Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your online privacy while providing you with the most useful service possible. Many moons ago, the Web was once an Eden-like oasis for all those who were good and pure. Now, however, we understand that there are just as many charlatans and jackasses online as there are offline. It is our intention, with this policy, to explain how we are neither charlatans nor jackasses. Our Service admittedly isn't much good unless you give us some of your personal information, but the following paragraphs will detail exactly how we use that information so that you don't get all creeped out.

How we collect and use personal information

Registering for our Service gives you access to all the site's information and features. The only demographic information required for registration is a username/email address and password. If you give us this information, you can...well...login, and not much else. To be frank, you get much more use out of the service if you also provide us with your Wishlist information from Amazon.com and other providers. This may include user name or reference number for your Wishlist on these provider sites. Once you provide that information, you can use the Service to manage those particular Wishlists.

We use the demographic information to contact you with any issues regarding the Service that we think you may need to know. That's right, folks. It's conceivable we may send you a service-related email from time to time, but there is no need to freak out. If we do send you service-related emails, they will be important, few and far between, and, well, service-related. Please remember that we are lazy, lazy people. Emailing takes work.

We also use your email address to alert you when items on your wishlists become available. Don't blame us if you get these emails and don't want them. We only send them when you ask us to, and it's pretty easy to stop them.

We use the Wishlist information only to help you do things to it that you ask us to do for you. That's it. We don't sell it to anybody, we don't secretly monkey around with your lists and then snicker when you mysteriously end up with a Celine Dion box set for your birthday, and we don't post your information where anyone can see it without your permission.

We may, from time to time, ask other demographic questions, including, but not limited to zip code, astrological sign, or favorite Muppet character, but intend to make responses to these types of questions optional. We may aggregate this and other data for our own use about who our customers are (in general).

We'll probably collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken in connection with our sites and services. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses. Practically every other website under the sun does this too, so we wouldn't worry about it too much. It's not like you're giving us missile launch codes, or anything.

How we use "cookies"

As you probably know, "cookies" are small bits of information that practically every website in existence stores on your computer's hard drive when you visit them. We may use cookies to identify members in a way that reduces hassle and/or makes the service more useful. Nothing native to our cookies will run programs on, steal data from, or transmit viruses to your computer. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow you to modify security settings so you can approve or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. Even if you do not use cookies, you can still access all of the features on our site. This may change, but for now, we think a cookie-free experience is still possible.

What we provide to third parties

We have to provide some information to third parties (such as Amazon.com) in order to access and change the data in your wishlists the way you want us to. We don't provide any information you don't specifically ask us to. Think of us like a 100-foot huge, frickin' sweet robot with flame throwers that is totally way cool, and only does things you ask it to, because you have the remote control. The robot can't go off and destroy cities, or fight Voltron, or provide any information to Amazon.com or anyone else without your permission, because you are the only person the robot obeys. It is our policy to never use our flame throwers on you, our customer, and we will only fight Voltron with your express permission.

Please keep in mind that we link to third parties and, as stated above, provide information to them when you ask us to (remember the robot bit). You should make sure you are comfortable with the privacy policies of each of these individual sites before you patronize them. If they auction your information to the highest bidder, we have nothing to do with it.

Protecting your personal information

We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information and use a variety of security technologies and procedures, which may or may not include photon torpedos, to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The biggest way we do this is by not asking for anything that could be used for evil if the bad guys somehow got a hold of it. If you are longing to find a website that you can give your social security number and credit card information to, we must sadly suggest you look elsewhere. Any data of yours that does stay with us will enjoy the same security software we use to guard all of our own important business stuff.

We will never, ever, ever, in a million, gajillion years sell, rent or lease our customer list to third parties, even—and let us be perfectly clear here—even if someone offers us a 100-foot huge, frickin' sweet robot with flame throwers. We may, only on the rarest of occasions, contact you on behalf of third party if it sells something we think is particularly cool, and we can make a little coin that might help keep the service free or make the service much better.

Under extraordinary circumstances, we may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us. We may also need to disclose information to protect our rights or property, or to act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our customers, or members of the public.

Barring any massive meltdown or rolling blackouts, you can edit and view your personal data at any time on this website.

Privacy issues

If you think that we have done something that violates the privacy policy, or have concerns/questions about the policy, please contact us. We have nothing to hide, and want to address any legitimate concerns you may have so that you are comfortable using the service. If, on the other hand, you are a paranoid whack-job, please don't bother. You won't like our service, and it will save everybody involved a lot of hassle if you just go away.

Changes to this Policy

We will occasionally update our Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services and customer feedback, the weather, or our mood. If there are material changes to our Policy or in how we will use your personal information, we will prominently post such changes before they go into effect. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

This policy was last updated on October 31, 2006 - Halloween.