PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY
CAREFULLY.
By accessing or otherwise using this site, you agree to
be bound contractually by this Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: May 29, 2006
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Modification
of Privacy Policy. We
reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time,
and without prior notice, by posting amended terms on this
website. Your continued use indicates your acceptance of
the amended Privacy Policy. You should check this Privacy
Policy periodically for modifications by referencing the
Effective Date posted above.
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Additional "Click-Wrapped"
Agreements. This Privacy
Policy provides the general policies of this site regarding
the collection and use of private information and this site's
use of email to contact you. We reserve the right to offer
to you participation in such additional agreements in "click-wrapped"
format (where you may indicate your agreement by clicking
on a button or icon) that may provide specific exceptions
to these general policies. If there is any inconsistency
or conflict between this Privacy Policy and any such "click-wrapped"
agreement, the "click-wrapped" agreement shall prevail.
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Privacy Statement.
Geostar Publishing & Services LLC ("Geostar"), operates this
web site. All references to "we", "us", "this web site"
or "this site" shall be construed to mean Geostar. Geostar
regards the privacy and security of user information as
a critical component of the service that we offer to our
users. The following information explains our information
gathering and dissemination practices.
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Registration
Data. We reserve the right
to require you to register to receive certain benefits or
services and to provide certain registration data including
your name, gender, birth date, country, zip code, time zone
and email address ("Registration Data").
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Use of Registration
Data. Opt-Out And Discontinue
For Emails. We reserve the right to use Registration Data
to tailor our site to your particular needs. We also reserve
the right to use Registration Data to send you emails specific
to the site and required for the normal functioning of the
site, plus additional emails, subject to your right to opt-out
and discontinue such emails. We reserve the right to use
demographic and profile information to tailor your experience
at our site, showing you the content that we think you might
be interested in as well as displaying the content according
to your preferences.
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Coockies. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers
to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes.
Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify
users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most
browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you
prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However,
you may not be able to take full advantage of a web site
if you do so. We reserve the right to use cookies to collect
demographic and profile data for purposes of delivering
content specific to your interests. Advertisers that display
ads on our site may also use cookies; however we do not
have access to the information obtained from cookies issued
from other sites.
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IP Addresses.
IP addresses are used by your computer
every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address
is a number that is used by computers on the network to
identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected
by our web server as part of demographic and profile data
known as "traffic data" so that data (such as the web pages
you request) can be sent to you. We will not use your IP
address to attempt to identify your personal information.
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Referers. A
Referer is the information passed along by a web browser
that references the Web URL you linked from, and is automatically
collected by our web server as "traffic data". We reserve
the right to use this information to identify broad demographic
trends that may be used to provide information tailored
to your interests. You will not be personally identified
from this information.
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System Information.
System information that we collect as
part of "traffic data" includes time, the type of web browser
being used, the operating system/platform, and CPU speed.
This information is sent automatically by your web browser
when you are connected to a web site. We reserve the right
to use this information ifor purposes of identifying broad
demographic trends and may be used to provide information
appropriate for your computer system. You will not be personally
identified from this information.
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Sharing of Information.
We feel strongly that your personal data should only be
seen by you, unless you choose to share it with others.
We will never sell, rent, license or exchange personally
identifiable data with a third party without your permission.
No personally identifiable data or information will be shared
with advertisers or partners without your permission. Some
of your information may be shared on an aggregate basis
only, as a part of a larger set of statistics (for example,
statistics that indicate the percentage of our members that
are female), but that information will not be sufficient
to permit the recipient to identify you. Notwithstanding
the forgoing, we will only disclose personally identifiable
data without your permission in the following limited circumstances:
(i) if we are required to do so by law, or (ii) if we have
the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform
to applicable laws or comply with legal process served on
us, or to protect and defend this site's rights or property
or the rights or property of an account holder of this site.
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Other Web Sites, Links, And Advertisers.This
web site contains links to other web sites. We reserve this
right to have advertisers or other third parties on this
site who may also have links on this web site and may link
to this site. The privacy practices of advertisers or web
sites linked to this site are not covered by this privacy
statement, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of such web sites. Additionally, if you make
a purchase from a store or merchant listed on or linked
to this site, any information that you give, such as your
credit card number and contact information, is provided
to those merchants. These merchants have separate privacy
and data collection practices, and we have no responsibility
or liability for these independent policies. You should
be careful to review any privacy policies posted on any
of these sites before signing up with and using them.
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Security.
Information collected by this site is stored in secure operating
environments that are not available to the public. All of
our employees are dedicated to maintaining and upholding
your privacy and security and are aware of our privacy and
security policies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over
the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result,
while we strive to protect your personal information, we
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
- Update/Edit. Registered users may update or edit their account and
personal information previously entered by following these
instructions: log in, click on the link "Modify Profile";
then view and modify your personal data per the instructions
provided on the linked page.
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Contact Us.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy
or your dealings with this web site, please contact us at:
Geostar Publishing & Services LLC.
Richard J. Runion,
6423 Woodbine Court,
St. Louis, MO 63109
USA
Ph: 314-260-9978
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