This policy addresses how Companion Worlds handles personal information that Companion Worlds collects and receives, including information related to your past use of services from Companion Worlds. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable, like your name, address, email address, or phone number, that is not otherwise publicly available.

Information Collection and Use

• Companion Worlds collects personal information when you register with Companion Worlds and during your use of Companion Worlds' services.

• When you register, we ask for personal information about you (your email address). Once you register with Companion Worlds and sign up for our services, you may no longer be anonymous to us.

• Companion Worlds automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Companion Worlds cookie information, and the page you request.

• Companion Worlds may use this information for the following general purposes: to tailor the advertising and content you see, inform you about new and unread items, improve our services, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.

• Our web logs store web log entries for each page served, including IP address, page URL, and timestamp.

• If Companion Worlds goes out of business, we will not sell or otherwise make your personal information available to any entity.

• We use e-mail relay to prevent address harvesting and spam.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Companion Worlds does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or companies except when we have your permission (for example, if you have chosen to display your email address, which we recommend against), or under the following circumstances:

• We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

• We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Companion Worlds' terms and conditions of use, or as otherwise required by law.

• We transfer information about you only to the acquiring company, if Companion Worlds is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Companion Worlds will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Cookies

Companion Worlds may set and access Companion Worlds cookies on your computer.

Email and Newsletters About Companion Worlds

We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Companion Worlds service, such as service announcements, administrative messages and/or a Companion Worlds newsletter, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.

Confidentiality and Security

• We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe need to have access to that information in order to do their jobs.

• In certain areas, Companion Worlds uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Companion Worlds may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in our Companion Worlds members database or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

© 2005 Companion Worlds, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Information subject to change without notice.


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