Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy

By using this Website, you agree to the collection and use of your information by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. Any changes will be posted on this page and visitors are encouraged to check this page regularly. Your continued use of the Website following any changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

Information Collected Automatically

Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the technical data contained in log files. The technical data in the log files does not include personally identifiable information. Examples of this type of information include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Verizon), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information to allow us to tailor the Website to better match your interests and preferences, such as showing you a popup only once in your visit.

We also use third party advertisements to support our Website. Some of these advertisers (such as Google through their Google AdSense program) may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our Website, which will also send to these advertisers information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our Website, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our Website as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Privacy Information for Persons 13 Years and Older

We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or email address) through our Website unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you. For example, if you choose to sign up for a newsletter, we will request your name and email address.

When you do provide us with personally identifiable information, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise:

  1. We may store and process that information to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services;
  2. We employ other companies to perform certain functions on our behalf, such as processing orders and delivering packages, conducting surveys and sending you mailings regarding our products and these companies have access to your personal information and;
  3. We may contact you regarding promotions and other offers regarding our products that may interest you.

We do not now, and do not intend to, sell, rent or market personally identifiable information about you to third parties. We share information only with subsidiaries of this site and may use it to send you promotions and product information.

Children Under 13

  1. Our Privacy Policy applies to children as well as adults. There are some extra precautions that we take, however, with respect to collecting information from children under 13.
  2. We encourage parents and guardians to explore our Website with their children.
  3. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from your children under 13 on-line without first obtaining permission from the child’s parent or guardian.
  4. Our Website does not offer activities that allow your child disclose your child’s personal information publicly (for example through chat rooms or message boards).
  5. We do not share your child’s personally identifiable information with third parties.

Please also note that we do not offer activities that require the ongoing collection and use of personally identifiable information provided by children.