Privacy Policy
 
We at HIGHERGROUND understand that your privacy is important to you, and therefore it is important to HIGHERGROUND and its affiliate Web sites, (collectively "HIGHERGROUND Online" or "HIGHERGROUND's Web sites").

You may visit HIGHERGROUND's Web sites and use of some services of HIGHERGROUND Online without registering and without providing personal information. However, at times you may be asked to voluntarily provide personally identifiable information, such as when registering for a HIGHERGROUND Online-run sweepstakes or contest, for participation in optional HIGHERGROUND Online community activities such as chat or bulletin boards, when subscribing to HIGHERGROUND Online newsletters, or in response to your request for information. Use of HIGHERGROUND Online's activities are subject to HIGHERGROUND's

Terms of Service and any additional terms contained on any particular HIGHERGROUND Website.

Personally identifiable information may include your name, phone number, address, social security number, email address, credit or debit card account or other reference number and other information by which you can be personally identified. All personally identifiable information we collect is stored on limited access servers and is used to provide services to you. HIGHERGROUND Online does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. We will not share personally identifiable information about you with third parties without your consent, except as necessary to provide you with services or information that you specifically request, or in the event of a sale of assets, provided the purchaser agrees to abide by the terms of HIGHERGROUND Online's Privacy Policy. In addition, we will share personally identifiable information with governmental authorities and will respond to civil subpoenas when legally required or authorized to do so. HIGHERGROUND Online also may use personally identifiable information to enforce our Terms of Service Policy, but only to the extent necessary.

We may analyze personally identifiable information in order to improve our Web sites and services. We also may compile information about you and other users of HIGHERGROUND Online ("aggregate information") and provide this non-personally identifiable, aggregate information to third parties for market analysis and other purposes.

Web Site Usage Information

Our Web servers automatically collect Web Site Usage Information from you when you visit our Web Site, including browser type, IP Address, and time of visit to HIGHERGROUND's Web sites. HIGHERGROUND Online does not consider Web Site Usage Information to be personally identifiable information. Web Site Usage Information describes how our Web site is used and navigated, including the number and frequency of visitors to each Web page, and the length of their stays.

Cookies

Like most Web sites, HIGHERGROUND Online makes use of browser "cookies." Cookies are files written to a user's hard disk and read by our server or other computer programs. They allow our servers to determine how recently a browser has visited our sites, and to retain some information about actions and selections on our sites. HIGHERGROUND Online may use this technology in order to provide a more personal experience at HIGHERGROUND's Web sites. If you do not want to have cookies written to your hard drive, your Web browser software should contain a feature that allows you to accept or decline them. However, if you opt to decline our cookies, we cannot guarantee we will be able to provide the same user experience we would if you were to accept them.

HIGHERGROUND Online Security

HIGHERGROUND Online uses commercially reasonable efforts to keep your information secure, such as limiting access to servers which contain personal information, and maintaining adequate safeguards for the integrity of HIGHERGROUND's Web sites. HIGHERGROUND employs industry best practices to ensure the security of personal information. However, HIGHERGROUND cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that users transmit willingly to HIGHERGROUND Online. Users must transmit information at their own risk.

Links to Other Web Sites

HIGHERGROUND Online makes content from other Web sites available to HIGHERGROUND Online visitors from links located on our own Web sites. HIGHERGROUND Online visitors are advised that each content Web site to which HIGHERGROUND Web sites link will have its own individual privacy policy that they should consult to determine how that Web site protects its visitors' privacy.

Choices at HIGHERGROUND, and Contacting Us

You may review and update or ask to remove the personally identifiable information you provide us with as part of the registration process by contacting us at, or if you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at, email address: admin@higherground.com.

Policy Modification

You should be aware that HIGHERGROUND Online may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the change on our Web sites. HIGHERGROUND Online will note the last date of the change on the Privacy Policy. Please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy without your consent. Your use of the HIGHERGROUND site constitutes acceptance of the terms of the Privacy Policy in the form published on the Web site at the time of use.