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| Saturday, March 13, 2010 |
| Privacy Policy |
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New England Newspapers Inc. (Berkshire Eagle, North Adams
Transcript, Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer, Manchester Journal,
et al.) is committed to protecting the privacy of our customers. The following
statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for
the berkshireeagle.com (et al.) web site.
What personally identifiable information does berkshireeagle.com (or any of the other sites) collect from me? New England Newspapers Inc. collects information in several ways. Some personal information is gathered through server log files. Personal information is also gathered when you enter a contest or promotion, request vacation delivery stop, or when you post an online ad. During these instances, New England Newspapers Inc. asks for information such as your name, e-mail address, street address, zip code, phone number, subscriber status, and credit card number. We may also ask you for other information at other times. Whenever we collect information about you, we will make an effort to link to our privacy policy. How is my information used? Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a customized experience. New England Newspapers Inc. uses information collected from server log files, such as IP addresses, to help diagnose problems with our services, to administer our web site, and to report and gather aggregate information about site usage and user demographics. New England Newspapers Inc. may share this aggregated data with advertisers or business partners. New England Newspapers Inc. also uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web service and stored on your computer's hard drive. New England Newspapers Inc. uses cookies to deliver targeted advertising based on your behavior or demographics and to track your number of entries in some of our promotions and contests. You can set your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do we will not be able to customize the New England Newspapers Inc. web site's features according to your preferences. Advertising networks that serve ads into our site, such as Real Media or DoubleClick, may also use their own cookies. For more information about Real Media's use of cookies, visit www.realmedia.com/privacy.html. For more information about DoubleClick's use of cookies, visit www.privacychoices.org. With whom is my information shared? When you are on an area of New England Newspapers Inc. and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with New England Newspapers Inc. (Berkshire Eagle, North Adams Transcript, Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer, Manchester Journal, et. al) and its related companies. If data is being collected and/or maintained by any other company, you will be notified prior to the time of the data collection or transfer. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service. Promotions and contests that run on New England Newspapers Inc. may be sponsored by companies other than New England Newspapers Inc. or may be co-sponsored by New England Newspapers Inc. and another company. Some or all data collected during a promotion or contest may be shared with the sponsor. If data will be shared, you will be notified prior to the time of data collection or transfer. You can decide not to participate in the promotion or contest if you don't want your data to be shared. New England Newspapers Inc. makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to our users. Some of these forums require registration. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Aggregate information compiled by New England Newspapers Inc. may be shared with advertisers and business partners as well as used by New England Newspapers Inc. (Berkshire Eagle, North Adams Transcript, Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer, Manchester Journal, et. al) and its related companies. Security of Information We use our best efforts to ensure the security of personal information submitted by users. When collecting credit card information for online purchases, we offer secured-server transactions that encrypt your information in transit to thwart someone from intercepting it and misusing it. When we collect other information from our users, it is stored in an area where the general public does not have access to it. Linked Sites Please be aware that New England Newspapers Inc.'s promotional partners, advertisers, sponsors, third-party Internet sites, and content providers accessible through New England Newspapers Inc. may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. New England Newspapers Inc. is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. Users should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing personally identifiable information through co-sponsored, affiliated or linked sites. Guidelines with Regard to Children The Newspaper in Education program, which promotes the use of newspapers in the classroom, is a free service for teachers. Policy Changes and Questions New England Newspapers Inc. reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us at: New England Newspapers Inc. |
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