Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
keSolutions ("ke™," "we" or "us") provides a
variety of online services and products, including without limitation, subscription,
newsletter and update services ("Services"), to subscribers via email and on
numerous websites throughout the World Wide Web (the "Sites"). ke™ is
strongly committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information, and
providing a safe and secure environment for its subscribers. THE PURPOSE OF
THIS PRIVACY POLICY (THE "POLICY") IS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF INFORMATION
WE MAY GATHER ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU VISIT THE SITES OR USE ANY OF OUR SERVICES,
HOW WE MAY USE THAT INFORMATION, IN WHICH MANNER WE WILL DISCLOSE IT, AND HOW
YOU CAN CORRECT AND/OR UPDATE THE INFORMATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT BY USING THE
SERVICES OR VISITING THE SITES, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THIS POLICY.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICES
OR REFRAIN FROM VISITING THE SITES. Please note that the Policy applies only
to ke™'s Services and Sites, but not to other websites to which we may
link, or to advertisers on the Sites. Additionally, your use of the Services
and/or the Sites is governed by ke™'s Terms of Service, as well as by
any other published rules pertaining to either a particular Site or Service.
Children's Information
ke™'s policy is that it does not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from subscribers under eighteen years of
age. The Services or Sites are not directed or intended for children under eighteen
years of age. If you are under eighteen years of age, you should not register
to become a Subscriber or provide personally identifiable information on any
of the Sites. If you are the parent or guardian of a subscriber under the age
of eighteen whom you believe has disclosed personally identifiable information
to ke™, please contact ke™ at admin@lorinweb.com so that we may
delete and remove such subscriber's information from our systems.
The Information We Gather
ke™ collects information from you at several different
points on the Sites or through use of the Services in various ways. For example,
ke™ continually reviews its visitors' demographics, interests and pages
viewed, and ke™ may require its subscribers and users to provide certain
personal information if they wish to participate in various activities on the
Sites (e.g., consummating transactions and entering into contests, drawings
or surveys). However, ke™ can only collect your personally identifiable
information if, and when, it is voluntarily offered. Whenever we collect personal
information, we will make an effort to include a link to this Policy on that
page.
Message Board and Chats
Among the many Services which ke™ offers subscribers
on the Sites, we provide message boards and chat rooms. Please be aware that
any visitor may read your postings on a message board or in a chat room. Furthermore,
any information which you may post to a message board or in a chat room, including
your profile information, will be disclosed and available to all users of that
message board or chat room, and is therefore no longer private. ke™ cannot
guarantee the security of such information that you disclose or communicate
online in public areas such as message boards and chat rooms, and you do so
at your own risk. ke™ reserves the right to republish your postings from
message boards or chat rooms elsewhere on the Web in any format.
How We Use the Information That We Gather
ke™ uses certain technologies, such as "cookies", to
personalize and improve your online experience.
- Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to
your computer's hard drive. Cookies store information about your visit to the
Sites or your use of the Services, thereby allowing you to access certain ke™’s
features not otherwise available. The information in the cookie is transmitted
from your computer to ke™ or to one of our third-party authorized service
contractors. The information contained in these cookies makes it possible for
our systems to know if you are presently logged onto a Site or using any of
the Services, or whether you have done so in a prior visit. This technology
enables ke™ to instantly determine your access privileges while allowing
you to navigate the Sites or use any of the Services without having to repeatedly
log in.
- Cookies from ke™ and/or one of our authorized service
contractors are also used to collect standard information transmitted from your
web browser including, without limitation: your Internet address, browser type,
web pages you visited with date and time, purchases you made on any of the Sites
and the type of operating system on your computer. This information is used
to help us understand and meet the ever-changing needs and interests of our
subscribers.
- ke™ may also use cookies to track your access to,
and use of the message boards, forums and chat rooms on the Sites, as well as
your responses to any of our online surveys.
- You always have the option of setting your browser to warn
you when a cookie is being accessed on your computer or to decline cookies altogether.
However, to take full advantage of the Sites, Services and features offered
by ke™, we recommend that you set your browser to accept cookies. Setting
your computer to accept or refuse cookies varies depending on the web browser
you are running. Please check the help tab of your browser for specifics on
your software.
- ke™ does not control any cookies you may receive
from an advertiser and these are not subject to this Policy.
- ke™ also uses web beacon technology to help track
site usage. Web beacons (also called single pixel gifs or action tags) allow
ke™ to track page viewing counts and patterns which we use to focus and
tailor future content development, measure the effectiveness of ke™’s
own marketing campaigns and assist with broadband capacity management for the
Sites.
- ke™ also employs web beacons within the context of
certain e-mails in order to determine the effectiveness and appeal of those
mailings. These web beacons 'sense' and notify ke™ if and when you open
the e-mail, if your e-mail program is capable of displaying HTML messages, and
where you may navigate within these HTML messages.
In addition to the foregoing, ke™ uses the information
obtained from its subscribers and users in order to enhance and customize their
online experiences. Due to the existing regulatory environment, ke™ cannot
ensure that all of your personally identifiable information and communications
will remain private and will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described
in this Policy. Therefore, although we maintain and make every effort to comply
with industry privacy standards, we do not promise, nor should you expect, that
your personally identifiable information or private communications will always
remain private. As a matter of policy and unless otherwise stated herein, ke™
does not rent, sell, or share your personally identifiable information with
other people or non-affiliated companies. However, ke™ reserves the right
to use your personally identifiable information to notify you of certain products
or Services about which you previously inquired or requested, special promotional
offers, and to investigate violations of the terms and provisions of this Policy
or the Terms of Use. In addition, ke™ aggregates (gathers and organizes
data across all subscriber and user accounts) personally identifiable information
from among its subscriber and user base and discloses only that portion of the
information which is non-personally identifiable to advertisers and other third
parties for marketing, promotional and other commercial purposes. For example,
your name, email address, password, credit card number and bank account number
will never to be disclosed without your express prior written consent.
Disclosure of Personal Information in the Event of Merger or Sale of Assets
ke™, its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates, could
merge with or be acquired by another business entity, or all or substantially
all of their respective assets could be acquired. Should such a combination,
acquisition or transaction occur, you should expect that ke™ will share
some or all of your personally identifiable information with the acquiring or
merged entity in order to continue serving you and others information, updates
and offers concerning the Sites or Services.
Co-branded and Other Affiliated Sites
As stated above, certain information or Services offered
or provided through the Sites may, from time to time, be provided on or through
other websites operated by or in conjunction with third party providers ("Partners").
These websites and the features thereon may have the same "look and feel" as
ke™'s Sites and/or Services. ke™ terms these websites "co-branded
sites", and often times a Partner's logo or name may appear on the website,
or the Partner's name may appear in the URL. Although ke™ will continue
to own any personally identifiable information collected about you from one
of these co-branded sites, such information may be shared by ke™ with
that Partner. However, a Partner will not rent, sell, or disclose any of your
personally identifiable information to third parties unless you consent to such
disclosures and use in advance (for example, you may be asked to opt-in on a
particular co-branded site in order to receive information or offers from a
Partner, its affiliates or agents).
Third Party Links
ke™ does not monitor, control or endorse the information
collection or privacy practices of any third parties including, without limitation,
any co-branded, Partner or affiliated sites which may or may not be owned or
operated by or in conjunction with ke™ or other third parties who may
provide services throughout the Sites. Please be aware that the Sites may contain
links to other websites on the Internet and the Services may be provided by
such third parties ke™ assumes no liability or responsibility for the
information collection and privacy practices of such third party. Please consult
each website's privacy policy. In addition, ke™ is not responsible for
the content or data collection practices of any third party websites, including
a third party's use of cookies or other data-collection applications. Even though
certain information collected by such third parties might not identify you personally,
we strongly encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices, and
to contact them if you have any questions about their respective privacy policies
and practices. On behalf of various sponsors, the Sites may provide sponsored
links to third-party websites or resources ("Linked Sites"). ke™ neither
controls nor have we reviewed or approved the content that appears on such Linked
Sites. You acknowledge and agree that ke™ is not responsible for the legality,
accuracy or inappropriate nature of any content, advertising, products or other
materials on or available from such Linked Sites. You further acknowledge and
agree that ke™ shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly,
for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with
use of or reliance on any such content, goods, and services available on or
through any such Linked Site.
Security
ke™ places a priority on the security of personally
identifiable information, and we undertake reasonable security measures that
comply with federal regulations to protect the data that resides on our servers.
ke™ also uses secure server software (SSL) to process all financial transactions
which occur on the Sites. SSL encrypts all of your personal information transmitted
over the Internet, including your credit card number, name and address. However,
no security system is impenetrable. ke™ cannot warrant or guarantee the
security of its servers, nor can it guarantee that information supplied by Subscribers
or other users will not be intercepted while being transmitted to ke™
over the Internet.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If your personally identifiable information changes (such
as your address, zip code), or if you no longer desire to use or access one
of the Sites or Services, ke™ encourages you to correct, update or remove
the personal information that you provided. This can be done at the "Login"
page on each of the Sites. Keep in mind, however, that even if you delete your
account from ke™'s records, there will be residual information that will
remain within ke™'s databases, access logs, and other records, which may
or may not contain personally identifiable information.
How To Contact Us
Please relay any questions you may have pertaining to our
above stated policies by emailing us at admin@lorinweb.com
Privacy Policy Changes
This Policy was last changed on July 4, 2004. If ke™
makes changes to any of the terms or conditions of the Policy, the changes will
be posted in this document so that you will always know what information we
gather, how we might use that information and to whom we will disclose it. We
reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Policy at
any time, and any changes will become effective immediately upon being posted
unless ke™ advises you otherwise. Your continued use of the Services and/or
the Sites after this Policy has been amended shall be deemed to be your continued
acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Policy, as amended. We encourage
you to bookmark this web page and review this Policy regularly. Copyright ©
2004, keSolutions All rights reserved.