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This is the Privacy Policy for the United States of America .
Thank you for visiting www.heartandsoul.com
a Heart & Soul Enterprises, LLC (HSE) site.Your privacy is
important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice
explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about
the way your information is collected and used by HSE.
The Information We Collect
Through HSE’s publications, websites, and other media, you can order
products, enter contests, vote in polls or otherwise express an
opinion, subscribe to one of our services such as our online
newsletters, or participate in one of our online forums or communities.
You are able to visit much of this website and enjoy many HSE
publications and promotions without providing any personally
identifiable information. Sometimes, however, we do need your
personally identifiable information to provide you with the products
and services that you request. The types of personally identifiable
information that may be collected at these pages and elsewhere include,
but are not limited to: name, address, e-mail address, telephone
number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your
interests in and use of various products, programs, and services.
At www.heartandsoul.com
through certain promotions, you can submit information about other
people. For example, you might submit a person’s name and e-mail
address to send an electronic greeting card and, if you order a gift
online or offline and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might
submit the recipient’s name and address. The types of personally
identifiable information that may be collected about other people at
these pages include: recipient’s name, address, e-mail address, and
telephone number.
For
certain promotions, only persons who provide us with the requested
personally identifiable information will be able to order products,
programs, and services or otherwise participate in the promotion’s
activities and offerings.
We
also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when
you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are
using, the type of operating system you are using, and the domain name
of your Internet service provider.
How We Use the Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your
requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your
inquiries about offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or
services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We
sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to
notify you when you have won one of our contests or when we make
changes to subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an
online newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us.
We
use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send
them your gifts or cards. From time to time, we also may use this
information to offer our products, programs, or services to them.
If
you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., a “letter to our
editors”), we may publish your name, screen name, and other information
you have provided to us.
The
information we collect in connection with our online forums and
communities is used to provide an interactive experience. We use this
information to facilitate participation in these online forums and
communities and, from time to time, to offer you products, programs, or
services.
We sometimes
use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to
improve the design and content of our publications and websites and to
enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this
information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer
you products, programs, or services.
We
will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law,
for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may
disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s
request.
Agents and
contractors of HSE who have access to personally identifiable
information are required to protect this information in a manner that
is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the
information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they
are performing for HSE.
We
may transfer your personally identifiable information to other HSE
offices for internal management and administrative purposes. Your
personal data will be transferred to other HSE offices where necessary
for the performance or conclusion of our contractual obligations to you
or for your benefit. Transfers of personally identifiable information
may also be made where necessary for the establishment, exercise, or
defense of legal claims.
Although
we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized
disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally
identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a
manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. Inadvertent
disclosures may result, for example, when third parties misrepresent
their identities in asking the site for access to personally
identifiable information about themselves for purposes of correcting
possible factual errors in the data.
Privacy Options
If you prefer not to receive traditional mail or other off-line promotions from HSE please. click here
If
www.heartandsoul.com discloses personally identifiable information to
companies not owned by HSE who want to market products or services to
you, it will provide you with an opportunity to opt out or block such
uses. If you prefer not to receive online marketing information from
companies not owned by HSE please. click here
HSE
may on occasion combine information we receive online with outside
records to enhance our ability to market to you those products or
services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive
online marketing information from us, please click here
HSE
sites will not use or transfer personally identifiable information
provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without
also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated
uses.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information
practices may be different than ours. You should consult the other
sites’ privacy notices, as we have no control over information that is
submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
HSE
sometimes may offer contests, sweepstakes, or promotions that are
sponsored by or co-sponsored with identified third parties. By virtue
of their sponsorship, these third parties may obtain personally
identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to
participate in the contest, sweepstakes, or promotion. HSE has no
control over the third-party sponsors’ use of this information. HSE
will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable
information if third-party sponsors will obtain such information.
HSE
may use reputable third parties to present or serve the advertisements
that you may see at its web pages and to conduct research about the
advertisements. This privacy notice does not cover any use of
information that such third parties may have collected from you or the
methods used by the third-parties to collect that information (e.g.,
cookies, web beacons and clear gifs). For more information on the use
of such third-parties, please click here
Cookies
To
enhance your experience with our sites, many of our web pages use
“cookies.” Cookies are text files we place in your computer’s browser
to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your
e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you
choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering
at one of our sites. However, once you choose to furnish the site with
personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to
the data stored in the cookie.
We
use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and
offerings on our sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize
your experience at our web pages (e.g. to recognize you by name when
you return to our site), save your password in password-protected
areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our sites. We also may
use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services.
We
may also use small pieces of code called “web beacons” or “clear gifs”
to collect anonymous and aggregate advertising metrics, such as
counting page views, promotion views, or advertising responses. These
“web beacons” may be used to deliver cookies that conform to our cookie
policy.
Our Commitment to Security
We
have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial
procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain
data security, and correctly use the information we collect.
How You can Access or Correct Information
To
inquire about personally identifiable information that this HSE site
has collected about you, or how to correct factual errors in such
information, please email us by click here
To
protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to
help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Special Note for Parents
The
site you are visiting is one of the HSE general audience sites. For
more information about our online privacy practices for children’s
sites, consult the privacy notice at the children’s site in which you
are interested.
Changes to this Notice
This Notice may be changed by HSE. The revised Notice will be posted to
this page so that you are aware of the information we collect, how we
use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the HSE Privacy Notice or
its implementation please contact us via email by click here or at the following address:
Heart & Soul Customer Service
Attention: Consumer Affairs
2514 Maryland Ave.
Baltimore , MD 21218
http://www.heartandsoul.com
This Privacy Notice was revised 03/23/2006
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