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Kate.net Privacy Policy

Privacy Philosophy
Kate.net is committed to protecting the privacy of its users, and as such does not share, exchange, or sell any personal visitor information such as email addresses, names, or any other individual-specific information to any third parties. Furthermore, Kate.net is strongly anti-spam.

What Information is Shared
The only information shared with third parties relates to general web site usage statistics (i.e., how many 'hits' the site receives per day, month, etc., what pages are most accessed, and similar statistics). This information is occasionally provided to potential advertisers. You can rest assured that no individual personal data is ever disclosed.

What Information is Gathered
Information is gathered by Kate.net in the following ways:

  1. General Usage Data is collected in a Web site usage statistics program. This shows how many 'hits' the site received per day, general domain statistics of visitors (i.e., whether visiting domains are .com, .net., etc.; the top visiting domains -- such as aol.com, etc.), IP addresses of visitors, etc.

  2. Kate.net Mailing List - When signing up for the Kate.net Mailing List, a user must necessarily supply his or her email address in order to receive emails from Kate.net. Additional information such as one's name is requested; however, this information is not used for any purpose other than to facilitate finding a subscriber within the Bravenet mailing list administrative site.

    Kate.net specifically has chosen the Bravenet mailing list service because of its special security features, including a double opt-in subscription system, and because Bravenet does not rent or sell email addresses stored in its system. The Bravenet system utilizes special safeguards to ensure that individuals cannot be signed up to mailing lists without their permission. A user must reply to a confirmation which is sent to the email address the user provided before they will be added to the mailing list. A user may elect at any time to be removed from the Kate.net mailing list by utilizing the Bravenet web site interface on the Kate.net site or by clicking on the 'Unsubscribe' link located at the bottom of each emailed newsletter update. You can read more about Bravenet's privacy policies at their web site.

  3. Ad Banner Data - Kate.net utilizes a rotating banner advertising system served out by Advertising.com. As such, they collect data relating only to the banners themselves (how many times the banners display or how many click-throughs the banners receive, and related data). You can read the Advertising.com Privacy Statement for more information about how they collect and utilize data from their ad banner network.

    Other advertising banners or text and link advertisements may be placed on the Kate.net site; however, those banners or links go directly to the advertisers (they are static banners and/or text), and no personal data is collected by Kate.net via those buttons or banners or links. Once you have clicked through to an advertiser's site, you will want to check their privacy policy for details about how they collect information before you begin using their site.

  4. Links - Kate.net provides relevant links to many other web sites, particularly to holiday web sites. Kate.net is not responsible for the privacy practices and/or the content of such web sites and does not endorse these sites, their services, or their advertisers. The links provided by Kate.net are given for informational purposes only. When visiting such linked sites, you are urged to be an informed surfer and use caution when providing any personal data to these other web sites. If you have any questions, please review the privacy policies on these sites directly.

    5. Kids' Privacy
    Although no personally identifiable information is shared, exchanged, or sold, it is requested that children under 13 not participate in any of the Kate.net site features without parental consent, whether only to provide an email address or to provide any elective information.

    Contact Kate.net
    If you have any questions regarding the Kate.net Privacy Policy, please feel free to send email to kate (at) kate (dot) net. (Remove the words in parentheses and replace with the appropriate symbols.)

     



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