This site is owned and operated by Star Cross Enterprises. Your privacy
on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At HelloBirds.com,
we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather
certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully
understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture
and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information
we gather and how we use it.
Usage tracking
HelloBirds.com tracks
user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not
correlate this information with data about individual users. HelloBirds.com
does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain
name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the
browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
HelloBirds.com sometimes
tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search
function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users.
We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users
like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track
what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall.
This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
Cookies
We may place a text
file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer.
The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it
will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you
have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information
a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't
read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
HelloBirds.com uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described
above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better
track ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by
turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn
you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with
each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site.
However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards,
forums, polling and surveys.
Privacy Policy Use
How the information you gather is used if relevent.
USE OF INFORMATION
HelloBirds.com uses
any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience
in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized
elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the
interests of our users.
When we use tracking
information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't
like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual
users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps
us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms
entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests
our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
SECURITY
HelloBirds.com operates
secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password
protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically
reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have
access to the information provided by our customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever
necessary and practical. Such choices include:
Opting not to register
to receive our electronic newsletters.
Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely
alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information
from our users.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site,
you consent to the collection and use of this information by HelloBirds.com.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
