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COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by Koldkiss, Inc. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance
to us. At Koldkiss, Inc., we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand
the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Definition of the Information Koldkiss, Inc. gathers and keeps track of.
Koldkiss, Inc. gathers two types of information about users:
- Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary
submissions to receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums,
to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys
- Information Koldkiss, Inc. gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by
tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to
readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our
audience. Because Koldkiss, Inc. derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising,
providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users.
Under no circumstances does Koldkiss, Inc. divulge any information about an individual user to a
third party.
CHILDREN
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never
knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting
parental consent.
USAGE TRACKING
Koldkiss, Inc. tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate
this information with data about individual users. Koldkiss, Inc. does break down overall usage statistics
according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser
string (information contained in every user's browser).
Koldkiss, Inc. sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function,
but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine
which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what
individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a
better service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself
does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to
information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a
cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or
read cookie files created by other sites. Koldkiss, Inc. uses cookies to track user traffic patterns
(as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions
and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before
accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies
turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums,
polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
Koldkiss, Inc. uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our
network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better
prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based
on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page
performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms
entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track
which terms a particular user enters.
Koldkiss, Inc. creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers,
sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users
to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns
of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We
will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid
legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
Koldkiss, Inc. uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help
our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service
free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with
applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Koldkiss, Inc. operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password
protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as
necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:
- Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
- Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates
the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Koldkiss, Inc.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
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