This site is owned and operated by Webstarts, Inc.
Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance
to us. At Webstarts.com, we want to make your online
experience satisfying and safe.
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 Gathered by Webstarts.com
Webstarts.com gathers two types of information about
users:
- Information that users provide through optional,
voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions
when creating a Webstarts account, such as your
name or email address.
- Information Webstarts.com gathers through aggregated
tracking, derived mainly by tallying page views
throughout our sites. This information allows us
to better tailor our content to users' needs and
to help us better understand the demographics of
our audience. Under no circumstances does Webstarts.com
divulge any information about an individual user
to a third party unless mandated by law.
Webstarts.com
Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:
Optional
Voluntary Information
We offer the following free services, which require
some type of voluntary submission of personal information
by users:
Free
Web Hosting
During the account creation process, the user is
required to supply full name, username, password,
and email address. Except as specified in this Privacy
statement, 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.
"You
can access and update your personal information
by logging in and visiting your My Account and My
Profile areas and following the instructions on
those pages, or by contacting customer support.
You can delete certain personal information you
supplied by visiting your My Profile area. If you
delete such information, it cannot be used by us
or disclosed to third parties in the future. Even
if you delete or change some personal information
in our registration database, it may still be stored
on other databases (including those kept for archival
purposes)."
Any files
uploaded or created on the Webstarts system are
by nature of being hosted for the public and are
thus publicly accessible unless they are stored
in the user's optional password protected directory.
Files in a password protected directory will only
be accessible by means of a username and password
which the user will provide.
"Email this to a friend" Service
Our site users can choose to electronically forward
a link, page or documents to someone else by clicking
"email this to a friend". Users must provide
their email address, as well as that of the recipient.
This information is used in the case of transmission
errors and, of course, to let the recipient know
who sent the email.
Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they
can easily share their opinions with other users
and see what our audience thinks about important
issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are
aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular
user. Webstarts.com may use a system to "tag"
users after they have voted, so they can vote only
once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated
with information about individual users.
Surveys
Webstarts.com may occasionally conduct optional
user surveys to better target our content to our
audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic
information in these surveys with our sponsors,
advertisers and partners. We never share any of
this information about specific individuals with
any third party.
Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly
request personally identifiable information from anyone
under the age of 13 since we do not allow anyone under
the age of 13 to sign up.
Usage tracking
Webstarts.com tracks user traffic patterns throughout
all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this
information with data about individual users. Webstarts.com
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).
Webstarts.com 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 our users.
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. Webstarts.com
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
Webstarts.com 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 needs and interests of our users.
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.
Webstarts.com creates aggregate reports on user demographics
and traffic patterns. This allows us to more effectively
tailor advertising and promotions to our users.
Sharing of the Information
Webstarts.com uses the information described above
to tailor our content to suit your needs and help
us better understand our audience demographics. This
is essential to keeping our service free. 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
All payment procedures of Webstarts.com operate on
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.
Although we have established and maintain commercially
reasonable security procedures to protect your personally
identifiable information, “perfect security”
does not exist on the Internet. Furthermore, due to
the existing legal regulatory and security environment,
we cannot fully ensure that your private communications
and other personally identifiable information will
not be disclosed to third parties. For example, we
may be forced to disclose information to the government
or third parties under certain circumstances, or third
parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions
or private communications. Additionally, in the unlikely
event we need to investigate or resolve possible problems
or inquiries, we can (and you authorize us to do so)
disclose any information about you to private entities,
law enforcement or other government officials as we,
in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.
No Spyware / Adware
We have a strict policy against spyware and adware
and apply this to all Webstarts users as well.
Opt-out Policy
We give users options wherever necessary and practical.
Such choices include:
Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas,
which completely alleviates the need to gather any
personally identifiable information from our users.
Opting to delete and close their Webstarts account
at any time for any reason.
Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection
and use of this information by Webstarts.com. If we
decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes on this page so that you are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it
and under what circumstances we disclose it.
