Privacy Policy

THEWORDNETWORK.org supports a general policy of openness about personal data collection and use. We have adopted and implemented this privacy policy as part of our commitment to protecting your personal information from misuse. Please be aware that other web sites that may be accessed through our site (including stores listed on THEWORDNETWORK.org) may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those web sites linked to THEWORDNETWORK.org are not covered by this privacy statement.

What information does THEWORDNETWORK.org collect?
THEWORDNETWORK.org's contact, and online survey forms may call for users to provide their contact information (like their name and email address), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). From time to time, we may use the standard "cookie" feature of major browser applications that allows us to store data about your visit. Cookies help us learn which areas of our site are useful and which areas need improvement. We also may use cookies to track visits to and business at stores on THEWORDNETWORK.org, to process the items in your shopping basket. Alliance networks that serve ads onto THEWORDNETWORK.org may also use their own cookies.

What does THEWORDNETWORK.org do with collected information?
THEWORDNETWORK.org's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience on our site. This includes personalization services, interactive communications, online shopping, and many other types of services, most of which are completely free to you. THEWORDNETWORK.org is a Non-Profit organization and will provide services free of charge. By knowing a little about you, THEWORDNETWORK.org is able to deliver more relevant content, and hence better service, to you. We use customer contact information from our online survey, and contact forms for our own internal evaluation and tracking purposes and to send you information from our company. Websites may use cookies to deliver to you content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site, and for other purposes. Advertisements displayed on our site may contain cookies. We do not have access to or control over information collected by advertisers on our site. THEWORDNETWORK.org may use your IP address (the number assigned to your computer while it is on the Internet) to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our site. THEWORDNETWORK.org 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 on THEWORDNETWORK.org or its parent company, subsidiaries or affiliates; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of THEWORDNETWORK.org or the users of THEWORDNETWORK.org, and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of THEWORDNETWORK.org or the public.

Personal information you provide to THEWORDNETWORK.org may be stored outside of the country in which you reside.

Public Forums

THEWORDNETWORK.org makes chat rooms, testimonials, forums, message boards, personal web pages 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
THEWORDNETWORK.org has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We will never directly ask you for a credit card number. However, links form this site may ask you for a Credit Card number if you agree to an online purchase. Each particular web site has its own security measures in place. We encourage you to review each individual companies security practices. It is important that you understand that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, THEWORDNETWORK.org cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online links to products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Children
THEWORDNETWORK.org is a general audience site. We do not direct any of our content specifically at children under thirteen (13) years of age.