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PRIVACY POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by Advanced Vapor Technologies,
LLC (AVT). Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us.
At AVT, we want
to make
your
experience
online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION AVT GATHERS AND TRACKS
AVT gathers two types of
information about users:
Information that users provide through optional, voluntary
submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters
and marketing information.
Information AVT gathers through aggregated tracking information
derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information
allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers
and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience.
Under no circumstances does AVT divulge any information about an individual
user to third party advertisers.
Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
Usage tracking
AVT tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. AVT does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
AVT sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
USE OF INFORMATION
AVT uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their
experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized
elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests
of our users. Marketing information is also sent out to those users who request it.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to
send out marketing information that is pertinent to our products and to compile demographic statistics.
AVT never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users
like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual
users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue
to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function
as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which
terms a particular user enters.
AVT creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns
for internal use only. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply
with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety
of our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
AVT uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit
your needs and better understand our audience's demographics. We will not share information
about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable
law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or
the public.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:
Opting not to register to receive our marketing information.
Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates
the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users
YOUR
CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information
by AVT. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how
we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
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