PRIVACY
POLICY
This policy was last updated March 1, 2006.
This policy discloses the online privacy practices for members
of Be A Bruin, One on One Productions, Moody Street Productions,
the Boston Bruins and New England Sports Network.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you
should first contact info@beabruin.com.
We have adopted a set of information management guidelines that
serve as the basis for our customer and advertiser relationships.
These guidelines have been developed with the recognition that
Internet technologies are rapidly evolving, and that underlying
business models are still not established. Accordingly, guidelines
are subject to change. Any such changes will be posted on this
page.
If the changes represent a material departure from our
current practices with respect to the use of personal information,
the changes will be posted on this page thirty (30) days prior
to taking effect and registered users will be notified via e-mail.
In this Privacy Policy, you will find the answers to the following
questions:
For further information, you can view our Member Agreement and
read our Frequently Asked Questions about Cookies.
Third party sites that are linked to beabruin.com, such as bostonbruins.com,
nesn.com and nes.com are governed by their own privacy policies.
We are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies
of websites to which beabruin.com may link.
What information do we gather/track about you?
Registration for our websites: There is a free registration process
required to access the full range of information and services
offered across our website. beabruin.com requires that you supply
a unique e-mail address and demographic information (zip code,
age, sex; household income, job industry, and job title) in order
to register. You must also agree to the terms of our Member Agreement.
beabruin.com requires that you supply your name, e-mail address,
subscriber account number and/or a credit card number, and your
phone number in order to transact with beabruin.com
beabruin.com has optional registration; all of the content
on the site is available for all users regardless of membership
status.
While the majority of our website is offered free of
charge, we do charge fees for select premium products and
services. beabruin.com
collects and stores billing and credit card information.
This information will only be shared with third parties who perform
tasks required to complete the purchase transaction and otherwise
agree to keep the information confidential. Examples of this
include fulfilling orders and processing credit card payments.
We also collect and
store billing and credit card information where required
for certain purchase transactions. This information
will only be shared with third parties who perform tasks
required to complete the purchase transaction and agree to
otherwise keep
the information confidential. Examples of this include fulfilling
orders and processing credit card payments. You must supply
personal information,
including billing address, phone number and credit card information
in order to make a purchase
at the online . This information is only used to complete
the transaction or purchase, and is not shared with other companies
or with third parties.
Contests, Sweepstakes and Special
Offers: On occasion, beabruin.com also collects personal
information from registered members or
subscribers in connection with optional sweepstakes, contests
or special offers. if this information is to be shared
with a third party other than the beabruin.com we will notify
you at
the time of collection. If you do not want any personal
information shared, you may always decline to participate in the sweepstakes,
contest or special offer.
Special Events and Promotions:
We often receive information regarding customers who may
also
attend Special
Events and Promotions.
Such information will be used as indicated at the time
of collection.
Online surveys: Our websites may collect additional
personal information from members in connection with optional
reader surveys and market research activities. Information
that you provide
in answer to optional reader survey or market research
questions may be shared, but only in the aggregate, with advertisers
and partners unless we notify you otherwise at the time
of collection.
beabruin.com
uses a commercial advertising server (currently 24/7 Real
Media) to display ads on our site. In addition, advertisers
may elect to use third-party advertising companies to serve
ads onto our websites. In the course of serving these advertisements,
the third party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on
your browser. We do not have access to these cookies or any
information that they may contain.
We also reserve the right
to place a One
On One Productions cookie on your computer with a unique
anonymous number to ensure that
your browser does not see the same ad over and over again,
to sequence ads in a series, and to measure the number
of unique visitors that have viewed a particular ad or visited a particular
Web page.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs): Third party
advertisers
may also use a software technology called clear gifs
(a.k.a. Web
Beacons/Web Bugs/action tags) to help better manage advertising
on our site.
Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier,
similar in function to cookies. Clear gifs may ping or alert
the advertiser's server about the online movements of Web users. For instance,
advertisers may place a clear gif allowing them to recognize
an existing cookie on your browser if from the same service.
The main difference between cookies and clear gifs is
that
clear
gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller,
about the size
of the period at the end of this sentence. Please keep
in mind
that
we do not have access to any information collected by
these clear gifs nor additional information they may be tied
to by the advertiser.
Please click here to see a list of these commercial and
advertising agencies and their privacy policies. If you would
like more information about your option not to accept cookies
or clear
gifs placed
by these companies, please click here.
Usage Data:
Our websites will track and analyze non-personally identifiable
usage
and volume statistical information from our
visitors. We use this information to track the site's
traffic, usability, performance and effectiveness. All data
collected on behalf of our website is owned and used by beabruin.com
and their sponsors. We reserve the right to publish non-personally
identifiable, summary information regarding our online
visitors for promotional purposes and as a representative audience
for advertisers. Please note that
this is not personal information, only general summaries
of the activities of our visitors and customers in aggregate.
Our websites track and analyze anonymous usage and browsing
patterns
from
our visitors and customers. All data collected on behalf
of our website is owned and used by beabruin.com alone.
We use this information to help provide our advertisers
with
more targeted advertising opportunities, which means
that users see advertising that is most likely to interest
them,
and
advertisers send their messages to people who are most
likely to be receptive, improving both the viewer's experience
and
the effectiveness of the ads.
We reserve the right to
change the
vendors who provide it with usage data.
IP Addresses: Our websites log IP addresses, or the location of your
computer
on the Internet,
for systems administration
and troubleshooting purposes. We use IP address logs
in an aggregate fashion to track access to our site (by
domain
type, for example),
but we do not use IP address logs to track your session
or
your behavior on our site.
Log Files: Log data is only
used in aggregate
to analyze usage of our websites.
What do we do with the information we track?
Site Login: Your e-mail address acts as your member login,
and together with the password that you create during
the registration process your e-mail address allows you to
access many of the features and services on available on
our websites.
Statistical Analysis and Banner Advertising: Our
website may perform statistical analyses of user behavior
in order to measure interest in the various areas of our site
(for product development purposes) and to inform advertisers
as
to how many consumers have seen or "clicked" their
advertising banners. We also use demographic and preference
information
to allow advertising on our websites to be targeted, in aggregate,
to the
users for whom
they are most pertinent. This means that users see
advertising that is most likely to interest them, and advertisers
send their messages to people who are most likely to be
receptive, improving both the viewer's experience and the
effectiveness
of the ads. In both statistical analyses and banner advertisement
targeting, we will disclose information to third parties
only
in aggregate form.
E-Mail Newsletters: During the registration process,
you may have the opportunity to choose to receive
periodic e-mails. You may also sign up to receive e-mails at
any time by accessing your profile in the Member Center section.
We send
both editorial e-mail newsletters and e-mail about services
offered
by beabruin.com and its partners and advertisers.
Programs
From Our Partners: During the registration process, new
users who select to register for certain featured offers from
our partners will begin receiving
e-mail from these companies. You will only receive e-mail
messages
from these companies if you elect this opt-in service. If
you elect
to opt-out of an e-mail from a partner, you must do so through
that partner
directly. Other Communications from beabruin.com:
We may use the e-mail address provided by you at registration
to contact
you regarding
(1) account status, (2) major changes to the
websites and or to the Member Agreement and
Privacy Policy,
and (3)
participation in user surveys, asking for feedback
about the websites and
existing
or prospective products and services, as well
as information to better understand our users*
and (4)
information
regarding beabruin.com products and services
that may be of interest
(including subscriptions, online archives,
newsletters and other premium
products). You may opt out at any time from
any primarily commercial messages and user surveys by following
the opt-out instructions
in the e-mail.
*User surveys greatly help us
to improve our websites, and any information we obtain
in such surveys will not be shared with third parties, except
in aggregate form.
Message boards and chats: We offer message
boards for readers in a number of areas
throughout our websites. Any information you disclose when
posting
to a
message board, along
with your message
board screen name or ID, becomes public
and may be used by beabruin.com for online and
offline
promotional
or commercial uses in any
and all media. Chats are also currently
hosted and any postings
to a chat also become public as soon as
they are published online. For more information
about message
boards and chats, see the
Posing Policy and read the message boards
and chats section of the Member Agreement. With
whom do we share the information we gather/track?
We do
not share personally identifiable information with advertisers
or partners. We do, however, share information about our
audience
in aggregate form. Credit card, billing and financial information
is never disclosed, except as needed to process the transaction,
under strict confidentiality requirements.
Beabruin.com may perform statistical,
demographic and marketing analyses
of customers and their buying and purchasing patterns
for product development purposes and to generally inform
advertisers about the nature of our customer base. We
also use such information
to
allow advertising to be
targeted,
in aggregate,
to the users for whom such advertising
is the most pertinent. Personal information
about you as an individual will not be disclosed without
your consent.
From time to time, we may offer you
the opportunity to receive information
and offers about products or services from our advertisers,
partners or other third
parties. You
will have
the opportunity to opt-out of all
e-mails that are sent. If you sign up to
receive information
directly
from
an advertiser,
partner
or third party you may contact
that advertiser, partner or
third party directly in order to
opt-out out of future messages
from them.
Any third party service
provider can share your e-mail address or
personally
identifiable
information
with
other companies
and will only send you e-mail
on behalf of the newspaper. Promotional
e-mails sent by an e-mail service
provider
will contain instructions on
how to unsubscribe from
future promotional
e-mails sent
on behalf of beabruin.com
How
do I change or update my personal information?
For one, you can gain secure
access to update the information
you provided
during
the free
registration process.
The E-mail Preferences tab
is the place to go to sign up for
our
e-mail newsletters
and manage your delivery
options. In order to gain access
to the areas
of the containing
personal
information, you will
be asked to contact Customer Service.
How do
I opt out from receiving promotional offers?
If, at
any time you wish to discontinue receiving any specific
e-mail, sent by our marketing partners
or us, simply follow the unsubscribe options at the bottom
of the e-mail.
If, at any time you wish to discontinue
receiving any specific e-mail, sent by
our marketing partners or us, simply follow the unsubscribe
options at the bottom of the specific e-mail. You can
send a blank message beabruin.com and you will automatically
be removed. Both the subject line and the body of the
e-mail
may be left blank. In addition, you may also manage your
subscriptions and preferences in beabruin.com. If you experience
difficulty with the
unsubscribe process, feel free to contact us at info@beabruin.com and provide all possible e-mail addresses
along with the name of the newsletter from which you would
like
to
unsubscribe.
Other information; Compliance
with Legal
Process
COPPA Compliance: In accordance
with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),
The New England Media Group does not knowingly collect
or store any personal information, even in
aggregate, about children under the
age of 13.
Data Security: To prevent unauthorized
access, maintain data accuracy,
and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have
put
in place physical,
electronic, and
managerial procedures
to protect the information we
collect online.
Compliance
with Legal Process: We may disclose personal information
if we
are required
to do so by law or
we in good faith believe
that such action is necessary
to (1) comply with the law or
with legal process; (2) protect
and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against
misuse or unauthorized use of our websites; or (4) protect
the personal safety or property of our users or
the
public (among other things,
this means that if you provide false information or attempt
to pose as someone else, information
about you may be disclosed
as part of any investigation into your
actions).
How To Contact Us:
For any questions or comments
regarding our information
or security practices, you may contact
us:
By E-mail:
info@beabruin.com
By Mail:
One On One Productions,
Attention Privacy Manager
P.O. Box 87
Lynnfield MA 01940
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