Privacy Policy

Information Collected and How We Use It

You always remain in control of the information you provide to MediMedia. We collect two types of information about visitors: Personal information (such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) which you have voluntarily submitted to us, and Aggregate information (such as information about how many visitors log on to our sites, the pages they access, etc.).

In general, you can visit our websites without telling us who you are or revealing personal information about yourself, in which case you may however be unable to participate in certain offerings or receive information. We collect, maintain and use personal information you have voluntarily submitted to contact you, including via email, to respond to your comments or requests for information, or to contact you if needed in the course providing you services. In addition, we may use personal information to provide you the most helpful and targeted products and services to meet your needs and respond to your inquiries. To better meet your needs, we may supplement the information we collect with data obtained from third parties for the same purposes.

Children's Privacy

Because Medimedia care's about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulation establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we have designed our sites to block our knowing acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.

Data Transfer and Sharing

MediMedia will not trade, sell or share your personal information for use by any business, other than the service to which you submitted your information, without your consent, unless required by law.

Your personal information will generally be stored in the MediMedia databases, which are located mainly in the United States. Our policy is to ensure that your information is always granted the same level of protection no matter where it is stored.

MediMedia adheres to U.S./EU Safe Harbor principles. If you feel that Safe Harbor privacy principles may have been violated by MediMedia, you may contact MediMedia (Contact us) or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission with your complaint.

Cookies help us in many ways to make your visit to our website more enjoyable and meaningful to you. Cookies are text information files that your web browser places on your computer when you visit a website. MediMedia may use such "cookie" technology to obtain non-personal information from you as an online visitor. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but can be configured not to accept them or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. MediMedia may also use so-called "web beacons" (also called "single-pixel gif" or "web pings") to access the information contained in its cookies within the network of the MediMedia websites. Neither our cookies nor web beacons nor web log information collects any personal information.

You Can Choose to be Contact or Not

Our sites allow you to choose, for example, to receive or stop receiving communications from us or to not provide certain personal information when registering for a site or contest.

We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair and rapid resolution of any complaints or disputes about privacy. Questions regarding our Privacy Statement should be directed to MediMedia (Contact us).

Security

We take steps to make all information received from you online as secure as reasonably possible against unauthorized access and use.

MediMedia is committed to keeping the data you provide us secure and will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or alteration. Vendors, contractors, or partners of MediMedia who have access to your personal information in connection with providing services for MediMedia are required to keep the information confidential and are not permitted to use this information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for MediMedia.

Links to Other Web Sites

Some MediMedia websites may contain links to other websites. MediMedia has no control over the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We recommend you carefully read the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Your Acceptance of Our Privacy Practices

By using this website or any other MediMedia website or interactive banner ads, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Statement, and you adhere to the terms and conditions posted on the website. Please check back for updates to our Privacy Statement.

Last updated: 21 Aug 2002