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We
respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have
adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal
information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use
your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy
Policy. The following policies are only in effect for the Web pages,
newsletters, discussion forums and lists and opt-in announcement lists owned and
operated Online eBusiness Solutions (collectively hereafter "ENR"). The
following discloses our Privacy Policy.
What information are you collecting and how
are you collecting it?
Every computer connected
to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of numbers, that serve as that
computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address. When a visitor requests a page from
any Web site within the ENR Network, our Web servers automatically recognize
that visitor's domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal
nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have
accessed our site. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate,
and to investigate misuse of the ENR Network, its users, or to cooperate with
law enforcement. See also Will you disclose the information you collect to
outside third parties? We do not collect and evaluate this information for
specific individuals. Our Web servers do not automatically record e-mail
addresses of the visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, ENR
or its advertisers may send a "cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small
piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored
on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off of your computer
hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage
your system. We use cookies to identify which areas of ENR's Network you have
visited or customized, so the next time you visit, those pages may be readily
accessible. Our advertisers may also use cookies to ascertain how many times
you've seen an advertisement. Our advertisers and we may use this information to
better personalize the content, banners, and promotions that you see on our
site. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your
Internet browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow
your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to
accept these cookies, your experience at our Site and other Web sites may be
diminished and some features may not work as intended.
How do you use single-pixel gifs?
ENR and its advertisers
may use single-pixel gif images, sometimes referred to as web bugs or web
beacons, to count Web page accesses and gather some general statistical
information. ENR does not gather personal information through the use of these
images. Our advertisers may use single-pixel gifs that can track personal
information from cookies that may have been previously placed on a user's
computer by an advertiser.
What information do you collect
when I register for something?
ENR offers access to
some services that require registration. We may use your registration contact
information to send notification to you of ENR products and services by e-mail
and/or postal mail. We also may share that information with our clients. Our
clients may send you promotional material that is related to the topic of the
service for which you registered. We may also use your IP address internally and
share it with third parties. See Will you disclose the information that you
collect to outside third parties?
What other information do you
request?
We may also request your
e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey or to
provide additional services (for example, subscriptions to e-mail newsletters,
announcement lists or information about conferences and trade shows). Whenever
we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly indicate the purpose of
the inquiry before the information is requested. We maintain a strict "No-Spam"
policy that means that we do not sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail
address to a third-party, without your consent or as permitted by this Privacy
Policy.
We may from time to time
send e-mail announcing new ENR products and services. Except as stated above,
ENR will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive. If you choose
to supply your postal address in an online form, you may receive postal mailings
from other third party companies.
When you sign up for an
ENR discussion forum, your name or alias is recorded solely for purposes of
maintaining your own account within the forums. This information is not used to
monitor your activity within a forum, nor is it used to identify you outside the
ENR network.
When you register for a
contest or other promotion, we may ask for your name, address, and e-mail
address so we can administer the contest and notify winners.
When you use co-branded
services, or those provided by a third party, within the ENR Network, your
information may be passed to the co-brand or third party provider and their use
of your information is subject to their applicable privacy policies.
What information do
you collect when I purchase something?
If you are purchasing
something from an ENR media property, we and any third party provider, need to
know your name, e-mail address, mailing address, credit card number and
expiration date. This allows us, or third party providers, to process and
fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status. This information may
also be used by us to notify you of related products and services. Credit card
and e-mail information will not be shared or sold to third parties for any
purpose except as provided in this Privacy Policy without your express
permission.
Certain ENR media
properties use a shopping cart feature that safeguards this information by using
industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted servers. SSL codes the
information transferred between you and the server, rendering it unreadable to
anyone trying to intercept the information. Other ENR media properties do not
use SSL and thereby do not offer a secure coded way to transfer information.
Wherever ENR collects
personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy
on that page.
Will you disclose the
information you collect to outside third parties?
ENR will disclose
personal information and/or an IP address, when required by law or in the
good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
1) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and
conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on ENR,
2) Protect and
defend the rights or property of the ENR Network of sites and related
properties, or visitors to the ENR Network of sites and related properties,
3) Identify
persons who may be violating the law, the ENR legal notice and Web site User
Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the ENR Network or
its related properties,
4) Fulfill a
user's order or request.
ENR uses reasonable
precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. ENR reserves the
right to transfer all such information in connection with the sale of all or
part of ENR's assets. Furthermore, we are not responsible for any breach of
security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information.
We are not responsible for such third party privacy policies or how they treat
information about their users.
What information do
you collect when I register for something.
Opt-in announcement
List Privacy Policy
When you sign up for an
ENR e-mail newsletter, you are given the opportunity to sign up for targeted
third-party mailings. Whether you want to receive these announcement is your
choice; you should only receive mailings pertaining to distribution lists you
select. If you choose to receive an announcement from a specific distribution
list, you will receive commercial messages that are related to the topic of the
list from independent third parties that have contracted with ENR to send
messages to the list. Personally identifiable information will not be used by
ENR for any purposes other than to deliver the e-mail announcements. You may
stop the arrival of these announcement lists at any time by removing your e-mail
address from the list by forwarding the announcement list to announcements@onlineebusinesssolutions.com
or by following the instructions on the e-mails you receive.
What else should I know about
my privacy when online?
The ENR Network contains
many hyperlinks to third party Web sites. The ENR Network also contains
advertisements of third parties. ENR is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of such third party Web sites or advertisers. ENR does
not share any of the individual personal information you provide ENR with the
third parties to which ENR links, except as stated elsewhere within this Privacy
Policy, although ENR may share general, aggregate data with such third parties
(such as how many people use our site). Please check with those Web sites to
determine their privacy policy.
Please keep in mind that
whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example
through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that information can be
collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online
that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from
other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are
solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By using the ENR
Network, you consent to the collection and use of information by ENR as
specified above. We reserve the right to modify this policy. 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.
Please send any
questions about ENR's Privacy Policy to: privacy@enewsreference.com
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