Privacy Statement for How Stuff Works

HowStuffWorks.com has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for How Stuff Works.

Our overall policy is extremely simple: If we collect information from you, it is held securely and in the strictest confidence. For example, if you submit your email address to How Stuff Works so you can receive the HSW newsletter, we hold your email address on a secure server and we use it for no purpose other than sending you the newsletter you requested. We do not sell or share your personal information with any third party.

Here are the details of our privacy policies. This statement may change over time - please review it periodically.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information.

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and optional demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

This site contains links to other sites. How Stuff Works is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). We use contact data from our surveys to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. This information is shared with partners on an aggregate basis.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

You can send email to remove@howstuffworks.com
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You can send mail to the following postal address:
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Correct/Update

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

email update@howstuffworks.com
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send mail to the following postal address:
P.O. Box 40492, Raleigh, NC 27629

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact

Web Administration Department

HowStuffWorks.com

P.O. Box 40492

Raleigh, NC 27629

web@howstuffworks.com

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