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The EDGE Publications Privacy Policy may be found below. Your use of the EDGEpublications.com Site and services
constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the EDGEpublications.com Privacy Policy.
You are responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with all of these terms.
EDGE Privacy Policy
EDGE Publications has created this privacy policy because we value our members and recognize
their right to keep personal information private. This statement discloses our information
gathering and dissemination practices for our range of EDGE websites (including EDGEboston.com,
EDGEptown.com, EDGEprovidence.com, and EDGEnewengland.com).
We believe very strongly that private information should remain private.
Information Collection
Cookies
Our Web site uses cookies to gather broad demographic information about our users, to deliver user-specific
content specific to your interest, and to auto-fill forms with your demographic information so that you
don't have to manually type that information each time you visit.
A cookie is a small line of data that is stored on your hard drive.
Some cookies are only stored for the duration of a single browser session; others persist across
sessions. Information you provide to us voluntarily is NOT stored in the cookie; that information is kept
encrypted and secure in our database. Other organizations that place advertising on
our sites sometimes have the ability to assign a different cookie to you in a process that we do not
control. All cookies assigned by our sites are anonymous, random number strings; neither us nor our advertisers
will know who you are unless you specifically provide that information to us.
While cookies set by our sites may be used to collect personally identifiable information
and can be traced to an individual user, this personally identifiable information is used only for
internal purposes; when information collected through cookies is shared with third parties, it is only
used in aggregate form.
Online Polls
At times EDGE websites may run online polls. These polls are always optional, and they never collect
any demographic information.
Advice / Editorial Letters
Our advice columns and editorial letters sections permit EDGE users to ask questions and provide
feedback directly to EDGE staff and writers through online forms. These forms are entirely optional and
can always be submitted anynomously. Any personal or demographic information submitted through these
forms may be reproduced online as part of a published response..
Contests
From time to time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site.
If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation
in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to
disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information
(such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).
We use this information to notify you when you win or do not win said contests, and in order to ship
any prizes you might win to you directly. All demographic and personal information you provide is used
only for internal purposes; when information collected through this process is shared with third parties, it is
only used in aggregate form.
Member Feedback
EDGE websites store feedback members send to us. This feedback is used to administer and refine the
EDGE websites and associated services and at times may be shared with EDGE partners either in aggregate form
or individually with specific identifying characteristics about the Member (e.g., e-mail address or name) removed.
Communications from EDGE
Newsletters, Special Offers and Updates
We may occasionally send you information on products, services, news, special deals, or promotions.
You can sign up for these promotional emails through the homepage of our websites.
Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option not to receive these types of communications.
Every email communication you receive from EDGE includes instructions for "opting out" of any future
communications from our company.
Service-related Announcements
We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so.
For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. As
always, every such email you receive from EDGE includes instructions for "opting out" of any future
communications from our company.
Additional Disclosures
Notwithstanding anything else in this policy, EDGE may also disclose personal and aggregate
information when required by a valid legal mechanism such as a search warrant, subpoena,
or court order, or when we deem it necessary, in our sole discretion, to protect our rights
and the safety of others, or our members, employees, or properties.
EDGE reserves the right to share some or all of your personal information with its parent company,
subsidiaries, joint ventures or other companies under common control with EDGE,
in which case EDGE will require such entities to honor this privacy policy. If EDGE
is acquired by another company, that company will obtain the member information collected by
EDGE and will assume the rights and obligations set forth in this privacy policy regarding
that information.
Off-site Links
EDGE provides links to other sites. EDGE is not responsible for the privacy practices or
contents of these other sites.
Syndicated Content
EDGE websites may syndicate its content to and distribute its content through other sites on the
Internet. Although you may see the EDGE logo on these pages, your activity on these sites is
governed by the privacy statement on the site you're visiting.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings
with this site, you can contact us via email at privacy@edgepublications.com.
Change Policy
From time to time we may revise this privacy notice. If we make a material change, we will post a notice on
the EDGE websites or notify you by email, at which time you'll be able to "opt out" of these new practices
by contacting us (using the contact information above).
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