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Privacy Policy Details
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AltaVista: privacy policy STATEMENT |
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AltaVista is committed to respecting and protecting your personal privacy. Our privacy policy is succinctly
explained below. You can get additional details by clicking on the highlighted links. Also, please read our
Children's privacy policy to learn about how we treat information collected from children.
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TRUSTe Certification |
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AltaVista participates in the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization that
wants to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. Because we at AltaVista want to
demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we have agreed to describe our information practices and have our privacy practices reviewed by
TRUSTe. By displaying the TRUSTe trustmark, we agree to notify you of:
Questions regarding our privacy policy should be directed to:
General Counsel
AltaVista Company
1070 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
If you do not receive a satisfactory response, then please contact TRUSTe, who will then contact us on your
behalf.
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What Does the AltaVista Privacy Policy Cover? |
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- This privacy policy applies to web pages ending in altavista.com or av.com that contain a link to this privacy policy at the bottom of the
web page. For further information, click here.
- For our AltaVista Software site privacy policy click here.
- Inclusion of the AltaVista logo at the top of a web page does not
necessarily mean that this privacy policy applies. Be sure to check the URL that you link to from AltaVista web pages to determine whether
this privacy policy applies. If you have any questions about this, contact us at privacy-support@av.com.
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What Information Does AltaVista Collect From You? |
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- You can visit our site and use most of our services without having to tell us who you are or reveal any personally identifiable information
to us. There are, however, a few instances where we do collect personally identifiable information in order to fulfill your request.
Click here for examples of these instances.
- Whenever you visit AltaVista, our web server logs automatically receive and record anonymous information
from your web browser including your IP Address,
AltaVista cookie information, the AltaVista page(s) you request, the time spent on each
web page and any search terms you query.
- AltaVista uses this anonymous information to customize your experience on our site, to show you more relevant advertising messages, and
to improve our services in general. For example, when you use AltaVista's Toolbar, AltaVista can collect aggregate information such as the
web pages visited and the time spent on each page. This information allows other users to benefit from the quality searches you perform,
ultimately receiving the most relevant, pertinent information. We ordinarily do not attempt to link this information to a specific person.
Click here for exceptions to this practice.
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Do Any Third Parties Receive or Collect Your Information Through AltaVista? |
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- In the few instances where AltaVista collects personally identifiable information, AltaVista will not share it with other companies or
individuals unless:
- We have your permission to share the information;
- We need to share your information with certain third parties with which we have a business relationship
in order to
provide a product or service you have requested. Unless we tell you otherwise, these third parties do not have the right to use
your personal information we share with them beyond what is necessary to deliver your requested product or service; or
- We comply with subpoenas or court orders.
- Furthermore, AltaVista will not sell or disclose your personally identifiable information as customer lists to anyone. Nor will we share
with anyone personally identifiable information about you that is of medical, financial or sexual nature.
- AltaVista shares some of the user information, such as user trends, search language, and time of day with third parties that may set and access cookies on your computer. Other advertisers or
advertising services may set cookies but this information is not shared with AltaVista nor is it personally identifiable information.
- None if these third parties nor any other advertiser or advertising service, receives personally identifiable information
from AltaVista. However, certain advertisements or contests you see on our site may provide for the collection of personally identifiable
information. Such information is never shared with AltaVista. For more information, click here.
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What Security Measures Are in Place to Protect Your Information? |
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- AltaVista operates 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 or alteration of your user data.
- Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us.
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How Will You Be Notified if AltaVista Changes This privacy policy? |
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- AltaVista updates this policy from time to time. If we are going to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that
stated at the time of collection, we will notify you via email. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this
different manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in
our databases, we will post a prominent notice on our web site notifying users of the change. Bear in mind that the only way to ensure your
personal privacy whenever you are on the Internet is to make sure your browser is configured so that you are alerted to all
cookies.
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Your Questions or Suggestions Regarding This privacy policy. |
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Last updated November 11, 2002.
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