Masters at Work is committed to providing a fun, safe and secure website for people of all ages. We are dedicated to safeguarding all personal information collected online and to helping our visitors learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet.

To help ensure a rewarding online experience for all visitors, we provide this summary of our information practices. This privacy notice governs the collection and use of information at Masters at Work.

As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we may modify our practices from time to time. However, we will treat all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information is collected.

1. The Information We Collect

At Masters at Work, we do not collect personally identifiable information unless our visitors voluntarily provide it to us. For some activities, such as online polls or surveys, we may ask visitors to provide information that is not personally identifiable. This might include first name only, city or state of residence, age or gender. For some other activities, such as entering sweepstakes and subscribing to our e-mail newsletters, we may ask visitors to provide a name and e-mail address.

Visitors who order merchandise or other materials from Masters at Work will be required to provide their full name, billing and mailing addresses, e-mail address, telephone number and a credit card number. If the order is being shipped to a third party, we will also need the recipient's name and mailing address. Before collecting information in connection with a Masters at Work order, we will verify the validity of the purchaser's credit card. On occasion, we might solicit additional voluntary information regarding shoppers' personal shopping preferences.

When visitors come to our site, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) being used, and the domain name of the Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

2. How We Use the Information

We use visitors' personal information for internal purposes only, such as enabling visitors to enter our online contests or sweepstakes, to subscribe to our online newsletter, or to order from Masters at Work. We may also use personal information provided by shoppers at Masters at Work to send them, by e-mail or direct mail, notification of special offers, sale events, or birthday reminders. These notifications are sent only to those visitors to Masters at Work who ask to receive them.

We only use the e-mail addresses of subscribers to our Masters at Work e-mail newsletters to send them the requested newsletter(s). Each newsletter also includes instructions for subscription removal via return e-mail.

We never sell, rent, or otherwise share our visitors' personal information with third parties. We may use agents or contractors to provide services to our visitors, such as helping us conduct a sweepstakes, sending prizes to winners, or shipping customer orders made on Masters at Work. In these cases, we require the agent or contractor to keep the information confidential and to use it only for the specific services they are performing. We sometimes use non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site, and to improve our visitors' experience on Masters at Work. We also may aggregate this information to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services.

We will disclose information we maintain as required by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a specific law enforcement agency's request.

We will not use or transfer personally identifiable information in ways that are materially different from the ones described above without also providing parental notification of such practices and obtaining consent for any materially different uses.

3. Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors

Our site contains links to other sites, including those of sponsors and advertisers, whose information practices may be different from ours. Sometimes these sites might conduct contests or sweepstakes that are promoted on Masters at Work. Visitors should consult these other third party sites' privacy notices, since these sites are not covered by our privacy policy and may follow different procedures.

4. Cookies

Masters at Work uses a software technology called "cookies." Cookies are small text files that we place in visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do not contain any personally identifiable information. Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor's use of this web site to personal information that the visitor has provided, such as an e-mail address, we do not use cookies for this purpose.

5. Security

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

We are particularly sensitive to visitors' security concerns regarding the use of credit cards to purchase products over the Internet. For orders placed on Masters at Work, we use a technology that automatically encrypts credit card data while information is being transmitted over the Internet, provided that the visitor's browser supports the Secure Socket Layer protocol (SSL).

To verify the security of your connection at Masters at Work, check the lower left corner of your browser window after accessing the server. If you see an unbroken or a closed lock, then SSL is active and the server is secure. You may also check by looking at the URL line of your browser. When accessing a secure server, the site address will change from http to https.

6. Right to Refuse Services

Masters At Work may refuse our services to anyone at any time, in our discretion. Masters At Work reserves the right to discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any or all of our services to anyone at any time, with or without notice.

7. Content

Any information provided by you, including postings on the Message Boards or other communications sent using our Message Boards ("Your Information"), as determined by Masters At Work in its discretion, will not:
a) be fraudulent or involve the sale of licensed materials;
b) infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
c) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising);
d) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening, unlawfully harassing, or invasive of a person's privacy;
e) be obscene or contain any pornography;
f) use strong vulgar language, crude or explicit sexual references, demeaning racial or ethnic remarks, and/or hate speech;
g) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; and
h) link directly or indirectly to that: (i) are prohibited under this Agreement; or (ii) you do not have a right to link to or include.

8. Message Boards

Eligibility. To encourage responsible participation, Masters At Work limits posting in its Message Board to users who have registered for Masters At Work.

Respect the Community. Masters At Work takes pride in its Community. Please remember that you are expected to treat your fellow Community members and Masters At Work staff with respect and consideration.

Masters At Work Not Responsible for Messages. Masters At Work is not responsible for messages posted in our message boards by Masters At Work Community members. Masters At Work does not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, validity, completeness, or usefulness of any message. The messages express the views of their authors, which are not necessarily the views of Masters At Work.

Deleted Messages. Although Masters At Work is not responsible for any content, we may delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You are solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you will indemnify and hold harmless Masters At Work and its agents with respect to any claim arising out of or related to your message(s). We may reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising out of or related to any message posted by you.

Locked and Deleted Threads. We may lock or delete a thread at any time if we believe the discussion to be harmful to the Masters At Work Community, the business of Masters At Work, or if we feel such action is otherwise appropriate. We may close a thread at the request of the originator, though we may keep the thread open at our discretion.

Breach. You will breach this Agreement if you:
a) Harass, threaten, or intimidate another member or Masters At Work staff. During debate or disagreement, always address the issue at hand, not the individual.
b) Refuse to follow the direction of an Masters At Work staff member.
c) Impersonate another member, celebrity or other public figure, or Masters At Work staff member.
d) Attempt to access other members' passwords, account information, or private information.
e) Engage in unsolicited commercial spamming of Masters At Work message boards forums, or Masters At Work members via email. This includes promoting chain letters or pyramid schemes, illegal or not.
f) Advertise products or services in the Message Boards or to our members. This includes (but is not limited to) sites, software, and music related discussion forums. Third party representatives may answer questions about services in a strictly factual and non-promotional manner if asked; however, Masters At Work may end a discussion if we believe that a third party or any of its representatives initiated or are perpetuating the discussion, are promoting its services, or that ending the discussion is otherwise appropriate.
g) Post private information about any person that is not readily available to the general public. This includes, but is not limited to, phone numbers, addresses, full names, and email addresses.
h) Post disruptively in a discussion thread or forum.
i) Advertise or promote your own website in the Message Boards other than in the Links forum of the Message Boards, or use your signature line to advertise or promote. Your signature line may contain a link to your personal web page, your email address, your user id, a non-profit organization, an email list, or a website not in competition with Masters At Work.
j) Post any message that violates the guidelines in section 7 of this Agreement.

Suspension. We may, in our discretion, permanently or temporarily revoke the posting privileges of an account if you breach this Agreement, or if we believe the circumstances warrant such action.

Response. Masters At Work may not respond to posted messages or email concerning the message boards. Masters At Work will monitor the Masters At Work forums, and will, in most cases, respond to inquiries regarding Masters At Work services.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our privacy policy and/or practices, please contact us at the following e-mail address, and mailing address:

privacy@mastersatworkinc.com

Privacy Manager
Masters at Work
513 36th Street
Union City, NJ 07087

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