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This site is owned and operated by Zona Communications. Your privacy on the
Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Zona, 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 our policy and 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.
Information Zona Communications Gathers and Tracks
Zona gathers two types of information about users:
- Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These
are voluntary submissions to receive electronic newsletters, to email a friend, and
for participation in surveys:
- Information Zona 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. Under no circumstances does Zona
divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.
Zona Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:
Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission
of personal information by users:
Electronic newsletters policy (Dispatches)
- We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. Zona gathers the email
addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this
mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to
the subscription management page. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the
time of registration.
Surveys
- Zona may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to
our audience. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with
any 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
Zona tracks user traffic patterns on our site. However, we do not correlate this
information with data about individual users. Zona 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).
Zona 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.
Zona 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.
Use of Information
Zona uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience
on our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to
better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out
electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate surveys. We send out newsletters
to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send
out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something
we are doing. Zona never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties,
including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
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.
Sharing of the Information
Zona uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs.
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
Zona 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 Zona
Communications. 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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