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The privacy of our users on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Since MyKittyPics.com and its services do gather certain types of information about our users, we feel that you should completely understand the conditions and terms surrounding the gathering and use of information about those using our sites and services. This Privacy Policy Statement describes the information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. In the policy, the pronouns "you" and "your" are used to refer to the end user, while "we," "us" and "our" are used to refer to MyKittyPics.com. By visiting MyKittyPics.com or by using one of its services, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy Statement. We may amend this Statement at any time; if we make changes to 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. This Statement was last revised on April 16, 2004. Any questions regarding our Privacy Policy Statement should be directed to MyKittyPics.com (Contact Us Here) for clarification and further elaboration. 1. Collecting Information MyKittyPics.com gathers and tracks information/data that users provide through registration on our sites for most services. In addition to this gathering of information by the registration of users, MyKittyPics.com also gathers information through an aggregated tracking system that derives data mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites and capturing information on the type of browser being used to view the site. This information enables us to better provide content and to respond to our users' needs. It also is used to help subscribers and sponsors to better understand the demographics of subscribers and users. As MyKittyPics.com derives its revenue mainly from various subscription and fee-based services, it is necessary for us to provide such aggregated demographic data to our sponsors and subscribers. This allows us to keep our services as low as possible. MyKittyPics.com does not divulge any personal information about an individual user to any third party. MyKittyPics.com may gather information on our users in the following ways: Registration Most MyKittyPics.com services require user registration. For the registration process, MyKittyPics.com may require some information, such as name, email address, location, type of user and other information, while other information requested will be voluntary and optional. Information collected in the registration process is never shared with third parties in a personally identifiable way unless authorized by the registrant. User ID and Passwords Registered users and subscribers establish their own user identification and passwords. To maximize the privacy and protection of user and subscriber personal information, users are expected to safeguard their user ID and passwords, never allow someone else to use them, and change their passwords periodically. Optional Personal Information MyKittyPics.com allows job seeking users and subscribers to voluntarily submit additional and optional information such as contact information and other information. MyKittyPics.com may utilize this optional information to help improve services to users and subscribers on an individual and collective basis. Users and subscribers may specify the extent to which this optional information may be disclosed to others utilizing MyKittyPics.com services. Optional information will not be shared with third parties in a personally identifiable way unless authorized by the user. Credit Card Information Fee-based subscriptions and services usually require payment by credit card. MyKittyPics.com collects only the credit card-related information that is necessary to process the payment. Submission of credit card information to MyKittyPics.com is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. MyKittyPics.com stores credit card information as only as long as is necessary to process the payment transaction unless otherwise authorized by the user. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway using SSL technology. Electronic Alert Notifications All the sites in the MyKittyPics.com network offer free electronic Alert notifications to users, providing specific information to them on columns published, forum postings, and new MyKittyPics features. To provide this service, MyKittyPics.com must gather the email addresses of users who register for and subscribe to said service. You may remove yourself from any MyKittyPics.com mailing list at any time by following the instructions provided at the end of every notification. Usage Tracking MyKittyPics.com uses traffic analysis software on our servers to track user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. This information is not correlated with personal information about specific individual users. MyKittyPics.com does use this data to break down overall usage statistics according to IP address, domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the data automatically sent by the browser whenever a web page is requested. Cookies A cookie is a small text file that resides only on your own computer and that can be accessed only by the server that originally created the cookie. A cookie cannot store or send back any information to MyKittyPics.com that you have not specifically and voluntarily provided while on a MyKittyPics.com site, or that is not among the information mentioned above that is contained in every user's browser (i.e., domain name, browser type). We use cookies only so that we may tally the number of unique users who visit our sites, and potentially to permit greater personalization of the site to your preferences and specifications. Even when you may have provided to MyKittyPics.com information that is stored in a cookie on your computer, MyKittyPics.com will not share personally identifiable information about you to third parties. 2. Sharing of the information MyKittyPics.com uses the above-described information to tailor our services to suit your needs and help subscribers and sponsors better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service fee as low as possible. We do not share information about individual users with any third party. MyKittyPics.com will divulge information only as necessary to comply with state and federal laws. Please note that MyKittyPics.com does not control the practices of cat rescues, or other sites. When you click on links to other sites that take you to third-party web sites, you will be subject to the third parties' privacy policies. We encourage you to read the posted privacy policy statement whenever interacting with any web site. If you have questions about how any linked site uses information about you when visit their site, and view their content, please contact them directly. 3. "No-spam" policy Your email address will not be sold or provided to a third party if you register or subscribe with MyKittyPics.com unless you specifically authorize communication of your email address to another party such as a prospective clients. If you sign up for an email Alert notifications at MyKittyPics.com, you will receive only the notifications you have requested. On occasion you may receive information from MyKittyPics.com about our services, including periodic reminders that you have not utilized MyKittyPics.com services for a period. 4. Delete/deactivate policy Users may unsubscribe to any of Alert notifications at any time by following the instructions contained at the end of every Alert, and also on the web site. If you no longer wish to use any MyKittyPics.com services or receive any information from MyKittyPics.com, you may request to have your personal information permanently removed from MyKittyPics.com's databases by sending a request via email (Contact Us Here) or by mail to: MyKittyPics, inc. 2 Tall Oaks Ct Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 Please include your first and last names, email address, and other relevant information with which you originally registered. Changes or corrections to your information may be submitted in the same fashion. |
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