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Privacy
Policy
Last updated:
July 16, 2004
Overview
Animation Magazine
recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of all information
provided by users of our web sites, subscribers to our magazines,
recipients of our e-mail newsletters and all of our customers.
We created this policy with a fundamental respect for our users'
right to privacy and to guide our relationships with our users.
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Animation Magazine,
regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of the
following types of information:
Information obtained when you and other users visit the www.animationmagazine.com
web site.
Information obtained through email communications with you related
to the site.
This privacy policy
does not apply to information that we may collect from you by
other means (including offline) or from other sources. Your use
of this site constitutes your acceptance of all of the terms and
conditions contained in this Privacy Policy and your consent to
any action we take with respect to your information that is in
compliance with this Privacy Policy.
We may change the
terms of this Privacy Policy, so users are encouraged to review
this page from time to time. Your continued use of this site following
the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy means that you accept
the changes.
If you do not agree
to this Privacy Policy, as modified from time to time, please
do not visit this site.
Information
Collection
We require you to
provide us with certain information about yourself when you register
with this site and when you request products and services. We
also collect information from you when you participate in contests
and surveys, when you respond to requests for feedback and when
you submit postings to public areas of this site.
The information we
collect may include information from which you may be personally
identified ("Personally Identifiable Information"),
such as name, postal address, telephone number, fax number and
email address, and also may include certain business information,
such as employer name, occupation, job title and buying information
(e.g., preferences or history). We also will collect credit card
and related information when you request a product or service
(including registering for the site) for which there is a charge.
This site only collects Personally Identifiable Information with
your knowledge.
Automatic
Data Collection
When you visit this
site, we may collect the IP address of your computer.
We also automatically
record other information that identifies your computer to this
site and tracks your behavior on the site. For example, we may
record how many times you visit this site and your navigation
within the site. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information
in this manner; however, if you provide us with Personally Identifiable
Information, we may associate that information with the information
that is collected automatically.
Methods used to collect
this information may include "cookies". A cookie is a small
amount of data that is sent to your browser from a server and
stored on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers allow users
to block the receipt of cookies, but doing so may compromise your
ability to use certain features of this site.
Some of the materials
found on this site, including advertising, may be served by third
parties. These third parties, in the course of serving such materials,
may collect information regarding your use of this site and how
you respond to email communications, using methods that may include
the one described in the preceding paragraph. Collection, use,
disclosure and security of information collected by third parties
are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties.
How We Use
Your Information
We use Personally
Identifiable Information that we collect on this site for the
following purposes:
To provide
you with this site and other products and services, such as electronic
newsletters and print publications.
To respond
to your inquiries and contact you about changes regarding the
site.
To provide
you with email, fax and other notices (such as expiration and
renewal notices) and inquiries regarding your account and the
products or services that you are receiving, and for billing and
collection purposes.
For any other
purpose disclosed at the time the information is collected or
to which you consent.
As otherwise
specifically described in this Privacy Policy.
We also may use your
information to better understand the needs of our users and to
improve our site. For example, we may use this information to
determine what portions of the site are most popular and the demographics
of our users generally. Cookies and other user information also
enable us to customize your experience on the site.
We may use IP addresses
to help diagnose problems with our servers or to administer our
Site. We may also use IP addresses to help identify a user during
a particular session and to gather data regarding use of the Site.
E-mail Newsletters
We may use the information
you provide us to send you email, fax and other communications.
These communications may include email newsletters that are relevant
to this site, as well as offers for other Animation Magazine
services. All of these communications will include instructions
explaining how you can request that we not send you ("opt out"
of) future communications of the same type.
We may use your information
to send you email, fax and other communications on behalf of unaffiliated
third parties. Each of these communications will include instructions
for opting out of receiving future third party offers from us.
Disclosure
of Your Information
We will not disclose
your information to anyone outside of Animation Magazine,
except as described in this section.
We may disclose aggregated
anonymous statistics about many users to advertisers, content
and service providers and other affiliated and unaffiliated companies.
We sometimes engage
third parties to perform services for us, including in connection
with this site, that require us to disclose Users' Personally
Identifiable Information to them. If we make any such disclosure,
we will require such parties to keep the information confidential
and to use it only to perform the services.
We may, from time
to time, wish to disclose your information to third parties that
wish to market, or provide information about, their products and
services to you. We will only do so after obtaining your permission.
The only other times we may disclose your Personally Identifiable
Information collected on this site are as follows:
In the event
of an asset sale, merger, consolidation, restructuring, reorganization,
liquidation or other similar transaction involving Animation
Magazine or this site, we may transfer some or all user information,
including Personally Identifiable Information, to the successor
company.
We will disclose
your Personally Identifiable Information when we believe such
disclosure is required by law or for the protection of persons
or property.
Security
We use reasonable
security safeguards to protect Personally Identifiable Information
we collect on this site from unauthorized access, use, modification
or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet and
other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that
communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized
access by third parties.
Right to
Access and Changing Information
You may view and update
information that you previously submitted to this site by visiting
your profile page for this site. However, a request to change
information may not be accommodated if the request would conflict
with legal requirements or result in incorrect information. Requests
to view or change personal information may take a few days to
process.
Links
This site contains
content, services, advertising and other materials that link to
Web sites operated by third parties. We have no control over those
other sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We
encourage you to refer to the privacy policies, if any, of those
sites.
This Site
is operated by:
Animation Magazine
30941 West Agoura Road, Suite 102
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Email: webmaster@animationmagazine.net
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