Your use of this site constitutes your acceptance of the User
Agreement and the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy below. If you do
not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy, you may not access, view,
or otherwise use the USPatriots.net Web site. Please read the following terms
carefully.
Children’s Privacy Policy
In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998, USPatriots.net is committed to providing a safe place for children.
We recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections for children
who visit our sites. To read about our protections for children who are
12 and younger, see Section II below. |
Section I – Your Privacy
USPatriots.net respects your privacy. We are committed to helping you make the
most of your free time on the Internet within a trusted environment. This privacy
policy describes how we collect, protect, use and share information gathered
about you on our Web site. The majority of the content and services on our sites
are offered without our collecting any personal information from you. You can
surf the USPatriots.net Web site and view much of our content anonymously. However,
once you have registered with USPatriots.net, you will have full access to all
of our outstanding resources. Our goal is to provide you with the best information
possible to support your career, family and lifestyle. We hope that the information
contained in this Privacy Policy will help increase your confidence in our Site
and enhance your experience on the Internet.
1. What types of information is USPatriots.net collecting, and how is that
information collected?
We collect two types of information from you when you visit our Site. This information
helps us to achieve this goal and provide better service to you. First, we collect
information that identifies you personally to us. This is referred to as "Personally
Identifiable Information" and is information you voluntarily choose to
provide. Second, we collect information about your use of our Site with the
aid of technology. This information is automatically collected when you visit
the USPatriots.net Web site. In order to have full access to our outstanding
resources, we require some basic information that you choose to provide. Personally
identifiable information tells us specifically who you are and how to best serve
you. It is collected when you choose to become a member of the USPatriots.net
Web site community. As a member, you are asked to provide certain basic information
such as your name, current email address, desired member name, and affiliations.
You may also provide additional personal information at your option. Additionally,
if you choose to correspond with us through email, we keep your email address,
the content of your email messages and our responses. USPatriots.net also collects
some information about your use of our Site and it may not be evident to you
that it is being collected. This is information your computer automatically
provides to us when a connection is made between your computer and our servers.
This information cannot be tied back to you as a specific individual. It helps
us understand our customers and how to serve them better. Examples of collected
data include: the web sites you visited just before and just after our Web site;
the date and time of your visits; the pages viewed; time spent at our Web site;
your browser and platform type (e.g., an Internet Explore on a Macintosh platform),
and your IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. An IP address is a number that is
automatically assigned to your computer whenever you surf the Web and helps
us track demographics and traffic patterns. This allows us to serve you more
effectively, and provide service and content that is most relevant to your personal
interests. We do not combine this type of information with personally identifiable
information unless it is to enforce compliance with the law, our rules or terms
of service described in our User Agreement or to protect our service, site,
Members, Guests, or others.
2. What type of security does USPatriots.net provide?
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated
with our members is of utmost concern to us. USPatriots.net takes technical,
contractual, administrative, and physical security steps to protect all visitors'
information. We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality
of personal information we collect. This software provides a limited degree
of protection against unauthorized access or disclosure, as well as accidental
loss, alteration, or destruction. There are some things that you can do to help
protect the security of your information as well. First, never give out your
Password, since this is what is used to access all of your account information.
Second, remember to sign out of your account and close your browser window when
you finish surfing the Web, so that other people using the same computer won't
have access to your information.
3. What choices do I have about USPatriots.net collecting, using, and sharing
my information?
It is possible for you to use much of our site without giving us any personally
identifiable information. However, when you do register with us or give us personally
identifiable information, you will have an opportunity at the time we collect
your information to limit e-mail communications from USPatriots.net and from
our third-party partners. You can request at any time that USPatriots.net not
send future e-mail to you either by unsubscribing from the communication or
by contacting us at memberservices@uspatriots.net. Additionally, there are ways
to limit the information collected through technology, but remember that some
of our features won't work if you decide to do this.
4. How does USPatriots.net use the personally identifiable information that
has been collected?
USPatriots.net uses personally identifiable information for a few specific reasons
only. We use the information to complete transactions. We use information to
notify you if you have won a game or contest, or to send you e-mail updates
and newsletters about our sites. We also use the information you voluntarily
provide to send you USPatriots.net e-mail promotions and special offers from
our third-party sponsors. If you contact us for help we will use the information
to reply to you. Finally, we will give out personal information as required
by law, to enforce our terms of service outlined in our User Agreement, or game
rules; or to protect the safety and security of Members, Guest and our sites.
5. What Are Cookies, and How Does USPatriots.net Use Them?
The USPatriots.net Web site uses standard and widely used technologies, such
as "cookies" and web server logs, to enhance your web viewing experience. Cookies
and web server logs automatically track certain information about you that is
based upon your activity on our Site. Cookies are pieces of information that
a Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the Web site. These
pieces of information allow the Web site to remember important information that
will make your use of that site more useful. USPatriots.net and other Internet
companies use cookies for a variety of purposes. USPatriots.net uses cookies
to make sure children don't enter unmoderated chat rooms. You can choose to
have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose
to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (Netscape Navigator
or Internet Explorer) settings. Because each browser is a little different,
you should look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify
your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you will not have access to many USPatriots.net
features that make your Web experience more efficient, and some of our services
will not function properly. When you visit a link to an advertiser’s or other
third parties featured on our site, they may place cookies on your browser when
you visit our Site. USPatriots.net has no control over what third parties do
with this information an we cannot and do not make any representations about
the practices and policies of these companies.
6. Does USPatriots.net share information with companies or other organizations
that are not part of the USPatriots.net?
One of the most valuable assets of our business is you. We are not in the business
of selling information about our members. However, if there is a value for our
members, we will share your information or send you messages on behalf of another
company as described below. We will also share information for security reasons.
USPatriots.net offers a number of third party services from our Site. If you
choose to use these optional services, we may provide some of your personal
information to the Third Party Service Provider offering such services. The
Third Party Service Provider may also provide us with personal information about
you. a.
Companies Offering Promotions, Products, or Services Occasionally,
we offer promotions, like sweepstakes or free subscriptions, in conjunction
with a sponsor. We only send these promotions to you if you've given your permission,
as we do not share your name with the third party (we do the mailing for them).
We may share your information with those sponsors so that they can send you
other special promotions they offer, but only if you give us your permission
to do so, and we will share it only with that specific sponsor. In addition,
USPatriots.net occasionally sends e-mail promotions out to our Members on behalf
of third-party sponsors. b.
Content Partners On some of our sites, we
provide content that is created by a third-party partner. In some cases the
third-party partners will collect information in order to facilitate the transaction
or to make the use of their content more useful. In these circumstances the
information collected is shared between USPatriots.net and our third-party partners.
c.
Third-Party and Network Advertisers To help increase privacy protections
for our Members and Guests, USPatriots.net allows advertising on our sites from
only those companies that have their own privacy policy. The links in the USPatriots.net
Web site allow you to leave our Site. Once you've clicked on an advertisement
and have left USPatriots.net, our privacy policy no longer applies. You must
read the privacy policy of the advertiser to see how your personal information
will be handled on their site. USPatriots.net is not responsible for the privacy
practices employed by these sites, nor the information or content contained
therein. We provide these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion
of any link does not imply endorsement by USPatriots.net of the site. In addition,
many business advertisements are managed and placed on our site by companies
called "network advertisers." Network advertisers collect non-personally identifiable
information when you click on or scan one of their banner advertisements. The
information is collected using technology, so you may not realize it's being
collected. Furthermore, it is collected so that they can show you ads that are
more relevant and interesting to you. d.
Companies That Are "acting
on behalf" of USPatriots.net Sometimes we hire companies to help us
deliver products or services, like a shipping company that delivers a package.
In those instances, we need to share your information with them. These companies
are basically acting on behalf of USPatriots.net, and they are allowed to use
the information only to deliver the product or service.
How can I access my account information?You can access the personally
identifiable information you gave us during registration at http://uspatriots.net/memberservices
8. Do We Comply With Legally Compelled Disclosure Of Information?
We may release any private information about you that we possess when we believe
release is appropriate to comply with the law, to enforce or apply the terms
and conditions of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and/or other agreements,
or to protect the rights, property or safety of USPatriots.net, our Site users,
or others. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information
on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection
Act. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here,
please forward them via our Contact Us page.
9. Notice Of New Services And Changes
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about
important changes to our Web site, new services, and special offers we think
you will find valuable.
10. Purchase or Sale of Businesses
USPatriots.net continually looks for ways to improve our business; we may buy
or sell a company. If we buy or sell a business, the names collected will likely
be transferred as a part of the sale. However, if we buy a business, we will
honor the requests that customers made of that business regarding e-mail communications.
In the event that we sell a business, we will do everything in our power to
ensure that the e-mail communications requests you made of us are honored.
Section II – USPatriots.net Children’s Privacy Policy (Children 12 and younger)
Children under 12 must be sponsored by an adult member and are considered a
"guest" of our service. To have access to all of the resources on
the USPatriots.net Web site, they are required to set up a "family"
membership under the supervision an adult. There are no chat rooms for children
under 18, and communication with USPatriots.net staff and other Members is through
email or message boards only.
1. What types of information is USPatriots.net collecting about children
who are 12 and younger?
Children can surf USPatriots.net sites, view content, and play games without
any personally identifiable information being collected. However, in some areas
it is necessary to collect personally identifiable information from children
to allow participation a contest or to communicate via e-mail or message boards.
USPatriots.net will not to collect any more personally identifiable information
from children 12 and younger than is necessary for them to participate in our
online activities.
The only personally identifiable information we collect from children is first
name, parent's e-mail address, and child's birth date. We collect birth date
to validate a Guest's age. To help Guests remember their Log-in Name and Password
if they forget them, we may also collect personal information, like a pet's
name.
We also allow parents to request at any time that the information collected
about their child be removed from our database. If you would like to deactivate
your child's account, please send an e-mail message to memberservices@uspatriots.net
with your child's Log-in Name and Password requesting that the account be cancelled.
2. How does USPatriots.net use and share the personally identifiable information
that has been collected?
No information collected from children 12 and younger is used for any marketing
or promotional purposes. The information collected about children 12 and younger
is used only by USPatriots.net to provide services or to conduct games or contests.
Although children 12 and younger may be allowed to participate in some contests
where information is collected, notification and prizes are sent to the parents'
or guardians' e-mail address provided during the initial registration process.
Publication of contest winners' full names, ages, or images for individuals
12 and younger require parental or guardian consent. Sometimes a non-identifiable
version of a child's name will be published. In those circumstances, parents
may not be contacted again for permission. We do not allow children 12 and younger
to participate in unmoderated chat rooms. We will give out personal information
about children if required by law, to enforce our terms of service described
in our User Agreement, or game rules; or to protect the safety and security
of Members, Guest and our sites.
3. Does USPatriots.net notify parents about the collection of information
on children 12 and younger?
Any time children 12 and younger register with us, we send an e-mail notification
to their parent or guardian. In addition, we require parents to give express
permission before we will allow their children to use e-mail, message boards,
and other features where personally identifiable information can be made public
to the Internet and shared with users of all ages. We also give parents 48 hours
to refuse any registrations children make in order to play games and contests.
If we don't hear back, we assume it's ok for a child to be registered with us.
Once a child has registered, he or she will be allowed to enter any future registration-based
games and contests, and parents aren't notified again. In this instance, we
use the information collected only to notify parents when a child has won a
game or contest. We don't use this information for any other purpose.
4. How do parents access information about their children?
Here are three methods to review the information that has been collected about
children who are 12 and younger. When parents give their children access to
interactive features like message boards, they are required to establish a family
account. Once a family account is established, the primary account holder can
review the personally identifiable information of all family member accounts
including a child's. You can access this information by logging in to your family
account at http://uspatriots.net/memberservices.
If you are not already a member of any of the USPatriots.net sites, you can
review your child's personally identifiable information by logging in to your
child's account at the Member Services Home Page located at
www.uspatriots.net
and enter the user name and password in the box provided. You will need to have
your child's member name and password. There are instructions on the Your Account
home page to help you recover your child's password if they've forgotten it.
You can also contact Customer Service to view the information that has been
collected from or about your child by sending an e-mail to memberservices@uspatriots.net.
If you have not yet established a family account, you will need to have your
child's user name and password. Please include information (child's member name,
parent email address) in the email that will help us identify your child's account
so we can assist you with your inquiry or request.
5. Whom do I contact with questions or concerns about this privacy policy?
If you need further assistance, please send an e-mail with your questions or
comments to memberservices@uspatriots.net.
