Privacy Policy

Athletic Business Publications Inc. respects the privacy of the users of its website, www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com. We want to make your online experience as safe and satisfying as possible while visiting us on the web. Below we outline what information we track, store and record on our website.

Usage Tracking

Athletic Business Publications Inc. uses third party software from Google Analytics to analyze user traffic patterns throughout our site. We do not correlate this information with data about individual users. With data supplied by Google Analytics, Athletic Business Publications breaks down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser). We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well the page performs overall. This helps us to build a better service for you.

Information may be collected from a third party through the use of cookies and web beacons. View the Nielsen/NetRatings website for information about how we use a third party service to collect and use information.

User Information

Athletic Business Publications Inc. does not require registration to use www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com. To participate in certain areas of the site, we require basic personal information as specified below.

* E-News and Magazine Subscription
www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com's E-News requires some personal information, as does requesting a subscription to the print magazine.

If a user of our website has a subscription to the print copy of our magazine, a subscription number from the mailing label can be entered on the registration form. All other fields on this form will then be pre-filled with contact information that the user can either submit or edit.

We use this information to determine if you qualify for a subscription to the magazine and we also use this information to distribute E-News to your e-mail address.

Further, we use demographic information to tailor content to the needs of our users. Demographic information also helps us demonstrate to our advertisers the audience that our products reach. Because Athletic Business Publications Inc. derives its revenue mainly from advertising, providing demographic data is essential to keeping Website free to users. We do not, however, share this information with advertisers.

* Interactive Features of www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com
In certain areas of the Website (Contact Us, Comments), we offer interactive features in which users submit information either to communicate with Athletic Business Publications Inc. and/or to post information to our Website. The areas of the site requesting information to participate are clearly marked. In order for information to be posted, a user must complete and submit the corresponding online form.

We require name and e-mail address in order to respond to inquiries, and we require other information as it relates to designated areas of the site. You may contact us to request removal of the posting at any time. We reserve the right to reject any submission if we believe it to be false, libelous or if it contains profanity. We are not responsible for readers who choose to use the information presented in the submission.

* Resource Book
In our Resource Book, users can elect to contact vendors through an online form. Information that users provide is voluntary and is sent to the selected vendor via an e-mail message. Athletic Business Publications Inc. also stores and tracks these voluntary submissions in order to communicate click-throughs and information requests from users to our advertisers.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain personal information although it will help us to relate your use of the site to information you have voluntarily provided to us. But the only personal information that a cookie can contain is information that you supply yourself. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or cookie files created by other sites. Athletic Business Publications uses these cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each new cookie. You do not need to enable your browser to accept cookies to use this site.

Security

Athletic Business Publications Inc. operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

Children

In accordance with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Comment Policy

www.hardwoodfloorsmag.com supports an open exchange of information and ideas. We do, however, reserve the right to remove inappropriate and offensive comments, including, but not limited to:

* Commercial postings attempting to sell a product or item or solicit business
* Potential libel/slander
* Defamatory, abusive, obscene, or otherwise hateful comments
* Disrespectful, inappropriately sexual comments
* Illegal material or material that infringes on the rights of others

Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Athletic Business Publications Inc. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page of our site so that you may remain informed and aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it to third parties.