VCL Intermedia is fully
committed to protecting the privacy of consumers of its interactive
products and services. We want to contribute to providing a safe
and secure environment for everyone, and in particular, ensure that
our members' personal information is protected.
This privacy policy
extends to all VCL Intermedia operated sites including all of our
Internet-accessible VCL Intermedia branded services, hereafter called
simply "VCL Intermedia". This Privacy Policy is to inform
you, as a welcome visitor to the world of VCL Intermedia, what kinds
of information we may gather about you when you visit; how we may
use that information; whether we disclose it to anyone, and the
choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct,
the information we hold.
Finally, please note
that this policy applies only to VCL Intermedia built and maintained
Web sites that carry the VCL Intermedia brand, and not to any other
company or organizations' Web sites to which we link or have affiliated
to. We have clearly marked VCL Intermedia and these branded Web
sites with our logo so you know where this policy applies.
Information about all
VCL Intermedia visitors that VCL Intermedia automatically receives
from you
In general, our service
automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers
and frequency of visitors, very much like television ratings that
tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program. We only
use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us determine
how much our customers use parts of a given site. This allows us
to improve our services and ensure that they are as appealing as
they can be.
For example, VCL Intermedia uses a technology nicknamed "cookies"
that tells us how and when pages in our site are visited, and by
how many people. Such cookies do not collect personally identifiable
information and we do not combine information collected through
cookies with other personally identifiable information to tell us
who you are or even what your screen name or e-mail address is.
We also may provide
statistical "ratings" information, never information about
you personally, to our partners and affiliates about how our members
(collectively) use our services. We do this so they too can understand
how much people use their areas and our site in order for them to
provide you with the best possible Web experience.
Information
about you that you provide us
Sometimes, we may specifically
ask for information about you when you sign up to use a service,
join a members' only area, or when you order a product. We will
need certain information, for example, name, Internet address or
screen name, billing address, credit card number, or any other relevant
information as may be required by our Credit Card (or other payment
method) Processors to ensure that the transaction is genuine or
that your right to access a site is of a bone fide nature. This
is for our users protection as well as for our own.
We may also use that
information to let you know of additional products and services
that we believe would be of interest to you. You may choose not
to receive such information if you don't want to by letting us know
on the registration screen when you sign up for that product or
service, or by emailing via the link that can be found on the site
that you have joined.
We may also ask you for information about your interests so that
both you and we can take advantage of the interactivity of the online
medium that is the Internet, but you may always choose to respond
or not.
Additionally, we may
provide you with an opportunity to be listed in a directory on one
of our VCL Intermedia branded services and these listings are also
optional and you can make changes to or eliminate this information
whenever you want to.
Disclosure
We do not use or disclose
information about your individual visits to any VCL Intermedia operated
site or any information that you may give us, such as your name,
address, Email address or telephone number, to any outside company
or organisation unless we are legally requested to do so as part
of any Federal Investigation or to protect or enforce our own legal
rights under any agreement which has been breached, or we believe
has been breached, or to protect any and all copyright infringements.
In such events VCL Intermedia shall only release information when
VCL Intermedia believe it appropriate to and then only to the relevant
authority.
It is your obligation
to provide VCL Intermedia with accurate and up-to-date information,
and failure to provide us with such information could void any Agreement
between you and VCL Intermedia. We use the information that you
provide for such purposes as processing your purchase request, responding
to customer service inquiries, loss prevention, improving our service,
communicating with you, and allowing our billing providers to provide
customer service and thus fulfil their obligations to you. VCL Intermedia
employees and associated site webmasters and copyright holders have
access to your information on a need-to-know but fully secured basis.
VCL Intermedia will not sell your information to a third party for
any reason.
VCL Intermedia does
not request, or knowingly collect identifiable information from
children under the age of 18. VCL Intermedia does not knowingly
use or share personal information from users under the age of 18
with third parties. VCL Intermedia does not offer children any promotions
involving games, prizes, or any other activity that would induce
a child to divulge personal information.
Data Protection
VCL Intermedia and
its associated websites employ the latest and best techniques available
for protecting its systems from intrusion by unauthorized individuals,
and both we and our associated webmasters and billing providers
are constantly upgrading security as better methods become available.
All information is stored behind firewalls and other sophisticated
security systems. All data centres housing hardware utilise state-of-the-art
physical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to any
facility.
Ibill, CCBill and 2000
Charge acting as Agents for VCL Intermedia
VCL Intermedia use
Ibill, CCBill and 2000 Charge as resellers of the VCL Intermedia
product for Credit Cards, Web900 and/or Online Check payment facilities.
Consumers utilising such options shall be bound by the Terms and
Conditions; Billing Policies and Privacy Statements for VCL Intermedia
as well as Ibill and/or Jettis. You may read information and find
links for all of Policies by visiting:
Ibill - http://www.ibill.com/Disclaimer.html
CCBill - https://www.ccbill.com/system/privacy.htm
2000 Charge - http://www.2000Charge.com/
VCL Intermedia Privacy
Policy Changes
If we decide to change
our privacy policy for VCL Intermedia, 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 it to
anyone. As a user of our services you may therefore have complete
faith and confidence in all your dealings with us. By registering
our data and having it independently audited we wish to demonstrate
our commitment to your privacy.