HoustonBusiness.com is committed to safeguarding personal information collected from its visitors at http;//www.houstonbusiness.com (the "HoustonBusiness.com™ Website"). This privacy policy governs the collection and use of information at the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website. As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we may modify our practices from time to time. We will, however, treat all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy policy in effect at the time the information is collected.

Visitors and Users of the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website must be at least eighteen (18) years old to register with the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website or participate in any online contests, sweepstakes, polls, and the like. Users under the age of eighteen (18) must have their parent's or legal guardian's consent to register for the services. Users under the age of thirteen (13) are prohibited from registering or even accessing or otherwise using the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website. In consideration of your use of the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website, you agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about you as requested by the registration form or other form; and (ii) to maintain and update your information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. The information you provide shall be referred to as "Registration Data." If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, HoustonBusiness.com™ has the right to terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website.

HoustonBusiness.com™ is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. HoustonBusiness.com™ will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. HoustonBusiness.com™ collects information from its website visitors and users at different points on the site.

1. PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
   
   

   When you register with the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website or participate in online polls, surveys, sweepstakes, or contests, you are requested to provide certain contact information to HoustonBusiness.com™, such as your name, email address, and other information. HoustonBusiness.com™ uses such information (i) to notify you in the event you win any contest or sweepstakes; (ii) for internal marketing purposes; (iii) contact you with promotions, updates, and other informational materials.
   
   

2. ANONYMOUS INFORMATION
   
   

   HoustonBusiness.com™ does not currently collect anonymous information about its website visitors.
   
   

HoustonBusiness.com™ uses the information collected from the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website for internal marketing purposes and for the purpose of notifying the registrant at various times as needed. We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.

If your personally-identifiable information changes (such as your address), or if you no longer desire for us to maintain your personally identifiable information, you must provide us with a written communication sent via U.S. certified mail to: Remove From Mailing List, 5757 Westheimer, Suite 3-200, Houston, Texas 77057. Email notifications may be sent to us at remove.me@houstonbusiness.com, or at other such address(es) as we may designate from time to time.

"Cookies" are text files that are placed on a website visitor's computer hard drive when that visitor accesses a particular website. Cookies are a very important ingredient to the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website. By using cookies, we are able to keep track of and process the orders in your shopping cart. Without them, it is impossible to purchase anything from HoustonBusiness.com™. Cookies are used solely for convenience and functionality of our shopping process. If you disable cookies on your browser you will be unable to shop our site.

The HoustonBusiness.com™ Website contains links to third-party sites over whom HoustonBusiness.com™ has no authority or control. Please understand that HoustonBusiness.com™ is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. HoustonBusiness.com™ encourages you to be aware of when you leave the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website, and to read the privacy policies of each website that you visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website.

Registrants will sometimes receive information on promotions, discounts, etc. Out of respect for the privacy of our Visitors we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see the "Opt-Out" provision below.

By registering with the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website, or participating in online polls, sweepstakes, contests, or the like at the HoustonBusiness.com™ Website, you agree to receive via email, U.S. mail, or through other contact, updates, advertisements, and other informational materials ("Informational Materials") from HoustonBusiness.com™. If at any time you wish to cease receiving such Informational Materials, you must give us written notice, either via email or U.S. mail, that you no longer wish to receive the Informational Materials. Notification may be addressed to us at: Remove From Mailing List, 5757 Westheimer, Suite 3-200, Houston, Texas 77057. Email notifications may be sent to us at remove.me@houstonbusiness.com, or at other such address(es) as we may designate from time to time.