ATHA is committed
to protecting your privacy and maintaining technology
that gives you a safe online experience on our Web site.
This Statement of Privacy applies to the ATHA Web site
and governs data collection and usage. By using the
ATHA Web site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of
your Personal Information
ATHA collects personally identifiable
information, such as your Name, Address, Email address,
Credit card #'s, phone numbers etc... ATHA also collects
anonymous demographic information, which is not unique
to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, country
of origin and other non personal data.
There is also information about
your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by ATHA. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times
and referring Web site addresses. This information is
used by ATHA for the operation of our service, to maintain
quality of the service, and to provide general statistics
regarding use of the ATHA Web site.
NOTE : Please keep in mind that
if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through ATHA public message
boards, this information may be collected and used by
others.
ATHA encourages you to review
the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link
to from ATHA so that you can understand how those Web
sites collect, use and share your information. ATHA
is not responsible for the privacy statements or other
content on Web sites outside of ATHA and the ATHA family
of Web sites.
Use of your Personal
Information
ATHA collects and uses your
personal information to operate the ATHA Web site and
deliver the services you have requested. ATHA may also
contact you via personal emails to invite you to contribute
to the articles and online content of the ATHA Web site.
With your consent we might also send you surveys to
conduct research about current events as well as your
opinion of current services or of potential new services
that may be offered to our members. However you are
not obligated to respond to any communication from ATHA
should you prefer not to.
ATHA will never
sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
ATHA keeps track of the Web
sites and pages our customers visit within the ATHA
Web site in order to determine which ATHA services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized
content within ATHA to customers whose behavior indicates
that they are interested in a particular subject area.
ATHA Web sites will disclose
your personal information, without notice, only if required
to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such
action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of
the law or comply with legal process served on ATHA
or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property
of ATHA; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of users of ATHA, or the
public.
Use of Cookies
The ATHA Web site uses "cookies"
to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie
is a small amount of data in a text file, which often
includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent
to your browser from a Web site's computer 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.
One of the primary purposes
of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web
server that you have returned to a specific page. Many
sites do this whenever a user visits their Web site
in order to track online traffic flows. Cookies record
information about your online preferences.
Users have the opportunity to
set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify
them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies
at any time. The last of these, of course, means that
certain personalized services cannot then be provided
to that user and accordingly you may not be able to
take full advantage of all of ATHA features. Each browser
is different, so check the "Help" menu of
your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
If you have set your computer to reject cookies you
can still browse ATHA anonymously until such time as
you wish to register for ATHA memdership. For further
information on cookies please visit http:/www.aboutcookies.org
Security of your
Personal Information
ATHA secures your personal information
from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. ATHA secures
the personally identifiable information you provide
on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment,
protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
Access to your
personal information
You have the right to request
a copy of the personal information ATHA holds about
you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge
US$10 for information requests.) Please address requests
to
ATHA, Inc.
PO. BOX 293
Cortland, IL 60112
Changes to this
Statement
ATHA will occasionally update
this Statement of Privacy to reflect changes in ATHA’s
internal policies and customer feedback. ATHA encourages
you to periodically review this Statement to be informed
of how ATHA is protecting your information.
Contact Information
ATHA welcomes your comments
regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe
that ATHA has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact ATHA through the “contact us” link
found on all our web pages. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy
the problem. |
