January 15, 2006

Site Usage Information
planetsurf.net gathers "site usage" information from all visitors to the planetsurf.net Web sites. Such data is used in the aggregate, to help determine general usage patterns and fine tune layout in order to ensure that our sites are as useful and enjoyable as possible. This "site usage" and statistical information may be made public information at planetsurf.net's discretion.

Please note that planetsurf.net does not control all HTML served in conjunction with its sites. planetsurf.net sites may include content from other parties that may perform user activity tracking other than that described herein. In particular, some of our partners may use "cookies" in ways that we do not.

Information We Collect
We offer a number of services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us. In order to provide our full range of services, we may collect the following types of information:

• Information you provide - When you sign up for a planetsurf.net account or other planetsurf.net service or promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password). In some instances, users may be asked for personal interest and demographic information in order to create a more customized user experience; however these fields will generally be optional. For certain services, such as our Affiliate Programs, we also request Tax ID or other account information which we maintain offline. We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other planetsurf.net services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information.
• planetsurf.net cookies - When you visit planetsurf.net, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some planetsurf.net features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
• Log information - When you use planetsurf.net services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
• User communications - When you send email or other communication to planetsurf.net, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
• Links - planetsurf.net may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our search technology, customized content and advertising.
• Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by planetsurf.net. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.

• Providing our products and services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;
• Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
• Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
• Developing new services.

Credit Card Information
When and if you purchase a Premium subscription to planetsurf.net, you do so via a third-party processor. We are never in possession of your credit card number and will not and can not give this information to any other party.

Third Party Advertising
We use Commission Junction, LinkShare and other third-party advertising companies to serve some ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (NOT including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please click here.

Third Party Cookies
In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique “cookie” on your browser.

Special Notification with respect to Children's Privacy (Users under the age of 13)
In response to concerns about protecting children's privacy online, Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA"). COPPA sets forth rules and procedures governing the ways in which Web sites may collect, use and disclose any personal information for children under the age of 13. In accordance with planetsurf.net policy and COPPA regulations, we DO NOT:

• Request or knowingly collect personally identifiable online or offline contact information from users under 13 years of age;
• Knowingly use or share personal information from users under 13 years of age with third parties;
• Give children the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information;
• Entice children with the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity.

Privacy Matters
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714 Glen Arbor Drive
Encinitas, California, 92024 USA

Disclosure
planetsurf.net reserves the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its users. Where practical, planetsurf.net will attempt to obtain the prior consent of the individual prior to disclosing individually identifiable information. As mentioned above, we reserve the right to share aggregated "site usage" information with third parties.

Changes To This Policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or at: