| COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At simonwebnet.com, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it. INFORMATION SIMON WEB NETWORK GATHERS AND TRACKS simonwebnet.com gathers two types of information about users: Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions from our polls, and tech support system. Information simonwebnet.com gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does simonwebnet.com divulge any information about an individual user to a third party. simonwebnet.com Gathers User Information In The Following Processes: Optional Voluntary Information We offer the following services, which require some type of submission of personal information by users: SIMON TECH SUPPORT Users of the site's help desk provide a valid e-mail address in order to receive a confirmation of support ticket. Users will receive an e-mail at the address provided containing details regarding viewing and updating support tickets. POLLING We occasionally offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. A"tag" system in the form of cookies and/or loggining of the user's IP may be used after users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users. Children Consistent with the Federal 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 requesting parental consent. If you find anything on this site to be inappropriate, please contact us. Usage tracking simonwebnet.com may track user traffic patterns throughout all or parts of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. simonwebnet.com does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser). USE OF INFORMATION simonwebnet.com uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users. simonwebnet.com never shares e-mail addresses with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners without users consent. 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. OPT-OUT POLICY We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include: Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters. Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users YOUR CONSENT By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Simon Web Network. This policy is subject to change without notice. If major changes are made, visitors will be notified. |