Privacy

Policy

 

Last

  Updated: April 2004

investorsedge.com strives to offer

its

  visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the

term

  of this privacy

policy

 . Please

note

  this

policy

  applies only to information collected by investorsedge.com online and does not impact information collected or used by investorsedge.com or its

affiliate

  through other

mean

 .

How we gather information from users.

How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting

the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. You can visit many pages on our site without providing any information. Other pages may prompt you to provide information, such as when you

register

  for access to portions of our site, sign up for membership, request certain features (e.g., newsletters, news updates and other products), sign up for a newspaper subscription or make a

purchase

 . You may also provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, voting and polling activities, message boards and chat rooms and other interactive areas of our site.

Like most Web sites, investorsedge.com also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use "cookie" technology. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other

mean

 . In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to

accept

  cookies, but doing so may limit your ability to access certain portions of the site or may require you to re-enter your user name and password

Additionally we may not be able to customize the site's features according to your preferences.

What we do with the information we collect.

We will use your information only as permitted by law. Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. As one example, we may combine information about your usage

pattern

  with similar information obtained from other users to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive. Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners, but cannot be used to contact you individually.

We also collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. For example, we may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on investorsedge.com to communicate with you regarding our

Term

  of Service and privacy

policy

 , products and services offered by investorsedge.com and other Tribune Company

affiliate

  and partners

administration of sweepstakes and contests, processing e-commerce

transaction

  and other topics we think you might find of

interest

 . We reserve the

right

  to

share

  this information with other Tribune Company business

unit

  and

affiliate

 , including for example our affiliated newspapers and entities in which Tribune Company has an ownership

interest

  (collectively, "Affiliates"). This

policy

  does not apply to any

Affiliate

  use of such information.

Personally Identifiable Information collected by investorsedge.com may also be used for other purposes including but not limited to site administration and troubleshooting. Certain third parties who provide technical

support

  for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service and our newsletter provider, for example) may access such information.

As we continue to develop our business, we may

sell

 ,

buy

 , merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such

transaction

 , user information may be among the transferred

asset

 . We may also disclose your information in response to a court

order

 , at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the

collection

  of amounts you may

owe

  to us, and/or whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary to give such information to law enforcement authorities. Please

note

  we may not provide you with

notice

  prior to

disclosure

  in such cases.

Your choice to opt out.

The quality news and information on investorsedge.com is supported by advertising revenue and a controlled

program

  of e-mail marketing is an important element of our online publishing business

. Like other Web publishers, we sometimes

permit

  our advertising and promotional partners to e-mail you about services, features, products, special

offer

  and unique content we believe might

interest

  you. If you prefer not to receive e-mail communications sent directly from our advertisers or promotional partners, you will be given an opportunity to

decline

  before you provide us information we might use for this purpose. If you

decline

  at the time you provide us such information, we will not

share

  the Personally Identifiable Information you provide with non-Affiliated advertisers for such purposes, though we may on occasion send you information on their behalf.

Affiliated sites

, linked sites and advertisements.

investorsedge.com expects

its

  partners, advertisers and third-party

affiliate

  to respect the privacy of our users. However, third parties, including our partners, advertisers,

affiliate

  and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their

own

  privacy and data

collection

  policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a investorsedge.com page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a

third party

 . Also, through investorsedge.com you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, advertisements, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. investorsedge.com is not responsible for the

action

  or policies of such third parties. You should

check

  the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a

third party

 .

While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you.

For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Through features available on our site, third parties may use cookies or other technology to gather information. investorsedge.com does not control the use of this technology or the resulting information and is not responsible for any

action

  or policies of such third parties.

Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. Should you choose to voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on our site, such as in message boards, chat areas or in advertising or

notice

  you post, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of investorsedge.com and this

policy

 .

Children.

investorsedge.com does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this

policy

 , we will delete that information immediately. If you believe investorsedge.com has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address

listed

  below.

Contacting us.

We can be reached by contacting:

investorsedge.com
email: ie@mattbrandenburg.com

Changes to this

policy

 .

investorsedge.com reserves the

right

  to change this

policy

  at any time. Please

check

  this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the

posting

  of changes to these

term

  will

mean

  you

accept

  those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

Governing law.

This

policy

  and the use of this Site are governed by Illinois law. Any

claim

  related to the Site or this

policy

  shall be brought in a federal or state court in Chicago, Illinois, within one year after the

claim

  arises. You agree no such

claim

  may be brought as a class

action

 . Users of investorsedge.com consent to the

jurisdiction

  and venue of such court as the most convenient and appropriate for the resolution of disputes concerning this

policy

 . investorsedge.com is controlled, operated and administered entirely within the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please

note

  the information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. You hereby consent to this

transfer

 .

In the event case of any conflict between the

term

  of this

policy

  and the

term

  of any electronic or machine readable privacy

policy

  (for example, a P3P electronic privacy policy), the

term

  of this written

policy

  shall control.