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Last Updated: July 2006
CrohnsHelp.com
strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of
Internet technology and to provide an interactive and
personalized experience. We may use Personally
Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address,
street address, telephone number) subject to the terms
of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or
rent your email address to any unauthorized third party.
Period.
How we gather information from
users:
How we collect and store
information depends on the page you are visiting, the
activities in which you elect to participate and the
services provided. For example, you may be asked to
provide information when you register for access to
certain portions of our site or request certain
features, such as newsletters or when you make a
purchase. You may provide information when you
participate in sweepstakes and contests, message boards
and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our site.
Like most Web sites, Crohnshelp.com also collects
information automatically and through the use of
electronic tools that may be transparent to our
visitors. For example, we may log the name of your
Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to
recognize you and hold information from your visit.
Among other things, the cookie may store your user name
and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that
information each time you visit, or may control the
number of times you encounter a particular advertisement
while visiting our site. As we adopt additional
technology, we may also gather information through other
means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide
us with information, for example by setting your browser
to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be
unable to access certain portions of the site or may be
asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we
may not be able to customize the site âs features
according to your preferences.
What we do
with the information we collect:
Like
other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance
your visit and deliver more individualized content and
advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share
your information with anyone.
Aggregated
Information (information that does not personally
identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we
may combine information about your usage patterns with
similar information obtained from other users to help
enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which
pages are visited most or what features are most
attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be
shared with our advertisers and business partners.
Again, this information does not include any Personally
Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to
identify you individually.
We may use Personally
Identifiable Information collected on
Crohnshelp.com to communicate with you about your
registration and customization preferences; our Terms of
Service and privacy policy; services and products
offered by Crohnshelp.com and other topics we
think you might find of interest.
Personally
Identifiable Information collected by
Crohnshelp.com may also be used for other
purposes, including but not limited to site
administration, troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes
and contests, and other communications with you. Certain
third parties who provide technical support for the
operation of our site (our Web hosting service for
example) may access such information. We will use your
information only as permitted by law. In addition, from
time to time as we continue to develop our business, we
may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or
businesses. In such transactions, user information may
be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose
your information in response to a court order, at other
times when we believe we are reasonably required to do
so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts
you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities
whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please
note we may not provide you with notice prior to
disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated
sites, linked sites and
advertisements:
Crohnshelp.com
expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to
respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however,
that third parties, including our partners, advertisers,
affiliates and other content providers accessible
through our site, may have their own privacy and data
collection policies and practices. For example, during
your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part
of a frame on a Crohnshelp.com page, certain
content that is actually created or hosted by a third
party. Also, through Crohnshelp.com you may be
introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web
sites, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by
other parties. Crohnshelp.com is not responsible
for the actions or policies of such third parties. You
should check the applicable privacy policies of those
third parties when providing information on a feature or
page operated by a third party.
While on our
site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other
third parties may use cookies or other technology to
attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve
information about you. For example, some of our
advertising is served by third parties and may include
cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether
you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other
features available on our site may offer services
operated by third parties and may use cookies or other
technology to gather information. Crohnshelp.com
does not control the use of this technology by third
parties or the resulting information, and is not
responsible for any actions or policies of such third
parties.
You should also be aware that if you
voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information
on message boards or in chat areas, that information can
be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by
third parties without our knowledge and may result in
unsolicited messages from other individuals or third
parties. Such activities are beyond the control of
Crohnshelp.com and this
policy.
Children:
Crohnshelp.com
does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally
Identifiable Information from or about children under 13
except as permitted by law. If we discover we have
received any information from a child under 13 in
violation of this policy, we will delete that
information immediately. If you believe
Crohnshelp.com has any information from or about
anyone under 13, please contact us at the address listed
below.
Contacting Us:
We
can be reached by
contacting:
Crohnshelp.com
Email:
Info AT CrohnsHelp DOT com
Changes to this
Policy:
Crohnshelp.com reserves
the right to change this policy at any time. Please
check this page periodically for changes. Your continued
use of our site following the posting of changes to
these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Information collected prior to the time any change is
posted will be used according to the rules and laws that
applied at the time the information was
collected.
Governing
law:
This policy and the use of this
Site are governed by Maryland law. If a dispute arises
under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve it
with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the
following location: Montgomery County. Any costs and
fees other than attorney fees associated with the
mediation will be shared equally by each of
us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a
mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we
agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at
the following location: Montgomery County, under the
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be
entered in any court with jurisdiction to do
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