Privacy policy

We strive to protect your personal privacy. Here are the policies we follow.

Thank you for visiting The Old House Web. Your privacy is important to us. Wewill endeavor to respect and protect it.

To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our onlineinformation practices and the choices you can make about the way yourinformation is collected and used at this site.

Please read this privacy policy carefully so that you understand our privacypractices regarding:

• Children under 13;
• Information we collect;
• How we use the information;
• Opt-out options.

Children under 13

The Old House Web cares about the safety of children. Children should alwaysget permission from their parents before sending any information aboutthemselves (such as their names, email addresses, and phone numbers) over theInternet, to us or to anyone else. Kids under 13 are not allowed to registerwith our website or to participate in public posting areas on our sites. Wewon't knowingly allow anyone under 13 to provide us any personally identifyinginformation.

Information we collect

The information we gather on our site falls into two categories:

• Personally identifying information (such as your name, mailing address and email address) you supply when you initiate transactions, register to receive catalogs or newsletters, or use our bulletin boards; and
• Anonymous tracking information we collect as you navigate through our site.

Additionally, third-party providers featured on or linked to by our website-- such as vendors of products and services offered through our site -- maygather the same kinds of information.

How we use the information we collect

We use the personally identifiable information you provide about yourself tofulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services; to respond toyour inquiries; to send you e-mail newsletters you have requested; and to offeryou other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you.

In general, it is our policy not to share your e-mail address or any phonenumbers you may provide us with any third-party organizations. We do not shareour e-mail mailing list with third parties.

Please note, however, that our site also includes links to other websites,and we provide access to products and services offered by third parties. Weshare with these third parties such information as is necessary to provide theproducts or services. We will not provide your email address to such thirdparties unless it's necessary to provide services you have requested, or toallow you to participate in a co-sponsored promotion. For example, we willprovide your name and e-mail address to a marketing partner from which you'repurchasing goods or services, or from which you are requesting a catalog.

We also provide links to other websites, and provide access to products andservices offered by third parties, whose privacy policies we don't control. Theprivacy policies of these third party sites may differ from ours. If you can'tfind the privacy policy of any of our provider partners through a link eitherfrom the site's homepage or from the pages on which the products or services areoffered, you should contact the provider directly for more information.

In addition, we may share your name and mailing address (but not your e-mailaddress or phone number) with other companies that offer marketing informationor products that we think will be of interest to you.

If you do not wish toreceive such mailings, please tell us by sending an e-mail to this address: optout@oldhouseweb.com.Please include your name and complete mailing address so we can remove you fromour databases. Additionally, you will find further opt-out instructions below inthis privacy policy.

Like most Internet sites, we track the total number of visitors usingdifferent sections and pages on our Web site. Occasionally we also invite ourusers to anonymously share certain personal information about themselves -- suchas their age, income levels, hobbies and the like. In both cases, we aggregatethis information and use it to gain a better understanding of our users'interests, and to improve the quality of our sites. We also share this aggregateinformation with advertisers, to help them gain a better understanding of thedemographics of our audience.

Users also should be aware when they voluntarily disclose personallyidentifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on The Old HouseWeb's bulletin boards, that this information can be collected and used by thirdparties. This may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or thirdparties. Such activities are beyond our control.

Opt-out information

If you no longer wish to receive our e-mail newsletters you can either followthe "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of each of our newsletters orsend us an e-mail to optout@oldhouseweb.com.Please include the words "Unsubscribe from Newsletter" in the subjectline to help us handle your request as quickly as possible.

If you have shared your name and postal mailing address with us -- but do notwish to receive future mailings from us or our marketing partners in the future -- pleasetell us. We will remove your name from our files.

To do so:

• Send an e-mail to this address: optout@oldhouseweb.com. Please include your name and complete mailing address so we can remove you from our databases;
• Or send us a letter to this address: The Old House Web, 59 Damonte Ranch Pkwy Suite B232, Reno, NV 89521. Please include your name and complete mailing address so we can remove you from our databases.

You also can use the above addresses should you have any questions about ourprivacy policy.

Conclusion

The Internet is an evolving medium. If we need to change our Privacy Policyat some point in the future, we'll post the changes here. And while the abovestatements and policies do not create any contractual or other legal rights inor on behalf of any party, the staff at The Old House Web wishes to reiterateour opening statement:

Your right to personal privacy is important to us. We will endeavor torespect it.

This File Updated: Feb. 2, 2007