Privacy Policy:
Impact Media Network ("Impact Media Network") operates meowcon.com and may operate other websites. It is Impact Media Network's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Impact Media Network collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Impact Media Network's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Impact Media Network's visitors use its website. From time to time, Impact Media Network may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Impact Media Network also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on meowcon.com blogs/sites. Impact Media Network only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Impact Media Network's websites choose to interact with Impact Media Network in ways that require Impact Media Network to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Impact Media Network gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at meowcon.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Impact Media Network are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Impact Media Network collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Impact Media Network. Impact Media Network does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Impact Media Network may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Impact Media Network may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Impact Media Network does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Impact Media Network discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Impact Media Network's behalf or to provide services available at Impact Media Network's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Impact Media Network's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Impact Media Network will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Impact Media Network discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Impact Media Network believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Impact Media Network, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Impact Media Network website and have supplied your email address, Impact Media Network may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Impact Media Network and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Impact Media Network takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Impact Media Network uses cookies to help Impact Media Network identify and track visitors, their usage of Impact Media Network website, and their website access preferences. Impact Media Network visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Impact Media Network's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Impact Media Network's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Impact Media Network, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Impact Media Network goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Impact Media Network may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Impact Media Network and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Impact Media Network may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Impact Media Network's sole discretion. Impact Media Network encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a meowcon.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.