Community-online.com is committed to respecting and protecting your personal privacy. Personally identifying information that you provide to the Community-online.com Network will not be made available to third parties outside of the Community-online.com Network (i.e. Torchrelay.net) without your explicit permission.

Information collected online is usually defined as being either anonymous or personally identifiable.

"Anonymous information" refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific individual. For example, Community-online.com collects some information each time a visitor comes to a Community-online.com Network site so we can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online experience. Community-online.com collects the visitor's IP address, referral data (the Internet address of the last Web page visited by a user before clicking over to a Community-online.com Network site), and browser and platform type. Community-online.com also logs aggregate search terms for internal reporting and targeted advertising. Community-online.com collects this user information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising. You do not have to register with the Community-online.com Network before we can collect this anonymous information.

"Personally identifying information" is information that can be explicitly used to identify and/or contact you as an individual. This includes information like your real name, e-mail address, etc. Information that, by itself, cannot be explicitly linked with your "real" identity is not considered personally identifying. Examples of this are favourite or bookmarked Web sites, or your preferences with respect to how you wish to see a given page or site set up according to the selections you choose.

The Community-online.com Network collects personally identifying information about you only when you register for a Community-online.com Network account . The Community-online.com Network also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address and the pages you request. While not all of this data is required for our services to function, we are better able to customize your experience if you volunteer complete and accurate information.

The Community-online.com Network uses information for three general purposes: a) to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, b) to customize the advertising and content you see, and c) to contact you about relevant news and offerings. Your personally identifying information will be used to personalize your experience within the Community-online.com Network, or for such other purposes as are described at any point where the Community-online.com Network collects this information from you.

The Community-online.com Network may make aggregate information about our customers (e.g. overall statistics) available to third parties for advertising and other purposes. Information that personally identifies you will be kept strictly confidential.

Personally identifying information which you choose to provide to another party or Web site will be subject to their privacy policy. For example, if you purchase goods or services online from a merchant you found while searching the Community-online.com Network, information you provide to that merchant is subject to their privacy policy rather than ours.

USE OF COOKIES
The use of cookies is an industry standard, and like many major Web sites we use them to provide great features for our visitors and customers. These cookies contain identification information that enables us to see how our users are interacting with our site and how frequently they are returning, as well as to streamline their experiences using the services. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. Cookies lets us know about visitors' usage and if we are delivering quality products and services. The Community-online.com Network may also use cookies to identify which sites our repeat visitors are coming from, so that we can place more of our online advertising on these sites, and can, where applicable, pay our affiliates and other business partners. You may set your browser software to reject cookies, but you may not be able to use all of the features of our services. Community-online.com may share information about usage of the services with third parties, but only in aggregated, anonymous form. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, note that some parts of the Community-online.com Network service may not function properly if you refuse cookies. 

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Please note that the Community-online.com Network contains links to other sites that take you outside our service and consequently are beyond our control. Web sites that are linked to the Community-online.com Network sites or carry the Community-online.com brand for co-branding or marketing purposes may have privacy policies which differ from that of the Community-online.com Network.

Users should be aware that when you are on the Community-online.com Network, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from the Community-online.com Network pages that take you outside our service. For example, if you "click" on a listing or a banner advertisement or a Community-online.com Network search result, the "click" takes you off the Community-online.com Network site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use the Community-online.com Network's logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where you end up!

The Community-online.com Network's policy does not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond the Community-online.com Network's control, and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or governmental regulation.

E-MAIL TO US
When you send us e-mail, we will use your name and e-mail address only to respond to the concerns you write to us with. Your e-mail may be shared with appropriate people within the Community-online.com company to help us respond to your concerns and improve the Community-online.com Network.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
From time to time, the Community-online.com Network may introduce new products and services to its users and members. The Community-online.com Network reserves the right to modify this policy at any time by notifying users, via the Community-online.com site, of a new privacy policy. You can send e-mail to us with any further questions at privacy@community-online.com.