Kiffer Industries Site Policies - PRIVACY
COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Because we gather certain types of information about our users,
we feel you should fully understand 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 WE GATHER AND TRACK
Kiffer Industries Inc. 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 a friend,
and from participation in polls and surveys:
Information Kiffer Industries Inc. gathers through aggregated
tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout
our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content
to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better
understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances
does Kiffer Industries Inc. divulge any information about an individual user
to a third party.
USAGE TRACKING
Kiffer Industries Inc. tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites.
However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual
users. Kiffer Industries Inc. does break down overall usage statistics according
to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading
this information from the browser string (information contained
in every user's browser).
Kiffer Industries Inc. sometimes tracks and catalogs the
search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking
is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information
to determine which areas of our sites 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.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser
files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal
Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this
site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided.
But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information
you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk
or read cookie files created by other sites. Kiffer Industries Inc. uses cookies
to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising
system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions
and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in
your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting
cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie.
You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However,
you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums,
polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
Kiffer Industries Inc. uses any information voluntarily given by our users to
enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide
interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare
future content based on the interests of our users.
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. Kiffer Industries Inc. never shares newsletter
mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors
or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine
which areas of our sites 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. We track search terms entered
in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our
users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
Kiffer Industries Inc. creates 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.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
We will not share information about individual users with any third
party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process
or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Kiffer Industries Inc. 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 this site, you consent to the collection and use of this
information by Kiffer Industries Inc.. If we decide to change our privacy policy,
we will post those changes so that you are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances
we disclose it.
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