The Charlotte Weekly has a firm commitment to privacy. We take your privacy concerns seriously and want to make every effort to address them. That is why we have adopted the following policy, which explains our position on information gathering and disclosure.
Your Personal Information
From time to time, we may ask for information that personally identifies you, as in our user surveys or registration for The Charlotte Weekly services such as e-mail, forums, or promotions. We use this information to operate The Charlotte Weekly’s services, provide you with the highest quality services and offer you opportunities we think will be of interest.
We will not disclose any personal information without your advance permission except when we believe the law requires us to do so, or the disclosure is necessary to protect the rights or property of The Charlotte Weekly, or as explained below or in our User Agreement.
In order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and others, we may disclose user information but only in a form that does not identify individual users. For example, we might disclose that a certain percentage of our users are male or within a certain age range.
Occasionally, we may disclose personal information in other circumstances, but we will only do this if we have explained at the time we collect the information the purpose for which it will be disclosed.
Kids' Privacy
The Charlotte Weekly is particularly concerned with providing a safe online environment for kids. Therefore, in areas operated by The Charlotte Weekly that are directed to kids or when we learn that a user is under the age of 13, we will ask for parental consent before collecting additional personal information about the child or allowing the child to use The Charlotte Weekly services to provide additional personal information. Parental consent can be provided in two ways:
The Charlotte Weekly will not knowingly disclose personal information about users under the age of 13 without prior parental consent, except as required by law.
The Charlotte Weekly strongly recommends parental supervision when a child uses the Internet, and particularly when a child enters a forum or uses e-mail. We also encourage parents to instruct their children not to give out personal information in these areas.
Remember The Risks Whenever You Use The Internet
You should know that when you voluntarily disclose personal information on The Charlotte Weekly system (for example, in forums), that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people. While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to The Charlotte Weekly and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition, our partners and other Internet sites or services that may be accessible through The Charlotte Weekly have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions. Please contact those vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.
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If you have any questions or comments about our policies, please contact us.