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Last revised: April, 2004
Your privacy is very important to us. We want to make your experience
with Baby Witness as enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and we want
you to use all of Baby Witness's services, products, and newsletters
with complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment
to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy describes how Baby Witness
collects information from all end users of Baby Witness's services
(the "Services") -- those who access some of our Services but
do not have accounts ("Visitors"), as well as those who pay
a service fee to subscribe to the Services ("Members"). It describes
what we do with the information we collect, and the choices Visitors and
Members have concerning the collection and use of such information.
Baby Witness requests that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Personal Information Baby Witness Collects
and How It Is Used
Introduction
Baby Witness collects information in different ways from Visitors and
Members who access the various parts of our Services. We use this information
primarily to provide a customized experience as you use our Services,
and generally do not share this information with third parties. However,
we may disclose personal information collected if we have received your
permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as when we
believe that law requires such disclosure or other special cases described
below.
Registration
Members are asked to provide certain personal information when they sign
up for our Services including name, address, telephone number and billing
information (such as a credit card number). The personal information collected
from Members during the registration process is used to manage each Member's
account (such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared
with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special
circumstances.
However, in instances where Baby Witness and a partner jointly promote
the Services, Baby Witness may provide the partner certain personal
information, such as the name, address, and username of persons who subscribed
to the Services as a result of the joint promotion for the sole purpose
of allowing us and the partner to assess the results of the promotion.
In this instance, the partner may not use personal information for any
other purpose.
Baby Witness may also generate non-identifying and aggregate profiles
from personal information Members provide during registration (such as
the total number, but not the names, of Members). As explained in more
detail below, we may use this aggregated and non-identifying information
to sell advertisements that appear on the Services.
Your Credit Card Information is Secure
Currently, all new subscriptions and upgrade orders are placed through
an encrypted, secured order server using Secure Socket Layers (SSL) technology.
Chase Merchant Services processes all of our credit card orders. If you
to prefer to place your order by telephone, you can call us during normal
business hours at 888-696-2233 or 281-247-4040 (for international calls)
with your credit card and billing information.
Baby Witness Partners and Sponsors
Some Baby Witness products and services are offered to Visitors and
Members in conjunction with a non-affiliated partner. To provide Visitors
and Members some of these products and services, the partner may need
to collect and maintain personal information. In these instances, you
will be notified before any such data is collected or transferred and
may decide not to use that particular service or feature. Baby Witness
may need to share non-identifying and aggregate information (except as
described above), but not personal information, with such partners in
order to administer the co-branded products or services offered.
Online Advertisements
Baby Witness occasionally displays online advertisements on our website
and in our newsletters and alerts. We share aggregated and non-identifying
information about our Visitors and Members collected through the registration
process as well as through online surveys and promotions with these advertisers.
Additionally, in some instances, we use this aggregated and non-identifying
information to deliver tailored advertisements. For instance, an advertiser
might tell us the audience they want to reach (for example, engaged couples
in California) and provide us with an advertisement tailored to that audience.
Based upon the aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected,
we may then display the advertisement to the intended audience. However,
Baby Witness does not share personal information about its Visitors
or Members with these advertisers.
Responses to Email Inquiries
When Visitors or Members send email inquiries to Baby Witness, we use
the return email address to answer the email inquiry we receive. Baby
Witness does not use the return email address for any other purpose and
does not share the return email address with any third party.
Email Marketing From Third Party Sponsors
In addition, from time to time, Baby Witness sends, on behalf of third
parties, promotions via mail to some or all of its subscribers. However,
in no event does Baby Witness sell or otherwise transfer to third parties
the email addresses of its subscribers. Baby Witness strictly maintains
the confidentiality of its subscribers' email addresses. In addition,
users are always given the opportunity of opting-out of these promotions.
Voluntary Customer Surveys
We may periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys.
We encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they
provide us with important information that helps us to improve the types
of services we offer and how we provide them to you. Your personal information
and responses will remain strictly confidential, even if a third party
conducts the survey. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary.
We take the information we receive from individuals responding to our
Customer Surveys and aggregate it with the responses from other customers
to create broader, generic responses to the survey questions (such as
gender, age, residence, hobbies, education, employment, or other demographic
information). We then use the aggregated information to improve the quality
of our services to you, and to develop new services and products. This
aggregated; non-personally-identifying information may be shared with
third parties.
Special Cases
It is Baby Witness's policy not to use or share personal information
about Visitors or Members in ways unrelated to the ones described above
without also providing you an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit
such unrelated uses. However, Baby Witness may disclose personal information
about Visitors or Members, or information regarding your use of the Services
or Web sites accessible through our Services, for any reason if, in our
sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including:
to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, regulations,
or governmental or legal requests for such information; to disclose information
that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against
someone who may be violating our Terms of Use Policy or other policies;
to operate the Services properly; or to protect Baby Witness and our
Members.
"Cookies" and How Baby Witness
Uses Them
A "cookie" is a small data file that can be placed on your hard
drive when you visit certain Web sites. Baby Witness may use cookies
to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes
to improve the products and services we provide and to manage our telecommunications
networks. If you are a Member, we will use a cookie to save your settings
(which saves you time) and to provide customizable and personalized services.
These cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your customer
information. Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies.
We do not control the use of these cookies and expressly disclaim responsibility
for information collected through them.
Baby Witness's Commitment to Data Security
Services and Web sites we sponsor have security measures in place to protect
the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our
network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will
prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this
information.
In the Event of a Change in Ownership
In the event of a change in ownership, or a merger or an acquisition of
Baby Witness by another entity, all (or select aspects) of Baby
Witness's customer information (including email addresses) may be transferred
to this new entity or owner. All Baby Witness subscribers and registered
users will be notified within five business days of any change in ownership,
merger or an acquisition of Baby Witness's assets by a third party.
Subscribers and users may choose to access and modify any of their registration
and subscription information at that time.
Where to Direct Questions About Baby Witness's
Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described
herein, you may contact:
Attn: Baby Witness Customer Service 2117 Chenevert, Suite G, Houston,
TX 77003
Revisions to This Policy
Baby Witness reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy
and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. Baby
Witness encourages you to review this Policy regularly for any changes
and updates.
USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO
THE PRIVACY POLICY.
Thank you.
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