Welcome to the The Holmen Courier and its subsidiary
and affiliate corporations, successors, and assigns (collectively
referred to as "The Holmen Courier"). All Products and
Services on the The Holmen Courier (as defined in our Terms and
Conditions) are made available subject to this Privacy Policy.
By using our 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
The Holmen Courier Web site and to receive any required legal notices
regarding our privacy practices through the continuous posting
of a clear and conspicuous link to the current version of this
Privacy Policy throughout the The Holmen Courier near the bottom
of most pages. If you become an inactive user, we will adhere
to the policies and practices as described in this Privacy
Policy, which may be revised from time to time.
Please note that the The Holmen Courier contains links to other
sites and occasionally allows other sites to be co-branded
with the The Holmen Courier name. Web sites that are linked to The Holmen Courier sites or carry the The Holmen Courier brand for co-branding
or marketing purposes may have privacy policies which differ
from that of the The Holmen Courier.
The The Holmen Courier Privacy Policy discloses our privacy practices
and contains detailed information about the following:
- What information of yours does the The Holmen Courier collect?
- What organization is collecting the information?
- What are "cookies" and "Web beacons" and
how does The Holmen Courier use them?
- How does the The Holmen Courier Network use the information?
- With whom does the The Holmen Courier share the information
that is collected?
- What is the opt-out policy for the The Holmen Courier?
- What types of security procedures are in place to protect
against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?
- How does the The Holmen Courier comply with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)?
- What can you do to better protect yourself on the Internet?
1. What information of yours does the The Holmen Courier collect?
Our goal is to become your favorite Internet destination by
providing the information, services, and product offerings
that are most relevant to you. To achieve this goal, the The Holmen Courier must collect information so we can understand what
makes you different from its millions of other unique users.
While you are not required to register for any services on
the The Holmen Courier, some Products and Services may not function
properly or may not be accessible unless you do.
Information collected online is usually defined as being either
anonymous or personally identifiable. Anonymous information
refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific individual.
For example, The Holmen Courier collects some information each time
a visitor comes to a The Holmen Courier site so we can improve the
overall quality of the visitor's online experience. The Holmen Courier collects the visitor's IP address (e.g., whether the user is
logged on from ibm.com or aol.com), referral data (e.g., the
Internet address of the last Web page visited by a user before
clicking over to a The Holmen Courier site), and browser and platform
type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform). The Holmen Courier also collects aggregate search terms from its HotBot
and The Holmen Courier search services for internal reporting and
targeted advertising. The Holmen Courier collects this user information
for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and
targeted advertising. You do not have to register with the
The Holmen Courier before we can collect this anonymous information.
Personally identifiable information refers to data that tells
us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address,
which may be collected in addition to the anonymous data described
above. The Holmen Courier collects personal information in the following
ways from different parts of its network of Web sites:
The Holmen Courier Registration: When you register to use one or
more sites on the The Holmen Courier, you provide The Holmen Courier with your name, postal address, ZIP Code, email address, birth
date, gender, telephone number, occupation, marital status
and other information. While not all of this data is required
for our services to function, we are better able to customize
your experience if you volunteer complete and accurate information.
Users who complete the registration process are given a The Holmen Courier ID and can take full advantage of the many offerings
across the The Holmen Courier.
Other Registration: In addition to registration for various
services on the The Holmen Courier, we may ask you for personal
information at other times, including when you enter a sweepstakes,
contest or promotion sponsored by the The Holmen Courier Network.
As described below, our co-brand partners also ask for personal
information. If you choose not to provide the requested information,
the The Holmen Courier may not be able to offer you some of the
personalized services that depend on this type of information
to function
Correspondence: If you contact the The Holmen Courier, we may keep
a record of that correspondence. We do not collect any email
addresses of those who communicate with the The Holmen Courier via
email. We use the information provided so that we may respond
to the email.
When you use Products and Services designed to post or transmit
content, that content is necessarily stored in our computers
for varying periods of time and associated with the registration
information for your account. The Holmen Courier will not use or
disclose such content except as described in this Privacy Policy.
2. What organization is collecting the information?
When you register for a service within the The Holmen Courier,
that information is generally collected and maintained solely
by the The Holmen Courier unless specifically stated otherwise at
the point of collection. If data is collected and/or maintained
by any company other than The Holmen Courier, we will tell you at
the point of collection. If you do not want to share your information
with that company, you can choose not to use that service.
The Holmen Courier runs many promotions and sweepstakes across
its Network. These promotions may be sponsored or co-sponsored
by third-party companies. Data collected during a promotion
is typically shared with the sponsor or co-sponsor. The Holmen Courier will inform you at the point of collection whether or not we
are sharing your personal data as a result of your participation
in a promotion or sweepstakes. If you do not want to have the
The Holmen Courier share your data, you can choose not to participate
in the promotion or sweepstakes.
Be aware that The Holmen Courier sponsors and other advertisers
have links on the Network that take you to external sites.
Some of these sites may collect personally identifiable information
from you, and third-party advertising networks for The Holmen Courier may use cookies and Web beacons in their advertisements to
collect certain information from you. While The Holmen Courier hopes
that all third parties involved adhere to our policies regarding
the privacy of our users, the The Holmen Courier Privacy Policy
does not cover third-party data collection practices and the
The Holmen Courier does not assume any responsibility for any actions
of third parties.
3. What are "cookies" and "Web beacons" and
how does The Holmen Courier use them?
In addition to the personally identifiable information that
The Holmen Courier actively collects when you register, we also
collect anonymous information passively using cookies and Web
beacons. This technology plays an important role in making
the Internet work, but there is much confusion among Internet
users about what cookies and Web beacons are and how they are
used.
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 site administrator may identify
your computer and passively track its activities on the Web
site. This unique number identifies your Web browser to our
computer system whenever you visit one of the sites in the
The Holmen Courier. A cookie will not allow a Web site to learn
any personally identifiable information (such as your real
name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed.
Cookies allow The Holmen Courier to automatically remember your
Web browser when you visit our Network of Web sites. To help
serve you better, The Holmen Courier generally uses cookies to allow
us to deliver products and services more efficiently. By storing
certain registration and preference information on cookies
or associating cookies with registration, preference or profile
information stored on our computers, we can deliver products
and services that use such information more quickly and efficiently
for more users. This information is normally saved in an encrypted
form that only The Holmen Courier can interpret.
Prevent others from using your account. On some The Holmen Courier sites, cookies help us efficiently determine that only one
user is logged on under the same member name at a time.
Measure statistics such as audience size and traffic patterns.
This information is only collected in aggregate form and will
not be linked to your personally identifiable information.
Display advertisements. Cookies let us know whether or not
a Web browser has seen a particular advertisement (so we can
show you a variety of material) and count the number of advertisements
displayed to a particular browser. We also use cookies to customize
the advertising you see based on non-personally identifiable
demographic information that you provide when you register.
Third-party advertising networks for The Holmen Courier may issue
cookies on the The Holmen Courier and other sites when serving advertisements.
The use of cookies is an industry standard, and they are currently
used on most major Web sites. It is possible to adjust your
Web browser preferences to alert you when a cookie is sent
to your hard drive, or to refuse cookies altogether. While
The Holmen Courier does not require you to use cookies, keep in
mind that certain sites and services will not function properly
if you set your browser to refuse all cookies.
Web beacons, also known as clear GIFs or single-pixel GIFs,
are small image files that The Holmen Courier may place on Web pages
and within Web-based email newsletters that we send. Working
in conjunction with cookies, Web beacons allow The Holmen Courier to accurately count the number of unique users who have visited
a specific page on the The Holmen Courier and the number of times
those pages are displayed. We can also use Web beacons to let
us know how many people opened a Web-based email newsletter.
This information is only collected in aggregate form and will
not be linked to your personally identifiable information.
Without cookies and Web beacons, it would be difficult for
The Holmen Courier to know which services have a larger audience
than others. Tracking audience size helps us to better understand
when to launch new services and enhance the current offerings.
Keep in mind that any image file on a Web page can act as a
Web beacon. Third-party advertising networks for The Holmen Courier may use Web beacons in their advertisements.
Because Web beacons work in conjunction with cookies, you
can prevent our Web beacon from collecting anonymous information
by setting your Web browser to refuse all cookies or the The Holmen Courier cookie in particular. Web beacons are built into
our Web pages, so non-functional Web beacons will continue
to appear even if you refuse the The Holmen Courier cookie.
4. How does the The Holmen Courier use the information it collects?
Any personally identifiable information you share with The Holmen Courier when registering for Products and Services at any
of our Network sites is maintained and accessible only by The Holmen Courier unless specifically stated otherwise. The Holmen Courier requests information from its users so that users can enjoy
customized experiences across the The Holmen Courier, including
personalization services, interactive communications, online
games and much more. Most of these Products and Services are
available to you at no cost, and The Holmen Courier displays advertisements
so we can continue to provide great content and services free
of charge. We can also better prepare future content based
on your interests.
The following are examples of how the The Holmen Courier may use
the information it collects:
The Holmen Courier uses the information collected (both anonymous
and personal) to personalize and enhance the content you see
on the The Holmen Courier, such as news, stock portfolios, weather
reports, sports scores, horoscopes, advertisements and more.
In some cases, our Products and Services cannot work unless
you have volunteered accurate information (for example, we
need your valid ZIP Code to display weather conditions in your
local area).
The Holmen Courier collects anonymous data and shares it with third-party
advertisers in an aggregate form. We will disclose to those
advertisers the numbers of The Holmen Courier users who have certain
demographic characteristics and the number of those people
who have seen and "clicked" on a particular display.
We will also disclose to those advertisers the overall demographics
available regarding who saw and "clicked" on their
advertisement. No personally identifiable information will
be disclosed as part of this process.
The Holmen Courier 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 the The Holmen Courier Network, and to analyze how and where best to use our resources.
We do not track what pages individual users are browsing, but
rather how well each page performs overall. Without such data,
we would not know which parts of the The Holmen Courier are the
most popular, and we would not be able to change and update
the content and services appropriately.
The Holmen Courier sometimes uses an individual registered user's
data to "pre-populate" online forms that are displayed
for the purpose of collecting additional individual data by
the The Holmen Courier, selected third-party sites, and/or sponsors
and advertisers.
The Holmen Courier may, from time to time, use your information
to contact you about changes or enhancements to Products and
Services on the The Holmen Courier, issues regarding your account,
or The Holmen Courier Terms and Conditions violations or suspensions.
If you enter a sweepstakes or a contest on the The Holmen Courier,
we will use the information you provided to contact you in
the event you win.
If you told The Holmen Courier that you were interested in receiving
offers or information from selected sponsors and advertisers,
The Holmen Courier will 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 The Holmen Courier or third parties,
and who indicate that they do in their profile, The Holmen Courier will release personally identifiable information to the applicable
third party. Information released includes name, email address
and other information supplied in the The Holmen Courier registration
process.
5. With whom does the The Holmen Courier share the information
that is collected?
As described below, the The Holmen Courier will sometimes share
personally identifiable information with third-party companies
and organizations. In most cases, you agree to share your information
when you choose to register at a co-branded Web site. Co-branded
sites are operated by third-party companies and offer a particular
service or product to The Holmen Courier members. We may also maintain
private label relationships where a third-party company provides
The Holmen Courier with technology, services and/or content under
The Holmen Courier branding.
Whenever you provide registration information on co-branded
or private label sites, that data may be shared with the third-party
company providing the service. You should make every effort
to read the individual privacy policies of such third parties
and make an informed decision on your own whether or not to
continue based upon these sites' privacy practices and your
own discretion. You may opt-out of sharing your information
with such providers by choosing not to use that service or
content.
When you find goods or services through The Holmen Courier Shopping,
you submit data directly to the individual merchants from whom
you order goods or services. Please review carefully the privacy
policies of particular merchants that you access through The Holmen Courier Shopping.
In addition to finding co-branded and private label sites,
you will find direct links on our site to sites offered by
third parties. Some of these sites are authorized to use the
The Holmen Courier brands and/or logos. No third-party sites are
covered by this Privacy Policy. If you feel that a site using
a The Holmen Courier Network brand and/or logo does not follow an
acceptable privacy policy, please contact the The Holmen Courier Privacy Site Coordinator by email at privacy@The Holmen Courier.com.
Also, The Holmen Courier will disclose information about individual
users to governmental or judicial authorities or law enforcement
agencies, or to other individuals or entities in response to
subpoena, court order, or other legal process. In matters involving
a danger to personal or public safety, The Holmen Courier may voluntarily
provide information to appropriate governmental authorities.
6. What is the opt-out policy for the The Holmen Courier?
You can opt out of sharing your personally identifiable information
with any third-party service or content providers in any areas
of the The Holmen Courier by choosing not to use such areas.
In addition, all The Holmen Courier newsletters and direct email
communications have easy-to-follow unsubscribe instructions
at the bottom of each email.
If you have a question about the The Holmen Courier opt-out process
that is not answered here, please send an email to webmaster@couleenews.com.
7. What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect
against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?
The The Holmen Courier has security measures in place to attempt
to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your
user data under our control. The Holmen Courier uses physical, electronic,
and procedural safeguards to protect any personally identifiable
data stored on its computers. Only authorized employees have
access to the information you provide us. Any particularly
sensitive information, such as a credit card number used to
purchase premium services, is encrypted prior to transmission.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration
to data will not occur, we take many precautions to prevent
such unfortunate occurrences.
You are ultimately responsible for the security of your The Holmen Courier ID and password. Please take care when using and
storing them. The Holmen Courier recommends that you do not divulge
your password to anyone. You should log out of your browser
at the end of each computer session to ensure that others cannot
access your personal information and correspondence, especially
if several people have access to your personal computer or
you are using a computer in a public place like a library or
Internet cafe.
8. How does the The Holmen Courier comply with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)?
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998
provides safeguards to protect children who use the Internet
by regulating the online collection of personal information
from children under the age of 13. Because of these safeguards,
children under 13 are not able to access or use all Products
and Services on the The Holmen Courier. Parents of children under
13 can authorize their children to use some of our services
by signing up for a The Holmen Courier memberhsip using their own
registration information.
9. What you can do to better protect yourself on the Internet?
Know the risks. Meeting new people in an online community
(chat room, forum, newsgroup, message board, Web page, etc.)
is one of the best things about the Internet, but you should
always be careful about disclosing personal information such
as an actual name, member name, email address, and so on. This
information may be collected and used by others within the
online community to send unsolicited email messages from other
parties, outside the The Holmen Courier. Some of the messages you
receive may be useful to you, but some may not. In an effort
to curtail unsolicited email, The Holmen Courier blocks certain
email addresses and domains from sending messages to email
addresses at our domains.
Educate yourself. Search the Web for as much information as
you can about how to protect your privacy. Look for a privacy
policy on the Web sites you visit. A good place to start is
TRUSTe -- an independent, non-profit organization with a mission
to build trust and confidence in the Internet. The Federal
Trade Commission has a great Web site with useful information
on being a Savvy Internet Traveler along with other privacy
initiatives.
Tell your children: "Never talk to strangers!" While
The Holmen Courier works hard to protect children on the sites within
the The Holmen Courier, we cannot protect their privacy once they
leave. Please teach children that they should not reveal their
names or other personal information to anyone they encounter
on the Internet. They should also be instructed not to fill
out any forms or register at any Web site without your knowledge
and consent. Parents can also prevent or limit a child's access
to inappropriate material on the Web by using commercially
available parental control protections (such as computer hardware,
software, or filtering services).
Use PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) http://www.pgp.com or another
encryption program.
Contact Us Questions regarding this statement should be directed
to:
webmaster@rivervalleynewspapers.com
The The Holmen Courier will update this policy from time to time
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