ionMedia is very respectful about the privacy concerns of the visitors to our sites on the Internet. As a general policy, no personal information is automatically collected from visitors to our sites. However, certain non-personal information of visitors is recorded by the standard operation of ionMedia's Internet servers. This information is primarily used to provide an enhanced on-line experience for the visitor. Information tracked includes the type of browser being used by the visitor (e.g. Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system (e.g. Macintosh, Windows) in use by the visitor, and the domain name of the visitor's ISP (e.g. AOL, Prodigy ). By having this information, web pages optimized for a particular visitor's computer is automatically available to that visitor. Other uses of this information include internal review of the number of visitors to the sites, only in an aggregate and non-personally identifiable form. E-mail addresses and other personally identifiable data about the visitors to our sites are known to ionMedia only when that information has be voluntarily submitted.
Personally identifiable information that may be collected in connection with visitors voluntarily filling our contest entry forms or subscribing to newsletters is retained by ionMedia and not sold or otherwise transferred outside the company and its partners. The information is used to better understand the visitors' use of our sites and to support transactions made on the sites.
However, this data in the aggregate form may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses. We sometimes also use e-mail addresses and other personally identifiable information to contact visitors who communicate with us. For example, we may direct e-mail to visitors who provide us with their e-mail addresses for specific purposes such as receiving our e-mail newsletters or being notifies if they have won one of our contests. Each e-mail newsletter always contains instructions on how to discontinue receipt of the newsletter.
Visitors should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal information such as username, e-mail address, or phone numbers on the bulletin boards or in the chat areas, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people
Any notes, messages or bulletin board postings, ideas, suggestions, concepts, or other material submitted will become the property of ionMedia throughout the universe and ionMedia shall be entitled to use the material for any type of use forever including in any media whether now known or hereafter devised. When you submit any material to ionUS.com web sites you agree that ionMedia has he right to publish the material for any type of use as outlined above including promotional and advertising purposes.
