FreeArticles.com respects the privacy of all of its visitors and is committed to protecting such privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy explains FreeArticles.com's treatment of your personally identifiable information collected in connection with your activities on this website.

We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully and to check back periodically as this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies or websites that are not owned or controlled by the owners of FreeArticles.com.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

Visitors may be asked for either Personal Information or Non-Personal Information when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain features of this website.

"Personal Information" is personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, email address, birth date and gender. In addition, if you choose to contact any of our customer service representatives, we may keep a record of that correspondence so that we may fully address the subject matter.

We may also receive Personal Information from our business partners and other third parties, provided that such third parties confirm to us that you have permitted them to share such information.

Business contact information such as the name, title, business address, email address or telephone number of a business or professional person or an employee of an organization is not considered Personal Information.

"Non-Personal Information" is information of an anonymous nature, such as your Internet Protocol Address (IP Address), the domain you may have used to access the website, the type and version of browser or operating system you may be using, and the website you may have come from and visit next.  Website statistics such as number of visitors and average time spent on a page is also considered Non-Personal Information.

Our Web servers may automatically collect Non-Personal Information that is provided through your browser or stored on a Cookie on your computer

COOKIES

Cookies are text files stored on your computer that provide session information or identify you to the website. Cookies are not associated with any personal information. If you do not wish to allow cookies they may be disabled in your web browser. Please be aware that some features of the web site may not work if cookies are disabled.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Information may be used by us to provide website services and contact you about changes, enhancements or similar notices related to the services and may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law.

Though FreeArticles.com makes every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law when investigating a contravention of a federal, provincial or foreign law or comply with a legal process served on our Web site. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.

FreeArticles.com will only disclose your Personal Information to third parties where you have specifically given us your consent to disclose your Personal Information for a designated purpose.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND ADVERTISEMENTS

FreeArticles.com may contain links to other websites and services. While we try to link only to sites and services that share our high standards and respect for privacy, please understand that we are not responsible for the content of, or the privacy practices employed by, other companies or websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to FreeArticles.com. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party.

While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. FreeArticles.com does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

CHILDREN

FreeArticles.com does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 18 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 18 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe FreeArticles.com has any information from or about anyone under 18, please contact us at the address listed below.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

FreeArticles.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

If any matter concerning this website shall be brought before a court of law, pre- or post-arbitration, the Visitor agrees to that the sole and proper jurisdiction to be the province and city declared in the contact information of the web owner unless otherwise here specified. In the event that litigation is in a federal court, the proper court shall be the closest federal court to the Seller's address.

APPLICABLE LAW

Visitor agrees that the applicable law to be applied shall, in all cases, be that of the province and country of the owner of FreeArticles.com

CONTACTING THE WEB SITE

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact:

FreeArticles.com Privacy Team
c/o Jeff Wilson
1805 Acadia Drive
Kingston, Nova Scotia
B0P 1R0 Canada