In connection with your use of this site, we will request certain information about you. We will use this information to improve and enhance our site and the services that we provide. We will not sell, rent, exchange or otherwise disclose any personalized information about you to an outside company without your prior consent. Voluntarily disclosed information in some of our Programs or services (such as IAM Interested and other surveys) will be shared with others. Because your privacy is important to us, we have provided the following statement about our Privacy Policy and information dissemination practices. You should carefully read this Privacy Policy (the "Policy"). If you have any questions about this Policy, email privacy@iamvalley.com
This Policy supplements the IAMValley.com Terms of Service Agreement (the "TOS" or "Agreement"). Thus, this Policy is incorporated into and governed by all of the terms of the Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the TOS and this Policy, the terms of this Policy shall control.
This Policy applies only to information collected on the IAMValley.com web site. It does not speak about IAMValleys practices for information collected elsewhere or the practices of any third parties, including those who operate sites on IAMValleys behalf and that display IAMValleys branding.
Your IP address. We use your IP address to administer our site and help diagnose problems with our server. Your IP address also is used to help identify you.
Cookies. A cookie is a small data file that certain sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can track information such as a user ID and the various pages that you have visited. We use secure cookies to personalize the information that is delivered to you and for internal aggregate reporting to enhance our site. We also may use ad agencies to place advertising, such as banner ads, on our site. Such advertising may contain cookies that collect information for the ad agency. We will not have access to this information nor will we be able to control the use of this information.
Registration forms. As part of the registration process you will be asked to provide your e-mail address and a password. We may use this contact data to send you information and articles relating to your stated personal preferences. You are responsible for maintaining current personal information on the site as it may affect your eligibility and use of various IAMValley Programs. You agree that all the personal information you provide to IAMValley is accurate and truthful.
IAM Interested and other Surveys. IAM Interested surveys you over the Internet, providing you with a way to voice your opinions. Our online surveys may ask visitors for certain demographic information and/or to list subjects that are of interest to you. As a member, you are not required to participate in any of the surveys. One of IAM Interesteds main goals is to encourage mainstream institutions to implement research based on our data collected voluntarily from our members. IAMValley will approach, for instance, hospitals and insurance carriers with concrete data and information of people who are interested in alternative healing as a legitimate way of treating disease.
We also use this information to tailor your experience at our site by showing you content that we feel may be of interest to you and may meet your personal preferences. We may, for instance, provide you with a list of the highest rated articles in a subject of your interest.
Content Rating System. An important feature of our site is our content rating system, which allows visitors to give a rating to articles published on our site. As part of the rating process, we will ask readers to provide ratings on articles that they read. The ratings that you give to articles are private and will not be revealed to anyone. We will aggregate ratings given to each article for the purpose of identifying those articles that are most popular with our readers.
Why do we collect this information?
The information that we collect allows us to enhance and improve our site and the services offered by our site. Specific uses of collected information include:
Aggregated Information. All of the information that we collect is aggregated, which means that information is grouped together in a way that does not disclose the personal information of any one particular individual. Aggregated information may be provided to our affiliates or advertisers. We may produce aggregated reports for advertisers identifying, for example, the number of users that visit our site or different areas of our site, the number of users that clicked on an advertisement or the number of users that read a particular article. This aggregated information will not include personally identifiable information about you or your use of our site.
Offers From Partners and Affiliates. We may from time to time extend offers through our affiliates or partner companies to users based on their personal performances or site usage history. Such offers would be made through our site and your personal information and preferences will not be shared with our partners, affiliates or any outside entities. We may, however, also use an ad agency to display advertising on our site. Such ads may contain cookies that collect information for the benefit of the ad agency.
Personalized Advertising. We may offer services that allow users to register to receive advertising and information from our affiliates and sponsors. Such information could be tailored to meet the user's particular preferences or viewing habits. Users are free to "opt out" of such service at any time using forms found on the site.
Further, members of our IAM Barter Exchange Programs may provide offer and product listings to you based on preferences you express to us.
Contractors and Third Party Service Providers. IAMValley may use contractors and third party service providers to help with its operations. Some or all of these contractors and service providers may access the databases of user information. Usually these contractors and service providers will enter into an agreement that places restrictive provisions on their use and disclosure of all information they obtain through the relationship.
Who has access to your information?
As described above, we use collected information to enhance this site and the features that are provided. We may prepare aggregated reports for our advertisers and sponsors regarding use of our site. However, we will not disclose any personally identifiable information regarding you or your usage patterns. While we strive to protect your personal information, you should also be aware of the following potential ways in which your personal information can be disclosed:
Voluntarily disclosed information. If you voluntarily disclose information about yourself, that information may be collected and used by others. For example, in using chat rooms or bulletin boards (as in IAM Community and IAM Healing) you may disclose or post personal information about yourself. This may result in you receiving unsolicited messages or communications from others. If you voluntarily disclose personal information about yourself, we will not be able to prevent others from viewing, collecting or using this information.
Information disclosed on linked sites. Our site contains links to other web sites, which may independently collect personal information in connection with the services they provide. These sites generally have their own independent privacy and data collection practices. We have no responsibility or liability for the independent privacy policies or content of such sites.
Security
This site has established security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Through the use of various protection mechanisms, including firewalls and passwords, our database is inaccessible to outside users.
Children
This site contains articles and other content that may be of interest to children. We do not restrict the use of some features of our site to users over the age of 18. However, you must be 18 years of age to participate in many of IAMValleys Programs or to post Content on its site (see Publishing Policy). Because we do not screen all users of our site, we may collect information from users under the age of 18 without prior parental consent or parental notification. Thus, we ask children to obtain the consent of their parent or guardian before providing us with personally identifiable information.
Updating personal information
Users can correct or update personal information via online forms found in the "Login" portion of our site.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or our site or services, please contact us at:
questions@iamvalley.com
IAMValley
274 10th Street
Palisades Park, NJ 07650
