Information We Collect
At some Bobit Business Media sites, you can order products, register,
enter contests, vote in polls or otherwise express an opinion, subscribe
to one of our services such as our online newsletters, or participate
in one of our online forums or communities. The types of personally identifiable
information that may be collected at these pages include: name, address,
e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information,
and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs,
and services.
At some other Bobit Business Media sites, you can submit 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 online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might submit
the recipient's name and address. The types of personally identifiable
information that may be collected about other people at these pages include:
recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
At certain parts of some of our sites, only persons who provide us with
the requested personally identifiable information will be able to order
products, programs, and services or otherwise participate in the site's
activities and offerings.
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when
you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using
(e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you
are using, (e.g., Windows '98 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet
service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
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How We Use this Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your
requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your
inquiries about offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or
services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to
notify you when you have won one of our contests/sweepstakes/drawings
or when we make changes to subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request
by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account
with us.
We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to
send them your gifts or cards.
If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., a "letter
to our editors"), we may publish your screen name and other information
you have provided to us.
The information we collect in connection with our online forums and communities
is used to provide an interactive experience. We use this information
to facilitate participation in these online forums and communities and,
from time to time, to offer you products, programs, or services.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we
collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us
to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information
in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products,
programs, or services.
We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law,
for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose
such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.
Agents and contractors of Bobit Business Media who have access to personally
identifiable information are required to protect this information in a
manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not
using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services
they are performing for Bobit Business Media.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized
disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable
information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is
inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Inadvertent disclosures may result,
for example, when third parties misrepresent their identities in asking
the site for access to personally identifiable information about themselves
for purposes of correcting possible factual errors in the data.
Privacy Options
If you prefer not to receive e-mail marketing information from Bobit Business
Media sites or companies not owned by Bobit Business Media, you will always
have an option to opt out within the e-mail. You may also request to be
removed by clicking here and
e-mailing us.
Finally, Bobit Business Media sites will not use or transfer personally
identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones
described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt
out of these unrelated uses.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information practices
may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy
notices, as we have no control over information that is submitted to,
or collected by, these third parties.
Bobit Business Media sites sometimes may offer contests, sweepstakes,
or promotions that are sponsored by or co-sponsored with identified third
parties. By virtue of their sponsorship, these third parties may obtain
personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to
participate in the contest, drawings, sweepstakes, or promotion. Bobit
Business Media has no control over the third-party sponsors' use of this
information. The Bobit Business Media site will notify you at the time
of requesting personally identifiable information if third-party sponsors
will obtain such information.
Bobit Business Media sites may use reputable third parties to present
or serve the advertisements that you may see at its web pages and to conduct
research about the advertisements. Our privacy policy does not cover any
use of information that such third parties may have collected from you
or the methods used by the third-parties to collect that information (e.g.,
cookies, web beacons and clear gifs).
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our sites, many of our web pages use "cookies."
Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your
preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address
or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide
this information to us by, for example, registering at one of our sites.
However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable
information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the
cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and
offerings on our sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize
your experience at our web pages (e.g. to recognize you by name when you
return to our site), save your password in password-protected areas, and
enable you to use shopping carts on our sites. We also may use cookies
to offer you products, programs, or services.
We may also use small pieces of code called "web beacons" or
"clear gifs" to collect anonymous and aggregate advertising
metrics, such as counting page views, promotion views, or advertising
responses. These "web beacons" may be used to deliver cookies
that conform to our cookie policy.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial
procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain
data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
How You can Access or Correct Information
For instructions on how you can access the personally identifiable information
that this Bobit Business Media site has collected about you online, or
how to correct factual errors in such information, please email us by
clicking here.
To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to
help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Policy Changes
Make sure to check this page to ensure you stay informed about any policy
changes that may take place.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the Bobit Business Media online
policy for this site or its implementation please contact us via email
by clicking here or at the following
address:
Bobit Business Media
Attention: Web Services
3520 Challenger Street
Torrance CA 90503
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