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This is a web site of Group 23 Solutions. 1802 Thornhill Way Wylie, Texas 75098 Our web address is http://www.group23.com We can be reached via e-mail at david@group23.com Or you can reach us by telephone at 214-474-1404 The policies below are applicable to theideabox.com, activitypages.com and other sites on the World Wide Web portion of the Internet owned and operated by Group 23 Solutions. Group 23 Solutions collects personally identifying information only during (i) contest or sweepstakes Registration, (ii) subscription Registration for sites that require subscription, (iii) opt-in email lists where content is specifically presented, and (iv) online shopping. In addition, Registration is required and information is collected in certain portions of sites in which guests provide content submissions and suggestions or participate in interactive online activities (i.e., community postings, voting, chat, games, or bulletin boards). Group 23 Solutions may use such information to fulfill prizes, track compliance with our House Rules, or for editorial and feedback purposes (to the extent that is explained when guests provide the information). In the event that Group 23 Solutions 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. Policies for Individuals Under 13 Group 23 Solutions encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the interactive activities offered on the sites. No information should be submitted to or posted at Group 23 Solutions' Web sites by guests under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. Unless otherwise disclosed during collection, Group 23 Solutions does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. No information collected from guests under 13 years of age is used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside Group 23 Solutions. Guests' e-mail addresses are never posted on Group 23 Solutions Web sites, except where a guest uses our message boards. The Guest has an option to have his or her email address appear. Policies for Individuals 13 Years of Age or Older With the permission of a guest who is 13 years of age or over, information submitted at the time of Registration or submission may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by Group 23 Solutions and may be shared with our affiliates or companies that have been prescreened by Group 23 Solutions. If a guest objects to such use for any reason, he/she may stop that use by e-mail request. Once you have registered with Group 23 Solutions, every effort will be made to maintain your information in a secure environment by Group 23 Solutions and our affiliates. If you wish to modify your Registration information or stop receiving e-mail updates from Group 23 Solutions, just send an email request to david@group23.com About IP Addresses Group 23 Solutions collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers -- the big computers that "serve" up Web pages -- automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When guests request pages from Group 23 Solutions sites, our servers log the guests' IP addresses. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us. Use of Cookies -- The Group 23 Solutions Cookies Policy 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 passwords, purchases, and preferences while you're at our site. The use of cookies is an Industry standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites. By showing how and when guests use the 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. If you accept the first tracking cookie from any Group 23 Solutions web site, you won't be offered as many afterwards. Examples of How Group 23 Solutions Sites Use Cookies A cookie lets the computers remember that you've registered, which allows us to speed up your future activities at our sites. Letting it do the record keeping saves you the trouble of entering information over and over again during a single visit. If you decline this cookie, you may have difficulty ordering your selections. How Group 23 Solutions Sites Do Not Use Cookies Group 23 Solutions sites never use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. Except as described below, Group 23 Solutions sites do not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is that information shared with any third parties whatsoever. Group 23 Solutions sites do not use cookies to identify specific individuals, except in such cases as online shopping (see above) and contest registration (where a cookie allows you to enter a contest every day without registering again each time). You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. Group 23 Solutions does not control these cookies, and these cookies are not subject to the Group 23 Solutions cookie policy. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, such as the shopping, contest, and game areas, will not function properly if you do so. Links to Other Sites Users should be aware that when you are on Group 23 Solutions sites you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from Group 23 Solutions sites that take you outside our service. For example, if you click on a banner advertisement or a Group 23 Solutions search result, the click takes you off the Group 23 Solutions site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors, and partners that may use Group 23 Solutions' logo as part of a cobranding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where you end up. 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 Group 23 Solutions strives to protect its users' personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk. Group 23 Solutions works with a third party that serves ads to the sites. To find out more about how Flycast manages the privacy of information in conjunction with serving ads on this site, please go to http://www.flycast.com/about_us/about-privacy-body.html Third Party Advertising We use DoubleClick's Network, Sonar, and other third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here http://www.sonar.com/naiprivacy. Third Party Cookies In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser. You can immediately opt-out of Doubleclick's unique cookies and have it switched to a non-unique cookie by clicking here http://www.doubleclick.net/cgi-bin3/optout/check2.pl. You will have to repeat this process if your cookies get deleted or you move to a new computer. More information on opting out of Doubleclick's cookies can be found at http://www.doubleclick.net/privacy_policy/privacy.htm. Your Acceptance of These Terms By using this site, you signify your assent to the Group 23 Solutions Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our sites. Your continued use of the Group 23 Solutions sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. You can send e-mail to us with any further questions. |