| Ascent Technology (ATC Inc) website Carolina Dates is committed to ensuring the
privacy of our users. In addition to fully supporting the Principles of Online
Solicitation adopted by the Interactive Services Association (ISA) and the Direct
Marketing Association, Carolina Dates also pledges that:
- Carolina Dates will not provide an individual's email address, usage paths, or
demographic data to any third parties.
- Carolina Dates will honor a request by a user to terminate his or her account. Upon
termination of an account information about that user will be erased.
- Carolina Dates will not monitor the content of personal communications sent using the
Carolina Dates software.
Carolina Dates is dedicated to improving Internet navigation for everyone, and firmly
believes that personal privacy is a commodity worth protecting. We are acutely aware that
evolving technologies present new challenges for user privacy. We work to comply with the
guidelines set by numerous privacy organizations to ensure that we stay on the cutting
edge of privacy protection.
Our Web site uses a reputable third party to serve the advertisements that you see on
the pages of our Web site. If you would like to know more about the information gathering practices and "opt-out" procedures
of our third party ad server, please click
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In addition to our pledge not to compromise the privacy of our users, we'd like to share
with you some privacy sites that we monitor, subscribe to the policies of, and suggest
that you visit to keep abreast of the issues surrounding your privacy and the Internet.
EPIC
EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. They offer extensive updated
lists of privacy legislation in progress, links to a "privacy bookstore", policy
archives, an archive of their newsletter, and a variety of other privacy resources.
Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is a public-interest alliance of
computer scientists and others interested in the impact of computer technology on society.
They offer a variety of detailed information about public policy in a computer age.
Privacy issues are among the ones covered, but there are many other topics covered here as
well.
Privacy
International
Privacy International was formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and
corporations. With members in more than 40 countries, it has created an international
movement that has helped to counter abuses of privacy by way of information technology.
Privacy International has conducted campaigns in Europe, Asia and North America to raise
awareness about the dangers of ID card systems, military surveillance, data matching,
police information systems, and credit reporting.
The Electronic
Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit civil liberties organization working in
the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources
and information online, as well as to promote responsibility in new media.
Information Collection and Use
Carolina Dates automatically receives and records information on
our server logs from your browser, including your IP address and Carolina Dates
cookie information, and the page you request.
Carolina Dates collects personal information when you register
with Carolina Dates as a delegate or opt-in to receive information from us, such
as newsletters.
Carolina Dates uses information for the following general
purposes: To simplify your log-in process, to customise advertising and content
you see, to fulfil your requests for products and services, to provide technical
support, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide
anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Carolina Dates does not rent, sell, or share personal information
about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide
products or services you've requested, or under the following circumstances:
- To respond to court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise
our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
- 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 Carolina Dates terms
of use, or as otherwise required by law.
- Carolina Dates is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event,
Carolina Dates will notify you before information about you is transferred and
becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an
anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a Web site's
computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.
Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your
browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only
permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the
cookies sent to you by other sites.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all
cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is different, so
check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie
preferences.)
If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Carolina Dates
services that require you to "log in", and you may not be able to take full
advantage of all offerings.
Carolina Dates uses its cookies for a
number of purposes, including to:
- Access your information when you "login".
- Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Carolina Dates
services
- Enable our Delegate Member purchase process.
- Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
- Conduct research to improve Carolina Dates content and services.
- Speed up your log in process with auto-completing log-in details.
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