Privacy Policy
1st-IP.com is strongly committed to
protecting the privacy of users of its interactive products and services.
Throughout cyberspace, we want to contribute to providing a safe and
secure environment for users.
The purpose of this 1st-IP.com privacy policy is to inform you, as
a welcome visitor to 1st-IP.com, what kinds of information we may
gather about you when you visit 1st-IP.com, how we may use that information,
whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding
our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. This privacy
policy applies to the 1st-IP.com site.
Information About All 1st-IP.com Users
In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information
like the numbers and frequency of visitors to 1st-IP.com and its areas,
very much like television ratings that tell the networks how many people
tuned in to a program. We only use such data in the aggregate. This
aggregate data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of
the site, so we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing
as we can make it for as many of you as possible. For example, 1st-IP.com
uses a technology nicknamed "cookies" that tells us how and
when pages in our site are visited, and by how many people. These cookies
do not collect personally identifiable information and we do not combine
information collected through these cookies with other personally identifiable
information to tell us who you are or even what your screen name or
e-mail address is. We also may provide statistical "ratings"
information, never information about you personally, to our 1st-IP.com
partners about how our members, collectively, use 1st-IP.com. We do
this so they too can understand how much people use their areas and
our site in order for them to provide you with the best possible Web
experience as well. Finally, 1st-IP.com, its advertisers and ad servers
may also use cookies, as well as small pieces of code called "web
beacons" or "clear gifs," to determine on an anonymous
basis which advertisements and promotions users have seen and how users
responded to them, but do not use these technologies to collect personally
identifiable information unless you give us permission to do so.
Information About You
If you are an 1st-IP.com member, when you access 1st-IP.com you
may obtain access to features of the 1st-IP.com online service that
contain personal information. Additionally, we may specifically ask
for information about you when you sign up to use a service, like 1st-IP.com
phone services, or when you order a product. We will need certain information
-- such as name, Internet address or screen name, billing address, credit
card number -- in order to provide that service or product to you. We
may also use that information to let you know of additional products
and services about which you might be interested. You can choose not
to receive such information if you don't want to by letting us know
on the registration screen when you sign up for the product or service.
We may ask you for information about your interests so that both you
and we can take advantage of the interactivity of the online medium,
but you may always choose to respond or not. We also use cookie technology
in order to improve your experience, including to remember your preferences
or customized settings when you use 1st-IP.com and its related services,
and to authenticate your access to your personal information.
Disclosure
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to
1st-IP.com or information that you may give us on 1st-IP.com, such
as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any outside
companies. 1st-IP.com may share such information in response to legal
process, such as a court order or subpoena, or in special cases such
as a physical threat to you or others. And, as we mention above, we
may share with our Web site partners aggregated statistical "ratings"
information about the use of 1st-IP.com.
Children on 1st-IP.com
1st-IP.com takes special care to protect the safety and privacy of
young people using our services, and encourages you to participate in
your child's experience in cyberspace. 1st-IP.com is a general audience
site, and we do not knowingly collect information about children. For
parents who are 1st-IP.com members, 1st-IP.com recommends that parents
review important safety tips before your child explores the Internet,
and use Parental Controls.
1st-IP.com Privacy Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy for 1st-IP.com, we will
post those changes here so that you will always know what information
we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose
it to anyone.
Questions regarding the above statement should be directed
to PayTone for clarification.
Contact:
PayTone,
20 Guest Street, Suite #500
Brighton, MA 02135
Last updated: October 27, 2004
