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Privacy Concerns
Privacy Policy - Last updated: October
2003
Overview
Except as noted below, OCshowbiz generally requires Users
to Opt-In, that is, you must give us specific permission
to share personally identifiable information about yourself.
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of OCshowbiz,
regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection
of the following types of information:
Information obtained through email communications
with you related to the Site. This privacy policy
does not apply to information that we may collect from you
by other means (including offline) or from other sources,
nor does it apply with respect to information you provide
to other OCshowbiz sites. 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 this Site.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
General
We will require you to provide us with certain information
about yourself at such time as registration with this Site
becomes available and when you request products and services.
We may also collect information from you when you participate
in contests and surveys, when you respond to requests for
feedback and when you submit postings to public areas of
this Site, such as chat rooms and bulletin boards. 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 email address, and also may include certain business
information, such as employer name, occupation, job function,
job title and buying information (e.g., preferences or history).
At some time in the future we may also collect credit card
and related information when you request a product or service
(including registering for advanced features of the Site)
for which there is a charge. This Site only collects Personally
Identifiable Information with your knowledge.
Automatic Data Collection
When you visit this Site, we may collect the IP address
of your computer. We also automatically record other information
that identifies your computer to this Site and tracks your
behavior on the Site. For example, we may record how many
times you visit this Site and your navigation within the
Site. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information
in this manner; however, if you provide us with Personally
Identifiable Information, we may associate that information
with the information that is collected automatically.
Methods used to collect this information may include "cookies"
and "clear GIFs" (also known as "pixel tags"
or "beacons"). A cookie is a small amount of data
that is sent to your browser from a server and stored on
your computer's hard drive. Most browsers allow Users to
block the receipt of cookies, but doing so may compromise
your ability to use certain features of this Site. A clear
GIF is a small graphic image, typically used in connection
with cookies, that is placed on a web site or in an email
message. A clear GIF can monitor certain user behavior,
such as your usage of the web site, whether you opened an
email message or whether you clicked on a URL in an email
message.
Some of the materials included on this Site, including advertising,
may be served by third parties. These third parties, in
the course of serving such materials, may collect information
regarding your use of this Site and how you respond to email
communications, using methods that may include those described
in the preceding paragraph. Collection, use, disclosure
and security of information collected by third parties are
subject to the privacy policies of those third parties.
How We Use Your Information
General
We use Personally Identifiable Information that we collect
on this Site for the following purposes:
To provide you with this Site and other products and services,
such as electronic and print publications and newsletters.
To respond to your inquiries and contact you about changes
regarding the Site.
To provide you with email, fax and other notices (such as
expiration and renewal notices) and inquiries regarding
your account and the products or services that you are receiving,
and for billing and collection purposes.
For any other purpose disclosed at the time the information
is collected or to which you consent.
As otherwise specifically described in this Privacy Policy.
We also may use your information to better understand the
needs of our Users and to improve our Site. For example,
we may use this information to determine what portions of
the Site are most popular and the demographics of our Users
generally. Cookies and other User information also enable
us to customize your experience on the Site.
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.
Newsletters and Offers
We may use the information you provide us to send you email,
fax and other communications on behalf of OCshowbiz or other
OCshowbiz divisions. These communications may include email
newsletters that are relevant to this Site, as well as offers
for other OCshowbiz services.
We do not plan to use your information to send you email,
fax and other communications on behalf of unaffiliated third
parties, but may only if you opt in to receiving such offers
when you register. Each of these communications will include
instructions for opting out of receiving future third party
offers from us. You also may change your preference with
regard to receiving third party offers from this Web Site
at any time on the registration page of this Site.
Our Disclosure of Your Information
We will not disclose your information to anyone outside
of OCshowbiz or other OCshowbiz divisions, except as described
in this section.
We may disclose aggregated anonymous statistics about many
Users to advertisers, content and service providers and
other affiliated and unaffiliated companies.
q In the event of an asset sale, merger, consolidation,
restructuring, reorganization, liquidation or other similar
transaction involving OCshowbiz or this Site, we may transfer
some or all User information, including Personally Identifiable
Information, to the successor company.
q We will disclose your Personally Identifiable Information
when we believe such disclosure is required by law or for
the protection of persons or property.
q We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information
with your consent, as well as when disclosure is necessary
to accomplish the purpose for which you provide it.
Security
We use reasonable security safeguards to protect Personally
Identifiable Information 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.
Right to Access and Change Information
You may view and update information that you previously
submitted to this Site by visiting the appropriate page
for this Site. However, a request to change information
may not be accommodated if the request would conflict with
legal requirements or result in incorrect information. Requests
to view or change personal information may take a few days
to process.
Links
This Site contains content, services, advertising and other
materials that link to Web sites operated by third parties.
We have no control over those other sites, and this Privacy
Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to refer
to the privacy policies, if any, of those sites.
This Site is operated by:
OCshowbiz
26871 Trabuco Road, Suite E314
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Email: Privacy@OCshowbiz.com
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