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Aileen Schumacher's Privacy Policy

This is my privacy statement. You agree to periodically revisit this page to see if any part of my privacy policy has changed since the last time you read it and that you are solely responsible for keeping yourself informed about its contents. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for my Web site:

IP Address

Every computer that visits my web site tells the web server the IP address (Internet protocol address) of your computer. This is a normal function of web servers and the logs they generate. Without an IP address, you could not surf the web. The IP address you are using when you visit my web site may either be a temporary one or a permanent one depending on how you connected to the Internet. Dial up users generally get a new IP address each time they dial into the Internet. Users with a dedicated connection (Cable Modem, DSL, T1, LAN) may have a dedicated IP address or a temporary one. Irregardless of the type of IP address you are assigned by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) when you are using the Internet, I generally cannot tell who you are personally, unless you were to disclose to me a dedicated IP address that you regularly used. By analyzing the IP address, the only information that I could determine would be who is providing your Internet service and if you used the same IP address all the time, I could determine that it was your IP address if I were to correlate the IP address with any e-mail correspondence you sent me. I do not plan to do this. Currently, I make no attempt to assign personal profiles to any IP address and do not intend to do so in the foreseeable future. Currently, the analysis of the web server logs only determines the number of visitors to my web site, amount of data sent, date and time of day of visit, the files you requested and your IP address at that point in time. I do not and will not sell, loan, rent or give my web server logs to any third party not affiliated with my web site without your prior consent. 

E-mail Addresses

If you send me e-mail or give me your e-mail address or addresses, I may use them for the following reasons:

1) To reply to you if you send me a comment, question or suggestion via e-mail.
2) To send you an e-mail newsletter on a periodic basis.
3) To send you occasional personal announcements, items of interest, or events that necessitate dissemination prior to the publication of my e-mail newsletter.

Only I will send you e-mail. I will not give out your e-mail address to any other party without your prior consent. Currently, I do not sell, loan, rent or give away any person's e-mail address. Only I use them. If I later decided to change this policy regarding privacy of your e-mail address, the change will be posted here and I will attempt to send notification of the change to your  e-mail address or addresses as indicated below under Notification prior to its implementation so that you can opt-out. 

In my e-mail newsletters, periodic e-mail announcements and e-mail replies, I may include a limited amount of text based advertising from sponsors that will be clearly indicated as such and delineated from the content of my e-mail messages to you. Your e-mail address will not be given to any of the advertising sponsors and visiting their web site or participating in the advertising will be your choice.

If you decide that you do not want to receive further e-mail messages from me at any time, you can send me a message by clicking here and including the e-mail address you want removed in your comments. I will send you a confirmation e-mail to ensure authenticity, and upon your confirmation, I will delete your e-mail address from my list.

Cookies

I currently do not use cookies in any way. I reserve the right to use them in the future, and if I do, I will amend this privacy statement at that time.

External Links

This site may contain links to other web sites. I am not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. You visit those web sites at your own risk and acknowledge that you will personally need to review each web site's privacy statement.

Contacting Me

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, you can contact me by clicking here.

Notification

I will attempt to notify everyone on my e-mail list of changes to this privacy policy by sending an e-mail to them indicating such. However, failure on my part to do so or failure of your Internet service provider to properly receive and distribute the e-mail sent to you will not create any liability on my part for lack of notification as you acknowledge that it is your responsibility to keep informed on the privacy policy of my web site and e-mail list by reading this page regularly.

Acceptance

You agree that you will regularly revisit this privacy policy page to see if any part of my privacy policy has changed since the last time you read it and that you are solely responsible for keeping yourself informed about its contents. Using my web site is affirmation that you have read my privacy policy, agree to its terms and acknowledge that the entire contents of this web site is property of Aileen Schumacher under United States copyright law.

March 4, 2001