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AreaGuides, LLC and AlexandriaCity.com Privacy Policy
AlexandriaCity.com is committed to protecting your privacy. While using our website,
you do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information. If you
should choose to give us your personal information, you decide the amount of
information you provide. This Privacy Statement applies to data collection and
usage on AlexandriaCity.com and other community websites that are part of the
AreaGuides, LLC Network. You can find links to all active sites on the
Areaguides.com homepage.
Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described
in this Privacy Statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
When you sign up on AlexandriaCity.com, we may ask for your name, address, telephone
number, email address, and other information. We use the information you provide
to send you the latest news and updates from AlexandriaCity.com.
Use of your Personal Information
AlexandriaCity.com collects and uses your personal information to operate
AlexandriaCity.com and deliver the services you have requested. These services may
include the display of customized content based upon what you have requested.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf,
such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer
support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our
services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they
need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality
of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other
purpose.
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose
personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement
investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process
served on our web site.
Control of your Personal Information
There are many reasons to hide your real identity when you use the Internet. You
might want to protect yourself against an oppressive government, or post
personal messages to our community without identifying yourself to the whole
world as the poster. Therefore, you may choose to use a user name other than
your actual name when posting content on websites such as AlexandriaCity.com. This
applies to all sites within the AreaGuides, LLC network (e. g. AlexandriaCity.com).
For help send e-mail to support@areaguides.com.
To contact us or via telephone, please call 800-221-8048 between the hours of 9
AM and 5 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
Collection and Use of Children's Personal Information
We care about the safety and privacy of children online, and we comply with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its
accompanying FTC regulations 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.
How do we protect your information?
Our web site has a number of security measures in place to protect against the
loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Computer
systems have restricted access limited only to those persons and organizations
necessary to the proper functioning of AlexandriaCity.com. This access applies to
all electronic and physical security measures. Highly sensitive data including
credit card information is additionally secured through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the
preferences you have specified. When you visit AlexandriaCity.com, your browser
saves a tiny piece of information on your computer. This information
personalizes and improves your experience online. AlexandriaCity.com only accesses
information set by AlexandriaCity.com. It is not possible and we do not attempt to
access information from other web sites. Our cookies do not contain any personal
identifiable information.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to
decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be
able to fully experience all features of the AlexandriaCity.com site.
IP Addresses and Log File Data
We log IP address, which is the location of your computer or network on the
Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We also use
page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit in
order to improve the quality of the site. There is no personal identifiable
information collected in our log files.
Changes to this Statement
AlexandriaCity.com will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When
AlexandriaCity.com posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated"
next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of AlexandriaCity.com. If there
are material changes to this Statement or in how we will use your personal
information, AlexandriaCity.com will prominently post such changes prior to
implementing the change. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement
to be informed of how AlexandriaCity.com is protecting your information.
Safeguarding Your Privacy
In spite of the precautions we take to protect your information, it is equally
important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your personal
information, financial information, passwords, and computer. Keep all
information stored in a safe place, do not provide your personal information to
anyone else, and be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
The Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on
its own web site, Site Seeing on the Internet.
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/sitesee.html
Contact Information
AlexandriaCity.com welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you
have questions regarding this statement, contact:
AreaGuides, LLC
800-221-8048 (M-F 9-5)
support@areaguides.com
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