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Information Collected Online
Most of the information provided
by TALES is offered without our
collecting any personally
identifiable information from
you. For instance, you can view
weather conditions in your
hometown or anywhere in the
world without giving out any
personally identifiable
information. In order to
maximize your experience and to
provide you with enhanced
products and services, however,
TALES collects personally
identifiable information (e.g.,
name, e-mail address, etc.) and
demographic data (e.g., zip
code, gender, birth date,
interests, etc.) that you
voluntarily supply to us. When
you make a purchase or sign up
for one of our premium services,
we will also collect your
billing address, phone number,
and credit card information.
You have a choice as to whether
to provide your personally
identifiable information.
Although you are not required to
disclose any personally
identifiable information to us,
portions of our Web site and
other specialized services may
be unavailable to you without
such information.
In the case of participation
in a chat session you are not
required to provide any
personally identifiable
information. However, we do
require you to select a user
name. Also, the sessions are
monitored and transcripts are
posted on the Web site for
access by other users. You
should be aware that any
personally identifiable
information you submit there can
be read, collected, or used by
other users of these forums, and
could be used by other users to
send you unsolicited messages.
We are not responsible for the
personally identifiable
information you choose to submit
in these forums.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information you
provide in a limited number of
ways. We may use the information
to service your account, conduct
a transaction that you have
requested, display information
and advertisements that match
your interests and profile,
notify you if you've won a
contest or sweepstakes and
compile demographic statistics
about our users. We may on
occasion combine information
about you that we have with
information we obtain from other
parties to enhance our ability
to market to you those products
or services that may be of
interest to you.
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weather.com and its
Affiliates We
provide you with the
opportunity to opt in to
receive special offers
from weather.com and it
affiliates. If you opt
in, TALES and its
affiliates will use your
personally identifiable
information to inform
you of other products or
services available from
weather.com and its
affiliates, including
TALES, Inc. and WSI
Corporation. These
products may include,
for example, schedules
for special programs on
TALES cable network or
offers to purchase a
calendar from TALES.
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Companies Offering
Promotions, Products, or
Services In two
types of instances, we
provide you with the
opportunity to opt-in to
receive promotions,
products or services
from third party
sponsors: 1) only with
your permission, TALES
will periodically send
to you, via e-mail,
offers and promotions
from our third party
sponsors which we select
based upon your
interests or user
profile. In these
instances, we do not
share your personally
identifiable information
with the third party
sponsors-we do the
mailing for them.
Additionally, you will
always have the
opportunity, with each
e-mail, to opt-out of
receiving future offers.
2) In other instances,
we provide you with the
opportunity to receive
products and services
from specifically
identified third parties
directly through our
site. In these
instances, you must
explicitly consent to
receive each offer. When
you explicitly agree to
receive offers from
specific third parties,
your personally
identifiable information
is shared with the
specific third party to
enable them to provide
you with the offer you
have requested. All
information provided to
third parties is
governed by the Privacy
Policies of these third
parties. We are not
responsible for the
information collection
practices of these third
parties, and you should
review the Privacy
Policies of these
parties before supplying
personally identifiable
information to them.
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Third-Party Processors
When you submit your
personal information on
the weather.com Web
site, it may be shared
with a reputable third
party ("Third Party
Processors"). These
Third Party Processors
may include, for
example, companies that
operate our online store
and companies that
process credit card
information or handle
shipping for TALES.
These Third Party
Processors may organize,
administer, process,
and/or analyze data on
our behalf to help us
provide more relevant
offers to you and to
eliminate the delivery
of duplicate offers. In
addition, these Third
Party Processors correct
and/or update users'
data based on
information we provide
them. We may also use
Third Party Processors
to deliver materials to
you via e-mail or postal
service. The data we
provide to Third Party
Processors is securely
stored and maintained by
them so that it can be
accessed when needed for
future purposes.
Further, all such Third
Party Processors are
contractually bound by
us to keep the
information
confidential. All
information provided to
Third Party Processors
is used by them only to
carry out the service
they are providing for
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Links to Other Web Sites
Like many Web sites on
the Internet, TALES
links to pages located
on Web sites maintained
by various other
entities not bound by
our Privacy Policy. In
some cases you may link
to pages of other Web
sites that are framed
with elements of
weather.com such as in
the header or footer.
The URL will identify
the site you are
visiting. We are not
responsible for the
information collection
practices of other Web
sites. The Privacy
Policies of other
organizations may differ
from ours, for example,
with respect to the
level of security, use
of cookies, and
collection, use and
disclosure of personally
identifiable
information.
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Purchase or Sale of
Businesses
TALES continually looks
for ways to improve our
business. One such way
of improving our
business might be to buy
or sell a company. If we
buy or sell a business,
databases containing
personally identifiable
information will likely
be transferred as part
of the sale. If we buy a
business, we will honor
the requests of that
business' former
customers regarding
their personally
identifiable
information. If in
connection with a sale
there will be material
changes to the way
personally identifiable
information is being
used, affected consumers
will be notified via
e-mail and will be given
the opportunity to
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Other Limitations on
Privacy We may
provide personally
identifiable information
without your permission
(i) pursuant to judicial
or other government
subpoenas, warrants, or
orders; (ii) where TALES
believes our property or
an individual's safety
or security is at risk;
iii) if we find that
your actions violate our
Terms; or iv)
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E-mail a Friend
If you choose to use our service
that allows you to e-mail a page
of our site to a friend, we do
not have access to and do not
collect any personally
identifiable information
regarding you or your friend.
IP
Addresses, Cookies, Web Beacons
and Gifs
TALES and Third Party Processors
acting on our behalf uses
various Internet technologies
which help us to manage our site
operations and track usage
behavior so that we can tailor
information and advertisements
to make your visits more
enjoyable and meaningful. These
Internet technologies include:
- IP Addresses: random
numbers assigned to
individual computers which
TALES uses to administer our
Web site and help diagnose
problems with our servers.
- Cookies: small
electronic files transferred
from our Web site to your
hard drive. Cookies enable
TALES to recognize repeat
visitors, track usage
behavior and facilitate your
access to and use of our
site. If you wish, you can
choose to have your computer
warn you each time a Cookie
is being sent, or you can
choose to turn off all
Cookies. You can do this by
resetting your browser (such
as Netscape Navigator or
Internet Explorer) settings.
Each browser is a little
different, so look at your
browser Help menu to learn
the correct way to modify
your Cookies. If you turn
Cookies off, however, you
won't have access to many of
the features which make your
experience more efficient
and some of our services
will not function properly.
- Web Beacons (sometimes
called single-pixel Gifs):
electronic images that allow
TALES to count users who
have visited certain Web
pages we wish to track. For
example, TALES may include
Web Beacons in promotional
email messages in order to
count how many messages have
been opened and acted upon.
Web Beacons may also be
placed by our advertising
partners on TALES Web pages
to help determine the
effectiveness of Internet
advertising campaigns.
Information that is
collected via IP Address, Cookie
and Web Beacon technologies is
not personally identifiable.
However, if you choose to
provide TALES with personally
identifiable information, this
information may be linked to the
data stored in these
technologies. In addition, we
may share aggregate (not
individual) site usage
statistics and demographic
information with advertisers and
other third parties, but this
information will not include any
personally identifiable
information.
Opting-Out, Corrections and
Cancellations
In order to receive an offer or
promotion from TALES or a third
party, a user must have chosen
to receive it during a
registration process. To
completely ensure that we have
your consent, we make sure that
each e-mail we send you presents
the additional opportunity to
opt-out of receiving future
e-mails.
To reset your password,
update your personally
identifiable information,
correct any information, make
changes to your preferences,
unsubscribe to any e-mail
subscriptions or to opt-out of
any services, you may access
your
tales.com profile online
from the "Weather Tools" section
by selecting "My Profile" or you
may
contact us directly.
Children's Privacy
TALES is committed to protecting
the safety and privacy of young
people using the Internet. We do
not knowingly collect personally
identifiable information from
children under the age of 13 and
believe that children should get
their parents' or guardians'
consent before giving out any
personal information.
Our Web site may contain
links to third party Web sites
geared to children. The linked
sites are not under the control
of TALES. We are not responsible
for the contents of any linked
site or any link contained in a
linked site, nor are we
responsible for the privacy
practices of the operators of
those sites with respect to
children. We strongly encourage
parents and guardians to review
the Privacy Policies of all
linked sites.
Our Commitment to Security
Keeping the information you
provide to TALES secure is
important to us. We have put in
place appropriate physical,
electronic and managerial
procedures to protect and
safeguard your data. Of course,
although TALES uses standard
industry practices to protect
your personal information, we
cannot guarantee that your
communications with our site
will never be unlawfully
intercepted, or that your
personal information will never
be unlawfully accessed by third
parties.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
TALES reserves the right to
alter our Privacy Policy as
business needs require. If we
decide to change our Privacy
Policy, we will post those
changes here so that you will
always know what information we
gather, how we might use that
information and whether we will
disclose it to anyone. All
changes to this policy will be
posted on our Web site prior to
the time they take effect. In
the event that we make material
changes to the way we use
personally identifiable
information, affected consumers
will be notified via e-mail and
will be given the opportunity to
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