Privacy Statement
The Information We Collect
At the The Wealth
Creation Team website, you can order products, enter contests, vote in
polls or otherwise express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services
such as our online newsletters, or participate in one of our online
forums. The types of personally identifiable information that may be
collected at these pages include: name, address, e-mail address,
telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information
about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and
services.
At some other The
Wealth Creation Team sites, you may submit information about other
people. For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address
to send an electronic newsletter and want it sent directly to the
recipient, you might submit the recipient's name and email address. The
types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about
other people at these pages may include: recipient's name, address,
e-mail address, and telephone number.
We also may
collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit
many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g.,
Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are
using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your
Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
How We Use the Information
We may use the
information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our
products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our
offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or services that we
believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes use
this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when we
make changes to our subscriber agreements, to provide some news or
points of interest, to fulfill a request by you for an online
newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us.
The information we
collect in connection with our online forums and communities is used to
provide an interactive experience. We use this information to facilitate
participation in these online forums and communities and, from time to
time, to offer you products, programs, or services.
If you choose to
submit content for publication (e.g., a "letter to our editors"), we may
publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us.
We sometimes use
the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve
the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your
Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate
to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or
services.
We may disclose
personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for
example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may
disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's
request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or
take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations
involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. In
addition, we may transfer information about you if we are acquired by or
merged with another company.
Agents and
contractors of The Wealth Creation Team who have access to personally
identifiable information are required to protect this information in a
manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not
using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the
services they are performing for The Wealth Creation Team.
Although we take
appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of
information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable
information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is
inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
We may on occasion
combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance
our ability to market to you those products or services that may be of
interest to you. If you prefer not to receive marketing information from
this site,
click here for instructions on how to make your request.
Finally, the The
Wealth Creation Team site covered by this Privacy Notice will not use or
transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways
unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an
opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Cookies & Web Beacons
To enhance your
experience with our sites, many of our web pages use "cookies." Cookies
are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your
preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address
or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to
provide this information to us by, for example, registering at one of
our sites. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally
identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data
stored in the cookie.
We use cookies to
understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our
sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at
our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our
site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you to
use shopping carts on our sites. We also may use cookies to offer you
products, programs, or services.
"Web beacons" or
clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor the
behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page. For
example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page
or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. We
may use web beacons on this site from time to time for this and other
purposes.
Collection of Information by
Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers, and Sponsors
Advertisers on The
Wealth Creation Team contain links to other sites whose information
practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other
sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is
submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
The The Wealth
Creation Team site covered by this Privacy Notice sometimes may offer
content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) that is sponsored
by or cobranded with identified third parties. By virtue of these
relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable
information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the site
activity. The Wealth Creation Team has no control over these third
parties' use of this information. The The Wealth Creation Team site will
notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information
if these third parties will obtain such information.
Some of the The
Wealth Creation Team site covered by this Privacy Notice may use a
reputable third party to present or serve the advertisements that you
may see at its Web pages. These third party ad servers may use cookies,
web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies to help present such
advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements'
effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party ad
servers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by
our privacy policy.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in
place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security,
and correctly use the information we collect online.
How You can Access
or Correct Information
For instructions on how you can access the personally identifiable
information that The Wealth Creation Team site has collected about you
online, or how to correct factual errors in such information, please
click here. To protect your privacy and security, we will take
reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or
making corrections.
How to Contact Us
If you have any
questions or concerns about the The Wealth Creation Team online policy
for this site or its implementation you may
contact us.
Updates & Effective Date
From time to time,
we may update this privacy notice. We will notify you about material
changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by
placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check
back and review this policy so that you always will know what
information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
The Privacy Notice
posted on this site was updated on or about January 2, 2009.