STL Weddings.net Privacy Policy

STL Weddings.net has developed this privacy statement for you, the visitor, to demonstrate our commitment to privacy on the Internet. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for www.stlweddings.net.

STL Weddings.net can be contacted by e-mail at info @ stlweddings.net.

1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors

STL Weddings.net may collect and/or track (1) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, and type of Web browser of visitors to the STL Weddings.net web site, (2) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with STL Weddings.net via e-mail, (3) information knowingly provided by the visitor in online forms, registration forms, surveys, and contest entries (including demographic and personal profile data), and (4) aggregate and user-specific information on which pages visitors access.

STL Weddings.net may place Internet "cookies" on visitors’ hard drives. Internet cookies save data about individual visitors, such as the visitor’s name, password, user-name, shopping cart, screen preferences, the pages of a site viewed by the visitor, and the advertisements viewed or clicked by the visitor. When the visitor revisits STL Weddings.net web site, STL Weddings.net may recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitor’s experience accordingly. Visitors may decline Internet cookies, if any, by using the appropriate feature of their Web client software, if available.

When a visitor performs a search within STL Weddings.net web site, STL Weddings.net may record information identifying the visitor or linking the visitor to the search performed. STL Weddings.net may also record limited information for every search request and uses that information only to solve technical problems with the service and to calculate overall usage statistics.

2. Use of Personal Data Collected

Personal data collected by STL Weddings.net may be used by STL Weddings.net for editorial and feedback purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes, for a statistical analysis of users’ behavior, for product development, for content improvement, to inform advertisers as to how many visitors have seen or clicked on their advertisements, or to customize the content and layout of STL Weddings.net's site. Aggregate data on visitors’ home servers may be used for internal purposes or provided to third parties such as advertisers. Individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information which visitors voluntarily provide to STL Weddings.net may be (i) added to STL Wedding.net's databases and used for future calls and mailings regarding site updates, new products and services, upcoming events, and status of orders placed online, or (ii) provided to reputable third parties who provide products and services which STL Weddings.net believes that visitors may be interested in purchasing or obtaining, with prior notice to the visitor.

3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

Any third party to which STL Weddings.net shares, rents, sells, or otherwise discloses personal data will be under a contractual obligation to use the personal data for marketing products and services which STL Weddings.net determines, in its sole judgment, that visitors might find of interest. STL Weddings.net will use its reasonable efforts to identify such third parties who may have products or services of interest to visitors to STL Weddings.net's site. However, such parties are independent third parties over which STL Weddings.net exercises no control, and therefore STL Weddings.net is not responsible for their conduct, products, or services, and will not be liable therefore. STL Weddings.net will disclose to third parties only information in aggregate form, that is publicly available, and/or that is knowingly and voluntarily disclosed by visitors. If there are advertisements on STL Weddings.net's web site, through the use of third party cookies, the advertiser(s) will be electronically notified when visitors view or click on its advertisements.

4. Security Measures

STL Weddings.net has implemented numerous security features to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. In particular, when a visitor places an order on this site (if any) or accesses his or her account information (if any), STL Weddings.net offers the visitor the ability to use a secure server. The secure server encrypts all information a visitor inputs before it is sent to STL Weddings.net, and is also used to securely store personal information. Please be advised, however, that while STL Weddings.net has endeavored to create a secure and reliable site for visitors, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from STL Weddings.net via this site or e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, STL Weddings.net is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet.

5. Opt-Out Right

Visitors may opt out of having their personal information collected by STL Weddings.net, used by STL Weddings.net for secondary purposes, disclosed to third parties, or used by STL Weddings.net or third parties to send promotional correspondences to the visitor, by contacting STL Weddings.net via e-mail, or by checking the appropriate box.

6. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data

Upon request via e-mail, STL Weddings.net will provide to visitors a summary of any personal information retained by STL Weddings.net regarding the visitor. Visitors may modify, correct, change or update their personal record or cause their personal record to be removed from STL Weddings.net's database. STL Weddings.net will only send personal records to the e-mail address on file for the visitor name associated with it.

7. Collection of Personal Data from Children

To the extent STL Weddings.net is able to determine the age of users by their submissions to or communications with STL Wedding.net's web site, STL Weddings.net will not knowingly (i) collect or post information from individuals under the age of sixteen ("children") without their parent’s or guardian’s consent, or (ii) provide any personally identifying information collected from children, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. If registration is required for any services on the STL Weddings.net site, and a user submits information to STL Weddings.net's web site as part of the registration process which indicates that such user is a child, the child’s parent or guardian will receive an e-mail alerting them to the child’s registration and providing instructions on how the parent can delete the child’s registration, if so desired. No information collected through STL Weddings.net's web site from users self-identified as children will knowingly be used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside STL Weddings.net. If there are no age restrictions on a contest which requires registration, and if a child wins, notification and prizes will be sent to the parent(s) or guardian(s) identified in the initial registration process.

8. STL Weddings.net's Right to Contact User

STL Weddings.net reserves the right to contact site visitors regarding account status and changes to the terms of use, privacy policy, or any other policies or agreements relevant to site visitors.

9. STL Weddings.net's Right to Change Privacy Policy

The foregoing policy is effective as of September 1, 2003. STL Weddings.net reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying visitors of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy policy. By entering the STL Weddings.net web site you are accepting all terms and conditions outlined in the above STL Weddings.net Privacy Policy.