Privacy
Welcome to Stewart Audio Incorporated (“Stewart Audio Inc.”). Stewart Audio Inc. products and services (collectively, the “Products and Services”) which are offered by Stewart Audio Inc. through web pages at or linked to the URL https://stewartaudio.com (collectively referred to as “Stewart Audio Inc.,” which may expand or change from time to time) are made available subject to this Privacy Policy. This statement discloses the privacy practices of Stewart Audio Inc. By using the Products and Services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy or any other privacy or data collection policy applicable to any individual Stewart Audio Inc. web site.
Please note that Stewart Audio Inc. contains links to other sites and that these sites’ Privacy Policies may not conform to our own. So bear in mind that sites that are linked to and from Stewart Audio Inc. sites, may have privacy policies which differ from that of Stewart Audio Inc. This policy may be updated from time to time so please check back periodically.
The goal of Stewart Audio Inc. is to provide you with the information, services and resources that are most relevant and useful to our customers. To achieve this goal, Stewart Audio Inc. sometimes needs to collect information to understand what differentiates you from its hundreds of thousands of other unique users. We collect two types of information from you, “anonymous information” and “personally identifiable information.” Anonymous information refers to information that cannot be tied back to a specific individual. Each time a visitor comes to the Stewart Audio Inc. site, Stewart Audio Inc. collects some information to improve the overall quality of the visitor’s online experience. Stewart Audio Inc. collects the visitor’s IP address (e.g., whether the user is logged on from a .com, .gov or .edu domain), referral data (e.g., the address of the last URL a user visited prior to clicking through to an Stewart Audio Inc. site), and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform). Stewart Audio Inc. also collects aggregate search terms from its search services for internal reporting and targeted content presentation (that is, web pages which are dynamically displayed based on your individual interests. Stewart Audio Inc. collects this user information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted content.
In addition to this anonymous data, Stewart Audio Inc. may also collect personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information refers to information that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address. Wherever and whenever Stewart Audio Inc. collects personal information through registration we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page. Stewart Audio Inc. collects personal information in the following ways from different parts of its network of web sites:
Most of the personal information is gathered when you register with one or several of the Stewart Audio Inc. sites. If you choose to register, you may provide Stewart Audio Inc. with your name, postal address, email address, birth date, gender, zip code and other information. While not all of this information may be required, the more information you volunteer (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to customize your experience. Once you register you are able to take full advantage of the many offerings around Stewart Audio Inc., including personalized services, when they become available.
If you participate in any online surveys, you may be asked to provide some personal information. Should you choose to reply, please know that this information is in no way linked to you, nor is sufficient identifying information of any type collected such that your responses could be traced back to you. We believe it is important for you to be confident that your responses are anonymous and confidential.
If you contact Stewart Audio Inc., we may keep a record of that correspondence, including your email address and any data submitted to our submission forms. We use that information so that we may respond to that email, and for future reference.
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a web site to the hard drive of your computer so that the web site may identify you and track your activities on the web site. This unique number identifies your browser– and possibly you — to computers whenever you visit a site making use of them. A cookie can, in fact, let a web site know personally identifiable information about you, such as your real name and address.
When you register information in any Internet domain of Stewart Audio Inc., that information is generally collected and maintained solely by Stewart Audio Inc. unless specifically stated otherwise at the point of collection. Be aware that Stewart Audio Inc. may have links on our sites that take you to other sites that may collect personally identifiable information about you. Stewart Audio Inc. hopes that all third parties involved adhere to our policies regarding the privacy of our users. However, this Stewart Audio Inc. Privacy Policy does not cover third party data collection practices and Stewart Audio Inc. does not assume any responsibility for any actions of third parties.
Any personal information you provide to Stewart Audio Inc. when registering for Products and Services at any of its sites is maintained and accessible only by Stewart Audio Inc. unless specifically stated otherwise. Stewart Audio Inc. may request information from its users so that users can enjoy customized experiences across Stewart Audio Inc., including personalized services, interactive communications, discussion groups and many other types of content and services. Many of these services are free to you. In order to provide great content and services free of charge, Stewart Audio Inc. may display advertisements.
Stewart Audio Inc. may offer its users the ability to personalize content such as news, local resources, links to other web sites, and more.
Stewart Audio Inc. may use the aggregate data collected to inform our sponsors as to numbers of people who have certain demographic characteristics and the number of those people who have seen and “clicked” on specific pages or advertisement(s). We may also disclose to those third-party sponsors the overall demographics available regarding who saw and “clicked” on their advertisement. No personally identifiable information will be disclosed to any individual, whatsoever, as part of this process; only information in an aggregate form.
Stewart Audio Inc. also uses the aggregate data to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our registered users and visitors, to measure user demographics and interests regarding specific areas of Stewart Audio Inc. and to analyze how and where best to use our resources. Without such data, we would not know what the most popular areas of Stewart Audio Inc. are, and we would not be able to change and update the content and services appropriately.
Stewart Audio Inc. may, from time to time, use your information to contact you about changes or enhancements to Products and Services on Stewart Audio Inc. If you told Stewart Audio Inc. that you were interested in receiving offers or information, Stewart Audio Inc. may send you email about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. For those who elect to receive such materials from Stewart Audio Inc. or third parties, and who indicate that they do in their profile, Stewart Audio Inc. will release personally identifiable information. Information released may include your name, email address and other information supplied in Stewart Audio Inc. registration process, and only when you specifically grant us that right.
Stewart Audio Inc. sometimes uses an individual registered user’s data to “pre-populate” forms that are displayed for the purpose of collecting individual data by Stewart Audio Inc. and/or its advertisers and sponsors.
Stewart Audio Inc. may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide information on individual users to the appropriate governmental authorities. In matters involving a danger to personal or public safety, Stewart Audio Inc. may voluntarily provide information to appropriate governmental authorities. If you are a member of the military, you should not register any personally identifying information at our site in the eventuality that it may be subpoenaed.
Stewart Audio Inc. has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Only authorized employees have access to the information you provide us and strict rules on Stewart Audio Inc. employees who have access either to the databases that store user information or to the servers that host our services. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, we make every effort to prevent such unfortunate occurrences. Any other particularly sensitive information, such as your credit card number collected for a commerce transaction at Stewart Audio Inc. or to purchase products is encrypted prior to transmission.
Stewart Audio Inc. notice regarding the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998
The U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 went into effect on April 21, 2000 and sets forth specific legal guidelines with respect to what personal information can be collected from a child, defined to be under the age of 13 years old, by an operator specifically targeting children with their services. Stewart Audio Inc., in compliance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998.
Know the risks. When you communicate with others online, you should be aware that, when disclosing personal information such as one’s actual name, member name, email address, etc., on a web page, in a newsgroup, chat room or forum, that information may be collected and used by others to send that person unsolicited email from other parties, outside Stewart Audio Inc. Some of the email you receive may be useful to you, but some may not. In an effort to curtail unsolicited email, Stewart Audio Inc. may block certain email addresses and domains from sending email to email addresses at our domains.