Privacy Policy
RinkWorks respects the privacy and confidentially of its associates
and readers. Below is our policy regarding the privacy of Internet users.
- RinkWorks does not acquire or collect any personal information
about you for any reasons other than internal use, except where explicitly
indicated. Any and all personal information collected for internal use will
be treated confidentially; it will not be given out, nor will it be used for
any purpose other than the operation of the RinkWorks site. (For
example, some of our online features require registration to participate. If
there is a technical problem, or a question we have concerning your use of
the feature, we will use your email address, as submitted to us upon
registration, to contact you about these matters. Your email address will
not, however, be sold or given out to anyone.) RinkWorks does,
however, accrue anonymous information which is specific to its readers'
browsing habits on RinkWorks. This information is anonymous; it does
not contain personal details, although it does contain non-personally
identifying details, including, but not limited to, your IP address and the
browser you are using. This information is obtained solely for the purpose of
tracking traffic flow patterns through the RinkWorks site and
measuring levels of interest and accessibility in different areas of
RinkWorks.
- An addendum to the above, RinkWorks does, in some explicitly
documented instances, collect voluntarily-supplied personal information,
including but not limited to the Demographic
Survey, which is used to collect information about the types of
visitors RinkWorks receives, is voluntary, and is always anonymous.
In this and all other cases where RinkWorks asks for personal
information, it will be kept strictly confidential and used only for the
purposes expressed when it is asked for.
- The advertising units displayed on most RinkWorks pages may
temporarily store some code within your browser that allows the advertising
agencies we work with to respond properly to the ads that are delivered.
These codes are commonly known as "cookies." The cookies served in conjunction
with the advertising are not the doing, nor the responsibility of
RinkWorks. For more information please see the following details
associated with a subset of the advertising agencies we work with:
From BURST! Media's privacy policy:
"When you are first served a BURST! ad, BURST! may temporarily store some codes
within your browser that allows us to respond properly to the ads that we
deliver. These codes are commonly known as "cookies." For example, these codes
let us keep track of how many times you view an ad we distribute. It also
helps us determine where to send you when you click on an ad. Unlike many
other ad networks, we do not use cookies for the purpose of setting unique
identifiers that are used to identify you whenever you return to a web site
within the BURST! network. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies,
but you can usually change your browser to prevent that use if you desire."
Concerning ValueClick/Fastclick:
"We have contracted with ValueClick to monitor certain pages of our web site
for the purpose of reporting website traffic, statistics, advertisement
'click-throughs,' and/or other activities on our web site. Where authorized by
us, ValueClick may use cookies, web beacons, and/or other monitoring
technologies to compile anonymous statistics about our website visitors.
No personally identifiable information is collected by or transferred to any
party other than the Advertiser. For more information about how the information
is collected and used by ValueClick, please see ValueClick's privacy policy at
http://media.valueclick.com/privacy_consumer.shtml.
- This web site contains links to other sites.
This privacy policy is for the sole use and purpose of RinkWorks and
does not cover the sites RinkWorks links to. Please be aware that
RinkWorks is not responsible for the privacy practices of such
other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy practices of each and
every web site that collects your personal information.
- This site makes public forums available to you, including, but not
limited to, the Message Forum
and RinkChat. Please be aware,
whenever you post personal information online, through the Message
Forum, RinkChat, or other public online area, that this
information can be collected and used by others. RinkWorks
assumes any and all information posted to these public areas as intended
for public disclosure.
- RinkWorks takes reasonable security measures to protect the
loss, inappropriate disclosure, and misuse of the information under our
control. However, should a breach in security occur and information stolen
or altered by anyone, RinkWorks cannot be held responsible for this
loss or theft.
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