StockTeacher.com, Privacy Policy
Last revised: December 11, 2005
StockTeacher.com, Inc. shares your concern about the protection of your personal information online. This is our policy regarding the privacy of information we collect on our web sites. We have revised our policy in connection with the introduction of our new commerce platform. Please take some time to review the new version below.
| Information Gathered and Tracked by StockTeacher.com, Inc. |
StockTeacher .com, gathers two types of data about users: (a) personal information, which individual users provide (i) when registering as a member of stock teacher .com , our free flagship site, (ii) when registering as a subscriber to one of our premium subscription services, and (iii) voluntarily at certain other points, such as contests or surveys; and (b) tracking information, which is automatically collected about all visitors to our sites.
Personal Information
Personal information is gathered in several places on our web sites. You may talk offline to a customer service representative by sending the required contact information via email.
- Registration
Currently, we do not require users to become members of StockTeacher.com in order to have access to our free commentary, analysis and news, but if you'd like to receive one or more of our free email newsletters, we require you to register to become a member. In order to register, you'll have to pick a unique User Name and password, and supply us with your email address, zip code, and, if you like, a daytime telephone number where we can reach you or your fax number.
- Premium Services
If you'd like access to one or more of our premium subscription-based services, we require you first to register as a member of StockTeacher.com. In order to register, you'll have to pick a unique User Name and password, and supply us with your email address, zip code, and, if you like, a daytime telephone number where we can reach you or a fax number. Then, on the subscription registration page for the premium service you are interested in, you'll need to supply us with the information specified to activate your free trial or paid subscription.
- Real-Time Portfolio Tracker
You may, at your option, subscribe to a real-time, streaming Portfolio Tracker, which is provided to us as a result of a partnership. Use of the partners website is completely voluntary and is the privacy or your portfolio information is governed by the partners website Privacy Policy.
- Message Boards and Chats
We provide message boards and chats for discussion of various topics. Although any user of StockTeacher.com may read messages posted to the boards, only our subscribers are permitted to post on the boards. Frequently asked questions on the use of the message boards can be found on our home page. No additional personal information is required to post on the boards, but participants are asked in the interests of accountability, honesty and informed dialogue to include their full names in any posting, as well as any positions they have in stocks being discussed. Please note that information you post to a message board or chat will be available for any user of that service to read, and is no longer private.
- Surveys/Polls
At certain times, you may be asked to participate in surveys, which are generally aimed at obtaining general information, for example, your investment experience or your reactions to a particular article. Because information obtained in these surveys is connected with individual subscribers and is used internally to better market our services, participation is voluntary. In addition, some columnists will on occasion take polls of their readers. Such polls are solely for the editorial use of the individual columnists, and participation is voluntary.
- Contests and Purchases
We sometimes offer contests in which certain personal information is required for registration, for purposes of verifying the entrants' identities and notifying the winners. If the contest is being administered by a third party, this information will be disclosed to that third party. However, entrants select contest names distinct from their User Names, and the information is not connected with their User Names. We also require shipping and billing information in order to fulfill online purchases of tangible items, such as books and videos.
Tracking Information
Tracking data consists of both individual and aggregated tracking information and is automatically gathered using "cookies".
- What is a "cookie"?
A cookie is a small data file containing information, such as a user's login name, that is written to the user's hard drive by a web server and used to track the pages visited. Cookies used by stock teacher .com are encoded and contain a unique digital signature to prevent tampering. They do not contain user passwords. The individual information gathered in this manner is used for internal purposes only, such as accessing a member's account information. We also use the information on an aggregate basis, to track the readership of stories and analyze traffic patterns on our site.
You can control your browser's settings regarding cookies by selecting "Internet Options" or "Preferences" in the menu bar of your browser. This will allow you to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, have your browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or disable cookies altogether. However, because cookies allow you to easily navigate our web sites without having to constantly reenter your User Name and password, we recommend that you leave them turned on.
- Tracking by our Advertisers
In addition to cookies placed by StockTeacher.com, advertisers and advertising vendors that serve ads onto our web sites may use their own cookies or other tracking technologies. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any such advertisers and vendors.
StockTeacher .com, uses information obtained from its users as stated in this Privacy Policy, and to enhance users' experiences on our sites. As a general rule, we will not disclose any personal information to any third parties, except when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, to protect other users of StockTeacher.com's services, or to respond to an emergency. Tracking information is used to create aggregate reports on user demographics and site traffic patterns and then provided to our advertisers and partners, enabling them to better target their advertisements to our users. None of the information provided to them can be connected to the identities or other personal information of individual users.
- Free Email Bulletins
If you're a registered member of StockTeacher.com, we use your email address to send you free email bulletins containing selected stories, market information, advertisements and links to our sites. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter by simply clicking on the remove link in our emails.
- Premium Services
If you're a subscriber, we use your email address, postal address or fax number to deliver our premium products and services. You can view your account information at any time by requesting the Customer Service by email at staff@stockteacher.com .
- Special Offers and Advertisements
We may from time to time send you special offers and advertisements for products or services offered by third parties. We will not disclose any of your personal information to such third parties when we do this. If you do not wish to receive third party offers and advertisements, please email us: staff@stockteacher.com
- Agents
Your personal information may be given to contractors or other agents engaged by StockTeacher.com to provide certain services, such as bulk email delivery, shipping and contest administration. Information will be shared with such contractors only to the extent reasonably necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, and pursuant to reasonable confidentiality obligations.
- Illegal Activity
If you partake, or we reasonably suspect that you are partaking, in any illegal activity, we may disclose your personal information without a subpoena, warrant or other court order to the extent we feel is necessary to cooperate with appropriate authorities.
- Corporate Transfers
We reserve the right to transfer any personal information or tracking information that we have collected to a third party in the event that we sell or otherwise transfer substantially all of our assets related to any web site that we own or operate and any product or service that we offer.
| Correcting the Information |
TheStreet.com offers to its members the ability to correct or update online the information we collected during registration by email to staff@stockteacher.com.
StockTeacher .com, Inc. uses reasonable security methods to protect the data that resides on our servers. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our servers, nor can we guarantee that information that users supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
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Questions regarding this policy should be directed to privacy@investingmethod.com
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