Privacy Policy
We respect
your privacy.
We value your business and respect your privacy.. We want you to be secure in
the knowledge that information you disclose is used for the purpose
for which it was collected and not used or disclosed in a manner inconsistent
with your expectations. Having a relationship founded on trust with
our subscribers is not only good manners, but also good business.
What information
do we collect? How do we use Customer Information?
We collect
basic customer information from you that enables us to provide our services
to you. When you sign up for Harlan Online service, you are required
to provide your name, address, telephone number(s), credit card information
and other relevant billing information. That information is used by
Harlan Online and its authorized employees and agents to install,
maintain and bill our services.
We may also
collect and maintain information about you that enables us to provide
you a more personalized online experience, such as your locale and the
preferences you indicate with respect to service options. We use this
information to provide to you area appropriate weather, news or sports
information.
We or our
content providers will use your e-mail address to communicate with you
about our service, including information about pricing and changes in
or additions to our services and policies, and to otherwise communicate
with you. We or our content providers may send promotional e-mail messages
to you and/or to specific groups of people based on our database of
subscriber information (for example, subscribers living in a specific
geographic area). If you would rather not receive any or all of these
e-mail notices, please send an e-mail to
sysadmin@harlanonline.net
reflecting your desires. If you have more than one account or e-mail
address with us, you must indicate your desires with respect to each
account and e-mail address.
Harlan Online or our content and commerce providers will collect and use billing and
shipping information if and when you purchase goods and services online.
Billing and shipping information includes your name, email address,
shipping address and credit card information. This information is necessary
to deliver the service or product to you. When you use a credit card,
the basic payment information that you provide is ultimately transmitted
to the appropriate financial institution for purposes of processing
the transaction. If you are concerned about the reputation and trustworthiness
of our content and commerce providers, we encourage you to check the
privacy policies of any online vendors you use.
Harlan Online or our content providers will collect the information you provide if
you participate in a contest. If you enter a contest you might be required
to provide information about how we can contact you. This information
will be used to contact you if you win the contest and aggregate information
may be used for marketing or research purposes.
Harlan Online will release personal information to the government only as required
by law. We will take commercially reasonable steps to protect your personal
information though we may be compelled to reveal such details to law
enforcement officials in response to a properly-issued court order or
legal process in accordance with applicable law.
Unless you
expressly object in writing, we also may, from time to time, disclose
your name and address for mailing lists and other purposes permitted
by law. We will not disclose the extent of use of a particular service
or the nature of any transaction you may make over the cable system,
but we may disclose that you are among those who subscribe to a particular
service. If you wish to remove your name from such lists or limit the
use of your name at any time, please so advise us by sending a written
directive to that effect to us at: Harlan Community Television, Inc., 124
South First Street, Harlan, KY 40831, by certified mail, return receipt
requested. This directive should specify your name, address, service
account number and the specific action(s) which you wish us to take
on your behalf. Within a reasonable time after receipt of such directive,
we shall remove your name from such lists or limit the use of your name,
according to your request.
What Harlan Online will not do with information about you.
We will not
read your outgoing or incoming e-mail, private chat or instant messages.
We store mail messages on our computer systems for a brief period of
time and could be compelled to disclose the messages along with personally-identifiable
information to comply with a valid court order or if we believe that
a state of emergency exists where it is necessary to disclose the information
to protect Harlan Online 's property or an individual's safety or
security.
Neither Harlan Online nor its content providers will send promotional e-mail messages
to you if you ask us not to do so. We and our content providers
send promotional messages to our members from time to time. However,
we will stop sending you such messages if you advise us that you no
longer wish to receive them.
Harlan Online will not record any information that you provide to any Web site other
than ones operated by us. You should be warned, however, that Harlan Online 's Privacy Policy does not apply to Web sites operated by persons
or organizations other than ours. So, if you're on a Web site, you should
look for the Web site's privacy policy and use discretion regarding
any information you provide there. Our role in guiding you to Web sites
is similar to that of an airline's role in helping you travel to distant
cities. We can help you get there quickly and safely, but once you're
there, we can't protect you or keep you out of trouble.
What our
cable providers do with information about you.
The cable
companies offering you Harlan Online services also have policies
relating to the protection of customer information. These policies are
provided to you by your cable operator at the time of installation of
your cable service (or cable Internet service) and are sent to you annually
thereafter so long as you continue to be a customer.
When you
participate in forums or public chat sessions.
Public message
boards and chat rooms are by definition not private. Posting to a public
area is like making a statement in an open meeting. You should only
post information in these places if you are comfortable sharing publicly.
What information
is stored in "Cookies".
Cookies are
files stored on your computer's hard drive that can simplify and improve
your Web navigation experience. A Web site may store information about
your computer configuration so that it can more efficiently provide
information to you the next time you visit. In addition, your browser
might save a text file with your username and password so that a Web
site server will recognize you the next time you access the site. As
a result, you won't have to log into the site again if you happen to
leave and return again later.
We use cookies
files to identify your locale and time zone so that you can access information
for your local area. Additionally, we use cookies to deliver personalized
content based on preferences you've previously chosen on our service.
We do not store your name or other personally identifiable information
in cookies.
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