PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY
CAREFULLY.
By accessing or otherwise using this site, you agree to
be bound contractually by this Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICYEffective Date: September 09, 2006
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Modification of Privacy
Policy. We reserve the
right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, and without
prior notice, by posting amended terms on this website.
Your continued use indicates your acceptance of the amended
Privacy Policy. You should check this Privacy Policy periodically
for modifications by referencing the Effective Date posted
above.
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Additional
"Click-Wrapped" Agreements. This
Privacy Policy provides the general policies of this site
regarding the collection and use of private information and this
site's use of email to contact you. We reserve the right to offer
to you participation in such additional agreements in
"click-wrapped" format (where you may indicate your agreement by
clicking on a button or icon) that may provide specific exceptions
to these general policies. If there is any inconsistency or
conflict between this Privacy Policy and any such "click-wrapped"
agreement, the "click-wrapped" agreement shall prevail.
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Privacy Statement.
Geostar Publishing & Services LLC ("Geostar"), operates
this web site. All references to "we", "us", "this web site"
or "this site" shall be construed to mean Geostar. Geostar
regards the privacy and security of user information as
a critical component of the service that we offer to our
users. The following information explains our information
gathering and dissemination practices.
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Registration
Data. We reserve the right
to require you to register to receive certain benefits or
services and to provide certain registration data including
your name, gender, birth date, country, zip code, time zone
and email address ("Registration Data").
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Use of Registration
Data. Opt-Out And Discontinue
For Emails. We reserve the right to use Registration Data to
tailor our site to your particular needs. We also reserve the
right to use Registration Data to send you emails specific to the
site and required for the normal functioning of the site, plus
additional emails, subject to your right to opt-out and
discontinue such emails. We reserve the right to use demographic
and profile information to tailor your experience at our site,
showing you the content that we think you might be interested in
as well as displaying the content according to your
preferences.
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Cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers
to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes.
Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify
users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most
browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you
prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However,
you may not be able to take full advantage of a web site
if you do so. We reserve the right to use cookies to collect
demographic and profile data for purposes of delivering
content specific to your interests. Advertisers that display
ads on our site may also use cookies; however we do not
have access to the information obtained from cookies issued
from other sites.
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IP
Addresses. IP addresses are used
by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet.
Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the
network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically
collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile
data known as "traffic data" so that data (such as the web pages
you request) can be sent to you. We will not use your IP address
to attempt to identify your personal information.
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Referers.
A Referer is the information passed along by a web browser
that references the Web URL you linked from, and is automatically
collected by our web server as "traffic data". We reserve
the right to use this information to identify broad demographic
trends that may be used to provide information tailored
to your interests. You will not be personally identified
from this information.
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System Information.
System information that we collect as part of "traffic data"
includes time, the type of web browser being used, the operating
system/platform, and CPU speed. This information is sent
automatically by your web browser when you are connected
to a web site. We reserve the right to use this information
ifor purposes of identifying broad demographic trends and
may be used to provide information appropriate for your
computer system. You will not be personally identified from
this information.
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Sharing of
Information. We feel strongly
that your personal data should only be seen by you, unless you
choose to share it with others. We will never sell, rent, license
or exchange personally identifiable data with a third party
without your permission. No personally identifiable data or
information will be shared with advertisers or partners without
your permission. Some of your information may be shared on an
aggregate basis only, as a part of a larger set of statistics (for
example, statistics that indicate the percentage of our members
that are female), but that information will not be sufficient to
permit the recipient to identify you. Notwithstanding the
forgoing, we will only disclose personally identifiable data
without your permission in the following limited circumstances:
(i) if we are required to do so by law, or (ii) if we have the
good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to
applicable laws or comply with legal process served on us, or to
protect and defend this site's rights or property or the rights or
property of an account holder of this site.
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Other Web Sites, Links, And Advertisers.
This web site contains links
to other web sites. We reserve this right to have advertisers or
other third parties on this site who may also have links on this
web site and may link to this site. The privacy practices of
advertisers or web sites linked to this site are not covered by
this privacy statement, and we are not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of such web sites. Additionally, if you
make a purchase from a store or merchant listed on or linked to
this site, any information that you give, such as your credit card
number and contact information, is provided to those merchants.
These merchants have separate privacy and data collection
practices, and we have no responsibility or liability for these
independent policies. You should be careful to review any privacy
policies posted on any of these sites before signing up with and
using them.
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Security.
Information collected by this site is stored in secure operating
environments that are not available to the public. All of
our employees are dedicated to maintaining and upholding
your privacy and security and are aware of our privacy and
security policies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over
the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result,
while we strive to protect your personal information, we
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
- Update/Edit. Registered users may update or edit their account and
personal information previously entered by following these
instructions: log in, click on the link "Modify Profile";
then view and modify your personal data per the instructions
provided on the linked page.
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Contact Us.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy
or your dealings with this web site, please contact us at:
Geostar Publishing & Services LLC,
6423, Woodbine Court, St. Louis, Missouri, 63109, USA Telephone:314-260-9978
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