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To ensure that your privacy is protected, we have established the following online practices regarding the way your information is collected and used by Daily News Central.

Daily News Central provides opportunities for readers to vote in polls or otherwise express their opinions, subscribe to services, such as full site access, or participate in an online forum. The types of personally identifiable information that we may collect include your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services.

We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit our site, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.

We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when we make changes to our subscriber agreements or to fulfill a request by you.

The information we collect in connection with our online forums is used to provide an interactive experience. We use this information to facilitate participation in these online forums and, occasionally, to offer you products, programs or services.

If you choose to submit content for publication, such as a letter to the editor, we may publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us.

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services.

We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to a legal process -- for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. In addition, we may transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company.

Agents and contractors of Daily News Central who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Statement by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Daily News Central.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot guarantee that the personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Statement.

Daily News Central will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of such unrelated uses.

Our site may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. You should consult the other sites' privacy statements, as Daily News Central has no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, such third parties.

Daily News Central may use a reputable third party to present or serve the advertisements that you may see on our pages. These third party ad servers may use cookies, web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies to help present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements' effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about the Daily News Central online policy or its implementation, you may contact us at privacy@dailynewscentral.com.

From time to time, we may update this privacy statement. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.

The Privacy Statement posted on this site was updated on or about October 5, 2004.