TeresaTomeo.com does not collect
personally identifiable information about individuals except
when such individuals specifically provide such information on
a voluntary basis. For example, such personally identifiable
information may be gathered from a contest or sweepstakes
registration, the registration process for subscription sites
or services and in connection with content submissions,
community postings (e.g., chat and bulletin boards),
suggestions, voting/polling activities and transactional
areas. Personally identifiable information on individual users
will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated
third parties without the approval of the user at the time of
collection. At such points of collection, the user will have
the opportunity to indicate whether he or she would like to
"opt out" of receiving promotional and/or marketing
information about other products, services and offerings from
TeresaTomeo.com and/or any third parties. Further,
notwithstanding any opt out of promotional information by the
user, TeresaTomeo.com reserves the right to contact a
subscriber regarding account status, changes to the subscriber
agreement and other matters relevant to the underlying service
and/or the information collected.
TeresaTomeo.com reserves the right
to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and
characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the
various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such
information as well as the number of users that have been
exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners.
TeresaTomeo.com will provide only aggregated data from these
analyses to third parties. Also, users should be aware that
TeresaTomeo.com may sometimes permit third parties to offer
subscription and/or registration-based services through a
TeresaTomeo.com site. TeresaTomeo.com is not responsible for
any actions or policies of such third parties and users should
check the applicable privacy policy of such party when
providing personally identifiable information.
Additionally, users should be aware
that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable
information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on the bulletin
boards or in the chat areas of the TeresaTomeo.com sites, that
information, along with any substantive information disclosed
in the user's communication, can be collected and correlated
and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited
messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities
are beyond the control of TeresaTomeo.com.
Users also should be aware that
non-personal information and data may be automatically
collected through the standard operation of TeresaTomeo.com's
internet servers or through the use of "cookies."
"Cookies" are small text files a web site can use to
recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's ongoing access
to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage
behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content
improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not
programs that come onto a user's system and damage files.
Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the
user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users
should be aware that TeresaTomeo.com cannot control the use of
cookies or the resulting information by advertisers or third
parties hosting data for TeresaTomeo.com. If a user does not
want information collected through the use of cookies, there
is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to
deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should note
that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain
features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available
on the TeresaTomeo.com Site.
The foregoing policies are effective
as of January 1, 2000. TeresaTomeo.com reserves the right to
change this policy at any time by notifying users of the
existence of a new privacy statement. This statement and the
policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create
any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any
party.
