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This policy applies to web pages hosted by AltaVista which are targeted specifically by it at users in the United Kingdom. When we talk about "AltaVista" or "we" in this policy, we are talking about Overture. Other countries have different laws that apply to the collection and use of personal information. To see a list of the available country specific privacy policies please click here. If you have questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Statement, please contact:
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| Privacy Policy | Back To Top |
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As an internet pioneer, we understand the power that the internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you. These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns.
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Personally identifiable information is information, such as your name, birth date, e-mail address or mailing address that can be used to uniquely identify you. We do not collect any personally identifiable information. Anonymous information is not personally identifiable information. Anonymous information is information about how you use our site (such as sites you visit and searches you do). Anonymous information also includes the domain names and/or I.P. addresses (as explained below) of internet browsers that visit our site, the time of day the site was visited, and other non-personal information. Anonymous information is information that is not tied to any one person, but helps us know what our users do (for example, the average stay on our site lasts over 10 minutes). The next section tells how and when we collect anonymous information. | ||
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We collect anonymous information when people use our site. We use this information to personalise your experience on our site, to show you more relevant advertising messages, and to improve our services in general. We are unable to combine this anonymous information with personal information about you to target advertising messages aimed at you as an individual. | ||
| Are any third parties collecting anonymous information through AltaVista? If so, how is this information used? | Back To Top |
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Third party advertisement server agencies, such as DoubleClick, collect anonymous information through AltaVista by way of the cookies they are authorized to send to AltaVista users. These advertisement server agencies place their cookies on your computer when you first view an advertisement served by them (this could happen while you are on our site or another site where their advertisements are also served). These advertisement server agencies use their cookies to control the sequence of advertisements you see and to make sure you don't see the same advertisements too many times. If you do not want DoubleClick to collect anonymous information from your browser while you are viewing pages on the AltaVista site, DoubleClick offers you an opt-out cookie. Click here in order to obtain the DoubleClick opt-out cookie. We will not share any anonymous information about your use of our site with third parties if we know that this information will be linked with your personally identifiable information obtained from another source, unless you have given us permission to do this. | ||
| Cookies | Back To Top |
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How They Are Used A "cookie" is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. We use cookies to help us provide personal services. For example, we can store your postcode in a cookie so we can show you local weather each time you visit our site. Cookies also make web surfing easier for you by saving your preferences while you're on our site. Cookies may also be used by other companies on co-branded web pages, as explained below in "third party relationships." You can decide if you want to accept cookies by changing the settings on your computer. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, then some of our features will not work as we intended them to work. In addition, if you are concerned about how DoubleClick may use the information it gathers on our site, please see www.doubleclick.net, which sets forth its privacy policy and full disclosure on the use of cookies. Feel free to contact DoubleClick at info@doubleclick.net if you have more questions or want more information. Special Cookies if You Have Opted-Out As an internet pioneer, we understand the power that the internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you. These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns. REMEMBER: If you request a blank cookie, as explained above, we will honour your request by delivering a special cookie to your Internet browser. Web Beacons
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We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information on users under the age of 13 without parental consent. Parents have the ability to control what personal information about their child may be disclosed to third parties, and we believe that this is just the way things should be. | ||
| Use of I.P. Addresses | Back To Top |
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An Internet Protocol (I.P.) address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you log on to your internet service provider or through your company's local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). Web servers, the powerful computers that provide web pages for viewing, automatically identify your computer by the IP address assigned to it during your session online. We may collect I.P. addresses for some purposes (for example, to report anonymous user information to our advertisers and to audit the use of our site). We do not link a user's I.P. address to a person's personal information, which means we will have a record of each user's session but the user remains anonymous to us. PLEASE NOTE: Under certain circumstances, I.P. addresses and/or domain names may be linked to personally identifiable information, when this information is stored in databases managed by internet registrars or registries. | ||
| Third-Party Relationship | Back To Top |
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We have relationships with many media and services companies throughout the world. You can recognise these sites by the joint branding of AltaVista and these companies. For example, if you see a logo in the upper-right corner of the page that often says 'Powered by ______', you will know you are on a co-branded Web page. If you ever have any questions about whether certain information, content or services pertain to us, or are "powered by" one of our partners, please contact us at legal-support-uk@av.com. When you provide registration information on certain co-branded Web pages, we want to be clear that these third-party partners do not share this data with us. You should make every effort to read the privacy policies of these third parties and decide whether or not to continue using the services based upon the privacy policies posted. We have contracted with those third parties to ensure that they will not use your personal information for a particular purpose without your consent or unless it is necessary to fulfill a request you are making of that third party. If you are concerned about a third party's use of your personal details please email us at legal-support-uk@av.com and we will address your request with the appropriate company. No third-party sites are covered by our Privacy Policy, but we will make every effort to ensure that third party sites comply with our Privacy Policy. | ||
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We operate secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us. For example, we impose strict rules on our employees who have access either to the databases that store user information or to the servers that host our services. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences. | ||
| Contacting Us | Back To Top |
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If you have questions about this privacy policy or the practices of this site, please contact:
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