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Collection and Use of Personal Information
You are able to enjoy our publications, take
advantage of our promotions and visit many areas of
our websites without providing us with any personal
information. However, we do collect personal
information when you:
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subscribe to one of our contracts;
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purchase, return, or exchange products offered
through one of our websites or publications;
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subscribe to one of our online newsletters, or
register to participate in an online forum or
community;
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submit content to one of our publications or on-line
services;
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enter into a contest or sweepstakes;
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respond to one of our polls or surveys; or
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contact our customer service department with an
enquiry, comment or suggestion.
Subscriptions:
When you subscribe for one of our publications, we
may ask you to provide your name, mailing address,
e-mail address and credit card or other payment
information for the purposes of fulfilling your
subscription, sending you invoices, and contacting
you about the expiry of your subscription.
Product Purchases: When you purchase products offered through one of our websites or
publications, we collect your credit card and other
payment information and keep a history of your
purchases. We use this information to process your
orders, to better assist you when you visit or
contact us in the future, as well as to improve our
product offerings.
When you return merchandise purchased via one of our
websites or request a refund or exchange, you may be
asked to provide certain information, including your
name, e-mail address, residential address and phone
number. We collect and use this information for
fraud prevention purposes.
Online Registration: You do not have to register to browse some areas of our websites.
However, registration is required to receive online
newsletters or to participate in certain website
features, such as a community forum. When you
register, you may be asked for personal information
such as your name, e-mail address, and a user name
and password that you select. We collect the
information we need to identify who you are, to
provide you with the service or information you
requested, and/or to facilitate your participation
in an on-line forum or community.
Please remember that any information you disclose in
these public forum or community areas becomes public
information and is immediately accessible to other
users, so it is important for you to carefully
consider what, if any, personal information you
reveal in these areas. We may decide to use on-line
forum and community content to enhance our
editorial, advertising, promotional and similar
activities.
Information about Other People: At some of our websites and through certain
promotions, you can submit personal information
about other people. For example, you might submit a
person.s name and e-mail address to send an
electronic greeting card and, if you order a gift
subscription and want it sent directly to the
recipient, you may be required to submit the
recipient.s name and address. The personal
information that may be collected about other people
at these pages include the recipient.s name,
address, e-mail address, and telephone number. We do
not use the recipient.s personal information for any
other purpose unless (s)he gives us permission to do
so.
Promotions or Surveys: When you enter a contest or sweepstakes ("promotion") or
participate in a survey or poll ("survey") we may
ask you to provide your name, address, phone number
and e-mail address. We use the information we
collect on promotion entry forms to administer your
participation in the promotions and for other
purposes stated on the entry form. Our surveys ask
for opinions on various issues and may be sponsored
by our advertisers and partners. Most information
obtained through surveys is aggregated and used
internally. We may share survey information with
advertisers and marketing partners in an aggregated,
non-personally identifiable form. In the event
personal information is requested as part of a
survey, such personal information is never provided
to unaffiliated third parties without your consent.
Optional Information: Occasionally, we may request demographic information (like your
age or gender) or information about your interests
and purchasing preferences. In most instances, you
do not have to provide us with this information to
receive the publication, product or service you have
requested. We use this optional demographic and
preference information to tailor or improve our
publications, product and service offerings, as well
as for internal marketing research purposes.
Customer Service:
When you call one of our customer service
representatives, or e-mail us with a comment or
question, you may be asked for information that
identifies you, such as your name, address and
telephone number, to help us promptly answer your
question. We may retain this information to assist
you in the future. We also may use your feedback,
suggestions and comments to monitor and/or improve
our publications, product offerings, and our
websites. Website Information: Generally, you can
visit our websites without telling us who you are or
providing us with any personal information. We
collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all
visitors to our websites and clickstream and other
related information such as page requests, browser
type, operating system and average time spent on our
websites. We use this information to monitor and
improve our websites.
Cookies:
To enhance your experience on our sites, many of our
web pages use "cookies". Cookies are small text
files that we place in your computer.s browser to
store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do
not tell us your e-mail address or other personal
information unless you choose to provide this
information to us by, for example, registering at
one of our sites. Once you choose to provide a web
page with personal information, this information may
be linked to the data stored in the cookie. A cookie
is like an identification card. It is unique to your
computer and can only be read by the server that
gave it to you.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to
improve the content and offerings on our sites. For
example, we may use cookies to personalise your
experience on our web pages (e.g. to recognise you
by name when you return to our site, or to tailor
content or product and service offerings).
Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can
set your browser option so that you will not receive
cookies and you can also delete existing cookies
from your browser. You may find that some parts of
the site will not function properly if you have
refused cookies. If you wish to block cookies please
open your internet browser and then click through
the following relevant path:
Internet Explorer 5.0 (and more recent versions):
Tools (on the top menu)/ Internet Options/ Privacy /
select your security level / Click on 'OK'. To
download the latest version of Internet Explorer
visit www.microsoft.com
Netscape 6 (and more recent versions): Edit (on the
top menu)/ Preferences/ Advanced/ scroll down and
select your security level/ Click on 'OK'. To
download the latest Netscape browser visit
www.netscape.com/computing/download/
Web Beacons:
Our websites may also use small pieces of software
code called "web beacons" or "clear gifs" to collect
anonymous and aggregate advertising matrix, such as
counting page views, promotion views, or advertising
responses. A web beacon is an electronic image
called a single-pixel or clear GIF. Web beacons can
recognise certain types of information, such as a
user.s cookie number, time and date of a page view,
and description of the page where the web beacon is
placed. You may render some web beacons unusable if
you choose to reject their associated cookies. These
web beacons may be used to deliver cookies that
conform with our cookie policy above.
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