Bulliontex Co. Ltd. Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Bulliontex website, owned and produced by Bulliontex Co. Ltd. and its subsidiary and affiliate corporations, successors, and assigns (collectively referred to as "Bulliontex"). All Products and Services on the Bulliontex website are made available subject to this Privacy Policy. By using our Products and Services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you become an inactive user, we will adhere to the policies and practices as described in this Privacy Policy, which may be revised from time to time.

Please note that the Bulliontex website may contain links to other sites. Web sites that are linked to the Bulliontex web site may have privacy policies which differ from that of the Bulliontex website.

The Bulliontex Co. Ltd. Privacy Policy discloses our privacy practices and contains detailed information about the following:

1. What information of yours does the Bulliontex website collect?

2. What organization is collecting the information?

3. What are "cookies" and "Web beacons" and how does Bulliontex use them?

4. How does the Bulliontex website use the information?

5. What can you do to better protect yourself on the Internet?

1. What information of yours does the Bulliontex website collect?

Our goal is to become your favorite Internet destination by providing the information, services, and product offerings that are most relevant to you. To achieve this goal, the Bulliontex website must collect information so we can understand what makes you different from its millions of other unique users. While you are not required to register for any services on the Bulliontex website, some Products and Services may not function properly or may not be accessible unless you do.

Information collected online is usually defined as being either anonymous or personally identifiable. Anonymous information refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific individual. For example, Bulliontex collects some information each time a visitor comes to a Bulliontex website site so we can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online experience. Bulliontex collects the visitor's IP address (e.g., whether the user is logged on from ibm.com or aol.com), referral data (e.g., the Internet address of the last Web page visited by a user before clicking over to a Bulliontex website site), and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform). Bulliontex collects this user information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising. You do not have to register with the Bulliontex website before we can collect this anonymous information.

Personally identifiable information refers to data that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address, which may be collected in addition to the anonymous data described above.

If you contact the Bulliontex website, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We do not collect any email addresses of those who communicate with the Bulliontex website via email. We use the information provided so that we may respond to the email.

2. What organization is collecting the information?

When you register for a service within the Bulliontex website, that information is generally collected and maintained solely by the Bulliontex website unless specifically stated otherwise at the point of collection. If data is collected and/or maintained by any company other than Bulliontex, we will tell you at the point of collection. If you do not want to share your information with that company, you can choose not to use that service.

3. What are "cookies" and "Web beacons" and how does Bulliontex use them?

In addition to the personally identifiable information that Bulliontex actively collects when you register, we also collect anonymous information passively using cookies and Web beacons. This technology plays an important role in making the Internet work, but there is much confusion among Internet users about what cookies and Web beacons are and how they are used.

A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a Web site to the hard drive of your computer so that the site administrator may identify your computer and passively track its activities on the Web site. This unique number identifies your Web browser to our computer system whenever you visit one of the sites in the Bulliontex website. A cookie will not allow a Web site to learn any personally identifiable information (such as your real name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed.

Cookies allow Bulliontex to automatically remember your Web browser when you visit our Network of Web sites. To help serve you better, Bulliontex generally uses cookies to

Allow us to deliver products and services more efficiently. By storing certain registration and preference information on cookies or associating cookies with registration, preference or profile information stored on our computers, we can deliver products and services that use such information more quickly and efficiently for more users. This information is normally saved in an encrypted form that only Bulliontex can interpret.

The use of cookies is an industry standard, and they are currently used on most major Web sites. It is possible to adjust your Web browser preferences to alert you when a cookie is sent to your hard drive, or to refuse cookies altogether. While Bulliontex does not require you to use cookies, keep in mind that certain sites and services will not function properly if you set your browser to refuse all cookies.

Web beacons, also known as clear GIFs or single-pixel GIFs, are small image files that Bulliontex may place on Web pages.Working in conjunction with cookies, Web beacons allow Bulliontex to accurately count the number of unique users who have visited a specific page on the Bulliontex website and the number of times those pages are displayed. This information is only collected in aggregate form and will not be linked to your personally identifiable information.

Without cookies and Web beacons, it would be difficult for Bulliontex to know which services have a larger audience than others. Tracking audience size helps us to better understand when to launch new services and enhance the current offerings. Keep in mind that any image file on a Web page can act as a Web beacon.

Because Web beacons work in conjunction with cookies, you can prevent our Web beacon from collecting anonymous information by setting your Web browser to refuse all cookies or the Bulliontex website cookie in particular. Web beacons are built into our Web pages, so non-functional Web beacons will continue to appear even if you refuse the Bulliontex website cookie.

4. How does the Bulliontex website use the information it collects?

Any personally identifiable information you share with Bulliontex when registering for Products and Services at any of our Network sites is maintained and accessible only by Bulliontex unless specifically stated otherwise. Bulliontex requests information from its users so that users can enjoy customized experiences across the Bulliontex website. Most of these Products and Services are available to you at no cost. We can also better prepare future content based on your interests.

Bulliontex also uses the aggregate data to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our registered users and visitors, to measure user demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the Bulliontex website, and to analyze how and where best to use our resources. We do not track what pages individual users are browsing, but rather how well each page performs overall. Without such data, we would not know which parts of the Bulliontex website are the most popular, and we would not be able to change and update the content and services appropriately.

5. What you can do to better protect yourself on the Internet?

Know the risks. Meeting new people in an online community (chat room, forum, newsgroup, message board, Web page, etc.) is one of the best things about the Internet, but you should always be careful about disclosing personal information such as an actual name, member name, email address, and so on. This information may be collected and used by others within the online community to send unsolicited email messages from other parties, outside the Bulliontex website. Some of the messages you receive may be useful to you, but some may not. In an effort to curtail unsolicited email, Bulliontex blocks certain email addresses and domains from sending messages to email addresses at our domains.

Educate yourself. Search the Web for as much information as you can about how to protect your privacy. Look for a privacy policy on the Web sites you visit. Additional privacy resources can be found at by clicking on any of the following links

Department of Education: Parents Guide to the Internet

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/

Better Business Bureau (BBB)

http://www.bbbonline.com/

Center for Democracy and Technology

http://www.cdt.org/privacy/ - Data Privacy

http://www.cdt.org/privacy/guide/ - Guide to Online Privacy

Last updated October 29, 2002