Gradually degenerating into ignorance and complacency.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

How it works (I'm not opting in)

They are an online lead generation agency. They help businesses (“Advertising Businesses”) locate customers that may be particularly interested in specific information, offers, products, and/or services. They collect, use, sell, and share certain information. The type of information they collect, together with a description of how they use, share, and/or sell it, is described below.
The information you provide them will include such things as your name, physical address, electronic mail address, and telephone number(s). In addition, you may chose to provide them with such other additional information including, but not limited to, your age, existing and/or desired income, personal interests and goals, employment interests and history, and the like. The information you provide may be dependent upon the online form and/or advertisement to which you are responding and expressing an interest.
They may additionally track your IP address and/or monitor and/or track your viewing habits and retain your user identity and/or viewing habits by causing their server to send a “cookie” to your computer. They use the information you have voluntarily provided to cause information, offers, products, and/or services that appear to them to be consistent with your expressed interests to be directed to you. This is typically accomplished by sharing your information with and/or selling your information to the Advertising Businesses with which they work. They may, however, also use your information to direct to you information, offers, products, and/or services from them and/or one of their affiliated companies. Furthermore, they or their affiliated companies may resell your information to carefully selected third party businesses that have information, offers, products, and/or services that appear to be consistent with the interests you have expressed. Your information may therefore ultimately be used for marketing purposes by us, their affiliated companies, one or more of the Advertising Businesses, and/or third parties with whom they deal. Your IP address may also be used to gather broad demographic information. Any information they may track via their use of “cookies,” will be used to identify you when you return, and/or to provide you a more relevant and tailored online experience.
They cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Statement. For example, they may be required to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. They may (and you authorize them to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in their sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.
After they share and/or sell your information with their affiliated companies, any of the Advertising Businesses, or any third parties, they do not have control over how they will use, collect, and/or disseminate your information. Accordingly, they recommend that you review the Privacy Statements of the corresponding affiliated companies, Advertising Businesses, and third parties with whom they have shared and/or sold your information in order to acquaint yourself with their information collection, use, and/or sharing policies. If you have concerns with how your information is being used by an affiliated company, Advertising Business, or a third party to whom they may have provided your information, and your inquiries to that party are not addressed to your satisfaction, please let them know using the contact information provided below. However, you understand and agree that they are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other websites, and you agree that they are not responsible for how such information is ultimately used.
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Yes, yes, yes ... that's all very fascinating, but where does it indicate that I will be paid? It doesn't have squat about payment to me, the end user for this "work at home" scheme. Hmmm. Methinks there is a glitch here.

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