ProfileDoctor ("ProfileDoctor") has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to helping our users better understand what information we collect about them and what may happen to that information.

This statement governs the privacy practices used on the ProfileDoctor website ("profiledoctor.com") including transactions and activities in which you engage such as: purchases through our e-commerce system, profile editing email communication, chat or Instant Messaging, as well as other website activities.

If ProfileDoctor alters its privacy practices on ProfileDoctor.com or related websites, we will prominently post those changes on the website. Your continued use of the ProfileDoctor.com website will signify consent to the new privacy policies.

Overview
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs and to customize our service to make your experience easier.

Information We Collect
Out of respect for your privacy and security, all information provided by you is treated by ProfileDoctor with the utmost care. ProfileDoctor does not sell, trade, or otherwise disclose your individually identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties without your permission.

Our Disclosure of Your Information
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting and foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the government, law enforcement agencies or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications.

Tracking
We automatically track certain information based upon your behavior on our Websites using cookies and other devices. We use this information for internal research on our members' demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand and serve you and our community. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or not). Which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser you are using, and your IP address.

Limited Access to Information
The personal information you provide is identified immediately with you and you only. Your individually unique information may be used by ProfileDoctor and its affiliated companies to provide you with information about products and services available through ProfileDoctor, its affiliated companies, and/or non-affiliated third parties. ProfileDoctor will not disclose individually identifiable information to non-affiliated third parties without your permission.

Other Co-Branded Services
These other "Co-Branded" websites are managed by the companies providing the services. Any information you provide on these websites is governed by each website's own privacy policy, or the privacy policy of the company providing the services. Because ProfileDoctor.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of these companies, the content of their websites, or the services offered through these Co-Branded websites, we recommend that you review the privacy policies of these websites for information about their respective privacy practices. This section will be updated periodically as ProfileDoctor expands to offer exciting new services through the use of co-branded websites.

Sweepstakes and Contests
Occasionally, ProfileDoctor may offer users of ProfileDoctor.com the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes or other such contests. In order to enter the sweepstakes, users will be asked to provide their name and contact information through an online or mail-in registration process. This information may be used by ProfileDoctor.com to initiate a one-time communication with the registrant. Moreover, the information may be shared with a third-party sweepstakes administrator only for purpose of selecting winners and notifying winners about the prizes they have won. ProfileDoctor will not enter the user in a sweepstakes or contest without his or her consent. For more information, please see the Official Sweepstakes Rules in place for current contests. ProfileDoctor will not use the information provided by users in a manner inconsistent with the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time such information was provided to ProfileDoctor.com without first obtaining the written or email consent of the registered users.

Advertisers
Users of ProfileDoctor.com should note that when you are on ProfileDoctor.com, you may be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. For example, if you click on a banner advertisement, the click may take you off the ProfileDoctor.com website. Banner advertisers on ProfileDoctor.com do not have access to your personally identifiable information so long as you remain on our website. However, these other websites may independently collect data, solicit personal information or send their own cookies to you in accordance with their own policies. ProfileDoctor, or its affiliates, is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We strongly encourage you to review the policies of any such third parties to whom you may give personally identifiable information.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. In order to make sure that the advertising you may see is relevant to you, these companies may employ cookies and action tags, also known as single-pixel gifs or web beacons. Be assured that any information these third parties collect is completely anonymous.

Cookies
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of our Websites. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customized services. We also offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". Disabling your browser from accepting cookies will prevent you from accessing some features on ProfileDoctor.com. Cookies can also help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies", meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits.

Security Procedures
ProfileDoctor recognizes how important and sensitive data is, and that is why we have implemented policies and procedures to preserve the security of your information.

ProfileDoctor uses industry standard practices to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, including "firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. ProfileDoctor treats data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access.

While we strive to protect the information you provide through ProfileDoctor.com, ProfileDoctor cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or receive from us through our website and online services.

Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered Information If at any point we decide to use particular personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email or by providing 30 days notice on the Site. Please note that we will continue to have the right to change our privacy policy and practices, and how we use your personally identifiable information, without notice, as described in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy, provided that such changes shall only apply to information gathered on or after the date of the change.

Contacting ProfileDoctor
Profiledoctor is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You may reach us at:

ProfileDoctor
Boston, MA
Email: profiledoctor@profiledoctor.com

Last updated on July 29, 2004.