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Privacy Statement for The Vested Owl.com

July 7, 2003

The Vested Owl, L.L.P. has created this statement to demonstrate our commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for www.vestedowl.com:

Information Gathering

General Information: If you subscribe for our e-newsletter, send us your Contact Us, or participate in a survey, we may collect personal information from you, including your name, hometown, e-mail address and your IP address. We do not, however, knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen.

IP addresses: We use your IP address (the location of your computer on the internet) to administer our Web site, to gauge the popularity of content areas, and to gather broad demographic information for prospective advertisers.

Cookies: Although we do not currently do so, we reserve the right to use "cookies" to authenticate registered users and subscribers, and to target advertising based on broad demographic categories.

Information Use and Sharing

We may use information in the following ways:

To send you e-mail notifications about our new or existing products and services, special offers, or to otherwise contact you.

To enhance existing features or develop new features, products and services.

To provide aggregate information not individual data to our advertisers to help them better understand our services and to monitor the reach of their advertising on the service.

To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you and others see based on personal characteristics or preferences.

Email Addresses: We will not share your e-mail address with third parties, although we reserve the right to present you with advertisements on their behalf.

Agents: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, and providing marketing assistance.

Links

This site contains links to other websites, in the form of hyperlinks and banner advertisements. The Vested Owl is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Public Forums

This site makes Contact Us forms available to its users. 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. However, we will not disclose anything beyond your first name and hometown.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Opt-Out

You can remove yourself from our e-mail newsletter at anytime by following the instructions at the bottom of each e-mail newsletter, or by sending a blank message to incoming@vestedowl.com

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, click here.