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HTMAF Privacy Policy

Introduction

We at HowToMakeAFamily.com (HTMAF) understand and share your concerns about privacy and security online. We have developed this policy to inform you of what information about you is collected when you visit our website and how that information is used. We at all times try to protect this information from unwarranted use. We ask that you read this policy carefully and contact us if you have any questions or comments. We can be reached at:

admin at HowToMakeAFamily.com

How to Make a Family
PO Box 994
Spring TX 77383-0994

By using HowToMakeAFamily.com website, you are signifying your agreement to this policy. Please be aware that in response to legal and industry developments we will review and change this policy from time to time. The date of the most recent revision will appear on this page, so check back often.

Personal Information

The following policy explains how your personal information will be treated as you make use of our site and its features. Personal information includes your name, street and e-mail addresses, billing information, click-through activity and any other personal information you may provide here.

Technical Information and Traffic Data

Each time you come to our website, our web server (like most on the web) collects some basic technical information, including your IP address (“Internet Protocol” – a set of numbers that is given to every computer connected to the Internet), your domain name, referral data (for example, the address of the last URL you were at before clicking through to our website) and browser and platform type ("Technical Information"). The Technical Information provided by our server is not linked to any of your Personal Information.

We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of the HTMAF website, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement.

We also count, track, and aggregate your activity on the website into our analysis of general traffic flows at the site, allowing us to identify broad demographics about who uses the HTMAF website ("Traffic Data"). This Traffic Data is kept anonymously so that any such information does not personally identify you. We may share this Traffic Data with our advertisers.  When we do present aggregated information to outside companies, no one will be able to identify you or contact you.

Security

HowToMakeAFamily.com uses all reasonable security safeguards to protect the information obtained against such risks as loss or unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure by storing it on secure servers, which cannot be accessed over the Internet. This policy does not protect information you post to any on-line bulletin board, chat room, newsgroup or other public forum within our website.

Other Disclosure of Personal Information

Except for the circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, HTMAF will not otherwise use or disclose your Personal Information to third parties unless we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the HTMAF website; or (4) to protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public. 

The HTMAF website contains many hyperlinks to other websites. We also have advertisements of third parties. HTMAF is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites or advertisers. HTMAF does not share any of the individual personal information you provide us with the websites to which we link, except as stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy. HTMAF may share aggregate data with such websites (such as how many people use our site).

Please check with individual websites to determine their privacy policies.

Chat and Message Boards 

At this time, How to Make a Family offers no online bulletin boards or chatroom.

While participating in chats, communities or other public forums, HTMAF cautions you against giving out personally identifiable information (such as names and addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and driver's license numbers) to strangers online, which they may use for illegal or harmful purposes.

Newsletter

You have the option of receiving the monthly HTMAF newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, you must submit your email address. We do not ask you for any other information. We use your email address only for the purpose of mailing you the weekly newsletter. On rare occasions you may receive an email from us with important information about our site or your subscription. We NEVER share your email address with any other company.

To unsubscribe to the newsletter, all you have to do is send an email to the address specified in the instructions that are included in every issue of the newsletter, or see http://howtomakeafamily.com/tools/comm_news.htm

Kids and Parents

At this time and until further notice, HowToMakeAFamily.com is not intended for use by children under age 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats.

If your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so.

If you're worried about your children's activities or their privacy on our site, we encourage you to e-mail our staff at admin at HowToMakeAFamily.com.

 

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