Media may
employ action "tags" (also known as single pixel gifs or web
beacons) to tag users after they have voted, in order to prevent
the same user from voting multiple times on the same issue. This
"tag" is not correlated with the subject user's individual
information.
5. Surveys
VRP Media may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target
our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated
demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors,
advertisers and partners. However, in doing so, we will never
share specific user information with any third party.
CHILDREN
Consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998 ("COPPA"), we will never knowingly request personally
identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without
first requesting parental consent.
USAGE TRACKING
VRP Media tracks user traffic patterns throughout its various
sites. However, we do not correlate this information with
specific data about individual users. VRP Media does break down
overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name,
browser type, and Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension ("MIME")
type by gathering such information from the browser string
(information contained in every user's browser). VRP Media
sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms entered by users
in our Search function. However, this tracking is never
associated with individual users. We use tracking information to
determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like
based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual
users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This
helps us continue to improve our services for our users.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files
of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain personal
information, although it will enable us to relate your use of
this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly
provided. The only personal information a cookie can contain is
information supplied by the user. A cookie cannot read data from
the user's hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
VRP Media uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as
described above).
USE OF INFORMATION
VRP Media uses information voluntarily submitted by our users to
enhance the user experience in our network of sites, whether by
providing interactive or personalized elements on the sites or by
improving future content in response to the interests of our
users.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
VRP Media uses the above-described information to tailor our
content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better
understand its audience's demographics. This is essential to
keeping our select services free. We will not share information
about individual users with any third party, except in order to
comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect
the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
VRP Media operates secure data networks protected by industry
standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security
and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as
necessary. Only authorized individuals have access to the
information provided by our customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such
choices include:
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this
information by VRP Media. If we decide to change our Privacy
Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
under what circumstances we disclose it.
NECESSARY DISCLOSURE
We will not share your personal information except with a third
party to assist us in the processing or securing of your personal
information or when we are required by law unless we have given
you notice and choice, in the good-faith belief that such action
is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or we
must comply with a legal process served on our web site. We may
also need to give out your information if one of our partners
requires it, but these situations are rare.
PERSONAL INFORMATION FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT
When your VRP Media account is cancelled (either voluntarily or
involuntarily) all of your personally identifiable information is
placed in "deactivated" status within our corresponding
databases. However, you should know that deactivation of your
account does not mean your personally identifiable information
has been deleted from our database entirely. We will retain and
use your personally identifiable information if necessary in
order to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you
can contact VRP Media at support@vrpmedia.com. You can also write
to us at the following address:
1111 East Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06878 Phone: 866-645-0999 Email: support@vrpmedia.com |
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