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Mantra
TV Privacy Statement UPDATED Sep.30, 2001
Privacy
Practices and Policies
Home Server Information. Our web site server automatically obtains
data about your home server's domain when you visit our site. For
example, if you visit us from your AOL account, our server will
record a visit from aol.com. Our server may also record the referring
page that linked you to us, e.g, a search engine. We use this information
only for internal review in aggregate and non-personally-identifiable
form. Our server cannot automatically record your name or e-mail
address. Your e-mail address and other personally identifying data
will be known to Mantra TV Inc. only when you voluntarily submit
them or post to us.
A Special Note for Kids KIDS: YOU MUST BE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
TO REGISTER WITH MANTRA TV AND TO PARTICIPATE IN CHAT ROOMS AND
OTHER ONLINE POSTING SERVICES. AT THE PRESENT TIME WE MUST ASK YOU
NOT TO REGISTER WITH MANTRA TV AND NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN CHAT ROOMS
AND OTHER ONLINE POSTING SERVICES IF YOU ARE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE.
A
Special Note for Parents
While Mantra TV encourages children to consult with their parents
before using online services, parents should supervise their children's
online activities and consider using parental control tools available
from online services and software manufacturers that help provide
a kid-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent
children from disclosing online their name, address, and other personal
information. For additional information about parental control tools,
please consult the "Consumer Assistance" page of the Direct
Marketing Association home page.
Cookies.
Our site also uses "cookies," or text files sent from
our server and saved by your World Wide Web browser to your computer's
hard drive. Our cookies are sent back only to our server and cannot
be read by other web sites' servers. Cookies are not programs and
cannot be used to read any data or files on your computer. We use
cookies to, among other things, record how many times a user has
visited our site and what pages the user has accessed. Our site
also uses cookies to save your password so you don't have to re-enter
it each time you visit our site, to keep track of your shopping
cart and to track your usage patterns on our site so we can deliver
content specific to your interests. Although you can set your browser
not to accept cookies or to notify you when they may be placed on
your computer, the online shopping features on this site may not
work properly if you reject them. If you to register with us or
otherwise choose to provide us with your personal information, our
cookies will be linked to your personal information.
Personal
Information. Our web site gives you the option to provide
us with some of your personal information such as your name, e-mail
address, street address, telephone number, age, gender and interests/hobbies.
We use the demographic and profile data we collect to tailor your
experience at our site. We do this to show you content that we think
you will be interested in according to your preferences. Mantra
TV may also use personally identifying data to get in touch with
you to present you with news and information regarding Mantra TV's
products and services. For example, we direct e-mail to visitors
who provide us with their e-mail addresses for specific purposes,
such as notifying customers of their order status, receiving our
e-mail newsletters or notifying visitors who have won one of our
contests. To place an order with Mantra TV, we require certain payment
information, such as a credit card number. We use this information
to confirm your order before shipping. This information is shared
with a third party transaction clearing service and our other commerce
partners to ship your orders and to bill you for the products you
order. Occasionally we like to present you with special offers from
our partners. This involves sharing certain personally identifying
information with them so they can send you the offer. If you prefer,
you can choose not to receive information from Mantra TV and/or
that your personal information not be shared with our partners by
indicating your preference on the registration form; however, certain
services may be unavailable if you choose not to share your personal
information. We may, however, disclose individual customers' information
if required to do so by law, for example, pursuant to a court order.
If we make material changes to this statement, a notice will be
posted on the homepage of www.mantratv.com stating that the statement
is "updated."
Non-Personal
Information.
We may disclose personal information only in aggregated form to
our marketing, advertising and promotional partners. However, in
these situations, we do not disclose to the entities any information
that could be used to personally identify you.
Contact
Information.
If you at any point no longer wish to receive communication from
Mantra TV, please forward such requests to us at unsubscribe@mantratv.com.
For any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, you
may contact Mantra TV at info@mantratv.com, Attn: Member Service.
Links.
This site contains links to other web sites. We are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites and hereby
expressly disclaim all responsibility and liability which may arise
therefrom.
Community
Sections. Any personal information you choose to divulge
in any of our Community sections instantly becomes public. We recommend
you do not divulge any personal information in our Community sections.
You will be identified in any postings you make in our Communtiy
sections by the User Name you choose on our site. Users of our site
do not have access to the personal information associated with your
User Name.
Security.
We use current industry standard technology and security procedures
to maintain the confidentiality and accuracy of the information
you provide to us and to prevent against its loss or misuse. Your
personal information is stored on protected servers in a secured
facility with access limited to our database administrators. To
protect your credit card and other personal information when you
shop at the Mantra TV Store, we use a "secure server"
with industry standard SSL 40-bit key encryption. However, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure,
and although we will exercise great care to provide a secure transmission,
we cannot guarantee that any personal info you submit to us will
be free from unauthorized third party intrusion, and you do so at
your own risk.
Material
Changes to Privacy Statement. Because the technology supporting
this web site is changing rapidly, we may revise this policy from
time to time. Notification of any material changes to this statement
will be posted on this page of the Mantra TV web site, so please
check here periodically. If we make material changes to the way
we use your personal information we will ask for your consent to
do so.
Promotional
Activities. From time-to-time our site requests information
from users via, promotions, surveys or contests. Participation in
these activities is completely voluntary and the user therefore
has a choice whether or not to disclose his or her personal information.
Information requested may include contact information such as name,
street address and e-mail address, and demographic information such
as age and gender. Contact information may be used, for example,
to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information may be
used for purposes of monitoring or improving your use and satisfaction
of this site. Sometimes promotional activities, including contests
and surveys, are conducted with a third party partner. Where that
is the case, the personal information you provide us with may be
shared with our partner(s) so that they may present you with information
about their products and services. You will also receive updates
from Mantra TV. As with other Mantra TV updates, you can opt-out
of the updates from Mantra TV at any time by following the directions
on the communications that will be sent to you.
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