The following Privacy Policy summarizes the various
ways that www.psychicearth.com (Service Provider,
we or our) treats the information
you provide while using www.psychicearth.com (Website).
It is our goal to provide "entertainment and/or insight"
that is tailored to your individual needs and, at the same
time, protect your privacy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. You can access
the Privacy Policy any time at www.psychicearth.com/privacypolicy.htm.
Your use of and/or registration on any aspect of the Website
will constitute your agreement to this Privacy Policy. If
you cannot agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy
Policy, please do not use the Website. This Privacy Policy
does not cover information collected elsewhere, including
without limitation offline and on sites linked to from the
Website.
In addition to reviewing this Privacy Policy, please read
our Disclaimer at www.psychicearth.com/Disclaimer.htm. Your
use of the Website constitutes agreement to its terms and
conditions as well.
This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time; the
date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page,
so check back often. Continued access of the Website by you
will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions
to the Privacy Policy.
THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THE WEBSITE COLLECTS
The Website generally collects personally identifying information
with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when
you enter a sweepstakes or contest, complete a survey, make
a purchase, subscribe to our publication(s), or register for
any portion of our services, you are asked to provide information
such as your e-mail address, name or phone number. Optional
information such as your age or gender will also be requested.
Services are only meant for those 18 years of age and older.
Our traffic recorder may also automatically collect information
about your computer when you visit the Website, including
without limitation the type of browser software you use, the
operating system you are running, the website that referred
you, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address.
Your IP address is usually associated with the place from
which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider,
your company or your university.
HOW THE WEBSITE USES INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU
Service Provider uses personally identifying information
you supply through the Website to provide you with the service
you have requested. For example, if you subscribe to any of
our publications, we may use your e-mail address to send you
a confirmation notice and your mailing address to send you
the publication. Similarly, if you enter an online sweepstakes,
we will use this information to notify you if you are a winner.
We may also use the information to communicate with you about
new features, products or services, and/or to improve the
services that we offer by tailoring them to your needs.
We will never sell or share personally identifying information
with anyone. If you do not wish to receive future commercial
communications from us by e-mail, (that is if you join the
mailing list) simply follow the unsubscribe instructions contained
within the newsletter. If you've registered on any part of
the Website, please use the mechanism on the Website that
allows you to change or update your member preferences or
information, if available, to keep all such date accurate
and up-to-date.
www.psychicearth.com does not bear any responsibility for
any actions or policies of third parties. We may also provide
access to our database in order to cooperate with official
investigations or legal proceedings, including, for example,
in response to subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or
other legal process.
In addition, we reserve the right to use the information
we collect about your computer, which may at times be able
to identify you, for any lawful business purpose, including
without limitation to help diagnose problems with our servers,
to gather broad demographic information, and to otherwise
administer our Website.
In addition, as www.psychicearth.com changes, we may buy
or sell various assets. In the event all or a portion of the
assets owned or controlled by Service Provider, its parent
or any subsidiary or affiliated entity are sold, assigned,
transferred or acquired by another company, the information
from and/or about our Website users may be among the transferred
assets.
COOKIES
Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies. www.psychicearth.com
does not have control over cookies placed by advertisers.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when
you visit our website. These companies may use information
(not including your name, address, email address, or telephone
number) about your visits to this and other websites in order
to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest
to you. If you would like more information about this practice
and to know your choices about not having this information
used by these companies, click
here.
You can find additional information in Appendix
A of the NAI Self-Regulatory principles for publishers (PDF).
Please note that the NAI may change this sample language at
any time.
We may also use advertising service vendors to help present
advertisements on the Website. These vendors may use cookies,
web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements
tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and
other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have
seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending
you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may
collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your
operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content
viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of
cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising
service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies,
not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in
connection therewith.
If you don't want any cookies, your Web browser likely includes
an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if
you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of the
Advertisor's Website may not function properly.
INFORMATION SECURITY AND NOTIFICATION
Because no data transmission over the Internet is completely
secure, and no system of physical or electronic security is
impenetrable, www.psychicearth.com can not guarantee the security
of the information you send to us or the security of our servers
or databases, and by using the Website you agree to assume
all risk in connection with the information sent to us or
collected by us when you use the Website. In the unlikely
event that we believe that the security of your information
in our possession or control may have been compromised, we
may seek to notify you. If notification is appropriate, we
may notify you by e-mail (provided we have your e-mail address).
KIDS AND PARENTS
This Website is not intended for use by children, especially
those under age 18. No one under age 18 is allowed to provide
any personal information or use our public discussion areas,
forums and chats. Minors under the age of 18 must get the
permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before
making purchases, including subscriptions, on this site.
If your children disclose information about themselves in
publicly accessible areas of the Website, they may get unsolicited
messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell
them not to do so.
If you're worried about your children's activities or their
privacy on our site, I encourage you to contact me at nanci@psychicearth.com
to discuss a plan to block the isp from your computer, as,
I am not available 24 hours a day to monitor the activity
in the chatroom on www.psychicearth.com.
If you have any concerns or questions about any aspect of
this policy, please feel free to contact nanci@psychicearth.com.
I will do all I can to assist with solving your issue. Thank
you and enjoy your stay!