What personally identifiable information does Report Exposures collect from me?

Report Exposures collects information in several ways from different parts of our network of web sites. Some personal information is gathered when you register. During registration, Report Exposures asks for your name, email address, and other personal information. Once you register you are no longer anonymous to Report Exposures - you are given a Report Exposures ID and are able to take full advantage of Report Exposures's offerings.

If you contact Report Exposures we may keep a record of that correspondence. Report Exposures also occasionally asks users to complete surveys that we use for internal research. Wherever Report Exposures collects personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.

What are cookies and how does Report Exposures use them?

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, Report Exposures 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 server and stored on your computer's hard drive. All sites on Report Exposures where you are prompted to log-in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies.

Generally, we use cookies to:

(1) Remind us of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver the service. This cookie is set when you register or "Sign In" and is modified when you "Sign Out" of our services.

(2) Measure certain traffic patterns, which areas of Report Exposures's network of web sites you have visited, and your visiting patterns in the aggregate. We use this research to understand how our users' habits are similar or different from one another so that we can make each new experience on Report Exposures a better one. We may use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions that you and other users will see on our sites.

Report Exposures also collects IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. In addition, Report Exposures Mail includes IP addresses in outgoing mail message headers.

How does Report Exposures use my information?

Report Exposures's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience on our network of sites. This includes personalization services, interactive communications, many other types of services, most of which are part of the service.

Who is collecting information?

When you are on a Report Exposures site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Report Exposures alone.

Please be aware that Report Exposures advertisers or web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those web sites linked to Report Exposures are not covered by this privacy statement.

With whom does Report Exposures share my information?

As a general rule, Report Exposures will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below.

The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.

Third Party Data & Data in the Aggregate: Under confidentiality agreements, Report Exposures may match user information with third party data. Also, Report Exposures discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 45% of our users have been exposed to smoke in the last 90 days) for staticiscal, and for other lawful purposes.

Other: Report Exposures may also disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Report Exposures's rights or property, other Report Exposures users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Report Exposures may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain and improve our products and services.

What are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my information?

You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those Report Exposures services that require registration in order to participate.

Report Exposures does not sell or rent user information to anyone.

What is Report Exposures's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete my personally identifiable information?

You may edit your Report Exposures Account Information at any time by using your Report Exposures Login and password. If you have forgotten your password, you can request a new password. For all other problems signing in to Report Exposures, please contact our Customer Service Department.

Your Report Exposures account can be deleted or deactivated, but doing so will result in not being able to access any members-only area of the Report Exposures network. Please contact Customer Service for further instructions about deleting or deactivating your Report Exposures account.

What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?

Your Report Exposures Account Information and Report Exposures Profile are password-protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. You may edit your Report Exposures Account Information and Report Exposures Profile by using your Report Exposures Login and Password.

We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Report Exposures will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also remember to sign out of your Report Exposures account by quiting the browser application when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Report Exposures cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

What else should I know about my privacy?

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

Also see...

 Electronic Frontier Foundation - a civil liberties organization working to protect your rights online.

Electronic Privacy Information Center - established to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure.

Privacy Issues Page - from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).

The EPIC Cookies Page - definitions, links, and news.

How to Protect Your Privacy - information from the Federal Trade Commission.