Commitment to Your Privacy

This site is owned and operated by Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information We Gather

Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC gathers two types of information about users:

Voluntary- Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters and to provide us with feedback about our site.

Involuntary- Information Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC gathers through aggregated (NOT personally identifiable) tracking information is derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our site and other metrics such as duration of visits and browser type. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

Please note that the Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC site does not employ the use of cookies.

Methods Used to Gather Voluntary Information

We offer the following free services, which require some type of optional/ voluntary submission of personal information by users:

- "Register" Electronic newsletters policy We offer a free electronic newsletter to users. Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe through the "Sign Me Up" page. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the instructions to unsubscribe provided within each newsletter.

- "Contact Us" policy Our site users can choose to electronically submit their site feedback to us by clicking "Contact Us." The user must provide their name and email address which will enable Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC to respond to their feedback. This information is not being used for any other purpose except to respond directly to feedback.

Methods Used to Gather Voluntary Information

Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC tracks user traffic patterns throughout our site. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name and browser type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

Use of Information

Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC may use any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on our site. As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable us to plan for the type of content that most interests our users so we may provide it in the future. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something related to our site launch. Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for our users. Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Sharing of Information

Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's collective demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Security

Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protected systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

Opt-Out Policy

We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:

-Opting not to sign up to receive our electronic newsletters
-Opting to cancel a subscription to receive our electronic newsletters after submitting a request to subscribe
-Opting not to send us any feedback about our website

Children

Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Carolyn & Co. Media, LLC If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Last Updated: January 2008 to reflect revised company name and deletion of the, "Tell a Friend" feature.