shelton-life.com takes your electronic privacy seriously. We do not share Personally Identifiable Information with anyone unless we tell you otherwise when we collect the information.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the shelton-life.com privacy coordinator by email at privacy@shelton-life.com.

Kinds of Information

There are two kinds of information Web sites can obtain about you:

Aggregate Information:

Aggregate Information is anonymous data that Web sites use to diagnose problems on the sites servers, administer the sites, and to help improve the quality of the Web pages. It may be your domain name (i.e. "XYZ.com") or your IP address.

Personally Identifiable Information:

Personally Identifiable Information is any information that personally identifies you. It can be your first and last name, your email address, your home address, or your telephone number. Sometimes this personal information is needed when you order products online, sign up with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or subscribe to an email newsletter. Other times, Web sites collect this information to help target advertising and marketing.

We at shelton-life.com collect certain Aggregate Information – such as your IP address (a number that's automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the Web), browser type (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), domain (e.g., "XYZ.com"), time and date. We do this in the background so it does not interrupt your cruising speed. We use this information to help diagnose problems with our servers, to administer our site, and to gather broad demographic information. None of this information is connected with Personally Identifiable Information. So, when you enter our site, you are anonymous and will remain that way unless you choose otherwise.

Cookies

shelton-life.com uses cookies to remember your zip code so that you can maintain a customized view of shelton-life.com . We may also use cookies when we conduct polls, surveys, and contests to limit multiple responses and multiple registrations.

shelton-life.com will never use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent by us to you in a cookie. shelton-life.com does not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes.

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers and our vendors. shelton-life.com does not control these cookies, and these cookies are not subject to the shelton-life.com privacy policy. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, such as the polls, surveys, contest, and game areas, will not function properly if you do so.  An example of a cookie in use would be a site asking you for your first name, you enter it in, and upon subsequent visits you may be greeted by a line that simply states, "Welcome back (first name)!

Surveys and Polls

Sometimes shelton-life.com posts optional surveys and or polls in which we ask for Personally Identifiable Information. Here are some ways we might use that information:

To send you information about shelton-life and this Web site.

To give to our content partners, who may send you promotional material.

To give to our advertisers, who may send you information about their products and services.

The choice is yours – you do not have to answer surveys. If you choose to answer the survey, we will always tell you on the survey form how we will use the Personally Identifiable Information. If we are asking for optional information, we will mark it with an asterisk (*) so you know you can skip it if you want. And on that same page we will give you a way to "opt out" of being contacted by shelton-life.com and any third parties.

Contests and Sweepstakes

From time to time shelton-life.com will run contests and sweepstakes in which we ask for Personally Identifiable Information such as your name, email address or telephone number. That's so we can let you know if you win. Sometimes we request additional Personally Identifiable Information such as your age, gender, and income level. And once in a while - though not often - we require this additional information in exchange for allowing you to enter the contest. Here are some of the ways we might use the information that we collect:

• To notify you if you are a winner.
  
• To send you information about Fifteen Studios and this Web site.
  
• To give to content partners, who may send you promotional email.
  
• To give to advertisers, who may send you emails about their products and services.

We may share Aggregate Information with our partners and advertisers. We will not share your Personally Identifiable Information with any third party unless we tell you otherwise when asking for it. We will give you a way to "opt out" of being contacted by shelton-life.com and any third parties.

If you win one of our contests or sweepstakes, we will not publish your name, hometown, or other Personally Identifiable Information on the site unless you give us your permission.

Opt Out

We've mentioned this phrase - opt out - several times already. Here is how it works at shelton-life.com:

We do not share Personally Identifiable Information with anyone unless we tell you otherwise when we collect the information. It's that simple.

If we ask you for Personally Identifiable Information, we will tell you if we intend to share it with others. We will provide you with a way to tell us that you don’t want us to share the information or if you don’t want to receive promotional and/or marketing information about products, services, and offerings from shelton-life.com and/or any third parties. Let us know and we will use your name and address only to tell you if you win a contest.

Fifteen Studios Affiliates and or Subsidiaries

Fifteen Studios has a unique relationship with some of our subsidiaries. If you are interested in local information, we may give you the option to choose a local affiliate or enter a zip code. We asked for this information so that your view of the site could be “branded” to your local subsidiary, or to any other Fifteen Studios affiliate you choose. You'll see their logo at the top of your screen.

Some of our affiliates provide their own content, such as local news stories. This content may be mixed with the content shelton-life.com produces in Connecticut. And some affiliates sell ads or run contests that will appear on their branded sites only.

Now that we've explained that, here comes the disclaimer: shelton-life.com is not responsible for content or contests posted by our affiliates, nor for the use of any information that an affiliate may collect.

We use reasonable efforts to require that all content on our site conforms to our privacy policy. But we do not control, and we are not responsible for, the content or privacy policies of our affiliates.


Links To Other Sites

When you visit shelton-life.com, you may be directed to other sites outside our service. For example, if you click on a banner advertisement, it is possible that you will leave shelton-life.com. This includes links to sites operated by advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use shelton-life's logo as part of an agreement with Fifteen Studios. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. These other sites are not subject to the shelton-life.com privacy policy and shelton-life.com is not responsible for the privacy policies for these other sites, nor for the use of any information that these sites may collect.


Shelton-life.com Store

The shelton-life Store uses an online, faxable order form for users to buy shelton-life products. Names, street addresses, and billing/financial information are required to complete these orders, and may also be used to contact customers about their orders when necessary. However, neither shelton-life.com nor the shelton-life Store shares this information with third parties.

Deleting or Modifying Your Information

If you've given us personally identifiable information in the past and then have second thoughts or want to update it, here are your choices:

Email to privacy@shelton-life.com.

Although it is not always possible to remove or modify information in the databases, we will make reasonable efforts to do so. If you've given us information for one of those third parties we mentioned above [remember, we tell you that when we ask the questions] and we've already passed it on, we cannot delete or change the information.

Security of Private Information

We would like to tell you that your information is as safe with us as it is in your head, but, as hackers have proved worldwide, no computer security system is entirely foolproof. The most any Web site can do is make reasonable efforts, which is what we do at shelton-life.com, to protect your information from theft, misuse and alteration.

Any personal information you give us is kept in secure files. Access is limited to the few employees who have a need to know.

Contacting shelton-life.com

If you have any questions about this privacy policy statement or the privacy practices of shelton-life.com, please contact the Privacy Coordinator.

Email to privacy@shelton-life.com.

The Bottom Line

Sometimes we want personal information from you so that we, our partners and our advertisers can send you some material we think might be of interest to you.

We promise never to be sneaky about it getting this information from you. We always tell you up front what we’re going to do with the answers, and we always give you a chance to say “no thanks.”