At uclick, LLC ("uclick"), we respect your right to privacy and we
understand that visitors to uclick's Web Sites need to control the uses
of their personal information. The privacy policy below details the measures
taken by uclick to protect your privacy in connection with your use of
www.gocomics.com, www.GoComics.com, www.uPuzzles.com, www.MyComicsPage.com, www.ComicsSherpa.com , www.InfiniteCrosswords.com and other sites
or applications owned and operated by uclick, ("Sites"). uclick does not
intend to collect any personal information from children under 13 unless
uclick believes such collection to be permitted by law; please
read below for uclick's policy with respect to children under 13.
What does the this Privacy Policy cover?
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This policy covers the treatment and use of personally identifiable
information that is collected by uclick, at any of its owned, operated or
affiliated Web sites and when you sign up to use any of the services provided
at the sites.
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This policy does not cover information that may or may not be collected by
companies or Web sites that uclick does not own or control. This policy also
does not guide the behavior of individuals not employed by uclick.
How is my personally identifiable information used by uclick?
uclick is the sole owner of the information collected from the uclick service. Your Personal Information can only be collected when you voluntarily provide it.
What is "Personal Information"? Personal Information is individually identifiable information about a person. This information can include a first and last name, credit card number, a home, billing or e-mail address or a personal identifier that reveals an individual's e-mail address, or a telephone or social security number. Personal information also includes a persistent identifier, such as a customer number held in a cookie (See below for definition of "cookie"), where such identifier is associated with individually identifiable information.
Customized Experience. uclick gathers user information to provide
you with a customized experience on our sites and other services. Your
user information helps us tailor the content, services, goods and advertising
to your current and future needs. For this reason, we may ask you to register
or to provide personal information when you visit certain areas of our
site, register for free services, order products, enter contests or subscribe
to a newsletter. If you choose not to register, you may not have access
to areas that require personal identification.
Subscription Services. If you subscribe to our site(s) for premium
content services, uclick will gather user information and personal information
to grant you access to the site(s). uclick may use third parties to accept
and process orders and credit card purchases for subscriptions, merchandise
and products. If you choose not to register you may not have access to
subscription areas that require personal identification.
E-mail Delivery. If you register with our site(s) for daily e-mail
delivery, subscription services or purchase products from us, from time
to time, we may e-mail you with informative messages about our services
or third party products and services we believe may be of interest to
you, such as new features and services, special offers and updated information.
These e-mails may contain code that enables our database to track your
usage of the e-mail, including whether the e-mail was opened and/or what
links (if any) were clicked. We will combine that information to other
information we have about you and may use that information to improve
your site experience and/or provide customized e-mail communications to
you.
Mobile Messaging. Uclick might gather some personal
information specific to participating in mobile messaging programs. The
information requested may include contact, mobile phone numbers, carriers,
and models for product delivery, and demographic information.
When does uclick collect my information, including personally
identifiable information?
Free Registration. When you register, uclick asks for your e-mail
address, a user selected user name, and other information. Once you are
a registered user you can update your profile and may be able to provide
additional preferential information (e.g. a member name, a nickname, and
certain user preferences). uclick may also ask for other optional information.
(See below on uclick's policy with respect to children
under 13)
Subscription Services. When you subscribe, uclick asks for your
e-mail address, a user selected user name, password and other necessary
financial information to process the order. Credit card information is
collected by uclick, however, the specific credit card number is not stored
within the uclick System. Contact information from the order is used to
fulfill premium purchases to our registered users and to get in touch
with the user when deemed necessary. Once you are a subscribed user you
can update your profile and may be able to provide additional preferential
information. uclick may also ask for other optional information. (See
below on uclick's policy with respect to children under 13)
Order Forms and Products Store. uclick also uses an order form
for users to request information, products and services. For that order
form, we collect a user's contact information (e-mail address) and necessary
financial information to process the order (i.e. credit card number).
Contact information from the order is used to send orders to our registered
users and to get in touch with the user when deemed necessary. uclick
may use third parties to accept and process orders and credit card purchases
for merchandise and products. For some products, third parties host the
store pages, ordering system, order data, collect order information, contact
information and necessary financial information to process the order.
Please see the privacy policies on their Web sites for more information
about how CafePress uses this information.
Special Contests or Promotions. uclick may occasionally present
a special contest or promotion that is sponsored by another company. To
qualify for entry in that contest or promotion, we may ask you to provide
personal information. If we plan to share that information with the sponsor(s)
or with others, we will provide a statement to that effect in the contest
or promotion terms.
IP Address. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is unique string
of numbers that is assigned to your computer by your Internet Service
Provider. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address.
We will use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server
and to administer our site. Your IP address also may be used to gather
broad demographic information.
Cookies. A "cookie" is a small line of text that is
stored with your Web browser for record-keeping purposes and to help us
provide better service to you. Your browser has options to accept, reject,
or provide you with notice when a cookie is sent. uclick may utilize "cookie"
technology by sending and/or receiving information from our computers
to your browser and computer. We also use cookies to customize our site(s)
and deliver content specific to your interests.
Computer-Generated Information. uclick may use server logs to
track your movement through our Web sites and properties - in addition,
we may use this information to customize the user experience or provide
registrant continuity between our various Web sites and properties. uclick
may also use other technologies to verify and track your use of certain
services, confirm receipt of certain e-mailed products or to test the
integrity of our systems, products and services.
Advertisements. The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered
to you by our Web advertising partners. In the process of serving ads,
advertisers place a cookie in your browser's cookie file and may use information
(excluding your name, address, e-mail address or other personal information)
about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements
on this site and other Web sites about goods and services that may be
of interest to you. By delivering ads on the Sites, uclick is able to
record what ads a user -- identified by the unique cookie -- has seen,
and what uclick site pages the user was viewing when the ads were delivered.
This Web usage information is combined with other ad delivery information
uclick has (e.g., what type of operating system your computer uses) collected
from your visits to uclick Sites and other sites not affiliated with uclick.
This non-personally identifiable information is used as part of the ad
serving process for reporting and to select and direct the ads you see
online at uclick Sites. Additionally, some ads are generated by third
party ad serving systems that also may place a cookie on your browser
to provide web usage information to those third parties. Please note that
if an advertiser asks us to show an advertisement to a certain audience
(for example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages
13-24 who have viewed sports content) and you respond to that ad, the
advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of the
audience they are trying to reach. As always remember, we only authorize
our third-party ad servers to employ anonymous cookies for ad delivery
and anonymous targeting. Our third-party ad servers do not collect, nor
do we give them access to, any personally identifying information about
you. To find out more about those specific third party ad serving systems,
please click to their sites below:
24/7 Real Media Inc.
Advertising.com
BannerConnect
Casale
DoubleClick
FastClick
Fox Audience Network
Google
Intercept Interactive
Platform-A
Sponsor Select
Tacoda
Tribal Fusion
Opting Out of Third-Party Ad Servers
We recognize that not all users wish to receive ads targeted to their
interests and we put the wishes of our users first. If you want to prevent
a third-party ad server from sending and reading cookies on your computer,
currently you must visit each ad network’s Web site individually
and opt out of this type of advertising. You may find more information
from these sites:
For DoubleClick, one of our partners, cookies, and how to "opt-out," you
can visit this page: http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy/privacy/ad-cookie/default.asp.
For 24/7 Real Media, Inc., one of our partners, cookies, and how to "opt-out,"
you can visit this page: http://www.247realmedia.com/privacy.html.
If you would like to opt-out of third party ad serving cookies now click
here:
www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp. This opt-out feature
replaces a network advertiser's unique online preference marketing cookie
on your browser with a general opt-out cookie; it does not delete cookies
and does not necessarily replace other cookies placed by network advertisers,
such as those that are used for aggregate ad reporting or mere ad serving
purposes. Such cookies allow network advertisers to rotate ad banners
sequentially and track aggregate numbers of impressions. Please see the
companies' privacy policies for more details or visit the NAI
web site for more information. For us at uclick, the most important
thing is that you make the choice that is best for you.
Links to Other Sites. The uclick Sites contain links, including
banner and other ads, to other Web sites. uclick is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. The uclick Sites
may also link to Web sites that feature uclick trademarks and names along
with trademarks and names of other companies. You should look at the privacy
policy on that co-branded Web site, as the co-branded Web site may not
be under uclick's control.
Information from Other Sources. For reasons such as improving
member experience and providing customized communications to our users,
we may receive information about you from other sources and add it to
the information that we have received from you.
Who does uclick share information with?
We will not share your personally identifiable information with third
parties (aside from entities that perform services for us, such as fulfilling
orders, that either are bound to comply with our privacy policy or have
privacy policies that protect your information) unless you have "opted-in"
to such sharing. If you have previously opted-in to such sharing under
a prior privacy policy version, you are still considered to have opted-in
under this Privacy Statement. As stated, uclick may use third parties
to accept and process orders for merchandise and products. For some products
purchases, CafePress hosts the store pages, ordering system, and order
data. Please see the CafePress Privacy Policy for more information
about how CafePress uses this information.
However, uclick may disclose information you provide if required to do
so by law or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary
to (1) comply with the law or with legal process served on uclick; (2)
protect and defend the rights or property of uclick; or (3) act in an
emergency to protect someone's safety.
We may gather demographic information from you (for example, your age,
education level or household income) from time to time. We will not share
that information in a manner that identifies you as an individual with
any other entity, unless we let you know that at the time of collection
or we have your permission. When we share demographic information with
third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets, and, depending
upon the transaction, your personal information may be one of the transferred
assets. In the event that uclick is acquired by another company, your
personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the acquiring
party.
What are my options to control the use of my personally identifiable
information?
You will have the ability to request the deletion of your uclick registration
at any time by utilizing the registration system established for this
purpose. However, we may maintain certain other information as part of
our internal processes to prevent accidental loss of user data or information
and to prevent or discourage fraudulent activities that may involve uclick
registration or account information. We may also continue to maintain
information about your registration or account and your computer access
to our Web sites or services as part of our server logs
Unless you opt-out we may e-mail you with information from uclick, including
information about selected third parties. If you do not want to receive
information from uclick or third parties that we have selected, you may
decline to receive it (or "Opt-Out") when you provide personal information to
uclick, or you may visit https://register.uclick.com/reg/sign-in and update your profile. You may also contact
uclick by postal mail at the address below.
What about kids' personally identifiable
information?
The uclick Sites are general audience sites and are not directed to
children under the age of 13. uclick assumes products purchased through
credit card means are purchased by adults. uclick respects the privacy
of parents and children and is committed to complying with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). On those areas of the Sites that
ask for age, uclick does not collect personal information from individuals
who identify themselves as under the age of 13 except in those limited
circumstances where uclick believes that such collection is permitted
under COPPA.
uclick may ask prospective users to provide their age during the registration
process and on other areas of the uclick Sites. If a user indicates that
he or she is under the age of 13 then all personal data collected during
the registration process is automatically deleted except uclick may retain
and use limited information, such as the child's e-mail address, for a
limited period of time, in those cases where uclick believes that the
collection and use of such information is permitted under COPPA.
If a parent believes that his or her child has submitted personal information
to uclick, he or she can contact us via e-mail or postal mail as listed
below. uclick will promptly delete the information upon learning that
it relates to a child under the age of 13.
uclick believes that parents should supervise their children's online
activities and consider using parental control tools available from online
services and software manufacturers that help provide a kid-friendly online
environment. These tools can also prevent children from otherwise disclosing
online their name, address and other personal information without parental
permission.
What else should I know about my privacy?
uclick's Commitment to Data Security Protecting user
privacy and Personal Information is a high priority for uclick.
We use our best efforts to ensure the security of your Personal Information.
uclick maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply
with federal regulations to guard your Personal Information. We exercise
great care in providing secure transmission of information between your
PC and our computers. Unfortunately, no electronic communication over
the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to take
great care to protect your Personal Information, we cannot warrant the
security of any information that you submit to us, and you do so at your
own risk.
We also take precautions to protect your Personal Information off-line.
Access to all user information is restricted. Only our employees, agents
and processors whose jobs require accessing users' Personal Information
are granted database access or administrator-level accounts on servers
that contain such Personal Information. Finally, all servers containing
users' Personal Information are kept locked in a secure data center and
require a secure login to access them remotely.
Remember to sign off our Site and close your browser window when you
are finished using it. This is to ensure that others cannot pose as you
online. This is especially important if you are at a terminal that is
accessible to others, such as the library, at school, at the workplace
or at an Internet café.
Security. uclick has security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse and alteration of the information under our control. These include a
firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our systems and maintenance of
registration information in a separate database. Although we will exercise
reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your
computer and our servers, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information transmitted to us over the Internet and we accept no liability for
any unintentional disclosure. We will protect the transmission of credit card
information through industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. We use thawte SSL Web Server Certificates to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. thawte has checked and verified the company registration documents and the site's registered domain name. Consumer Guidelines: How to know whether a site is secure
Chat Rooms and Other Public Areas. uclick may offer chat, bulletin
board, or other public functions and any posting by you is considered public
information available to other users. Any posting is governed by uclick's Terms
of Service.
Refer a Friend. If a user elects to use our referral service for
informing a friend about our site or particular features or content, we ask
them for the friend's name and e-mail address. uclick will automatically send
the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit an uclick Site. uclick
stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
The friend may contact uclick to request the removal of this information from
their database.
Your personal information is password-protected, and you should take
appropriate measures to protect the secrecy of your password. If you use a
computer in a public place or share a computer with others, remember to sign
out and close your browser window when you finish a session with uclick in
order to prevent others from accessing your personal information.
How can I update my Profile?
You can help uclick maintain the accuracy of your profile by notifying us when
you change your address, phone number, or e-mail address. If at any
time you wish to update your information or stop receiving communication from
uclick, you may visit https://register.uclick.com/reg/sign-in and update your profile. Please include your
old and new contact information so that we can make the appropriate
corrections.
Contacting uclick.
uclick would like to receive your comments and questions about this Privacy
Statement. Please address comments or questions regarding uclick's Privacy
Statement to us via e-mail or postal mail.
You can complete our e-mail form at: https://register.uclick.com/cgi-bin/support.cgi. You may also
contact uclick by mail at:
uclick, LLC
Attn: uclick Privacy
1130 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO 64106 USA
Acceptance of Privacy Statement.
Your use of the uclick Sites, including any dispute concerning privacy, is
subject to this Privacy Statement and uclick's Terms and Conditions of Use. By
using the uclick Sites, you are accepting the practices set out in this
Privacy Statement and those Terms and Conditions of Use. We reserve the
right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time by posting the changes on
this page. Please check the revision date at the bottom of this page to
determine if the statement has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your
continued use of any portion of the uclick Sites following posting of the
updated Privacy Statement will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
Updated as of 04-22-2009
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