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Thank
you for visiting BostonWelcomesYou.com.
We
created this Web Site Privacy Policy (this
"Privacy Policy" or "Policy") to
give you confidence as you visit and use this web site
("Site"), and to demonstrate our commitment
to fair information practices and the protection of
privacy. We respect and are committed to
protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted
this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know
how your personal information is processed and used.
The following policies are only in effect for the web
pages, newsletters, discussion lists and opt-in
announcement lists owned and operated by
BostonWelcomesYou.com ("BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM")
and not to any other web sites that you may be able to
access from the Site, each of which may have data
collection and use practices and policies that differ
materially from this Privacy Policy. If you have
additional questions that are not answered here,
please send any questions to: privacy@BostonWelcomesYou.com.
What
information are you collecting and how are you
collecting it?
Every
computer connected to the Internet is given a domain
name and a set of numbers, that serve as that
computer's "Internet Protocol" IP
address. When a visitor requests a page from any
web site within the BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network, our
web servers automatically recognize that visitor's
domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP
address reveal nothing personal about you other than
the IP address from which you have accessed our site.
We use this information to examine our traffic in
aggregate, calculate advertising statistics and to
prevent and investigate misuse of the
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network, its users, or to
cooperate with law enforcement. See also Will you
disclose the information you collect to outside third
parties? We do not collect and evaluate this
information for specific individuals. Our web servers
do not automatically record e-mail addresses of the
visitors.
What
are cookies?
From
time to time, BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM 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
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM's Network you have visited or
customized, so the next time you visit, those pages
may be readily accessible. We and our advertisers may
also use cookies to ascertain how many times you've
seen an advertisement. Our advertisers and we 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. If you choose
not to accept these cookies, your experience at our
Site and other web sites may be diminished and some
features may not work as intended.
How
do you use single-pixel gifs?
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM
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. BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM does
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.
What
information do you collect when I register for
something?
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM
offers access to some services that require
registration such as our BostonWelcomesYou.com
Newsletter, online surveys and other online forms that
ask users to provide their areas of interest,
preferences, names, e-mail addresses, and other
contact or demographic information. We may use your
registration contact information to send notification
to you of BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM products and services
by e-mail and/or postal mail. We also may share that
information with our clients. Our clients may send you
promotional material that is related to the topic of
the service for which you registered. In certain
cases such as with wedding or real estate information
requests, we will provide your information to one or
more of our clients who will respond to you via email,
mail or phone, depending upon the information you have
provided and the preferences you have indicated.
See Will you disclose the information that you
collect to outside third parties?
What
other information do you request?
We
may also request your e-mail address or mailing
address for the purposes of conducting a survey or to
provide additional services (for example,
subscriptions to e-mail newsletters, announcement
lists or information about conferences and trade
shows). Whenever we request the identity of a visitor,
we will clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry
before the information is requested. We maintain a
strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we
do not sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail
address to a third-party, without your consent or as
permitted by this Privacy Policy.
We
may from time to time send e-mail announcing new
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM products and services. Except as
stated above, BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM will not send you
e-mail that you have not agreed to receive. If you
choose to supply your postal address in an online
form, you may receive postal mailings from other third
party companies.
When
you register for a contest or other promotion, we may
ask for your name, address, and e-mail address so we
can administer the contest and notify winners.
When
you use co-branded services, or those provided by a
third party, within the BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network,
your information may be passed to the co-brand or
third party provider and their use of your information
is subject to their applicable privacy policies.
Will
you disclose the information you collect to outside
third parties?
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM
will disclose personal information and/or an IP
address, when required by law or in the good-faith
belief that such action is necessary to:
1)
Cooperate with the investigations of purported
unlawful activities and conform to the edicts of the
law or comply with legal process served on
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM or its subsidiaries or
affiliates,
2)
Protect and defend the rights or property of the
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network of sites and related
properties, or visitors to the BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM
Network of sites and related properties,
3) Act under exigent circumstances to
protect the safety of the public or users of the Site,
4)
Identify persons who may be violating the law, the
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM legal notice and web site User
Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise
misusing the BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network or its
related properties,
5)
Fulfill a user's order or request.
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM
uses reasonable precautions to keep the information
disclosed to us secure. BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM reserves
the right to transfer all such information in
connection with the sale of all or part of
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM's capital stock or assets.
Furthermore, we are not responsible for any breach of
security or for any actions of any third parties that
receive the information. We are not responsible for
such third party privacy policies or how they treat
information about their users. See below, What
else should I know about my privacy when online? See
What information do you collect when I register for
something.
Access
to Information
Unfortunately,
we do not maintain any procedures for you to review or
request changes to the information that we collect
about you, except that you may request that we remove
all information about you from our database by
contacting us in accordance with the information
provided under Your Consent To This Agreement below.
Security
The
Site has security measures in place to prevent the
loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that
we obtain from you, but we make no assurances about
our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you
or to any third party arising out of any such loss,
misuse, or alteration.
Public
Forums
The
Site may include interactive forums such as message
boards and chat rooms. 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.
Opt-in
announcement List Privacy Policy
When
you sign up for a BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM e-mail
newsletter, you may be given the opportunity to also
receive information from one or more of our clients.
Whether you want to receive this information is your
choice; you should only receive this information if
you affirmatively choose to. If you choose to receive
specific information, you may receive commercial
messages that are related to
Boston
from independent third parties that have contracted
with BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM and/or one or more or our
clients. Personally identifiable information
will not be used by BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM for any
purposes other than to deliver the e-mail
announcements. You may stop the arrival of this
information at any time by removing your e-mail
address from our list by following the instructions on
the e-mails you receive.
What
else should I know about my privacy when online?
The
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network contains many hyperlinks
to third party web sites. The
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network also provides visitors
the opportunity to search and reserve Accomodation
through our affiliate site IAN.com.
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM does not generate these
reservations. For questions or concerns involving
accommodation reservations that were initiated from
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM, you must contact IAN.com.
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM is not responsible for
reservations generated from IAN.com. The
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network also contains
advertisements of third parties. If you choose to
visit other web sites, we are not responsible for the
privacy practices or content of such third party web
sites or advertisers, and it is your responsibility to
review the privacy policies at those web sites to
confirm that you understand and agree with their
policies. BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM does not share any of
the individual personal information you provide
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM with the third parties to which
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM links, except as stated
elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM may share general, aggregate
data with such third parties (such as how many people
use our site). Please check with those web sites to
determine their privacy policy.
Please
keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal information online - for example through
e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - 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 personal information. Please be careful and
responsible whenever you're online.
Your
Consent To This Agreement
By
using the BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM Network, you consent
to the collection and use of information by
BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM as specified above. We reserve
the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or
modify this Policy, simply by posting such change,
update, or modification on the Site and without any
other notice to you. Any such change, update, or
modification will be effective immediately upon
posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to
review this Policy from time to time to ensure that
you continue to agree with all of its terms.
Please
send any questions about BOSTONWELCOMESYOU.COM's
Privacy Policy to: privacy@BostonWelcomesYou.com
Thanks
and enjoy your visit, from all of us at
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