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This privacy statement discloses the
privacy practices for
GenerationsMedia.com.
Generation Media's mission is to
build users' trust and confidence in
the Internet by
promoting the use of fair
information practices. Because this
web site wants to
demonstrate its commitment to your
privacy, it has agreed to disclose
its information
practices. This web site has agreed
to notify you of:
Information Collection and
Use
Generations Media is the
sole owner of the
information collected on
this site. We will
not sell, share, or rent
this information to others
in ways different from what
is
disclosed in this statement.
Generations Media collects
information from our users
at
several different points on
our website.
Registration
In order to use Generations
Media a user must first
complete the registration
form.
During registration a user
is required to give their
contact information
(such as name and email
address). This information
is used to contact the user
about
the services on our site for
which they have expressed
interest. It is optional for
the
user to provide demographic
information (such as income
level and gender), and
unique identifiers (such as
social security number), but
encouraged so we can provide
a more personalized
experience on our site.
Order
We request information from
the user on our order form.
Here a user must provide
contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial
information
(like credit card number,
expiration date). This
information is used for
billing purposes
and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order,
this contact
information is used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data
stored on the user's hard
drive containing information
about the user. Usage of a
cookie is in no way linked
to any personally
identifiable
information while on our
site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie
simply
terminates. For instance, by
setting a cookie on our
site, the user would not
have to
log in a password more than
once, thereby saving time
while on our site. If a user
rejects the cookie, they may
still use our site. The only
drawback to this is that the
user will be limited in some
areas of our site on
Generations Media. Cookies
can also
enable us to track and
target the interests
of our users to enhance the
experience
on our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to
analyze trends, administer
the site, track user's
movement,
and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate
use. IP addresses are not
linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated
demographic information with
our partners. This is not
linked
to any personal information
that can identify any
individual person.
We use an outside shipping
company to ship orders, and
a credit card processing
company to bill users for
goods and services. These
companies do not retain,
share,
store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
We partner with another
party to provide specific
services. When the user
signs up
for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that
is necessary
for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not
allowed to use personally
identifiable information
except for the
purpose of providing these
services.
Links
This web site contains links
to other sites. Please be
aware that we Generations
Media
are not responsible for the
privacy practices of such
other sites. We encourage
our
users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of
each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy
statement applies solely to
information collected by
this Web site
News Updates and Special
Promotions
If a user wishes to
subscribe to our newsletter
and Special Promotions, we
ask for
contact information such as
name and email address..
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site
requests information from
users via surveys or
contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the
user
therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information
requested may include
contact information (such as
name and shipping address),
and demographic information
(such as zip code, age
level). Contact information
will
be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be
used for
purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our
referral service for
informing a friend about our
site, we ask
them for the friend's name
and email address.
Generations Media will
automatically
send the friend a one-time
email inviting them to visit
the site. Generations Media
stores this information for
the sole purpose of sending
this one-time email. The
friend
may contact Generations
Media at
www.generationsmedia.com to
request the
removal of this information
from their database.
Security
This website takes every
precaution to protect our
users' information. When
users
submit sensitive information
via the website, your
information is protected
both online
and off-line.
When our registration/order
form asks users to enter
sensitive information
(such as credit card number
and/or social security
number), that information is
encrypted and is protected
with the best encryption
software in the industry -
SSL.
While on a secure page, such
as our order form, the lock
icon on the bottom of
Web browsers such as
Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer
becomes
locked, as opposed to
un-locked, or open, when you
are just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL encryption
to protect sensitive
information online, we also
do
everything in our power to
protect user-information
off-line. All of our users'
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our
offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job
(for example, our accounting
personnel or a customer
service representative)
are granted access to
personally identifiable
information. Our employees
must
use password-protected
screen-savers when they
leave their desk. When they
return, they must
re-enter their password to
re-gain access to your
information.
Furthermore, ALL employees
are kept up-to-date on our
security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, as
well as any time new
policies are added, our
employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy,
and what they can do to
ensure our customers'
information is protected.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on
are kept
in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions
about the security at our
website, you can send an
email to
support@generationsmedia.com
Special Offers
We send all new members a
welcoming email to verify
password and username.
Established members will
occasionally receive
information on products,
services,
special deals, and a
newsletter.
Out of respect for the
privacy of our users we
present the option to not
receive
these types of
communications. Please see
our choice and opt-out
below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site
and service announcement
updates. Members are not
able
to un-subscribe from service
announcements, which contain
important information
about the service. We
communicate with the user to
provide requested services
and
in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating
Personal Information:
If a user's personally
identifiable information
changes (such as your zip
code), or if
a user no longer desires our
service, we will endeavor to
provide a way to correct,
update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can
usually be done
within your personal account
in Generations Media or by
emailing our Customer
Support
1-888-411-2885.
Choice/Opt-out
Users who no longer wish to
receive our newsletter or
promotional materials from
our
partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by the email at
support@generationsmedia.com
Users of our site are
notified when their
information is being
collected by any outside
parties. We do this so our
users can make an informed
choice as to whether they
should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post
those changes on our
Homepage so our users are
always aware of what
information we collect,
how we use it, and under
circumstances, if any, we
disclose it. If at any point
we
decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different
from that
stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users
will have a choice as to
whether or not we use their
information in this
different
manner. We will use
information in accordance
with the privacy policy
under which
the information was
collected. |