The following statement
discloses The 1590 Broadcaster's information gathering and dissemination
practices for the Web site. By using this site, you signify your agreement
to the terms of this privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms
of this privacy policy, please do not use this site.
What personally identifiable information does the website collect
from me?
We automatically collect the name of the domain and host from which you
access the Internet, the Internet Protocol or IP address of your computer,
the browser software and operating system you are using, your geographic
location, the time and date you accessed our site and the Internet address
you visited just prior to visiting our Web site. It is gathered through
server log files. Personal information is also gathered when you enter
a contest or promotion, request vacation delivery stop, or when you post
an online ad. During these instances, our paper asks for information such
as your name, e-mail address, street address, zip code, phone number,
subscriber status, and credit card number. We may also ask you for other
information at other times.
How is my information used?
Our paper uses information collected from server log files, such as IP
addresses, to help diagnose problems with our services, to administer
our Web site, and to report and gather aggregate information about site
usage and user demographics. The aggregated data may be shared with advertisers
or business partners. Cookies are used to store and sometimes track information
about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser
from a Web service and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are
used to deliver targeted advertising based on your behavior or demographics
and to track your number of entries in some of our promotions and contests.
You can set your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do we
will not be able to customize the Web site's features according to your
preferences. Advertising networks that serve ads into our site, such as
Real Media or DoubleClick, may also use their own cookies. For more information
about Real Media's use of cookies, visit http://www.realmedia.com/privacy.html.
For more information about DoubleClick's use of cookies, visit http://www.privacychoices.org.
With whom is my information shared?
When you are on an area of the Web site and are asked for personal information,
you are sharing that information with the newspaper and its related companiesIf
you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the
transfer by not using that particular service.
Promotions and contests that run on the newspaper Web site may be sponsored
by companies other than the newspaper Web site or may be co-sponsored
by the newspaper Web site and another company. Some or all data collected
during a promotion or contest may be shared with the sponsor. You can
decide not to participate in the promotion or contest if you don't want
your data to be shared.
The newspaper may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news
groups available to our Web site users. Some of these forums require registration.
Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas
becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding
to disclose your personal information.
Aggregate information compiled by the newspaper Web site may be shared
with advertisers and business partners as well as used by the newspaper
and its related companies. Aggregate information will not be linked to
personally identifiable information. Security of Information
When collecting credit card information for online purchases, we offer
secured-server transactions that encrypt your information in transit to
thwart someone from intercepting it and misusing it. When we collect other
information from our users, it is stored in an area where the general
public does not have access to it.
Linked Sites
Please be aware that the newspaper Web site's promotional partners, advertisers,
sponsors, third-party Internet sites, and content providers accessible
through our paper may have their own privacy and data collection policies
and practices. The newspaper and Web site are not responsible for any
actions or policies of such third party parties. Users should check the
applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing personally
identifiable information through co-sponsored, affiliated or linked sites.
Children's
Guidelines
The Newspaper in Education program is a free service the newspaper may
offer for teachers which promotes the use of newspapers in the classroom.
The information requested on these pages is used solely for participation
in the particular activity, and is not stored or sold to third parties.
If a question, comment, story, joke, idea or opinion is published, only
the student's first name, grade and state/country appear on the site.
Students are advised to consult with their parents before giving personal
information online. See the Children's
Privacy Policy.
PRIVACY
COORDINATOR:
Andrea Mendes
New Media Manager
The Lowell Sun
15 Kearney Square
Lowell , MA 01853
978-970-4739
Email: amendes@lowellsun.com
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