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FOX59.com strives to offer its visitors the many advantages
of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized
experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name,
e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms
of this privacy policy. Please note this policy applies only to information
collected by FOX59.com online and does not impact information collected
or used by FOX59.com or its affiliates through other means.
How we gather information from users.
How we collect and store information depends on the page
you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and
the services provided. You can visit many pages on our site without providing
any information. Other pages may prompt you to provide information, such
as when you register for access to portions of our site, sign up for membership,
request certain features (e.g., newsletters, news updates and other products),
sign up for a newspaper subscription or make a purchase. You may also
provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests,
voting and polling activities, message boards and chat rooms and other
interactive areas of our site.
Like most Web sites, FOX59.com also collects information automatically
and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our
visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider
or use "cookie" technology. Among other things, the cookie may
store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter
that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times
you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we
adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other
means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information,
for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but doing
so may limit your ability to access certain portions of the site or may
require you to re-enter your user name and password. Additionally we may
not be able to customize the site's features according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect.
We will use your information only as permitted by law.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify
you) may be used in many ways. As one example, we may combine information
about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other
users to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most
attractive. Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our
advertisers and business partners, but cannot be used to contact you individually.
We also collect information to enhance your visit and
deliver more individualized content and advertising. For example, we may
use Personally Identifiable Information collected on FOX59.com to communicate
with you regarding our Terms
of Service and privacy policy, products
and services offered by FOX59.com and other Tribune Company affiliates
and partners, administration of sweepstakes and contests, processing e-commerce
transactions and other topics we think you might find of interest. We
reserve the right to share this information with other Tribune Company
business units and affiliates, including for example our affiliated newspapers
and entities in which Tribune Company has an ownership interest (collectively,
"Affiliates"). This policy does not apply to any Affiliate's
use of such information.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by FOX59.com
may also be used for other purposes including but not limited to site
administration and troubleshooting. Certain third parties who provide
technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service
and our newsletter provider, for example) may access such information.
As we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy,
merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions,
user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose
your information in response to a court order, at other times when we
believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with
the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or whenever we deem it
appropriate or necessary to give such information to law enforcement authorities.
Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in
such cases.
Your choice to opt out.
The quality news and information on FOX59.com is supported
by advertising revenue and a controlled program of e-mail marketing is
an important element of our online publishing business. Like other Web
publishers, we sometimes permit our advertising and promotional partners
to e-mail you about services, features, products, special offers and unique
content we believe might interest you. If you prefer not to receive e-mail
communications sent directly from our advertisers or promotional partners,
you will be given an opportunity to decline before you provide us information
we might use for this purpose. If you decline at the time you provide
us such information, we will not share the Personally Identifiable Information
you provide with non-Affiliated advertisers for such purposes, though
we may on occasion send you information on their behalf.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements.
FOX59.com expects its partners, advertisers and third-party
affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. However, third parties,
including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers
accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection
policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you
may link to, or view as part of a frame on a FOX59.com page, certain content
that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through FOX59.com
you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites,
advertisements, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties.
FOX59.com is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third
parties. 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. Through features available on
our site, third parties may use cookies or other technology to gather
information. FOX59.com does not control the use of this technology or the
resulting information and is not responsible for any actions or policies
of such third parties.
A cookie gets entered by your Web browser into the "Cookies" folder on your hard drive after you close your browser, and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Site. We use persistent and session cookies to analyze and enhance your experience on the Site, and use third party ad technology to serve ads. The data that is collected is the property of FOX59.com, not the third party. We also allow third parties called ad networks or ad servers to serve ads to you on FOX59.com. Cookies enable them to compile information about where you, or others who have used your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information makes it possible for the ad technology, ad servers and ad networks to deliver targeted advertisements to you on FOX59.com. FOX59.com does not have access to the cookies that may be placed on your computer by third-party ad technology, ad servers or ad networks. FOX59.com maintains relationships with a number of third-party networks, including Doubleclick, Unicast, and Pointroll. Those parties that use cookies may offer you a way to opt out of ad targeting. You may find more information at the Web site of the individual ad network or the
Network Advertising Initiative.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.
Should you choose to voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information
on our site, such as in message boards, chat areas or in advertising or
notices you post, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected
and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited
messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are
beyond the control of FOX59.com and this policy.
Children.
FOX59.com does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally
Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted
by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under
13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately.
If you believe FOX59.com has any information from or about anyone under
13, please contact us at the address listed below.
Contacting us.
We can be reached by contacting:
FOX59.com.
6910 Network Place
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Changes to this policy.
FOX59.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.
Governing law.
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by Illinois
law. Any claim related to the Site or this policy shall be brought in
a federal or state court in Chicago, Illinois, within one year after the
claim arises. You agree no such claim may be brought as a class action.
Users of FOX59.com consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such court
as the most convenient and appropriate for the resolution of disputes
concerning this policy. FOX59.com is controlled, operated and administered
entirely within the United States. If you are located outside the United
States, please note the information you provide to us will be transferred
to the United States. You hereby consent to this transfer.
In the event case of any conflict between the terms of
this policy and the terms of any electronic or machine readable privacy
policy (for example, a P3P electronic privacy policy), the terms of this
written policy shall control.
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