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Privacy Statement
Overview
The Secure Connection LLCsm (TSC) and
www.thesecureconnection.com (this Website) are committed to the protection of consumer privacy on this Website following a strict set of privacy principles and strict security measures to safeguard online transactions. -
The only information obtained on this Website is that which is supplied voluntarily by Associates, Contestants, Customers, Readers, and/or Visitors (hereinafter as Users). As is anticipated this website may need, request or require personal but in most case public information periodically to provide Users with customized content or to inform them about new features or services, at which time Users will be asked to provide the requested (name, e-mail, home address, etc.) information. Associate information will be displayed in the Associate Directory. All other information will not be shared at any time without the User's permission. -
Currently no Social Security number, driver license number or credit card number will be required on this website. In the event of a change in policy Users will be notified of the change prior to implementation. -
All statistical aggregate information accumulated about our Users as a group - site activity, usage habits, demographic distribution, number of Users, page viewed statistics, etc - may be shared with partners of this Website, if requested.
The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for this website:
Ad Services
TSC on this website may utilize certain advertising services to display
advertising for our Associates. These services may place a cookie on the
computer for the purposes of ad tracking and content presentation.
This website does not share personally identifiable User information
with its advertising services.
Adware TSC
does not and will not ever install Adware, Spyware or any other software
without the obvious permission of the User. TSC has no plans to
ever use this intrusive method of invasion of our User's privacy.
Associate Partners
This Website provides information, communication and marketing tools and
merchandise about the TSC relationship-building networking business and
the products and services of our Associates. By design this Website
through affiliations and/or associations was created to benefit our
Associates via a cooperative partnership.

When registering via our Guestbook or Email Opt-in List on this website,
you will be asked if you would like to subscribe to a weekly newsletter
or participate as an Associate. Some of our Associates may also have
their own newsletters, hold workshops and seminars or schedule other
events that may require an e-mail address or other personal
information. The information provided to TSC will be protected as noted
above. The information provided to Associates will be protected as
long as it stays on this Website. Information entered into or
provided to a linked website is protected only to the extent of the
Privacy Policy of that website. TSC accepts no responsibility for
the use of this information by these websites. Users may Opt-out
of receiving future mailings.
Children's Guidelines
TSC on this website does not knowingly conduct any transaction with
minors. All Associates must be the age of majority in the state in
which they reside. Associate use this website to market their
products and services and their policy regarding the conduct of business
with a minor may be dependant on the product or service and the legal
definition of minor in their location. Any minor wanting to do
business with one of our Associates must contact the Associate directly.
All business conducted by an Associate with a minor is considered a 3rd
party transaction. TSC assumes no responsibility or liability for
these transactions and is not responsible for any conflicts or claims
that may arise from these transactions.
TSC on this website when discovered will remove all personally
identifiable information of any Users under the age of sixteen.
Until discovered this Website may share contact and other information
about Users under the age of sixteen on an aggregate basis.
Parents and those permitting minors to use this website should be aware
that any information voluntarily given by children in chat sessions,
e-mail exchanges, a BBS, forums, etc., may be used by 3rd parties to
generate unsolicited mail or other contact with children. TSC will
strive to ensure that all content on this Website will be of such
quality that parental permission such not be required and of a nature
that would have minimum appeal to a minor.
Contests, Surveys and Questionnaires
TSC on this website may conduct online contests, surveys and
questionnaire which, may ask Users for personal contact, profile data,
and demographic information. Users may choose to receive future
mailings in connection with this method of lead generation or opt-out.
The contact information is shared with Associates and used to contact
the User if or when requested. Demographic and profile data may
also be collected on this Website on an aggregate basis, but it does not
indicate the identity of individual users.

Cookies
TSC, this Website and our Associates may use "cookies" to make our
service more effective
by preventing you from having to re-enter the same information each time
you visit. Cookies are pieces of information that are placed in
the temporary internet file on the hard drive of the computer of the
User accessing this Website for record keeping purposes. Our
cookies, if any, will contain no personal information, are used to
deliver specific content to the User related to the use of this Website,
and the same information specifically and knowingly provided to this
Website.
E-Commerce transactions
Currently, TSC does not use applications to collect data to facilitate
an e-commerce transaction. Users will be notified of a change to
this Policy
External Links
TSC on this website will provide links to various Associate websites in
order to provide Users with excellent value. Even when an affiliation
exist between this Website and the destination site, this Website
exercises no authority over linked sites, each of which are expected to
maintain their own Privacy Policy as well as an independent data
collection policies and procedures, assumes no responsibility or
liability for these affiliate websites, their methods or actions and is
not responsible for the policies or procedures of these websites, and
cannot take responsibility for the privacy initiatives, directives or
the content of such Web sites. These destination links are
provided as a benefit for our Associates, for the convenience of our
Users, and as such, are accessed at minimum risks, so any comments or
evidence to the contrary pertaining to this Website or any linked
website are greatly appreciated.
IP Addresses
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer whenever
it accesses the Internet. All computers on the Internet are
identified by an IP address, which allow computers and servers to
recognize and communicate with each other. This Website collects
IP addresses for certain housekeep and administrative functions.
When a User fills a form on this Website, the User's IP address is
recorded along with the form information. To maintain User anonymity,
TSC will only use the IP addresses to identify any User who refuses to
comply with TSC rules or the Terms of Service, and to identify Users who
threaten our service, site, or others.
Public Forums
TSC on this website may host directly or indirectly and provide links to
chat rooms, forums, message boards and/or news groups for our User.
Any information disclosed in these areas becomes by default public
information so great caution is mandatory when disclosing personal
information.
Registration
Users may choose to Opt-in so as to receive future mailings and other
information by supplying only a name and email address.
Registration via a Guestbook will require Users to provide additional
contact information. This personal information is used to contact the
User when necessary or customize content of the e-zine or weekly
newsletter. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site.
We use this data to tailor the User's experience at our site, showing
the User content that reflects their stated preferences. This
information will be shared with our Associates when specific request are
made or to advertisers on an aggregate basis without individual
Users identity. Users may Opt-out of receiving future mailings.
Security
TSC on this Website stores personal information on The Secure Connection
server with security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information on TSC servers. No monetary
transaction are currently completed on this website nor are there plans
to do so.

Opt-Out
TSC on this website gives Associates and/or Users the opportunity to Opt-in to receive communications from us and other Associates at the point where we include a form to request information about the Associate and/or User. TSC also gives users the following options for removing their information from our database in order to stop receiving communications from TSC or our service. -
You can send e-mail to
webmaster@thesecureconnection.com -
You can
Unsubscribe or use link below. -
You can send mail to our mailing address. -
You can call our telephone number.
The
Secure Connection LLC 6905 Willett Place
Crestwood, KY 40014
(502) 241-0407
Online Service Agreement
Please see our
Terms and Conditions for other terms and conditions governing your use of this website Web site. Read our
Code of Ethics
If any of the foregoing is not fully enforceable for any reason, the remainder shall nonetheless continue to apply.

Last Modified
Monday, June 09, 2008 10:56:42 PM
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