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The Internet contains a wealth of information; unfortunately, it
may also contain personal details about you that you don't want
everyone to know. For example, your real name (lots of people on
the Internet use aliases, alter egos, or nicknames), street address,
phone number, or e-mail address. When you go online, sites you visit
may be gathering information about you without your knowledge. At
TattooFinder.com, we strive to help our customers protect their
privacy while using our services.
TattooFinder.com's policy is to respect and protect the privacy
of our users. This policy statement tells you how we collect information
from you and how we use it. Using the Internet should be a fun experience
and we want to help you make it so. Be assured that TattooFinder.com
will not disclose your personal information to third parties without
your consent. TattooFinder.com may disclose user information in
special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with
(either intentionally or unintentionally) TattooFinder.com's rights
or property, other TattooFinder.com users, or anyone else that could
be harmed by such activities. TattooFinder.com may disclose user
information when we believe in good faith that the law requires
it. TattooFinder.com shares aggregate information about our users
with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties.
For example, we will say TattooFinder.com's audience is x percent
female and y percent male. This data is used to customize TattooFinder.com's
content and advertising to deliver a better experience for our users.
There are cases where TattooFinder.com may ask you for personal
information such as your name, e-mail address, and birth date. For
example, we request personal information when you make a purchase
with TattooFinder.com. TattooFinder.com needs to collect this information
for fulfilling prizes, tracking/verifying compliance with TattooFinder.com
policies as well as federal, state, and local laws, and/or for editorial
and feedback solicitation purposes. In case you change your mind
or some personal information changes (such as your ZIP code), we
will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove the
personal data you give us.
POLICIES FOR KIDS (INDIVIDUALS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE)
TattooFinder.com encourages parents and guardians to spend time
online with their children and to participate in the activities
offered on the sites. No information should be submitted to or posted
at TattooFinder.com by Guests under 13 years of age without the
consent of their parent or guardian. Unless otherwise disclosed
during collection, TattooFinder.com does not provide any personally
identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third
party for any purpose whatsoever from our Guests under 13 years
of age. All registrants receive an e-mail confirming their Registration.
In addition, when a Guest under 13 registers, he/she is required
to provide the e-mail address of his/her parent or guardian and
that parent or guardian receives an e-mail alerting them to that
Registration. Although Guests under 13 years of age may be allowed
to participate in some contests and promotions, if such a Guest
wins, notification and prizes are sent to the parent or guardian
identified in the initial registration process. Publication of names,
ages, or images for contest winners under 13 require parental or
guardian consent.
POLICIES FOR TEENS (INDIVIDUALS 13 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE)
Teens are required to provide the e-mail address of a parent or
guardian and a notification message is sent to the parent or guardian
of all Guests who are 13 to 17 years of age, which identifies the
information supplied at Registration and allows the parent or guardian
to be aware of and participate in the Guest's online experience.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers -- the big
computers that "serve up" Web pages -- automatically identify
your computer by its IP address. TattooFinder.com collects IP addresses
for the purposes of system administration, to report aggregate information
to our advertisers, and to audit the use of our site. When Guests
request pages from TattooFinder.com, our servers log the Guests'
IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally
identifiable, which means that a user's session will be logged,
but the user remains anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses
to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance
with our rules or terms of service or to protect our service, site,
customers, or others. Some services within TattooFinder.com, such
as certain message boards, may display IP addresses along with the
message poster's name and message. Please review each service prior
to use and only use those that disclose information you are comfortable
with sharing.
USE OF COOKIES
What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web
site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping
purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your
preferences while you're at our site. We never
credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry
standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites. By showing
how and when Guests use a site, cookies help us see which areas
are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to
the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and
pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies.
We use the information from cookies to provide services better tailored
to our users needs. Visitors to TattooFinder.com always have the
option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences. Most
browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your
browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being
sent. However, note that some parts of the TattooFinder.com service
will not function properly or may be considerably slower if you
refuse cookies.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Users should be aware that when they are on TattooFinder.com, they
could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There
are links to other sites from TattooFinder.com pages that take you
outside our service. For example, if you "click" on a
banner advertisement, the "click" takes you off the TattooFinder.com
site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors, and partners
that may use TattooFinder.com's logo as part of a co-branding agreement.
These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data,
or solicit personal information. Please keep in mind that whenever
you give out personal information online --- for example, via message
boards or chat --- that information can be collected and used by
people you don't know. While TattooFinder.com strives to protect
their users' personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee
the security of any information you disclose online and you do so
at your own risk. TattooFinder.com's policy does not extend to anything
that is inherent in the operation of the
Internet, and therefore beyond TattooFinder.com's control, and is
not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or governmental
regulation.
SECURITY
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information
associated with our Guests is of utmost concern to us. We exercise
great care in providing secure transmission of your information
from your PC to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission
over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result,
while we strive to protect your personal information, TattooFinder.com
can't ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at
your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best
effort to ensure its security on our systems. When credit card information
is transmitted we use industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer)
encryption. TattooFinder.com will never ask you for your password
in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail. Ultimately, you are responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and any account information.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this site, you signify your assent to the TattooFinder.com
Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not
use our site. Your continued use of the TattooFinder.com site following
the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those
changes.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Web site's privacy
statement, you should first contact the company as follows: TattooFinder.com,
2734 West 28th Ave. - Denver, Colorado - 80211; telephone number:
(303) 774-0208; or via e-mail.
TattooFinder.com's INTERNET SAFETY TIPS
- Keep your passwords private, even from your best friend! Your
online service will never ask for them, so neither should anyone
else.
- Use only your member name and/or e-mail address when chatting
or sending e-mail.
- Never give out personal information like your name, address,
or phone number.
- Don't share photos of yourself, your family, or your home with
people you meet online.
- Always delete unknown e-mail attachments without opening them.
They can contain destructive viruses.
- If a person writes something that is mean or makes you feel
uncomfortable, don't respond. Just log off and tell your parents,
who can report it to your online service provider.
- Remember that nothing you write on the Web is completely private
-- including e-mail. So be careful and think about what you type
and who you tell. Not everyone is as nice, cute, and funny as
they may sound online.
Never make plans to meet an online "friend" in person.
- WHEN IN DOUBT -- always ask your parents for help -- and just
LOG OFF if you're not sure! You can always go back online later.
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