Privacy policy
For Nano-News.net and the 2100v LLC Network of Sites
Overall privacy
statement
We take your privacy very seriously. Because we gather
certain types of information about our users we want to
help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding
the collection and use of that information. This privacy
statement discloses the types of information we gather,
how we use it, and how you can correct or change it.
What information
does Nano-News.net collect?
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is
to provide you with the best and most useful content and
services. Because we derive revenue mainly from
advertising, collecting information is essential to
keeping our services affordable to users.
We collect personally identifiable information (which
includes name, title, address, phone number, fax number
and e-mail address) when you provide it to us, such as
when you register on one of our sites, when you
subscribe for a print magazine or an e-mail newsletter,
register for one of our conferences or when you register
to use certain services like webcasts, whitepapers or
the 2100v LLC IT Panel. Several of the services that we
offer on our sites, such as Tips or Ask The Expert, may
require registration as a condition of use. Once you
register with one of the 2100v LLC network of sites you
are no longer anonymous to us. We may also receive
information about you from other sources and add it to
the information you provided to us.
How does
Nano-News.net use cookies?
Nano-News.net or its advertisers may send a "cookie" to
your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is
sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and
stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't
read data off of your computer hard disk or read cookie
files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage
your system. We use cookies to identify which areas of
the Expert Answer Center you have visited, so the next
time you visit, those pages may be readily accessible.
Our advertisers may also use cookies to ascertain how
many times you've seen an advertisement. Our advertisers
and 2100v LLC may use this information to better
personalize the content, banners, and promotions that
you see on our site. You can choose whether to accept
cookies by changing the settings of your Internet
browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all
cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie
is being sent.
How does
Nano-News.net use single-pixel gifs?
Nano-News.net and its advertisers may use single-pixel
gif images, sometimes referred to as web bugs or web
beacons, to count Web page accesses and gather some
general statistical information. We do not gather
personal information through the use of these images.
Our advertisers may use single-pixel gifs that can track
personal information from cookies that may have been
previously placed on a user's computer by an advertiser.
How does
Nano-News.net use the information?
We use the information we gather for these purposes:
- To customize the
advertising and content you see
- To enhance the user
experience in our network of sites. We use tracking
information to determine how well each page performs
overall based on aggregate user demographics and
traffic patterns to those pages. In doing so, we
continue to build a better service for you.
- To fulfill your
requests for certain products and services, such as
sending out electronic newsletters and enabling users
to participate in paid services, polls, contests,
message boards, and auctions
- To send you
information you agreed to receive about topics we
think will be of interest to you
How does
Nano-News.net share the information?
Personally identifiable information
We will make your personally identifiable information
available to other companies or people when:
- We have your consent
to share the information
- We have engaged
companies to work with us or on our behalf to provide
a product or service that you have requested, such as
opt-in e-mail announcements
- You use co-branded
services. When you use a co-branded service within our
network of sites you grant us permission to pass your
registration information back to that service partner.
Their use of your information is subject to their
applicable privacy policies.
Aggregate
information
We aggregate personally identifiable information and
disclose such information in a non-personally
identifiable manner to advertisers and other third
parties for marketing, promotional, and other purposes.
We do not disclose to these entities any information
that could be used to identify you personally.
Business
transfers
We are always seeking to improve our network of Web
sites and our business. In accomplishing these
objectives, we may buy or sell a company or one or more
of the companies in our corporate family may merge with
or be acquired by another company. If we sell a
business, we may transfer some or all of your
information as a part of the sale in order that the
service being provided to you may continue or for other
business purposes.
What are my
options?
Users who would rather not provide any of the user data
requested by our registration process do not need to
register with us. You can still view much of the content
and use many of the services offered by our sites
without registering.
We also give users the following options:
- Opting not to
receive our electronic newsletters or those of third
parties when registering. Users who opt-in may remove
themselves from mailing lists at any time through the
edit profile pages or by following the instructions at
the end of the e-mail they received from us;
- Opting not to
provide certain personal information when registering
for a site, provided, that you may not be able to
utilize certain of our products or services without
providing us with certain information.
How can I update my
personally identifiable information?
You can correct or change the information collected
during registration for any of our sites. The
instructions for doing this can be found in the edit
profile area on any of our site. Users may change
information at any time and as often as necessary. Users
who are experiencing problems with our services or who
have questions about how our services work can contact
us using e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
What if this
Privacy Policy changes?
Any modifications to our privacy policy will be
reflected within this area of Nano-News.net. If there is
a material change in our privacy policy, we will
indicate on our site/s that our privacy policy has
changed and provide a link to the new privacy statement.
Questions,
comments?
Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding
any other aspects of our network of Web sites, should be
sent via e-mail below or to our corporate offices at:
Nano-News.net
C/O 2100v LLC
3388 Merlin Rd., Suite 400
Grants Pass, OR 97526
E-mail
editor(at)2100v(dot)com to contact us regarding a
privacy issue. Please include the site, conference or
magazine you are referring to in your e-mail to us.
Updated July 2007
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