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We have dedicated ourselves to your online safety and security! Our number one priority is protecting your privacy and the privacy of those in your network.
TheBizBar.com is a proud member of the Entrepreneur's Place Community of Websites.
Entrepreneur's Place™, Inc. is serious about protecting your privacy whether you are a member of our community of websites, a subscriber to one of our e-zine services or simply a visitor seeking free information. We use any information collected about you only to process your orders or to make our services more useful and valuable for our users. Entrepreneur's Place™ strives to respect the privacy of everyone who visits or become members of the Entrepreneur's Place&trade Community.
The policy described below is applicable to www.bizbar.com, www.bizbidplace.com, www.mergerplace.com, www.thebizplace.com, www.bizclassifiedsplace.com, and other sites on the World Wide Web that are operated by and affiliated with Entrepreneur's Place™, Inc. This privacy policy applies only to information collected by or through one of our websites. It does not apply to information obtained by other means.
Members - When you become a member of any of the sites within the Entrepreneur's Place™ Community, you automatically gain membership to all our sites and any information sent to us via our registration form is secure. In order to process your requests, we need to know basic contact information such as your full name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. All the required information is kept in-house and is not shared with third parties, except in certain instances where special promotions are offered through one of our valued partners. Optional information as well as payment
Members, Subscribers and Visitors - As a Member of our community or visitor to an information that we may from time to time request is kept in-house. We request this information from members in order to help us add relevant features to our sites. Entrepreneur's Place™ site, you are invited to voluntarily sign up for one of our free informative e-zines (General Business Strategies, M & A Updates and Direct Securities Offerings). When you sign up for one or all of the newsletters, we ask for the usual contact information, such as your name and e-mail address. We may also request certain demographic information, which helps us understand our audience so that we can continue to provide appropriate and necessary content. This information is only for the use of Entrepreneur's Place™, Inc. and is not disclosed to any other party except in aggregate form. Additionally, if you decide that you do not wish to receive an e-zine any longer, you are given the freedom to cancel your subscription with appropriately displayed contact information in each issue.
Polls and Surveys are additional methods through which we gather information about visitors to our community. From time to time, we ask for your input to help us to evaluate potential features and services for our sites. We often invite our visitors to participate in a poll or survey that we post on the Web or in one of our e-zines and deem to be relevant to our membership. The decision to participate in any of our polls or surveys is completely yours. Anonymous survey information is used for purposes of reporting survey results and monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of our sites. Your personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct surveys or contests, they may not use your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We collect information from website visitors who register for certain services on-line, from users who make certain on-line information requests from us and from users who wish to participate in on-line contests and promotions sponsored by us.
What are Cookies and what are Their Uses? - Our websites make use of browser "cookies". Cookies are files written to a user's hard disk and read by the server programs to inform the website if the user has previously visited that site. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, and to store some personal preferences for your future visits to our online community for other purposes.
Cookies allow Entrepreneur's Place™ to recognize you more quickly; therefore, your time spent on our sites can be more personalized and productive. You'll find that cookies are an industry standard and are used at most major websites in much the same way we use them here.
We often use outside ad companies to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our website, cookies received with ads are not being collected by us and we do not have access to this information. These telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that might be of interest to you. companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or
We know of no way that our cookies could present a security risk to you. Under present technology, no Web server can get a cookie stored by another Web server. Cookies can be rejected by you and if so some of the functions listed above will not be performed. You can learn everything there is to know about cookies on http://www.cookiecentral.com
How Do We Protect Your Information Once We Have It? - For members of the Entrepreneur's Place™ Community, all information is stored on a secure server. Browsers will encrypt the contents of the registration form before sending it to our server. Each time you enter your user name and password, your browser will encrypt the password before it sends it to our server. Surveys sent out to members and non-members are also secure.
The technology being used for third-party transactions is not ours. Our privacy policy and our security or common practices cannot be transferred to other companies.
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. We track and record IP addresses that access our site for reporting and profiling purposes only. We also gather anonymous browsing habits of our visitors to better identify content preferences. User demographic information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis in a manner that will not personally identify the individual submitting such information. We may also share personally identifiable user information with governmental authorities when legally required to do so, and to cooperate with such authorities investigating claims of illegal activity such as (but not limited to) illegal transfer of copyrighted material or user website postings or email messages that contain threats of violence. We may also disclose personally identifiable information in other cases where we have reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms and Conditions. Other than these specific exceptions noted, we do not sell, rent or provide access to any data collected about or from our users. Linking and Framing - Our sites contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Occasionally when linking to another site, you may still see our site's logo or frame. This is to provide you with a seamless experience when visiting our websites. In these cases you are no longer on our websites and are on a different website whose information collection practices may differ from ours. The privacy policy of the site you are on will govern how information collected from you is used.
Our sites may supplement the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties. This information may be received from our partners in sponsored content sections. The type of information that is shared could include user contact information (like name and email address) and user demographic information (like zip code, age or income level). This site will use such information in accordance with this privacy policy. However, when you leave our sites, the privacy statement of the other site will apply to use of information by that site.
Public Forums - Our sites at some or all times make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to our 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. Entrepreneur's Place™ cannot accept any responsibility for ensuring the privacy of information that you choose to disclose in these areas.
In summary, Entrepreneur's Place™, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. Personal information that we collect about you stays within Entrepreneur's Place™, Inc. and any information distributed to third parties is reported in aggregate only. We do not give or sell your information to people who want to send you junk e-mail.
Your Consent - By using our websites and signing up for any of our online services, you consent to the collection and use of the previously mentioned information by Entrepreneur's Place, Inc.™. This policy is subject to change. Privacy issues represent a growing concern for all Web users.
Contacting our Sites - If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of our sites, or your dealings with our websites, you can contact: security@entrepreneursplace.com
Changes to This Policy - We may make changes to this policy from time to time. We will post changes to this policy here, so be sure to check back periodically. We will generally use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify our users via email or by posting a notice on the site for 30 days .