Privacy policy
HighBeam Research, Inc. respects the privacy of our users. We have created this policy
in order to demonstrate our privacy commitment to our users. By coming to a HighBeam
Research site, you are agreeing to and accepting this Privacy Policy as well as
the terms and conditions or other end user agreement for that site.
- We will not distribute information that identifies you individually or reveals your
identity ("Identifying Information") unless you give your prior approval in response
to a request made by HighBeam Research or unless distribution of this information
is permitted under this Privacy Policy. Your electronic approval will qualify as
your consent for this purpose.
- We will not make Identifying Information available publicly without the prior written
or electronic consent of the individual identified unless (a) the information is
already publicly available; (b) required by law, court order, or as requested by
other government or law enforcement authority; or (c) the information is posted
by the user to an online bulletin board, chat room, news groups, or other public
forum.
- We may collect and use information about you and your use of the HighBeam Research
sites, including Identifying Information, for our own internal purposes such as,
for example, analyzing usage of the HighBeam Research sites in order to improve
them.
- We may use and/or distribute information about you and your use of the HighBeam
Research sites in forms that do not identify you individually or reveal your identity.
- Advertisements, promotional offers, promotional e-mails, "free gifts," and links,
for example, on the HighBeam Research sites or sent via e-mail or other means from
HighBeam Research may ask for Identifying Information from you. If you provide this
information, your Identifying Information may be provided (either directly from
you or by HighBeam Research) to the advertiser or Web site or company making the
offer or providing the gift. You may opt-out regarding how Identifying Information
collected from you may be used or distributed when provided to HighBeam Research
at a HighBeam Research site by either following the applicable instructions and
links on the site, in the e-mail or other document, or by sending an e-mail to the
HighBeam Research site Web Master at customerservice@highbeam.com or as otherwise posted
on the HighBeam Research sites. To ensure that your opt-out e-mail is effective,
you must include the words "opt-out" and "Identifying Information" in the subject
field of such e-mail.
- Of course, if you make a purchase by credit card or otherwise provide your credit
card information, the relevant data will be transmitted to HighBeam Research's vendor
providing such payment processing service. Similarly, if you are using a co-branded
site of HighBeam Research and at least one other third party (indicated by the inclusion
of another party's name or product/service name either in the URL or site or by
the inclusion of a third party's(ies') logos or trademarks in the site), your Identifying
Information may be used and/or distributed by HighBeam Research pursuant to this
Privacy Policy and by the other party(ies) pursuant to this Policy and/or their
applicable policy(ies).
- HighBeam Research may send users, via e-mail or other means, information relating
to HighBeam Research sites and/or information on specials, new products and/or promotions
from our marketing partners/colleagues. The information described in these messages
is intended to be of high interest or value to our users. To choose not to receive
such messages, a user can simply click or go to a URL link located in every e-mail
or other message containing this kind of information, which will remove the user
from future mailings. Or, for certain sites a user may edit his/her personal account
information, which contains an option on receiving special offers, at any time by
clicking the appropriate link on the applicable HighBeam Research site.
- In the course of our business, HighBeam Research might buy or sell sites or assets.
In these kinds of transactions, customer information (such as Identifying Information)
is usually one of the transferred business assets. In the event that HighBeam Research,
its parent, subsidiaries, or affiliates is acquired, merged, or otherwise combined
with another party, customer information (such as Identifying Information) will
be one of the transferred assets.
- HighBeam Research may use other companies and persons to perform certain functions
for us. These functions might include, for example, processing credit card payments,
providing customer service, and sending e-mail. These other companies and persons
may have access to customer information (such as Identifying Information) that's
needed to perform their functions, but they are not authorized to use it for any
other purposes. In addition, we may share information with other affiliated companies
and joint ventures, for example, but we ask those companies to honor the standards
of this Privacy Policy.
Internet Protocol (IP) Address
Cookies
Information Collection and Opt-Out
The HighBeam Research sites' registration forms ask users to enter contact information
(like their e-mail address), general information (like their city, state), and demographic
information (like their zip code, age, or income level). The forms also require
unique identifiers (username and password) so that users can be verified when they
access the HighBeam Research sites. The contact information primarily is used to
send users daily e-mails and other information they have requested and other information
as stated in this Privacy Policy. Users may opt out of receiving future e-mail updates
by clicking on or going to the applicable link in any e-mail or other document and
following the instructions. The demographic information is used among other things,
to tailor users' experiences at the HighBeam Research sites, distribute and show
you content that we think you might be interested in, and display site content according
to your preferences.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to modification from time to time. You may be notified:
(1) in an e-mail sent to the e-mail address you have provided to HighBeam Research
through the HighBeam Research sites, or (2) HighBeam Research's posting of a notice
for at least 30 days on this Web site or the applicable HighBeam Research site that
the HighBeam Research sites Privacy Policy has been changed. Should you wish to
opt-out of such modifications to the Privacy Policy, you may do so by either following
the applicable instructions and links on the site or e-mail or sending an e-mail to
the HighBeam Research sites Web Master at the e-mail address below, making sure to
include the words "opt-out" and "modification" in the subject field.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact:
Encyclopedia.com Web Master
c/o HighBeam Research, Inc.
65 E. Wacker Place
Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60601 USA
