Our policy is to collect no personal information about you when you visit the Omega Letter web site unless you choose to provide that information. If you simply browse our site and download information, we do not track or record any personal information about you.

The Omega Letter does not track the usage patterns of individuals at any time and no other personal information is collected about you when you visit this web site unless you choose to provide that information.

Unless you choose to provide additional information, the only information gathered by this site during your visit is:

The Internet domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com or company.com);

Your IP address (an Internet Protocol address is a number that is automatically assigned to any computer that is connected to the Internet);

The type of browser, operating system, and connection speed used to access the site;

The date and time you access the site;

Pages requested; and

If you linked to this web site from another web site, the address of that web site.

While we do not monitor individual traffic patterns on our site, we do collect information on aggregate behavior. This information is collected and stored automatically and is used to better prepare future site content based on the interests of our readers.

The Omega Letter gathers information about users from data that is provided through optional, voluntary registrations, order forms, occasional online surveys, and data the Omega Letter gathers through aggregating tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views and hits throughout the site. Such information enables us to better tailor our content to readers' needs.

The Omega Letter very much respects the privacy of its readers and will not divulge your email address to a third party.

Use of Cookies:

Cookies are bits of information stored on your computer when you visit a web site. When someone visits the Omega Letter web site, a temporary cookie is placed on your machine (if your computer is set up to accept session cookies). This cookie does not contain any personal information and is removed after you leave the site.

Furthermore, the Omega Letter uses cookies in some areas to allow access to registered users. The cookies are only used to store information identifying registered user. Information is not web accessible and access to the information is restricted. Cookies must be enabled for you to take advantage of some of the site’s features.

Opting Out and Modifying Information:

The Omega Letter provides the opportunity to opt-out of receiving email or other electronic communications from us. Moreover, we provide the opportunity to opt-out of receiving any further communications from us when you receive email or other electronic communications.

We also provide the option of contacting us at any time to remove your information from our database or to stop future distributions of email updates. You may unsubscribe to any of our electronic communications at anytime via your member profile.

Email Updates and Other Communications:

The Omega Letter offers electronic newsletters and email updates. The Omega Letter collects the email addresses of users who pay the subscription fee.

Public Forums:

The Omega Letter permits readers to post reactions, responses and other comments on this web site. Likewise we may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to our readers. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information. The forum is monitored by its membership.  All full members of the Omega Letter have the option of ‘dusting’ offensive or blasphemous posts to keep the site clean and user-friendly. 

Send to a Friend:

The Omega Letter offers a "Send to a Friend" feature that allows readers to forward articles to their friends. This utility does not retain or store the email addresses entered into the form. Use of this feature is completely anonymous.

Links to Other Sites:

The Omega Letter contains links to other sites and servers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects your personally identifiable information.

Children's Guidelines:

We have strived for our web site to meet the general industry guidelines that promote fair information practices and protect children. We encourage parents to participate actively in their children's Internet experience.

Security:

This web site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The Omega Letter is run on servers located in a secure server room and with staff available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to monitor equipment and services.

Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification of this system -- or its supporting hardware or software -- may violate federal or other statutes and may subject the violator to criminal and civil penalties. In the event of unauthorized intrusion, all relevant information regarding possible violation of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.

Notification of Changes:

We reserve the right to change this statement at any time by posting revisions on the Omega Letter web site. This privacy policy is not intended to, and does not, create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party. If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will provide you with a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. Please check this site for information about revisions to this privacy policy.

Contacting Our Web Site:

If you have any questions about our privacy statement, the practices of our web site, or your dealings with our web site, please feel free to contact us.