Privacy Policy
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This statement discloses the privacy practices for the American Telephone and Communications,
Inc. ("American Telephone") Web site. At American Telephone we respect your
right to privacy and we understand that, as a visitor to AmericanTel.com, you
prefer to control your own personal information and preferences. For this reason,
we may ask you to register or to provide personal information and preferences
when you visit certain areas of AmericanTel.com, download free software, request
new information, or subscribe to the American Telephone newsletter. We will
guard the personal information you share with us to ensure the content, services,
and advertising that we provide on AmericanTel.com (and related American Telephone
sites) are always tailored to your current, designated preferences. When you
provide American Telephone with your name (or alias), mailing address, or telephone
number, American Telephone and American Telephone representatives may use your
postal address and phone number to alert you to product upgrades, special offers,
updated information, new product, services, trainings, and classes. ("Representatives"
include value-added resellers and authorized training partners.) When you provide
American Telephone with your e-mail address (as an alternative to, or in addition
to, your mailing address and phone number), American Telephone may contact you
via e-mail. American Telephone may release e-mail addresses to its representatives.
American Telephone does not offer, or allow for the selling of, any user-provided
information to third parties. If you do not want American Telephone or American
Telephone representatives to contact you, you may "opt out" of this preference
at any time, whether you're online or contacting American Telephone directly.
As part of your preference flexibility, you'll always have the option to opt
[back] in and have American Telephone contact you based on your previous or
new preferences. For detailed instructions, please see the section "Contact
Us," below. If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you
can still visit most of American Telephone's Web sites; however, you will not
have access to areas that require personal identification.
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Free Membership
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American Telephone offers free membership to all AmericanTel.com visitors. In order to
establish membership, visitors are requested to provide both personal information
and preferences. This information is stored and protected by your user-established
Member ID and Password. There is an additional "Remember Me" option. By selecting
it, you allow American Telephone to save your password so you don't have to
re-enter it each time you return to any American Telephone Web site. American
Telephone remembers you by placing a log file (cookie) that contains only enough
information to identify you upon return visits. A "cookie" is a small line of
text that is stored with your Web browser for record-keeping purposes and helps
American Telephone provide better service to you. Your browser has options to
accept, reject, or provide you with notice when a cookie is sent. No information,
other than that found in the cookie, will be accessed by any American Telephone
system. Access to your user information always requires both your Member ID
and Password.
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How American Telephone Will Protect Your Personal Information
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American Telephone will always protect the personal information that you share with us.
American Telephone stores information internally in a controlled, secure environment.
If, for example, you make a purchase online, we route all transactions through
SSL (Secure Socket Layers) and will process your credit card number only to
secure your current payment. The SSL transaction does not retain your credit
card number subsequent to the transaction at hand, and will not use the number
for marketing purposes. If American Telephone requests general demographic information,
this information is limited to reporting purposes only; members remain anonymous.
Phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and postal addresses are never shared for demographic
reports with outside entities. American Telephone may occasionally present a
special contest or promotion that is sponsored by another company. To qualify
for entry, we may ask you to provide personal information. If we plan to share
that information with the sponsor(s), we will provide an up-front statement
to that effect. For us at AmericanTel.com the most important thing is that you
make the choice that is best for you.
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Collecting Domain Information
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American Telephone gathers domain information as part of its forcast of the use of this
site. This data empowers us to gain more knowledge about the visitors of our
site, how often they inquire information and what sections of the site they
visit most often. American Telephone uses this knowledge to improve its web-based
services. This knowledge is collected automatically and requires no action on
your part.
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Contact Us
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How To Update Your Personal Information And Preferences
You can help American Telephone maintain the accuracy of your personal information
by notifying us when you change your name, address, title, phone number, e-mail
address, or your content preferences. If at any time you wish to update your
information or preferences, or you prefer to stop receiving communication from
American Telephone, feel free to contact us at any time. American Telephone
Privacy contacts include:
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If you change your e-mail or postal address, please contact American Telephone. In order
to make the appropriate corrections, please include both your old and new address.
American Telephone would like to receive your comments and questions about this Privacy Policy.
Please address comments or questions regarding American Telephone's Privacy
Policy to one of the addresses listed above (for online, e-mail, or postal mail).
American Telephone may occasionally update, amend, or change this Privacy Policy
based on user feedback and as needed or appropriate. Notice of revisions will
always be posted on this Privacy Web page.
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Links
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American Telephone's Websites contain links to other "non-American Telephone" sites. American Telephone
assumes no responsibility for the content or the privacy policies and practices
of such Web sites. American Telephone takes consumers' privacy very seriously
and is committed to protecting the security of individuals' personal information
on the Web.
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