ZCNet
Website
Privacy Policy
This statement discloses the privacy practices
for the ZCNet website - www.ZCNet.Com.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to notify visitors
to ZCNet website (a) what personally identifiable information
is collected; (b) the identity of the organization collecting
the information; (c) how the information is used; (d)
with whom the information may be shared; (e) what choices
are available to visitors regarding collection, use
and distribution of the information; (f) the kind of
security procedures that are in place to protect the
loss, misuse or alteration of information under ZCNet's
control; and (g) how visitors can correct any inaccuracies
in the information.
Questions regarding this statement should be directed
to ZCNet.Com at support@zcnet.com will make every effort
to respond to questions within five business days of
their receipt.
Children must get permission from their parents before
sending any information about themselves (such as their
names, email addresses, and phone numbers) over the
Internet, to us or to anyone else. ZCNet will not knowingly
allow anyone under 16 to register with any of its sites,
to order ZCNet services or products online, or to access
those features that require registration.
The information gathered by ZCNet falls into two categories:
(1) information voluntarily supplied by visitors to
our website through optional registration or utilization
of the online account information or transactional portions
of the website; or (2) tracking information gathered
as visitors navigate through our sites.
To make use of certain features on our website (such
as the ZCNet Forum feature), customers need to register
and receive their ZCNet Personal Password. Certain information
will be requested as part of the registration process.
In order for ZCNet to provide secure access to customer
accounts or to permit customers to access and modify
their account information and service features, ZCNet
will need to ask for certain personal information such
as your name, address, and email address. The provision
of this information and the corresponding assignment
by ZCNet of a personal password for each site registrant,
will enable ZCNet to allow customers to take advantage
of the online account information and e-commerce features
of the ZCNet website. In addition, the information you
supply will help ZCNet to offer you more personalized
features, to tailor its website to your interests and
make them more useful to you.
The more you tell us about yourself, the more value
we can offer you. In addition, if you want to enjoy
the advantages of using the website to order new ZCNet
services or upgrade existing services, you need to provide
ZCNet with sufficient information to identify the correct
account, authenticate you as the account holder and
provide secure access to your account information.
ZCNet's web servers automatically log your IP address
- which establishes your computer's location on the
Internet - for purposes of systems administration and
troubleshooting. We use this information to deliver
our web pages to you upon request and to measure traffic
within our sites. ZCNet does not link IP addresses to
personally identifiable information.
ZCNet may perform statistical analyses of visitor behavior
in order to measure general customer interest in various
areas of the site and to measure the success of certain
features of the site. In performing these statistical
analyses, ZCNet may provide data to third parties in
aggregate form only. Personal information about individual
visitors will not be provided to third parties, except
to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in order
to permit ZCNet to fulfill a transaction initiated by
the customer or otherwise to conduct legitimate business
activities related to services provided by ZCNet to
its customers. ZCNet will provide to a subscriber a
summary of his or her personal information provided
at registration upon request and verification of the
subscriber's identity. Upon request, ZCNet will remove
any subscriber's information from it database, or allow
any subscriber to opt out of further contact or to change/correct
personal information that the subscriber states is erroneous.
With prior permission from customer at time of registration,
using the e-mail addresses provided at registration,
ZCNet periodically sends informational or special value
notification e-mail to its subscribers about products
and services offered by ZCNet (but not by third parties).
ZCNet reserves the right to contact all subscribers
about their account status or changes to the site's
visitor agreement or privacy policy.
All information gathered on any ZCNet website is encrypted
for storage within a ZCNet - controlled database. However,
as effective as encryption technology is, no security
system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security
of our database, nor can we guarantee that information
you supply won't be intercepted while being transmitted
to us over the Internet.
Any information you include in a message you post to
any chatroom, forum or other public posting area is
available to anyone with Internet access. If you don't
want people to know your email address, for example,
don't include it in any message you post publicly. In
addition, ZCNet is not responsible for the content or
the privacy policies of Web sites to which it may link.
A final note: The Web is an evolving medium. If we need
to change our privacy policy at some point in the future,
we'll post the changes before they take effect.
Of course, our use of information gathered while the
current policy is in effect will always be consistent
with the current policy, even if we change that policy
later.
Last updated April 18, 2003
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