At some sites, The Ice Group, Inc. collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. At other sites, The Ice Group, Inc. collects anonymous demographic information, that is not unique to you, such as your Postal or ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites. Some sites collect a combination of the two types of information. Information collected at one The Ice Group, Inc. Web site may be shared within the The Ice Group, Inc. family of Web sites.

The Ice Group, Inc. does not associate sensitive data, such as your race, religion, or political affiliations, with personally identifiable information. The Ice Group, Inc. takes precautions to segregate any sensitive data you may provide on The Ice Group, Inc. sites and services that reference your race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or political affiliations, unless specifically requested by the client.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Ice Group, Inc. chats or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: The Ice Group, Inc. does not read or retain any of your private online communications.

The Ice Group, Inc. encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from The Ice Group, Inc. so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. The Ice Group, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the The Ice Group, Inc. and The Ice Group, Inc. family of Web sites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by The Ice Group, Inc. and may be shared with other Web sites within the The Ice Group, Inc. family of web sites. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by The Ice Group, Inc. for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the The Ice Group, Inc. Web sites.

The Ice Group, Inc. Web sites and their operational service partners collect and use your personal information to operate The Ice Group, Inc. Web sites and deliver the services you have requested. The Ice Group, Inc. sites may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Ice Group, Inc. and its affiliates. The Ice Group, Inc. may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Ice Group, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Ice Group, Inc. may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, The Ice Group, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Ice Group, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Ice Group, Inc. keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within The Ice Group, Inc. web sites and products, in order to determine what The Ice Group, Inc. sites, products and services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Ice Group, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. It is also used to improve product quality for future product development.

The Ice Group, Inc. Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Ice Group, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Ice Group, Inc., an The Ice Group, Inc. Web site; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Ice Group, Inc., its web sites, or the public.

Many of the The Ice Group, Inc. Web sites use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The Ice Group, Inc.'s pages, or register with The Ice Group, Inc. sites or services, a cookie helps The Ice Group, Inc. to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The Ice Group, Inc. Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the The Ice Group, Inc. features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the The Ice Group, Inc. services or Web sites you visit. You may also jeopardize the integrety of the adminstration section of your web site.

The Ice Group, Inc. Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow The Ice Group, Inc. to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. The Ice Group, Inc. may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or The Ice Group, Inc. Newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information on the The Ice Group, Inc. network of sites and services; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about The Ice Group, Inc. Web site usage.

Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides.

The Ice Group, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Ice Group, Inc. secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites through the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encrypted protection.

The Ice Group, Inc. will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how The Ice Group, Inc. will use your personally identifiable information, The Ice Group, Inc. will not post such changes prior to implementing the change. The Ice Group, Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The Ice Group, Inc. is protecting your information.

The Ice Group, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Ice Group, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Ice Group, Inc. by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail.