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This Privacy Policy explains the following:
- What personal information we collect from you and how we use it;
- How you can update or correct your personal information;
- What safeguards we have in place to protect your personal information; and
- Other information you should know about your privacy.
What personal information does DemsLink.com gather from me and how is this information used?
When browsing our site, you are not required to provide any personal information unless and until you choose to sign up for one of our email newsletters or other services. We do not knowingly permit the site to be used by any person under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children (meaning those younger than 13 years of age).
Member Registration
If you choose to become a registered member of DemsLink.com, you must provide your name, email address, zip code, password, and password validation. This information is collected on the registration form for several reasons including: (i) personal identification; (ii) to allow us to contact you for customer service purposes, if necessary; (iii) to customize the content of our site to meet your specific needs, such as your geographic location; and (iv) to make improvements to our site. In addition, we need your email address to confirm your new member registration. As a DemsLink.com member you may receive emails from us about candidates, issues, special offers, new DemsLink.com services, and other noteworthy items. However, you may choose at any time to no longer receive these types of email messages.
Member Profile
As a DemsLink.com member, you can choose to complete your online profile by providing us answers to survey questions and other personal information.
Online Surveys
DemsLink.com values opinions and comments from members, so we frequently conduct online surveys. Participation in these surveys is entirely optional. Typically, the information is aggregated and used to make improvements to DemsLink.com and to develop appealing content, features and promotions for members.
Automatic Logging of Session Data
We automatically log generic information about your computer's connection to the Internet, which we call "session data". This is anonymous and not linked to any personal information. Session data consists of things such as IP address, operating system and type of browser software being used and the activities conducted by the user while on our site. An IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the Internet, such as our web servers, know where to send data back to the user, such as the pages of the site the user wishes to view. We collect session data because it helps us analyze such things as what items visitors are likely to click on most, the way visitors are clicking through the site, how many visitors are surfing to various pages on the site, how long visitors to the site are staying and how often they are visiting. It also helps us diagnose problems with our servers and lets us better administer our systems. Although such information does not identify any visitor personally, it is possible to determine from an IP address a visitor's Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the approximate geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. There are many myths circulating about cookies, but you should know that cookies are only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to do such things as run programs on your computer, plant viruses or harvest your personal information. The use of cookies is very common on the Internet and DemsLink.com's use of cookies is similar to that of such sites as Yahoo!, CNN.com and other reputable online companies.
First and foremost, you can rest assured that no personal information about you is gathered or stored in the cookies placed by the DemsLink.com website and, as a result, none can be passed on to any third parties.
Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience at our site. DemsLink.com uses cookies to personalize your experience on our site with respect to advertisements. As to the former, these types of cookies allow you to login without having to type your login name each time (only your password is needed). We may also use such cookies to display a promotion to you while you are on our website or to send you an article or specific email (or similar emails -- assuming you have not opted out of receiving such emails) focusing on items in which we think you might be interested. No personal information about you is gathered through the use of these types of cookies.
A cookie may also be placed by our advertising server. Such cookies are used only for purposes of tracking the effectiveness of advertising served by us on other sites and no personal information about you is gathered from you by the use of these cookies, nor is this information shared with any third parties.
The third-party advertising companies may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of ads. Any such information is anonymous. They may use this anonymous information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. No personal information about you is collected during this process. The information is anonymous and does not link online actions to an identifiable person. If you would like more information and want to explore the option of not having this information collected by third-party advertisers, please click here.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. Of course, by changing the options on your web browser or using certain software programs, you can control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your browser. DemsLink.com supports your right to block any unwanted Internet activity, especially the activity of unscrupulous websites. However, blocking DemsLink.com cookies may disable certain features on our site and may make it impossible to use certain services available on the site. Please note that it is possible to block cookie activity from certain websites while permitting cookies from sites you trust, like DemsLink.com. Click here for more information.
Other
From time to time we may add or enhance services available on the site. To the extent these services are provided and used by you, we will use the information you provide to facilitate the service requested. For example, if you email us with a question, we will use your email address, name, nature of the question, etc. to respond to your question. We may also store such information to assist us in making the site better and easier to use.
How can I update or correct my personal information?
At any time, you can view and/or update your profile information and preferences for logging in with your email address and password at https://www.demslink.com/subscriber_login.asp.
What safeguards are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?
All personal information you provide to DemsLink.com is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt or scramble data before you send it to us.
What other information should I know about my privacy?
DemsLink.com contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which DemsLink.com has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all such sites as their policies may be materially different from this Privacy Policy. Of course, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and your DemsLink.com membership account information. Please be very careful, responsible, and alert with this information, especially when you are online.
In addition to the circumstances described above, DemsLink.com may disclose member information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, and without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of DemsLink.com or its affiliated companies, or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities. In addition, if DemsLink.com or substantially all of its assets are acquired, our member information will most likely also be transferred in connection with such acquisition.
Please note that we review our Privacy Policy from time to time, and may make periodic changes to the policy in connection with that review. Therefore, you may wish to bookmark this page and/or periodically review this page to make sure you have the current version.
This policy is effective as of January 1, 2006. We may change or supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any material changes in the way DemsLink.com uses personal information will be described in future versions of this Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy changes will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Privacy Policy, as well as to existing information held by us. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy in a material way, we will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if we seek to collect, use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which consent has been obtained, unless otherwise required or permitted by law. If any proposed change is unacceptable to you, you may request that we remove your personal information from our records by clicking here. Of course, you may always submit concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices via email by clicking here. Please reference the privacy policy in your subject line. DemsLink.com will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries within five (5) business days of receipt.
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