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Privacy Policy
September 2006 - Updated 12:30 AM GMT
Effective Date: January 01, 2001
The following Privacy Policy governs
Qatar360.com's
online information collection practices. Specifically, it outlines the
types of information that
Qatar360.com gathers about you while you are using the
Qatar360.com
website (the "Service"), and the ways in which
Qatar360.com
uses and doesn't use this information. This Privacy Policy, including the
children's privacy statement, does not apply to any information you may
provide to us or that we may collect offline and/or through other means (for
example, at a live event, via telephone, or through the mail). In addition,
this Privacy Policy does not apply to any activities (online or otherwise)
of the USA
TODAY print newspaper.
Please read this Privacy
Policy carefully. By visiting the
Qatar360.com
website, you agree that your use of our Service, and any dispute over
privacy, is governed by this Privacy Policy and our
Terms of Use.
Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change our Privacy
Policy at some point in the future, in which case we'll post the changes to
this Privacy Policy on this website and update the Effective Date of the
policy to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use the
Qatar360.com
website after we post any such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as
modified.
What Information is Collected About
Visitors?'
The information that
Qatar360.com collects about you while you are using the Service falls
into two general categories:
1. Information You
Provide to Us.
Qatar360.com may collect and store information, personal or otherwise, that you
voluntarily supply either while on the
Qatar360.com
website or in responding via email in connection with a feature provided on
the
Qatar360.com
website. Some examples of this type of information include demographic
information that you electronically submit when you sign up for access to
certain features on the Service, information (such as your name or email
address) that you electronically submit when you register for surveys,
sweepstakes or contests on the
Qatar360.com website, information that you post on message boards on the
Qatar360.com
website, and information contained in search requests or questions that you
submit to the
Qatar360.com
website. If you decline to supply or provide
Qatar360.com with certain information while using the Service, you
may not be able to use or participate in some or all of the features offered
through the Service.
2. Information that
is Automatically Collected.
Qatar360.com also collects and stores information that is generated automatically
as you navigate through the
Qatar360.com
website. For example, to enhance your experience on the
Qatar360.com website,
Qatar360.com uses a standard feature found in browser software called
a "cookie." Cookies are small files that your web browser places on your
hard drive for record-keeping purposes. By showing how and when visitors use
the
Qatar360.com site, cookies help us track user trends and patterns.
They also prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences on certain
areas of the
Qatar360.com site where you have entered preference information
before.
Qatar360.com also uses web beacons (also known as "single-pixel GIFs") to access cookies and to count users who visit the
Qatar360.com
site or open
Qatar360.com's
HTML-formatted email messages. Another example of information that
Qatar360.com
automatically collects as you navigate the
Qatar360.com site is information about your computer's connection to
the Internet. This information allows us, among other things, to improve
the delivery of our web pages to you and to measure traffic on the
Qatar360.com
site.
In addition, third party
advertisers or third party ad servers that place and present advertising on
the Service also may collect information from you via cookies, web beacons,
clear .gifs or similar technologies. These third party advertisers and ad
servers may use the information they collect to help present their
advertisements, to help measure and research the advertisements'
effectiveness, or for other uses. The use and collection of your information
by these third party advertisers and ad servers is governed by the relevant
third party's privacy policy and is not covered by our privacy policy.
Indeed, the privacy policy of these third party advertisers and ad servers
may be different from our privacy policy. If you want more information
about the privacy policies of these third party advertisers and ad servers
or want more information on how to opt-out of the cookies that some
advertisers and ad servers may use, click
here.
How is this Information Used?
Qatar360.com uses the information it collects from you while you are
using the Service in a variety of ways, including using the information to
customize features and advertising that appear on the
Qatar360.com
website. We also may provide your information to third parties, such as
service providers, contractors, and advertisers, for a variety of purposes.
For example, we may provide our advertisers with information about you and
other visitors that will enable our advertisers to better target ads to
specific types of visitors.
Qatar360.com reserves the right to use and to disclose to third
parties all of the information that
Qatar360.com collects online about you and other visitors in any way
and for any purpose, with one important exception.
Qatar360.com
will not use the information that it collects online from you while you are
using the Service, nor will
Qatar360.com
authorize third parties to use such information, to mail or email
promotional offers directly to you unless you have specifically informed
Qatar360.com that you would like to receive promotional offers from
Qatar360.com
and/or from third parties. If you choose to receive these promotional
offers, then your information may be used for direct mail or email
marketing. You may view or update your preference to receive these
promotional offers by visiting
registration.Qatar360.com.
Please also keep in mind
that whenever you voluntarily make your personal information available for
viewing by third parties online – for example on message boards, through
email or web logs, or in chat areas – that information can be seen,
collected and used by others besides
Qatar360.com.
Qatar360.com
cannot be responsible for any unauthorized third party use of such
information.
The
Qatar360.com
website includes links to other websites and provides access to products and
services offered by third parties, whose privacy policies we do not
control. When you access another website or purchase third party products
or services through the Service, use of any information you provide is
governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting
or the provider of such products or services.
We also make some content,
products and services available through our Service through cooperative
relationships with third party providers, where the brands of our provider
partner appear on the Service in connection with such content,
products and/or services. We may share with our provider partner any
information you provide, or that is collected, in the course of visiting any
pages that are made available in cooperation with our provider partner. In
some cases, the provider partner may collect information from you directly;
in which cases the privacy policy of the provider partner may apply to the
provider partner's use of your information. The privacy policy of our
provider partners may differ from ours. If you have any questions regarding
the privacy policy of one of our provider partners, you should contact the
provider partner directly for more information. In addition, certain
affiliated USA
TODAY divisions, such as the
USA
TODAY print newspaper, provide online services that are separate from our
Service and may be subject to privacy policies that are different from
ours. If you have any question about the privacy policy that applies to the
online service you are using, you should click on the relevant link on the
page of the service that you are using.
Be aware that
Qatar360.com may occasionally release information about visitors when
release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce our
Terms of Use agreement, or to
protect the rights, property or safety of visitors to our site, the public,
or
Qatar360.com.
Please also note that as
our business grows, we may buy or sell various assets. In the unlikely
event that
Qatar360.com, some or all of our assets, or our site is acquired by
another company, information about our visitors may be among the transferred
assets.
How To Make Changes to
Your Information
If you have subscribed
to one or more
Qatar360.com email newsletters, you may change your subscriber
information, modify your subscriptions, and/or unsubscribe from these
newsletters at any time by visiting
registration.Qatar360.com.
Questions Regarding
Privacy
If you have questions or
concerns about this Privacy Policy, the privacy practices of the
Qatar360.com website, or your dealings with
Qatar360.com,
please contact us at
privacy@qatar360.com or use our
Online feedback form or by
writing to:
USA
Address:
Online Privacy Coordinator
Ads Division
Journet Dr.
Dunn Loring, VA 22027
Qatar Address:
Online Privacy Coordinator
Ads Division
POBox
Doha
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