The purpose of the Online Stomping Grounds privacy policy is to inform you, as a welcomed visitor, (1) what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit Online Stomping Grounds; (2) how we may use that information; (3) whether we disclose it to anyone; and (4) the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. Finally, please note that this policy applies only to Online Stomping Grounds and not to other companies' or organizations' Web sites to which we link or assist in the distribution of their software.

Online Stomping Grounds welcomes comments and questions on this policy. Online Stomping Grounds is dedicated to protecting your personal information. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of the technologies Online Stomping Grounds uses to communicate with you, we may occasionally update this policy. Notice of any revisions will be posted to this site. Any comments or questions regarding our privacy practices should be sent to info@osg.cc. Online Stomping Grounds includes the following domains: YourOnlineStompingGrounds.com, OSG.cc, and YourOSG.com.

What personal information does Online Stomping Grounds collect?

Online Stomping Grounds collects personally identifying information during: (1) events, sweepstakes, contest or promotion registration; (2) subscription registration; (3) user surveys; and (4) registration for certain interactive areas on Online Stomping Grounds.

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes and we collect that visitor's domain name and e-mail address (where possible). In addition, we collect the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our forums, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our chat areas, aggregate information about which pages visitors access, user-specific information about which pages visitors access and how much time is spent in particular areas, and information volunteered by the visitor, such as survey information and/or information provided in site registration forms, including but not limited to a visitor's name, address, and phone number. Online Stomping Grounds also may record audio conversations or copy text chat from chat rooms on our site. If a visitor signs up for a premium service, we collect credit card information along with a billing address. Online Stomping Grounds may retain personally identifying information indefinitely.

At times Online Stomping Grounds may maintain publicly available user profiles as well, which may contain personally identifying information volunteered by its visitors.

What does Online Stomping Grounds do with the information it collects?

Online Stomping Grounds may use personally identifying information of its visitors to award prizes, track compliance with our Terms of Service, or for editorial and feedback purposes (to the extent that is explained when visitors provide the information).

Online Stomping Grounds may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal processes served on Online Stomping Grounds or the site; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of Online Stomping Grounds, or (3) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Online Stomping Grounds employees, users of Online Stomping Grounds services, or members of the public.

You should keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - in a user profile or in forums, for example - that information can be collected and used by others who visit that area of our site.

Online Stomping Grounds may record audio conversations or copy text chat or from chat rooms on our site and may disclose such material for use in promoting Online Stomping Grounds or its services or if Online Stomping Grounds believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to enforce its Terms of Service or copyright policy, to comply with the law, to comply with legal processes, to operate its systems properly, or to protect the rights or property of itself, its members, its visitors, or others.

Other companies which provide services on our site, or which advertise on our site, may collect information about you. Online Stomping Grounds does not control collection or use of this information. You should contact these companies or advertisers directly if you have any questions about their use of this information.

With the permission of a visitor who is 13 years of age or over, information submitted at the time of registration or submission - including but not limited to age, phone number, address, and income level - may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by Online Stomping Grounds. If a visitor objects to such use for any reason, he /she may stop that use -- either by e-mail request sent to support@osg.cc or if available by modifying his/her registration information online.

If you supply us with your postal address online you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us at the above e-mail address and providing us with your exact name and address.

Online Stomping Grounds may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

How will Online Stomping Grounds protect your personal information?

Online Stomping Grounds will take appropriate steps to protect the information you share with us. Whenever you give Online Stomping Grounds sensitive information (credit card numbers, for instance), Online Stomping Grounds will take commercially reasonable steps to establish a secure connection with your web browser. Credit card numbers are used only for payment processing and are not retained for marketing purposes.

Security of your Personal Information

Online Stomping Grounds is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Our Site Seal should assure you that our web site has been authenticated for accepting secure payments over the Internet using SSL encryption.

How to update personal information

You can help Online Stomping Grounds to maintain the accuracy of your information by notifying us of any change to your address, title, phone number, or e-mail address. If at any time you wish to modify your information or stop receiving communications from Online Stomping Grounds, you can contact Online Stomping Grounds through e-mail at support@osg.cc or at Privacy, Online Stomping Grounds, # 322 601-C East Palomar, Chula Vista, CA 91911. Please include your first and last name and your e-mail address in the message.

Policies for individuals under 13

Online Stomping Grounds encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children (persons under the age of 13 years old) and to participate in the interactive activities offered by our services. No information should be submitted to or posted at the Online Stomping Grounds site by visitors under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian.

Online Stomping Grounds is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children. We will not knowingly use information collected from visitors under 13 years of age for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside Online Stomping Grounds. Visitors' e-mail addresses are not posted on Online Stomping Grounds, unless provided by a visitor as part of a user profile.

About IP addresses

Online Stomping Grounds collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers -- the big computers that "serve" up Web pages -- automatically identify your computer by its IP address.

When visitors request pages from Online Stomping Grounds, our servers log their IP addresses. We do not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information. This means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us.

Use of cookies

What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences while you're at our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites.

By showing how and when guests use the site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies.

How Online Stomping Grounds uses cookies

Each browser accessing Online Stomping Grounds is given a unique cookie, which is then used to determine the number of unique site visitors. An additional cookie lets our computers remember that you've registered, which allows us to speed up your future activities at our sites. Similarly, the online commerce (when offered by Online Stomping Grounds), may be operated by a separate company, not Online Stomping Grounds, uses a temporary cookie to track which products you purchase while shopping. A cookie expires once you're done shopping. Letting it do the record-keeping saves you the trouble of entering information over and over again during a single visit. If you decline this cookie, you may have difficulty ordering your selections.

How Online Stomping Grounds does not use cookies

Online Stomping Grounds does not use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. Except as described below, Online Stomping Grounds does not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is that information shared with any third parties whatsoever. Online Stomping Grounds does not use cookies to identify specific individuals, except in such cases as online shopping (see above) and contest registration (where a cookie allows you to enter a contest every day without registering again each time).

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. Online Stomping Grounds does not control these cookies, and these cookies are not subject to the Online Stomping Grounds cookies policy. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, like the shopping areas, will not function properly if you do so.

Web pages may contain electronic images (called a "single-pixel GIF" or "web beacon") that allow a web site to count users who have visited that page. Online Stomping Grounds uses web beacons within the Online Stomping Grounds network in order to count users and to recognize registered users by accessing Online Stomping Grounds network cookies.

By using this site, you signify your agreement to the Online Stomping Grounds Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of Online Stomping Grounds following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.