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| RochesterLinks.com Privacy Policy |
04/16/04
RochesterLinks.com Privacy Statement
RochesterLinks.com takes seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy online. Please
read the following to understand our views and practices regarding this matter,
and how they pertain to you as you make full use of our offerings. This statement
discloses the privacy practices for the entire website. RochesterLinks.com does not sell,
rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information collected at our site, including
membership forms or email lists.
We are very conscious of your right to privacy regarding the information you
supply to RochesterLinks.com. At RochesterLinks.com, our policy is to use the information you supplied
to us only to better serve you. We are not going to sell your information to
people who want to send you junk mail.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that
information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal
information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return. Furthermore, while we strive to protect
your personal information, RochesterLinks.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of
any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. In addition,
RochesterLinks.com partners and third party Internet sites and services accessible through
RochesterLinks.com, or parties whom we inform you are collecting data in connection with
sweepstakes, promotions, etc., have separate privacy and data collection practices,
independent of us. RochesterLinks.com has no responsibility or liability for these independent
policies or actions.
Also, please remember that no computer system should be considered safe from
intrusion. E-mail may pass through many computer systems, and should not be considered
a secure means of communication unless encrypted. Even then, information is only
as secure as the encryption method. Therefore, although we take many precautions
to protect our system and our servers, we cannot guarantee the security of any
data on any server, including "secure servers." The point? You are
solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or account
information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
Our Use Of Customer Information
The customer information that we collect during the registration process is for
RochesterLinks.com internal use only. This information is kept on limited access
computers and is only available to those employees who have a need to know.
We provide some information to companies that we use to perform certain functions
for us -- for example, credit card numbers are sent to a credit card processing
company for billing. These companies are authorized to use this information only
for the expressed purpose of completing RochesterLinks.com business and are not authorized
to release this information to other third parties. Occasionally, we use our
customer database to distribute RochesterLinks.com newsletters or important notices to
our customers.
We will share customer information with governmental authorities when legally
required to do so, and may cooperate with these authorities investigating claims
of illegal activity such as (but not limited to) illegal transfer or use of copyrighted
material, or postings or e-mail containing threats of violence. Except under
the limited circumstances described above, we do not disclose customer information
to third parties.
Except under the limited circumstances described above, we do not disclose customer
information to third parties.
Website Use and Browser Navigation Information
Each time a user visits our website, our servers collect certain anonymous use
and navigation information. This information is aggregated and anonymous. It
tells us how our Website is used and navigated, including the number, frequency
and duration of visits to each Web page.
Website use and navigation information that we collect may include the domain
names of visitors who are not already RochesterLinks.com customers, and of RochesterLinks.com customers,
but it does not otherwise contain individually identifiable information about
any visitor to our website.
How We Use Website Use and Browser Navigation Information
Like customer survey information, we use the anonymous, aggregated information
to improve the content and navigation features of our website. We also may use
the anonymous, aggregated information to enable Netsville Partners or advertisers
to evaluate whether to post advertising banners or other material on the RochesterLinks.com
Website.
Cookies
Like most websites, RochesterLinks.com makes use of browser "cookies". Cookies
are files written to a user's hard disk and read by server programs to inform
a website if the user has previously visited that site. We use cookies to continually
enhance your RochesterLinks.com experience, and may use them in the future to store customer
preferences and choices.
Our account management Web pages use cookies to store and retrieve session identifiers
that correspond to a secure database containing each customer's user name and
password information. This is designed to facilitate access by customers to RochesterLinks.com
member services. Customers cannot access the account management Web pages unless
they have a browser that supports these cookies. These cookies do not enable
third parties to access any of your customer information.
Companies who advertise on our website may also use cookie technology. We do
not control the use of cookies by our advertisers.
Privacy Policy Adjustments
RochesterLinks.com reserves the right to change its policy at any time. Should a privacy
dispute arise, RochesterLinks.com will be held harmless and not liable for any losses
that may have been incurred. If you want additional information or clarification,
please email us at, customer service, with your specific questions. We will be
more than happy to answer them.
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