Thank you for visiting Gateway To The Golden Isles, a production of Gateway
to the Planet, Inc. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect
your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information
practices and the choices you can make about the way your information
is collected and used at Gateway To The Golden Isles.
The Information We Collect
At Gateway To The Golden Isles, 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 upcoming
online forums or communities. The types of personally identifiable information
that may be collected at these pages include: 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 Gateway To The Golden Isles, you can submit information about other people.
For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address to
subscribe to our E-News and, if you order a gift online 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.
At certain parts of some of our sites, 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 site'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 (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating
system you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name
of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
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 our 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 our 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.
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.
If you choose to submit content for publication, we may publish the
information you have provided to us.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we
collect to improve the design and content of our site 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 may disclose personally identifiable information in response to
legal process, 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 Gateway To The Golden Isles 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 Gateway To The Golden Isles.
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.
Gateway To The Golden Isles may disclose personally identifiable information
to companies whose practices are not covered by this privacy notice
(e.g., other marketers, magazine publishers, retailers, participatory
databases, and non-profit organizations) that want to market products
or services to you. If a site shares personally identifiable information,
it will provide you with an opportunity to opt out or block such uses.
We 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 marketing
information from this site, please send us email regarding this issue.
Finally, Gateway To The Golden Isles 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. Visitors should consult the other sites'
privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted
to, or collected by, these third parties.
Gateway To The Golden Isles sometimes may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes,
or promotions) that is sponsored by or cobranded with identified third
parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain
personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit
to participate in the site activity. Gateway To The Golden Isles has no control
over these third parties' use of this information. Gateway To The Golden Isles
will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information
if these third parties will obtain such information.
Gateway To The Golden Isles may use a reputable third party to present or serve
the advertisements that you may see at its Web pages. Our privacy policy
does not cover any use of information that a third-party ad server may
have collected from you. For more information on this site's use of
such third-party ad servers, please click here.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our sites, some of our web pages may
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.
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 online.
Special Note for Parents
Gateway To The Golden Isles is rated "Safe for Kids." No adult or
otherwise inappropriate or offensive material is permitted on this Web
site, nor do we permit or endorse links to sites containing adult or
otherwise inappropriate material for children.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about Gateway To The Golden Isles's online policy for this site or its implementation you may contact us
at info@gatewaytotheplanet.com
Gateway To The Golden Isles - 2002 - 2007 is a production of Gateway To The Planet, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Gateway To The Golden Isles does not endorse external Web sites.
