39online.com strives to  offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide  an interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally  Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address,  telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. Please note  this policy applies only to information collected by 39online.com online and  does not impact information collected or used by 39online.com or its  affiliates through other means.

How we gather  information from users.

How we collect and store  information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you  elect to participate and the services provided. You can visit many pages on  our site without providing any information. Other pages may prompt you to  provide information, such as when you register for access to portions of our  site, sign up for membership, request certain features (e.g., newsletters,  news updates and other products), sign up for a newspaper subscription or  make a purchase. You may also provide information when you participate in  sweepstakes and contests, voting and polling activities, message boards and  chat rooms and other interactive areas of our site.
 
  Like most Web sites, 39online.com also collects information automatically and  through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors.  For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use  "cookie" technology. Among other things, the cookie may store your  user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information  each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a  particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional  technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain  cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by  setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but doing so may limit your  ability to access certain portions of the site or may require you to re-enter  your user name and password. Additionally we may not be able to customize the  site's features according to your preferences.

What we do with the  information we collect.

We will use your  information only as permitted by law. Aggregated Information (information  that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. As one  example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar  information obtained from other users to learn which pages are visited most  or what features are most attractive. Aggregated Information may occasionally  be shared with our advertisers and business partners, but cannot be used to  contact you individually.

We also collect  information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and  advertising. For example, we may use Personally Identifiable Information  collected on 39online.com to communicate with you regarding our Terms  of Service and privacy policy, products and services offered by  39online.com and other Tribune Company affiliates and partners,  administration of sweepstakes and contests, processing e-commerce  transactions and other topics we think you might find of interest. We reserve  the right to share this information with other Tribune Company business units  and affiliates, including for example our affiliated newspapers and entities  in which Tribune Company has an ownership interest (collectively,  "Affiliates"). This policy does not apply to any Affiliate's use of  such information.

Personally Identifiable  Information collected by 39online.com may also be used for other purposes  including but not limited to site administration and troubleshooting. Certain  third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site  (our Web hosting service and our newsletter provider, for example) may access  such information.

As we continue to develop  our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or  businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the  transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a  court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do  so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us,  and/or whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary to give such information  to law enforcement authorities. Please note we may not provide you with  notice prior to disclosure in such cases.

Your choice to opt  out.

The quality news and information  on 39online.com is supported by advertising revenue and a controlled program  of e-mail marketing is an important element of our online publishing  business. Like other Web publishers, we sometimes permit our advertising and  promotional partners to e-mail you about services, features, products,  special offers and unique content we believe might interest you. If you  prefer not to receive e-mail communications sent directly from our  advertisers or promotional partners, you will be given an opportunity to  decline before you provide us information we might use for this purpose. If  you decline at the time you provide us such information, we will not share  the Personally Identifiable Information you provide with non-Affiliated  advertisers for such purposes, though we may on occasion send you information  on their behalf.

Affiliated sites,  linked sites and advertisements.

39online.com expects its  partners, advertisers and third-party affiliates to respect the privacy of  our users. However, third parties, including our partners, advertisers,  affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have  their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example,  during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on  a 39online.com page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a  third party. Also, through 39online.com you may be introduced to, or be able  to access, information, Web sites, advertisements, features, contests or  sweepstakes offered by other parties. 39online.com is not responsible for the  actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable  privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a  feature or page operated by a third party.

While on our site, our  advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or  other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve  information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by  third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine  whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Through features  available on our site, third parties may use cookies or other technology to  gather information. 39online.com does not control the use of this technology  or the resulting information and is not responsible for any actions or  policies of such third parties.

A cookie gets entered by  your Web browser into the "Cookies" folder on your hard drive after  you close your browser, and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits  to the Site. We use persistent and session cookies to analyze and enhance  your experience on the Site, and use third party ad technology to serve ads.  The data that is collected is the property of 39online.com, not the third  party. We also allow third parties called ad networks or ad servers to serve  ads to you on 39online.com. Cookies enable them to compile information about  where you, or others who have used your computer, saw their advertisements  and determine which ads are clicked on. This information makes it possible  for the ad technology, ad servers and ad networks to deliver targeted  advertisements to you on 39online.com. 39online.com does not have access to  the cookies that may be placed on your computer by third-party ad technology,  ad servers or ad networks. 39online.com maintains relationships with a number  of third-party networks, including Doubleclick, Unicast, and Pointroll. Those  parties that use cookies may offer you a way to opt out of ad targeting. You  may find more information at the Web site of the individual ad network or the  Network  Advertising Initiative.

Please be careful and  responsible whenever you are online. Should you choose to voluntarily  disclose Personally Identifiable Information on our site, such as in message  boards, chat areas or in advertising or notices you post, that information  can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without  our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals  or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of 39online.com and  this policy.

Children.

39online.com does not  knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or  about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have  received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy,  we will delete that information immediately. If you believe 39online.com has  any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the  address listed below.

Contacting us.

We can be reached by  contacting:

39online.com
  7700 Westpark Drive
  Houston, TX 77063
  E-mail: jclemons@tribune.com

  Changes to this policy.

39online.com reserves the  right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically  for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes  to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected  prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules  and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

Governing law.

This policy and the use  of this Site are governed by Illinois law. Any claim related to the Site or  this policy shall be brought in a federal or state court in Chicago,  Illinois, within one year after the claim arises. You agree no such claim may  be brought as a class action. Users of 39online.com consent to the jurisdiction  and venue of such court as the most convenient and appropriate for the  resolution of disputes concerning this policy. 39online.com is controlled,  operated and administered entirely within the United States. If you are  located outside the United States, please note the information you provide to  us will be transferred to the United States. You hereby consent to this  transfer.

In the event case of any  conflict between the terms of this policy and the terms of any electronic or  machine readable privacy policy (for example, a P3P electronic privacy  policy), the terms of this written policy shall control.