Altazip Internet Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. We want to make your experience on the Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and we want you to use the Internet's vast array of information, tools, and opportunities with complete confidence.

We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy describes how Altazip collects information from all end users of Altazip's Internet services (the "Services") - those who access some of our Services but do not have accounts ("Visitors") as well as those who pay a monthly service fee to subscribe to the Service ("customers") - what we do with the information we collect, and the choices Visitors and customers have concerning the collection and use of such information. Altazip requests that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Personal Information Altazip Collects and How it is Used

Introduction

Altazip collects information in different ways from Visitors and customers who access to the various parts of our Services and the network of web sites accessible through our Service. We use this information primarily to provide you a customized experience as you use our Services and, generally, does not share this information with third parties. However, we may disclose personal information collected if we have received your permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as when we believe that such disclosure is required by law or other special cases described below. ˇ

Registration

customers are asked to provide certain personal information when they sign-up for our Services including name, address, telephone number, billing information (such as a credit card number), and the type of personal computer being used to access the Services. The personal information collected from customers during the registration process is used to manage each customer's account (such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special circumstance.

Responses to Email Inquiries

When Visitors or customers send email inquiries to Altazip, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. Altazip does not use the return email address for any other purpose and does not share the return email address with any third party.

Voluntary Customer Surveys

We may periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys. We encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they provide us with important information that helps us to improve the types of services we offer and how we provide them to you. Your personal information and responses will remain strictly confidential, even if the survey is conducted by a third party. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary.

We take the information we receive from individuals responding to our Customer Surveys and combine (or aggregate) it with the responses of other Altazip customers to create broader, generic responses to the survey questions (such as gender, age, residence, hobbies, education, employment, industry sector or other demographic information). We then use the aggregated information to improve the quality of our services to you, and to develop new services and products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying information may be shared with third parties.

Special Cases

It is Altazip's policy not to use or share the personal information about Visitors of customers in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. However, Altazip may disclose personal information about Visitors or customers, or information regarding your use of the Services or web sites accessible through our Services, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such information; to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or other user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect Altazip and our customers.

Altazip's Commitment to Childrenšs Privacy

Protecting children's privacy is especially important to us. It is our policy to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws.

While we make every effort to ensure that these web sites are fun and age-appropriate for our younger audience, we believe that there is no substitute for proper parental supervision. For further information about tips, tools, age appropriate or kid-friendly web sites and how to report online trouble, please visit www.getnetwise.org.

Finally, Altazip recommends that children ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to Altazip, or to anyone else online.

Public Forums

Please remember that any information you may disclose in our Web pages, or other public areas of our web sites or the Internet, becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these public areas.

Altazip's Commitment to Data Security

Services and web sites we sponsor have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party "crackers" from illegally obtaining this information.

Revisions to This Policy

Altazip reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy at any time and in any manner. Any revision, amendment, or modification will be effective thirty (30) days after Altazip posts notice to customers in accordance with Section 10 of our Internet Service Agreement.


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