TNW Enterprises Privacy Statement

Last updated on October 18, 2005.

TNW Enterprises is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations.

Collection of your Personal Information

TNW Enterprises is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. TNW Enterprises will not release any personally identifying information unless you specifically authorize us to do so or in the limited exceptions listed below.

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering for our forum or photo gallery or enlisting us to provide any other services we offer. Personal information collected by TNW Enterprises often is limited to e-mail address but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, we will request personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number.

TNW Enterprises also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of TNW Enterprises.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
• To deliver services, such as a forum, photo gallery, or any other service you have registered to use or enlisted us to provide.
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
• To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
• To confirm your identity when you register to use or enlist us to provide any of our services.

We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content.

We may hire or use the services offered by other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including (but not limited to): payment processing, packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail, and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

TNW Enterprises may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on TNW Enterprises; (b) protect and defend the rights, resources, property, or integrity of TNW Enterprises and its affiliates, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of TNW Enterprises employees, users of TNW Enterprises products or services, or members of the public.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, TNW Enterprises will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

TNW Enterprises may send out periodic emails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information

If a user's personally identifiable information changes, 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 at the "edit profile" section of each particular service or by sending us an email.

Security of your Personal Information

TNW Enterprises is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. When you submit sensitive information via the web site, your information is protected both online and off-line. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Please be advised, however, that the Internet and other various networking communication media are not entirely secure, and your information may therefore be subject to interception or loss which is beyond our control. Accordingly, TNW Enterprises assumes no responsibility or liability for disclosure of your information (personally identifiable or otherwise) due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, acts of God, or other causes beyond the reasonable control of TNW Enterprises.

Protection of Children's Personal Information

TNW Enterprises is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

Links

This site may contain links to other websites. TNW Enterprises is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Cookies

Cookies are small files containing information that a Web site uses to track a visit. Both persistent and session cookies are used by TNW Enterprises. A persistent cookie remains on the user's hard drive for authentication purposes, while a session cookie is temporary and is only used to complete a registration process. (Please refer to your browser's Help function for further information on controlling and setting cookies.) TNW Enterprises requires session cookies to complete any registration processes we host.
TNW Enterprises uses persistent cookies to link visitors to registration information that allows the system to confirm a user's identity and access level on the site. TNW Enterprises also uses that information to track service selections, deliver specific content, and save passwords to eliminate logging in each time a user visits the site. A password is encrypted within the persistent cookie and cannot be accessed by outside parties. A visitor may choose to reject a persistent cookie and use their login password each time they visit and/or select a service that requires authentication. Not all areas of our site require authentication.

Electronic Mail Services

TNW Enterprises protects the privacy of the email addresses and mailboxes we manage. Our clients' mailboxes and the content of all messages are private. We do not monitor or disclose email messages unless we believe we must do so (i) to enforce our Terms and Conditions, (ii) because we are required to do so by law, or (iii) to defend TNW Enterprises in any legal action or to protect the property or welfare of TNW Enterprises. Additionally, our clients must agree to respect the privacy and confidentiality of others. Since privacy is, in part, a function of our clients' passwords, we encourage them to change their passwords frequently and to never share them with anyone.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that TNW Enterprises is 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.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement

If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy statement, you should contact TNW Enterprises by email.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

TNW Enterprises reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time. When this privacy statement is modified, the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement will be updated to reflect the most recent modification date. It is your responsibility to regularly review and check for changes made to this privacy statement. Your continued use of this site and services after changes to this privacy statement have been made will constitute your acceptance of those changes.

Acceptance of this Privacy Statement

When you use the site or services of TNW Enterprises, you are accepting the terms and conditions of this privacy statement, and TNW Enterprises will have the right to use your information as described in this privacy statement. If you do not agree to have your information used in any of the ways described in this privacy statement, you must immediately discontinue use of this site and its services.

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