Girl Groove.com Privacy Policy

Girl Groove.com respects your right to the privacy of the personal information you provide us on our Web sites. To that end, unless you designate otherwise or we state otherwise in this policy or at the time information is collected, any personal information you provide to Girl Groove.com will be known only to two parties: you and Girl Groove.com. The following policy is intended to explain how your personal information will be treated as you make use of our sites and their features. Personal information includes your name, street and e-mail addresses, billing information, click-through activity and any other personal information you may provide here. This policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically.

Traffic data

Each time a visitor comes to a Girl Groove.com Web site, our servers -- like most on the Web -- collect some basic technical information, including, for example, the visitor's domain name (e.g., whether the user is logged on from aol.com or whitehouse.gov), and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform).

We also count, track and aggregate the visitor's activity into our analysis of general traffic flows at our sites (e.g. tracking where traffic comes from, how traffic flows within the Girl Groove.com sites, etc.). To these ends, we may merge information about visitors and visits into group data, which may then be shared on an aggregated basis with our advertisers; but we will not disclose your individual identity or personally identifiable data without your permission. When we do present aggregated information to outside companies, no one will be able to identify you or contact you.

Use of cookies

Companies which place advertising on our site will have the ability to assign their cookies to you in a process that Girl Groove.com does not control. However, cookies cannot be used to identify individuals, only machines, so these advertisers will not know who you are.

Newsletters

After signing up to receive a Girl Groove.com newsletter by e-mail, users will start receiving a newsletter delivered on a bi-weekly basis, as well as infrequent other announcements from Girl Groove.com. We collect subscribers' e-mail addresses in order to distribute those newsletters and announcements and do not otherwise share them with other companies or partners. Users can choose to unsubscribe from Girl Groove.com newsletters at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions found in each e-mail.

Letters to the Editor

Girl Groove asks senders of letters to the editor to include a phone number so we can make an effort to verify their identity should we need to in connection with publication of a letter. We do not retain this information for any other purpose, nor do we sell, trade or otherwise disclose it to third parties.

Girl Groove.com operates an online store at www.TheGoodEgg.com. In the course of processing orders, we will collect certain personal information for the purpose of fulfilling customers' orders. We will save this information as needed to keep responsible records and handle complaints. We do not share this information (other than in aggregate form, which does not reveal your personal identity or contact information) with any other companies or individuals except those third-party firms that are directly involved in helping us complete the transaction and deliver the order.

Girl Groove Membership

Girl Groove.com collects personal information from visitors who join our Girl Groove Membership program, including first and last names, e-mail address, and postal codes. Girl Groove members may receive occasional e-mail from us with special offers and benefits for participants in this membership program. We do not currently share this information with other companies and will not do so (except in aggregate form, which does not reveal members' identities) without first obtaining a member's consent.

Promotion

From time to time, Girl Groove.com may sponsor sweepstakes, contests or other events which require the collection, processing and storage of individual contact and demographic information (e.g., your age and state of residence) to be used for the event. Girl Groove may also co-sponsor these events along with other companies, in which case the user's individual contact and demographic information is likely to be shared with other participating sponsors. A registrant's personal contact and demographic information will not be released to third-party or non-participating organizations without the user's consent, and Girl Groove.com will request that co-sponsors of such events uphold the privacy of the registrants' information.

Surveys

Girl Groove.com will from time to time conduct voluntary surveys of visitors to the site to obtain aggregate demographic information about them. Such information may be compiled and shared in the aggregate with advertisers and other third parties, but no personal details will be traceable or associated with specific individuals.

Other disclosure of personal information

Girl Groove.com will not otherwise use or disclose your personal information without your consent except as described in this privacy policy, or as required bylaw, court order or as requested by other government or law enforcement authority.

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