Privacy Policy
PARSMediaGroup.com, Inc.
You are responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with all of
these new terms. Your use of the PARSMediaGroup.com Site and services
following this notification constitutes your acceptance of the terms and
conditions of these new terms of service.
If you do not want the information you provided to us in the past used in the ways described in our updated Privacy Policy, please send us an email at info@parsmediagroup.com. Please note, however, that even if you do so opt out, any information you provide to PARSMediaGroup.com after this notification will be governed by the terms of our updated Privacy Policy.
PARSMediaGroup.com Privacy Policy
PARSMediaGroup.com, Inc ("PARSMediaGroup.com") has created this privacy
policy because we value our members and recognize their right to keep
personal information private. This statement discloses our information
gathering and dissemination practices for the World Wide Web site
located at www.PARSMediaGroup.com (the "PARSMediaGroup.com Site"). We
believe very strongly that private information should remain private.
We'd like to hear your feedback about this statement. If you have
comments or questions, please e-mail us by
clicking here.
PARSMediaGroup.com GATHERS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
Cookies
Our Web site sets cookies to keep track of the contents of your shopping
basket, to administer our site, to gather broad demographic information,
to deliver content requested by you or specific to your interests, to
customize our Web site for you, and to save your password and member
name so that you don't have to enter it each time you visit.
A cookie is a small line of data that is stored on your hard drive. Some cookies are only stored for the duration of a single browser session; others persist across sessions. We only save your password and member name if you tell us to do so; your password is encrypted, stored on your computer and transferred over the Internet in an encrypted format. Keep in mind that anyone using your Web browser would be able to access the PARSMediaGroup.com Site as you if you choose to store your member name and password. PARSMediaGroup.com's Web servers also set session ID cookies that are used to allow our servers to deliver information you request (e.g., search results). Members who do not want to receive cookies can instruct their Web browsers to refuse them; however, doing so may prevent certain parts of PARSMediaGroup.com's site from working (e.g., anything that requires login, including member chat, personals, or message boards). Other organizations that place advertising on PARSMediaGroup.com sometimes have the ability to assign a different cookie to you in a process that we do not control. Unless you've saved your member name, cookies aren't useable for identifying individuals (your computer will be assigned a random number and neither PARSMediaGroup.com nor advertisers will know who you are. While cookies set by PARSMediaGroup.com may be used to collect personally identifiable information and can be traced to an individual user, this personally identifiable information is used only for internal purposes; when information collected through cookies is shared with third parties, it is only used in aggregate form.
Registration Form
Membership on the PARSMediaGroup.com Site is completely optional.
PARSMediaGroup.com's registration form requires users to give contact
information (e.g., your name, address and e-mail address) and
demographic information (e.g., your birthdate). On our join form,
required fields are marked with an asterisk. We use this information to
send members information and announcements about PARSMediaGroup.com
(e.g., a weekly newsletter) and our partners.
During registration, you may be offered the opportunity to receive information from third parties or to register for third-party products or services. By choosing to accept such an opportunity, you consent to PARSMediaGroup.com's disclosure of your contact and demographic information to that third party. Please remember that the use of your contact and demographic information by the applicable third party will be governed by that third party's own privacy policy.
At times and only with a member's permission, PARSMediaGroup.com may share names and mailing and e-mail addresses with carefully selected organizations. Members may opt out of these programs by selecting "don't share my mailing address" and/or "don't share my e-mail address" on our registration form. Aggregate demographic information collected through the registration process is shared with advertisers and other partners. This aggregate information is not traceable to an individual user.
Order Forms
When purchasing products or services on the PARSMediaGroup.com site,
you're asked for credit card, billing, and shipping information. This
information is transmitted using a secure, encrypted form. You can see
that the transaction is secure from the fact that the URL begins with
the secure address https:// and we ensure encryption through the use of
standard SSL encryption technologies. If you are not sure whether your
browser is set up for security or not, you can check yourself by viewing
your frame information. If you are using Windows with Netscape
Communicator, just "right click" on the form page you are filling out.
Then click "View Frame Info." If you are using Mac with Netscape
Communicator, hold down the mouse button on the form page you are
filling out until the options show. Then select "Page Info." Our secure
information will appear there.
This credit card, billing and shipping information is gathered to bill customers for goods and services purchased and to ship merchandise. Only billing vendors have access to financial information and only for the purpose of billing customers. At times PARSMediaGroup.com may refer users to other Web sites to purchase products. User activity on those sites is covered by the privacy policies on those sites.
Online Surveys
At times PARSMediaGroup.com may run online surveys asking for specific
contact or demographic information. These surveys are always optional.
At times PARSMediaGroup.com may share both the results of, and
individual entries in, surveys with the sponsors of the survey. Results
of surveys may be shared with partners and advertisers on an aggregate
basis.
Contests
At times PARSMediaGroup.com may run contests on the Site where we ask
for contact or demographic information. These contests are always
optional. At times PARSMediaGroup.com may share both the results of, and
individual entries in, contests with the sponsors of the contests.
Results of contests may be shared with partners and advertisers on an
aggregate basis.
Member Feedback
PARSMediaGroup.com stores feedback members send to us. This feedback is
used to administer and refine the PARSMediaGroup.com Site and associated
services and at times may be shared with PARSMediaGroup.com partners
either in aggregate form or individually with specific identifying
characteristics about the Member (e.g., e-mail address or name) removed.
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE SCENARIOS
Notwithstanding anything else in this policy, PARSMediaGroup.com may
also disclose personal and aggregate information when required by a
valid legal mechanism such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court
order, or when we deem it necessary, in our sole discretion, to protect
our rights and the safety of others, or our members, employees, or
properties.
PARSMediaGroup.com believes that members' private communications in chat rooms, e-mail, and instant message-like conversations should generally remain confidential. PARSMediaGroup.com does not read or disclose private communications unless ordered to do so through a valid legal mechanism such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, to protect the company's rights and property, or during emergencies when we believe safety is at risk. Please remember that what you write or post in public areas such as chat rooms and message boards is available to all PARSMediaGroup.com members, and in many cases other visitors to the PARSMediaGroup.com site. Also keep in mind that PARSMediaGroup.com is not responsible for what other users may do with private communications you've had with them. While chat and instant message-like conversations pass through PARSMediaGroup.com's servers, we do not store logs of these conversations.
PARSMediaGroup.com reserves the right to share some or all of your personal information with its parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures or other companies under common control with PARSMediaGroup.com, in which case PARSMediaGroup.com will require such entities to honor this privacy policy. If PARSMediaGroup.com is acquired by another company, that company will obtain the member information collected by PARSMediaGroup.com and will assume the rights and obligations set forth in this privacy policy regarding that information.
OPT-OUT
Our site provides users the opportunity upon registration to opt out of
receiving communications from us and from our partners, affiliates, and
advertisers. These options are available during registration, and
through the preferences setting on the "My Account" page. You may
further opt out of certain information uses when providing information
on forms such as the Premium Services profile forms. Please note that
even if you have chosen to opt out of receiving communications from us,
we reserve the right to contact you by e-mail about material changes to
this privacy policy or the PARSMediaGroup.com User Agreement.
DELETE/DEACTIVATE INFORMATION
PARSMediaGroup.com gives users the following options for removing their
information from our database:
You can send e-mail to
info@parsmediagroup.com with subject "Please Remove Me". Please be
sure to include your member name, e-mail address and name.
PARSMediaGroup.com is not responsible for removing information from
third-party lists or databases with whom users have previously
authorized us to share their information.
CHANGE/MODIFY INFORMATION
PARSMediaGroup.com gives users the following options for changing or
modifying information previously provided:
Send e-mail to info@parsmediagroup.com.
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of
this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact us:
Via e-mail: info@parsmediagroup.com
AD SERVER
PARSMediaGroup.com uses a reputable third party to serve some of the
advertisements you see on the pages of the PARSMediaGroup.com Site. We
use clear GIFs, or pixel tags, provided by our ad serving company to
help manage our advertising. These clear GIFs allow our ad serving
company to recognize a browser's cookie when the browser visits the
PARSMediaGroup.com Site. This allows us to learn which banner ads bring
users to our site. The information we collect and share through this
technology is not linked to any information that would allow our ad
server to personally identify our users. For more information about our
ad serving company or for your choices about not having this anonymous
information used, please
click here.
CHANGE POLICY
From time to time we may revise this privacy notice. If we make a
material change, we will post a notice on the PARSMediaGroup.com Web
site or notify you by e-mail, at which time you'll be able to "opt out"
of these new practices by contacting us (using the contact information
above).
DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement
This website is an online service provider as defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We provide legal copyright owners with the ability to self-publish on the internet by uploading, storing and displaying various media utilizing our services. We do not monitor, screen or otherwise review the media which is uploaded to our servers by users of the service. We take copyright violation very seriously and will vigorously protect the rights of legal copyright owners. If you are the copyright owner of content which appears on this website and you did not authorize the use of the content you must notify us in writing in order for us to identify the allegedly infringing content and take action.
In order to more easily facilitate the process we have provided a form for your use. We will be unable to take any action if you do not provide us with the required information so please fill out all fields accurately and completely. Alternatively you may make a written notice via email, facsimile or postal mail to the DMCA AGENT as listed below. Your written notice must include the following:
A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner which expressly claims an exclusive right that is allegedly being infringed.
Specific identification of the copyrighted work which you are alleging to have been infringed. If you are alleging infringement of multiple copyrighted works with a single notification you must submit a representative list which specifically identifies each of the works that you allege are being infringed.
Specific identification of the location and description of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity with enough detailed information to permit this website to locate the material. You should include the specific URL or URLs of the webpages where the allegedly infringing material is located.
Information reasonably sufficient to allow this site to contact the complaining party which may include a name, address, telephone number and electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:
DMCA AGENT Email:
info@parsmediagroup.com please put in the subject "DMCA Notice of
Copyright Infringement"
Please also note that under applicable law, 17 U.S.C. 512(f), any person
who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is
infringing may be subject to liability.
*The Privacy Notice posted on this site was updated on April 07,
2008.

