Edgell Communications Privacy Policy

EDGELL PRIVACY POLICY

Edgell respects and believes in protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Edgell Communications, Inc. and Edgell Publications, Inc. (referred to as we, us or Edgell) regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of information we gather and how we use it.

Information Collection & Use

When you sign up to receive one of our publications, register for one of our conferences or events or provide us with information (subscription forms, site memberships, conference attendance, newsletter subscriptions, reader service responses, survey and contest participation, etc.), we may ask for contact and demographic information. The information we collect may include information from which you may be personally identified ("Personally Identifiable Information"), such as name, postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address, and also may include certain business information, such as employer name, occupation, job function, job title and other qualifying information. We may also collect credit card and related information when you request certain products or services for which there is a charge. If received, your credit card information is only used for the purpose it was obtained and is never disclosed. We only collect Personally Identifiable Information with your knowledge.

We may use Personally Identifiable Information that we collect on this Site for the following purposes:

To provide you with access to this Site and our other products, services, content and advertisements that we think might interest you, such as electronic and print publications and newsletters.
To provide you with e-mail, fax and other notices (such as subscription renewal and expiration notices, invitations to upcoming events, research surveys and polls, industry related announcements, etc.). We may use your mailing address, telephone, fax and email information for annual subscription renewals. If you volunteer your contact information, but later change your mind, you may request to have it removed by contacting us (see Contact section). We also use a third party list rental agent. We may share your contact information with pre-screened third parties for relevant marketing or promotional purposes.
For any other purpose disclosed at the time the information is collected or to which you consent.
To respond to your inquiries and as otherwise specifically described in this Privacy Policy.
To better understand the needs of our Users and to improve our Site. For example we may use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers or to administer our Site. We may also use IP addresses to help identify a User during a particular session and to gather data regarding use of the Site.

All of these communications will include instructions explaining how you can request that we not send you ("opt out" of) future communications of the same type.

Information Sharing & Disclosure

We will not disclose your information to anyone outside of Edgell, except as follows:

We may disclose aggregated anonymous statistics to advertisers, content and service providers and other unaffiliated companies. However, none of the information we disclose in this aggregate form can be used to personally identify you. We sometimes engage third parties to perform services for us, including in connection with this Site. If we make any disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to them, we will require such parties to keep the information confidential and to use it only to perform the services.

We also may disclose your information to third parties that wish to market products or services that may be of interest to you and who sponsor or attend events you register to attend. We will require these parties to keep any Personally Identifiable Information provided by us confidential and use it only to market and provide their products or services or with your approval.

Cookies and Links

Your browser offers so-called "cookies" which store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of our sites. Cookies assist us in tracking which of our features you like best. And when you re-visit our sites, cookies can enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. Cookies tell us nothing about you personally unless you specifically give us additional information. Our sites are viewable even if you disable the cookie function within your Web browser. However, some advanced features use cookies to assist in keeping track of your location within the site in order to provide navigational trails and similar navigational features.

Some of the advertisements and links displayed in our sites are provided by outside companies. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, our advertisers collect cookies associated with banner advertisements and we do not have access to this information. Cookies in and of themselves do not contain any Personally Identifiable Information about you.

This web site may contain content, services, advertising and other materials that link to Web sites operated by third parties. Please be aware that Edgell is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects Personally Identifiable Information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by us.

Security

We use reasonable security safeguards to protect Personally Identifiable Information that we collect on this Site from unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet and other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.

Effective Date, Use and Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes here so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. This page reflects the most up-to-date version of our privacy policy, and thus takes precedence over information provided in previous documents. Your use of this Site constitutes your acceptance of all of the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy and your consent to any action we take with respect to your information that is in compliance with this Privacy Policy. We may change the terms of this Privacy Policy, so Users are encouraged to review this page from time to time. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy means that you accept the changes. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, as modified from time to time, please do not visit our Sites.

This policy is updated as of January 2008.

Contact:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, you can contact us via email to jzabe@edgellmail.com or by mail, phone or fax to: