Our Commitment To Your Information Privacy
lightOS is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its user
community.
The intent of this privacy policy is to detail the information lightOS may
gather about
individuals who visit its web sites, how that information is
used, and lightOS disclosure
practices. Please note that this policy
applies only to lightOS web sites and not to the
web sites of other
companies or organizations to which we provide links.
Site Usage Information
lightOS gathers "site usage" information from all visitors to lightOS community sites.
Such data is used in the aggregate, to help determine general usage
patterns and fine
tune layout in order to assure that our sites are as
useful and enjoyable as possible.
This "site usage" and statistical
information may be made public information at the
discretion of lightOS.
Please note that lightOS does not control all HTML served in conjunction with
its sites.
lightOS sites may include content from other parties that may
perform user activity
tracking other than that described herein. In
particular, some of our partners may use
"cookies" in ways that we do not.
Individual User Information
Individually identifiable information will not be released without that
individual's prior
consent. Visitors are specifically asked for
individually identifiable information when
signing up to use certain lightOS
services, such as member affiliate services,
TrustAssure ©, and various
advertising options. In some instances, users may be
asked for personal
interest and specific demographic information in order to create a
more customized
user experience, however this information will generally be optional.
From time to time, lightOS and/or its partners may wish to contact users regarding
community news or to make promotional offers. However, such
communications will only
be delivered to users that have previously registered
as community members. lightOS
maintains a strict policy againist spam and unsolicited
email marketing practices. Public
complaints of such activity will be reviewed and
lightOS retains the right to suspend the
membership and usage of services by any
registered member involved in such activity.
Disclosure
lightOS reserves the right to access and disclose individually
identifiable information to
comply with applicable laws and lawful
government requests, to operate its systems
properly or to protect
itself or its users. Where practical, lightOS will attempt to obtain
the
prior consent of the individual prior to disclosing individually
identifiable information.
As mentioned above, we reserve the
right to share aggregated "site usage" information
with third parties.
This site contains
links to other sites. lightOS Internet Guide is not responsible for the
privacy practices
or the content of such Web sites.
Membership & Order Forms
Our site uses online forms
for our customer's information, products, and services.
We collect visitor's
contact information (like their email address), unique identifiers
(like their social
security number), and financial information (like their account or credit
card numbers). Contact
information from the order form is used to send information about
our company to our
customers. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the
choice/opt-out section
below. Financial information that is collected is used to check the
users' qualifications
and bill the user for products and services. Unique identifiers (such
as social security
numbers) are collected from Web site visitors to verify the user's
identity and for use
as account numbers in our record system.
Online Surveys
Our online surveys
ask visitors for contact information (like their email address) and
demographic information
(like their zip code, age, or income level). We use contact data
from our surveys to
send the user information about our company. Users may opt-out
of receiving future
mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and
profile data is also
collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's
experience at our
site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in,
and displaying the
content according to their preferences.
Contests
We run contests on
our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like their
email address). We
use contact data from our contests to send users information about
our company. Users
may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out
section below.
Public Forums
This site makes chat rooms,
forums, message boards, and/or news groups 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.
Security
This site operates under
strict confidentiality regulations in order to protect the loss,
misuse and alteration
of the information under our control. In all cases you may transmit
any and all personal
and/or sensitive information by sealed USPS carrier as opposed to
the use of any unsecured
online form.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users
the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us
and our partners by
simple email request to customersupport@lightos.com
This site gives users
the following options for removing their information from our
database to not receive
future communications or to no longer receive our service.
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You can send email to customersupport@lightos.com
Correct/Update
This site gives users
the following options for changing and modifying information
previously provided.
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You can send email to customersupport@lightos.com
Content Filter Provisions
We do not filter
the content of our site. However, lightOS maintains a policy of strict
nonadult content and
will delete and revoke the use by any member affiliate found to
be in violation of
this policy. As a parent you may elect to use any number of filter
programs available
or may elect to secure
browse which protects personal information.
Warranty, Complaint, Technical,
& Commerce Support
We adhere to a strict
policy of attempting to review, communicate, and resolve any and
all specific business
related issues in a prompt and timely manner.
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, you can contact:
lightOS
Consumer Privacy Manager
794 Poplar Spring Rd.
Scottsville, Va. 24590
technicalsupport@lightos.com