Privacy Policy

The Comic Book Factory recognizes the privacy concerns of visitors to its site on the Internet. Specifically, we recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about our visitors. As a general policy, no personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, or email address, is automatically collected from visitors to our site. Personally identifiable information about visitors to the Comic Book Factory site is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. In those instances when we do collect such information, the following applies:

General

Personally identifiable information about visitors to this Site (that is, information such as a visitor's name, e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number) is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. Such information may be requested in connection with our sweepstakes, contests, games, surveys, forums, subscription registrations, content submissions, chats, bulletin boards, requests for suggestions, visitors' requests for products or services, and visitors' requests for additional information.

Links/Co-Branded Sites

The Comic Book Factory has established relationships with advertisers and business partners that allow visitors to our Site to link directly to sites operated by these partners. Some of these sites may be "co-branded" with a Comic Book Factory logo; however, they are not operated or maintained by The Comic Book Factory.. These sites may collect personal information from you. This Privacy Policy will apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner from our partners.

The Comic Book Factory chooses its advertisers and business partners carefully. However, The Comic Book Factory is not responsible for the content or practices of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our Site. These links are meant for the user's convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by The Comic Book Factory, of the content, policies, or practices of such third party sites. We are not responsible for any information these sites may obtain and do not oversee their policies or practices in collecting personal information. Therefore, once you have left this Site via such a link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party site.

This Site may also be linked to Web sites operated by companies affiliated with The Comic Book Factory. The Comic Book Factory may share information collected by our affiliated companies; however this Privacy Policy will apply to any personal information we receive in this manner. Visitors to our affiliated company's sites should still refer to their separate privacy policies and practices when providing any personally identifiable information.

Privacy and Storage of your personal information

It is necessary for the Owner to capture information about you in order to provide the services offered through this website. The use of the information and your rights in respect of it is set out in the Privacy Statement on this Website.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

When visitors come to our Site, we collect and aggregate information indicating, among other things, which web pages were visited, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks, if any, were "clicked" by the visitor. Collecting such information involves the logging of IP addresses, operating system (e.g., Windows or Macintosh), type of browser software (e.g., Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), and Internet service providers (e.g., AOL or NET.COM) used by each visitor to the Site. Although such information is not personally identifiable, it can be used to determine the IP address of the visitor's Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of his or her point of connectivity to the Internet.

Cookies are small bits of information that our site places on the hard drive of your computer to enable us to do a number of things to make your visit and future visits to the site more enjoyable. For example, cookies allow a visitor to quickly log on to a site he/she has used before by storing a password. Cookies are not used to obtain information about a user that was not previously provided in a cookie. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifiable information about a visitor, and The Comic Book Factory does not use cookies in order to obtain such information. The Comic Book Factory will never save credit card information in cookies. Most major sites on the Internet use cookies. Visitors may receive cookies from third parties, but The Comic Book Factory cannot control the content of these cookies. You should consult your browser owner's manual for instructions on how to refuse cookies.

The Comic Book Factory uses non-personally identifiable information and information obtained through the use of cookies in order to improve the Site. By tracking how many people visit our Site and where visitors go on our Site, we are able to determine which part of the Site users like the best, which part needs some improvement, and what changes should be made. By obtaining this information, we are able to continually improve our Site and bring you the best online experience possible. Comic Book Factory may also disclose some of non-personal information we obtain to advertisers to inform them of how many people have seen or linked to their advertisements on our Site. However, we will never disclose personally identifiable information to these advertisers.