| WGWS Statement of Privacy WGWS is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This WGWS Statement of Privacy applies to W. And G. Web Solutions's WGWS family of Web sites and governs data collection and usage at all WGWS sites and services; it does not apply to other online or offline W. And G. Web Solutions sites, products or services. Please read the WGWS Statement of Privacy below and also any supplementary information at the end of this statement for additional details about particular WGWS sites and services that you may use. WGWS is a general audience web site, intended for users of all ages. Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Statement of Privacy. This Statement contains a section with specific details regarding personal information collected from children. Collection of your Personal Information At some sites, WGWS collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. At other sites, WGWS collects anonymous demographic information, that is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites. Some sites collect a combination of the two types of information. In some cases, information collected by WGWS may be combined with information obtained from other W. And G. Web Solutions services and other companies. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by WGWS and may be shared with other Web sites within the W. And G. Web Solutions family of web sites. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by WGWS for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of WGWS. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personal information through WGWS, or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others. WGWS encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from WGWS so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. W. And G. Web Solutions is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the W. And G. Web Solutions and WGWS family of Web sites. Use of your Personal Information WGWS and its operational service partners collect and use your personal information to operate WGWS and deliver the services you have requested. WGWS also uses your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from W. And G. Web Solutions and its affiliates. WGWS may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. WGWS does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. WGWS may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your personal information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. WGWS keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within WGWS, in order to determine what WGWS sites and services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within WGWS to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. WGWS does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. WGWS may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on W. And G. Web Solutions or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of W. And G. Web Solutions, including its WGWS family of Web sites; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of W. And G. Web Solutions, its web sites, or the public. Personal information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which W. And G. Web Solutions or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. W. And G. Web Solutions abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union. Control your Personal Information There are some WGWS services, that send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and news about WGWS products and services. You will not be able to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service you have chosen. Security of your Personal Information WGWS strictly protects the security of the personal information you provide. WGWS secures the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When highly confidential information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted over the Internet, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Use of Cookies WGWS uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize WGWS's pages, or register with WGWS sites or services, a cookie helps WGWS to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to WGWS, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the WGWS features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the WGWS services or Web sites you visit. Use of Web Beacons WGWS Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow WGWS to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. WGWS may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or WGWS Newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personal information on the WGWS network of sites and services; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about WGWS Web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. WGWS Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by our advertising partners to help determine the effectiveness of our Internet advertising campaigns. Use of Third Party Ad Networks The majority of the online banner advertisements you see on WGWS Web pages are displayed by WGWS. In addition, WGWS allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements on WGWS Web pages. Some of these ad networks may place a persistent cookie on your computer. Doing this allows the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. W. And G. Web Solutions does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third-party ad servers or ad networks. Changes to this Statement WGWS will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. When WGWS posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of WGWS. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how WGWS will use your personal information, WGWS will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. WGWS encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how W. And G. Web Solutions is protecting your information. Contact Information W. And G. Web Solutions welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that W. And G. Web Solutions has not adhered to this Statement, please contact W. And G. Web Solutions by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail. WGWS Privacy ©2004 W. And G. Web Solutions. All rights reserved. |