familymedia.com privacy policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2007

This web site is operated by Military Forces Features, Inc, owner of FamilyMedia, the familymedia.com website and publisher of Family Magazine and Salute Magazine. This privacy policy discloses how we collect, protect, use and share information gathered about you on our website.

Gathering and Use of Information
We collect certain information automatically, like IP addresses, browser types, referring websites, and access times, when consumers visit our site.  This generic data is not personally identifiable, but provides important information on the number of visitors, and what areas or features they like best.  Our visitors can view all pages on our site and participate in most features without disclosing any personally identifiable information.

Personal information is only collected from our visitors on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, address, e-mail address, age, etc., and may be collected for contest/sweepstakes entry forms or requests for information from FamilyMedia. Personally identifiable information received from any visitor will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided or for internal marketing purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties. Information you submit to us may not be encrypted and we cannot guarantee the absolute privacy of that information.

Only those who ask to be added to our mailing lists or who ask for information from us will receive e-mail from us. If you want to remove your e-mail address from our files, contact us at webmaster@familymedia.com.

Minors
If you are 18 years of age or younger, please be sure to ask your parents for permission before providing any information to us. Certain contest and promotions we feature may be open to children. In these cases, parental or legal guardian permission and contact information is always required to participate. We will never contact minors directly. All contact from us regarding these programs will be through adult parents/guardians.

Cookies
Certain features of familymedia.com may use "cookies" to obtain non-personal information from online visitors. Our cookies allow our site to remember important information that will make your use of the site more enjoyable, efficient and useful; they do not contain personally identifiable information.

Links
The familymedia.com site may contain links to other sites. We make every effort only to link to websites that share our high standards of decency, fairness, and integrity. We try our best to ensure that these links are safe for children, but the privacy and data collection practices on any linked websites are entirely separate from FamilyMedia and are not covered by this Online Privacy Policy.
If you have any concerns about this information or need assistance, contact us at webmaster@familymedia.com, call our office at 516-746-2000, or write to us at FamilyMedia, 370 Old Country Road, Suite C20, Garden City, NY 11530.