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PRIVACY POLICY
ABC Radio Networks' policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. This policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how we use it.

ABC Radio Networks collects personally identifying information during contests or sweepstakes, during registration for sites that require subscription and in connection with interactive areas requiring registration. In addition, information is collected in certain portions of sites in which guests provide content submissions and suggestions or participate in interactive online activities (e.g., community postings, voting, chat, games, online shopping, surveys, applications for show tickets and bulletin boards). ABC Radio Networks may use such information to fulfill prizes and purchases, track compliance with our rules and terms and conditions, or for editorial and feedback purposes (to the extent that is explained when guests provide the information). In the event ABC Radio Networks plans to post any such information on a site, guests are provided prior notification of such posting and given the option of preventing such posting. The information you provide to ABC Radio Networks is shared among the ABC Radio Networks sites as it is our goal to make your visits to our sites easy and enjoyable. However, be assured that ABC Radio Networks will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent. ABC Radio Networks may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) ABC Radio Networks' rights or property, other ABC Radio Networks users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. ABC Radio Networks may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

ABC Radio Networks shares aggregate information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors and other third parties.

There are cases where ABC Radio Networks may ask you for personal information such as your name, email address, and birth date. For example, we request personal information for online shopping or transactions, or for services that require registration or subscription. ABC Radio Networks needs to collect this information for fulfilling prizes, tracking/verifying compliance with ABC Radio Networks policies as well as federal, state and local laws and/or for editorial and feedback solicitation purposes.

In case you change your mind or some personal information may change (such as your zip code), we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove the personal data you give us. You can do this at the member information page or by contacting our Customer Support organization at contest@abcradioconnects.com.

Opting-Out
Information provided at the time of Registration or submission from a guest who is 18 years of age or over may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by ABC Radio Networks and our affiliates or companies that have been prescreened by ABC Radio Networks. If a guest objects to such use for any reason, he/she may stop that use -- either by e-mail request to contest@abcradioconnects.com. or by modifying his/her member information online.

Information provided when purchasing products from any of our online stores may be used for marketing and promotional purposes and is subject to the opt-out processes described on, or linked to, each order form.

Policies for Kids
(Individuals Under 13 years of Age)
ABC Radio Networks encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the activities offered on the sites. No information should be submitted to or posted at ABC Radio Networks by guests under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. Unless otherwise disclosed during collection, ABC Radio Networks does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever from our guests under 13 years of age. All registrants receive an e-mail confirming their registration. In addition, in the event any registration is made available to kids, when a guest under 13 registers, he/she is required to provide the e-mail address of his/her parent or guardian and that parent or guardian receives an e-mail alerting them to that registration and providing instructions on how the parent or guardian can delete the registration, if so desired. No information collected from guests under 13 years of age is used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside ABC Radio Networks except as explicitly stated during registration for contests or promotions (and in that case, the information collected is used only for the specific contest or promotion).

Although guests under 13 years of age may be allowed to participate in some contests and promotions, if such a guest wins, notification and prizes are sent to the parents or guardians identified in the initial registration process. Publication of contest winners names, ages, or images for individuals under 13 require parental or guardian consent.

Policies for Teens
(Individuals 13-17 Years of Age)
In the event any registration is made available to teens, teens are required to provide the e-mail address of a parent or guardian and a notification message is sent to the parent or guardian of all guests who are 13 to 17 years of age which identifies the information supplied at registration and allows the parent or guardian to be aware of and participate in the guest's online experience.

Use of IP Address
ABC Radio Networks collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, to report aggregate information to our advertisers, and to audit the use of our site. When guests request pages from ABC Radio Networks sites, our servers log the guests' IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our house rules or terms of service or to protect our service, site, customers or others.

Some services within ABC Radio Networks, such as certain message boards, may display IP addresses along with the message poster's name and message. Please review each service prior to use and only use those that disclose information you are comfortable with sharing.

Use of Cookies
What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your preferences while you're at our site. We never save passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites.

By showing how and when guests use a site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. We use the information from cookies to provide services better tailored to our users needs.

ABC Radio Networks has two primary uses for its cookies. First, we use them to specify unique preferences. Secondly, we use cookies to track user trends and patterns. This helps us better understand and improve areas of the ABC Radio Networks service that our users find valuable. While both of these activities depend on the use of a "cookie," visitors to ABC Radio Networks always have the option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences. Information from cookies is sometimes attached to messages sent to our Customer Service department.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, note that some parts of the ABC Radio Networks service will not function properly or may be considerably slower if you refuse cookies. For example, without cookies, you may have difficulty completing shopping transactions, entering contests, or playing games.

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. ABC Radio Networks does not control these cookies. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

Links to Other Sites
Users should be aware that when you are on ABC Radio Networks, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from ABC Radio Networks pages that take you outside our service. For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement or an ABC Radio Networks search result, the "click" takes you off the ABC Radio Networks site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use ABC Radio Networks' logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information.

Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online --- for example, via message boards or chat --- that information can be collected and used by people you don't know. While ABC Radio Networks strives to protect its user's personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk.

ABC Radio Networks' policy does not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond ABC Radio Networks' control, and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or governmental regulation.

Security
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our guests is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, ABC Radio Networks can't ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. When credit card information is transmitted we use industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption.

In the event that ABC Radio Networks offers account that are password protected, we recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. ABC Radio Networks will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or email. Ultimately, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and any account information.

Remember to sign out of your ABC Radio Networks account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if your computer is accessible to others or if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or internet cafŽ.

Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this site, you signify your assent to the ABC Radio Networks Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our sites. Your continued use of the ABC Radio Networks sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

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