AtheistSpot.com Privacy Policy
The following Privacy Policy summarizes the various ways that The Atheist Spot
("Service Provider," "we" or "our") treats the information you provide while
using www.atheistspot.com ("Website"). It is our goal to bring you information
that is tailored to your individual needs and, at the same time, protect your
privacy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. You can access the Privacy Policy any
time at http://atheistspot.com/privacypolicy.php. Your use of and/or registration on
any aspect of the Website will constitute your agreement to this Privacy Policy.
If you cannot agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please
do not use the Website. This Privacy Policy does not cover information collected
elsewhere, including without limitation offline and on sites linked to from the
Website.
In addition to reviewing this Privacy Policy, please read our User Agreement.
Your use of the Website constitutes agreement to its terms and conditions as
well.
This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time; the date of the most
recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back often. Continued access
of the Website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or
revisions to the Privacy Policy.
The Type of Information the Website Collects
The Website generally collects personally identifying information with your
specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you enter a sweepstakes or
contest, complete a survey, make a purchase, subscribe to our publication(s), or
register for any portion of our services, you are asked to provide information
such as your e-mail address, name or phone number. Optional information such as
your age or gender may also be requested.
Our servers may also automatically collect information about your computer when
you visit the Website, including without limitation the type of browser software
you use, the operating system you are running, the website that referred you,
and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. Your IP address is usually associated
with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service
Provider, your company or your university.
How the Website Uses Information Provided by You
Service Provider uses your user name and password to grant you access to and use
of the Website. Your e-mail address will be used, at your request, to send you a
copy of your user name and password. If you provide personally identifiable
information, it will be used to provide you with the service you have requested.
We may also use the information to communicate with you about new features,
products or services, and/or to improve the services that we offer by tailoring
them to your needs.
We also allow access to our database by third parties that provide us with
services, such as technical maintenance or forums and job search software, but
only for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to provide those services.
And if you choose to purchase items through features on the Website, we may
forward your information to third parties for services such as credit card
processing and order fulfillment. There are also times when you provide
information about yourself to us in areas of the site that may be managed or
participated in by third parties, such as auction services or shopping areas. In
such cases, the information may be used by us and by such third party(ies), each
pursuant to its own policies. We may also provide your information to our
advertisers, so that they can serve ads to you that meet your needs or match
your interests. While Service Provider will seek to require such third parties
to follow appropriate privacy policies and will not authorize them to use this
information except for the express purpose for which it is provided, Service
Provider does not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of third
parties. We may also provide access to our database in order to cooperate with
official investigations or legal proceedings, including, for example, in
response to subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or other legal process.
In addition, we reserve the right to use the information we collect about your
computer, which may at times be able to identify you, for any lawful business
purpose, including without limitation to help diagnose problems with our
servers, to gather broad demographic information, and to otherwise administer
our Website.
While your personally identifying information is protected as outlined above, we
reserve the right to use, transfer, sell, and share aggregated, anonymous data
about our users as a group for any business purpose, such as analyzing usage
trends and seeking compatible advertisers and partners.
In addition, as our business changes, we may buy or sell various assets. In the
event all or a portion of the assets owned or controlled by Service Provider,
its parent or any subsidiary or affiliated entity are sold, assigned,
transferred or acquired by another company, the information from and/or about
our Website users may be among the transferred assets.
Cookies
You may have read about "cookies," nuggets of information that are placed by a
Website in a storage place on your own computer. We may use cookies to control
the display of ads, to track usage patterns on the site, to deliver editorial
content, and to record registration and personalization information. For
example, if you register on any part of the Website and are given the option to
save your user name and password on your computer, we can provide this
convenience to you by placing a cookie on your computer. Our cookies may contain
personally identifiable information and such cookies may be shared with our
affiliates and other companies.
Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies as well. We do not have
control over cookies placed by advertisers.
We may also use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on
the Website. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar
technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by
browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have
seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate
advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as
your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits,
content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web
beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject
to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all
liability in connection therewith.
If you don't want any cookies, your Web browser likely includes an option that
allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse
cookies, some portions of the Website may not function properly.
Information Security and Notification
Because no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and no
system of physical or electronic security is impenetrable, Service Provider can
not guarantee the security of the information you send to us or the security of
our servers or databases, and by using the Website you agree to assume all risk
in connection with the information sent to us or collected by us when you use
the Website. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your
information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek
to notify you. If notification is appropriate, we may notify you by e-mail
(provided we have your e-mail address).
Kids and Parents
This Website is not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13.
No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our
public discussion areas, forums and chats. Minors between the ages of 13 and 17
must get the permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before making
purchases, including subscriptions, on this site.
If your children disclose information about themselves in publicly accessible
areas of the Website, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties.
Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so.
If you're worried about your children's activities or their privacy on our site,
we encourage you to contact our Privacy Policy Coordinator as described below.
Privacy Policy Coordinator
If you have any concerns or questions about any aspect of this policy, please
feel free to contact us as follows:
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