Remember, if you submit any personal information to us via this web site, you agree to the terms of this Policy.

What types of personal information does myfirstforwomen.com collect?
We sometimes collect personal information from our users when you sign up for services at myfirstforwomen.com, enter contests or sweepstakes, participate in surveys, or when you contact us via e-mail. Personal information includes your first and last name, residence address, telephone number, e-mail address, or any other information that tells another person who you are. When you use some of the services provided by myfirstforwomen.com, or sign up for a subscription on-line, we ask for some contact information such as your name, address, and e-mail address, and financial information such as a credit card number.

myfirstforwomen.com collects personal information in a variety of ways. For instance:
(1) You can subscribe on-line to receive First for Women magazine.
(2) You can subscribe on-line to receive a free on-line newsletter or special offers from myfirstforwomen.com
(3) You can enter contests or sweepstakes sponsored by myfirstforwomen.com or others of our choice.
(4) You can respond to surveys.

How does myfirstforwomen.com use this information?
Personal information provided by users who are 13 or more years of age may be used for marketing and promotional purposes only by First for Women magazine and its subsidiaries and affiliates. We do not rent, sell or otherwise distribute to third parties, your personal information entered on this site without your consent, unless required by law, or as disclosed to you when the information is collected, or as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

We may share statistical or aggregated non-personal information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors and other third parties. This data is used to customize our website content and advertising to deliver a better experience to our users. None of this information can be or is used to identify you personally, however. You should also be aware that other companies may advertise on our site, and myfirstforwomen.com may provide links to other websites. These advertisers and sites may collect data or solicit personal information from you. myfirstforwomen.com does not control these advertisers and sites, and this Privacy Policy does not address the practices of these other companies and sites.

We may disclose information about our users when we are required to by law, or when we have reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interfering with our rights or property, other myfirstforwomen.com users, or anyone else who could be harmed by those activities. While we use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information, we will have no liability for disclosure of any information obtained due to errors in transmission or the unauthorized acts of third parties. We also reserve the right to change or update this policy, or any other policy or practice, at any time, with reasonable notice to users of its website. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to this site.

What is myfirstforwomen.com's policy for children under the age of 13?
myfirstforwomen.com is not intended for use by children. Children should not provide any personal information or use myfirstforwomen.com's public areas, forums or chats. myfirstforwomen.com does not accept collect personally identifiable information from children due to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). For more information on COPPA, please refer to the Federal Trade Commission website.

How does myfirstforwomen.com protect my personal information?
We make every effort to ensure that your information is secure on our system. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. myfirstforwomen.com sometimes asks for your credit card information in order to provide you with goods or services that you request. This information is securely stored on our computers (also called "servers"). We use a third-party vendor, Kable Fulfillment Services of Ohio, Inc., to process on-line subscription requests. Kable Fulfillment Services of Ohio, Inc. has access to the personal information we collect to process your subscription and has agreed to use your personal information only for this purpose, to take steps to preserve your privacy, to protect the security of this personal information, and not to sell or disclose the information to any other third party. Credit card transactions take place only on servers that offer a high level of security. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to use. You do so at your own risk. You should always be careful and smart about the information you provide on-line. Remember, whenever you voluntarily provide personal information through e-mail, that information can be collected and used by others.

What are cookies and how does myfirstforwomen.com use them?
Cookies are small pieces of data that are placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit myfirstforwomen.com. Cookies are standard in the industry; you'll find them at most major websites. Cookies allow myfirstforwomen.com to keep track of which areas of our site you have visited and how long you spend at a particular site, to track your preferences and interests, and to personalize your experience at myfirstforwomen.com. myfirstforwomen.com uses anonymous cookies that are not linked to any identifying information about you. This means that your activity at the site will be logged, but you remain anonymous to us.

What is an IP address and how does myfirstforwomen.com use it?
An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the web - your computer's unique "signature." Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When you visit myfirstforwomen.com, we collect some general information about your computer, including its IP address, the operating system it uses (for example, Windows 95 or OSX), the browser software it uses (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Safari), and your Internet service provider (for example, AOL). This information helps us better understand the people who visit myfirstforwomen.com. None of this information is linked to "personal information" about individual users - instead, it's information about the general population. As with cookies, your session will be logged, but you remain anonymous to us. myfirstforwomen.com collects this general information to identify the most popular areas on our website and to provide aggregate information to our advertisers to let them know about the number of people who have seen and clicked on their advertisements.

How can you correct or update your information?
If you would like to correct or update information that you have previously provided to myfirstforwomen.com, you can let us know by sending us an e-mail or mailing a letter to our postal address listed below.

How can you contact myfirstforwomen.com?
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the practices of this site, or want to reach us for any other reason, you can contact us at:
myFirstforwomen.com
58 West 40th Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212) 764-3344

or e-mail us at:
info@myfirstforwomen