GeographicTongue.org

Last Updated 4/3/2009

International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the www.geographictongue.org site (the “Site”). By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

Collecting Your Personal Information

We will collect personal information if you choose to register for services provided by www.geographictongue.org. The personal information we collect may includes your name, title, company or organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information about your job function, information about your company, and credit card information, if you are making a purchase.

When you visit the Site, certain anonymous information about your visit is automatically captured. This information includes the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. None of this information is personally-identifiable. This anonymous information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site, and is discarded when this process is completed.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To understand future requirements for our services.
• To send updates about our services.

International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services, sending postal mail, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other new services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served to International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, our Web sites, or the public.

Personally identifiable information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in whichInternational Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control of your Personal Information

Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on this site will not be shared outside ofInternational Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Please be aware that this Privacy Statement and the choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, in the context of other, separately operated, International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, products or services.

Access to your Personal Information

Customer information is by International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, via a web site hosted at hostgator.com. It is stored at hostgator.com, plus sent back to International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC,. You can review and edit information stored at International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, by sending us e-mail at editor(a)geographictongue.org.

Security of your Personal Information

International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC, strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. Data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction.

Cookies

We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process. We use a session cookie, meaning it expires soon after you leave the registration process, and is not placed on your hard drive unless you specify you wish to “log on automatically.”

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may contain links to other Web sites. Please be aware that this Privacy Statement applies solely to the information collected on the Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. We encourage you to be aware when you are leaving this Site and read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit before providing any personally identifiable information.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

Contact Information

If you have questions about our privacy statement or our use of your information, or if you need help changing your personal information, please contact us by sending e-mail to editor(a)fintrend.com or writing us at:

International Geographic Tongue Support Group, LLC,
7283 Yahley Mill Road
Richmond, Virginia 23231-6422
(804) 723-8185