MATCHINGSOX.COM PRIVACY POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by MatchingSox.com. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At MatchingSox.com, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION MATCHINGSOX.COM GATHERS AND TRACKS
MatchingSox.com gathers two types of information about users:
- Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email another subscriber, and from any participation in polls and surveys.
- Information MatchingSox.com gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our site. This information allows us to better tailor our content to members’ needs and to help advertisers and sponsors better understand the macro demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does MatchingSox.com divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.
MatchingSox.com Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:
- Registration policy
During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address. - Electronic newsletters policy
We offer a free electronic newsletter to users. MatchingSox.com gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list at anytime. - Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. MatchingSox.com may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users. - Surveys
MatchingSox.com may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. It is possible that we will share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with sponsors, advertisers and partners. We will never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.
MATCHINGSOX.COM USES OF INFORMATION
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. MatchingSox.com will never share newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
We may use tracking information to determine which areas of our site users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
MatchingSox.com may create aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors, and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
MatchingSox.com operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.
YOUR CONSENT
By using MatchingSox.com, you consent to the collection and use of this information as described in this policy by MatchingSox.com. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.