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Submissions
We welcome your comments about any of the
PBWC site. Follow guidelines provided within the site.
Forums
A "forum" means any message board,
chat room, user review forum or similar interactive service
appearing on the PBWC site. You must register in accordance
with instructions that you will find on the site in order to
contribute to any forum. You may not post on any forum any material
that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, invades a person's
privacy, violates any intellectual property rights, or that
would otherwise violate any law. You may not use any forum in
a commercial manner. You may not post material that solicits
funds, or that advertises or solicits goods or services. You
may not post material known to be false. You may not post messages
that contain stock quotes. You may not post or transmit any
information, software or other material that contains a virus
or other harmful component. We are not responsible for material
appearing in any forum on the site, except for material posted
by an identified representative of PBWC and/or relevant affiliated
companies. We are not responsible for screening material posted
by users for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright
or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other reason.
We retain, however, the right to modify or remove messages or
other material that we, in our sole discretion, consider infringing,
offensive, abusive, defamatory, obscene, stale, or otherwise
unacceptable. We also reserve the right to edit materials for
any other reason. Whether or not we modify or remove such material,
users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages
or postings. By posting on the PBWC site, you grant (or warrant
that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) PBWC and/or
relevant affiliated companies the worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive
right to use your questions, comments, and postings, in their
original or edited form, in television programs, books, articles,
commentaries, or in any other medium now known or later developed.
You also warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the
rights to the content you have posted and that the public posting
and use of such content by PBWC will not infringe the rights
of any third party. Additionally, you warrant that any "moral
rights" in posted materials have been waived. You are not
entitled to any compensation for such use. We may, at our discretion,
terminate the registration of any forum user who violates any
of the terms and conditions of use.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy
and security and have explained in detail the steps we take
to do so. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.
PBWC's Online Privacy
Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy
and security of the users of our sites. This privacy policy
will advise you about how we protect your personal information,
and about what choices you have concerning our use of such information.
Please read this policy carefully. We may need to change this
policy from time to time in order to address new issues and
reflect changes on our sites. We will post those changes here
so that you will always know what information we gather, how
we might use that information, and whether we will disclose
that information to anyone. Please refer back to this policy
regularly. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy
policy, please contact
us.
Personal Identification
Information
We will never intentionally disclose any
personal identification information about you as an individual
user (such as, for example, your full name, street address,
telephone number, credit card number or e-mail address) to any
third party without having received your permission. We may
request personal identification information from you in connection
with your use of, or participation in, our contests, games,
surveys, forums, subscription registrations, content submissions,
chats, bulletin boards, discussion groups, requests for suggestions,
visitors' requests for free products or services or additional
information, and in connection with other activities, services
or resources we make available on any of our sites. In all of
these cases, we will collect personal identification information
from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to
us. If you do provide us with personal information, we may use
it to conduct the activities described above. If you identify
yourself to us by sending us an e-mail with questions or comments,
we may use your personal information to respond to your questions
or comments. We may file your comments for future reference,
or we may discard the information after we have reviewed it.
We may also contact you to confirm your registration and about
your account status and regarding changes to the PBWC sites'
Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy. If you give us
your permission, we may also use personal identification information
for internal or external marketing and promotional purposes.
On occasion, for example, we may send you e-mails to introduce
a product or service that we think might be of interest to the
users of our site. For us to obtain your permission to send
you this information, we will give you an opportunity to "opt-in"
at the time our request for your personal information is made.
If you do "opt-in," you may choose to "opt-out"
at any time, even after you have provided personal information,
by following the procedures set forth below at the end of this
Privacy Policy. Please note, however, that under certain circumstances,
if you initially do not choose to "opt-in," or if
you later "opt-out," you may not be eligible for certain
benefits for which a name, e-mail address, telephone number
or other personal identification information is needed. We have
the following exceptions to these policies: We will release
specific information about you or your account to comply with
any valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena,
statute or court order. We will also release specific information
in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of
the security of the PBWC site, or a physical threat to you or
others. Please note that if you give out personal information
online -- for example, through a message board or chat room
-- that information can be collected and used by third parties.
Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot
guarantee the security of information you post in these forums.
You disclose such information at your own risk.
Non-Personal Identification Information
And The Use Of Cookie Technology
We collect non-personal identification information
through the use of "cookie" technology. Non-personal
identification information might include the browser you use,
the type of computer, the operating systems, the Internet service
providers and other similar information. Our system also automatically
gathers information about the areas you visit on our sites and
about the links you may select from within our site to other
areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online. We use such
information in the aggregate to understand how our users as
a group use the services and resources provided on our sites.
This way we know which areas of our sites are favorites of our
users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are
being used so that we may continually improve our sites. We
may share this aggregate statistical information with our partners,
suppliers and other third parties, but we will not share any
individual names, personal navigational or other personal information.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser
to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
If you do so, please note that some parts of the PBWC site,
such as message boards, chats, shopping, contests and game areas,
may not function properly.
Links To Other
Sites
Users will find advertising or other contents
on our site that link to the sites and services of our partners,
suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third
parties. In many cases, the links represent cooperative projects
or are mutual links established with persons or entities connected
with our site. Although we initially visit the sites or services
that are so linked, we do not control the contents or links
that appear on these sites. In addition, these sites or services,
including their contents and links, may be constantly changing.
These sites and services may have their own privacy policies
and customer service policies, or no policy (policies) at all.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third
party sites or services before providing any of them with your
personal information.
Security Policy
Protecting your privacy and your information
is a top priority. We have taken careful measures to secure
both your information and our physical premises. We exercise
great care in providing secure transmission of your information
from your PC to our servers. Our secure server software encrypts
information, ensuring that all Internet transactions remain
private (unless sent by an unsecured means, such as e-mail).
Access Update Your Profile if you would like to review any personal
information we have retained about you in our database.
Choice/Opt-Out
If you "opt-in" to receive information
from PBWC or others, you can change your mind later. If at any
time you would like to stop receiving such information, you
can let us know by simply selecting remove me.
Your Acceptance
of These Terms
By using any of the PBWC site, you signify
your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to
this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use
of the PBWC site following the posting of changes to these terms
will mean that you accept those changes. (Last modified on May
1, 2001.)
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