Big Monkey Group Privacy Policy

Big Monkey Group and its subsidiaries; Weston Ranch Monthly, Brookside Monthly, Spanos Park Monthly and Lodi Monthly (herein referred to as "we," "us," or "our") are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of our users and we comply with both the United States Federal Law S. 877 CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 as well as the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2004.

This website is part of a network of websites wholly or partially owned by Big Monkey Group. All products and services that are made available to you the user are subject to this policy without qualification. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you understand fully all of our online privacy policies and practices.

By visiting this site you agree that your visit, and any dispute over our online privacy practices, is governed by this Privacy Policy, our Terms and Conditions, Posted Rules governing contests and any and all applicable Copyright, Trademark and Intellectual Property Laws set forth by the United States Government and any and all Copyright Laws governing the usage and dissemination of copyrighted online materials. The materials contained within our websites may not be reposted, used, disseminated, copied, reprinted or otherwise used in any way, shape, form or context, wholly or partially, without our expressed written consent and permission.

In addition, by using our products and services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy and any other privacy, data collection or user policy applicable on the Big Monkey Group platforms and websites and to receive any required legal notices regarding our privacy practices through the continuous posting of a clear and conspicuous link (found at the bottom of our web pages or on the confirmation screen to receive our newsletters) to the current version of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy governs the use and collection of information from you through our websites, our products and services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other information you may provide us through other means; for example, via mail, via telephone or at a live event.

Our sites occasionally have third party agents, subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures that perform certain functions on our behalf. They may have access to personal information needed to perform their designated function and are contractually obligated and bound to maintain the confidentiality and security of personal data. Third parties are restricted from using or in any way altering data other than their expressed contractual function to provide services to our sites.

IP Addresses:
An IP Address is a number assigned to the computer that is requesting a web page from one of our sites. Usually it is not your personal computer, but a computer used by your internet service provider or other company network. Our sites use IP Addresses to help diagnose potential problems with our servers, to administer our websites and to report and collect aggregate non-personal information. We do not associate IP Addresses with records containing personal information and cannot use IP Address tracking to retrieve personal information from your computer.

The information we collect from your IP Address includes:

• The IP Address of the computer making the request
• The URL that is being requested
• The date and time of the request
• The referring URL
• The browser type and operating system used to make the request

Cookies:
Our sites use cookies to track individual site usage. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are used to help target ads on the site based on user behavior and cookies also remember deliberate action taken by the user on our sites, such as logging into services. For example, our sites use cookies to ensure that you don't see the same ad repeatedly. You, through your browser preferences, are free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but, in doing so, may be excluded from some of our sites features. Therefore, for the maximum user experience to all of our sites, products and services, we recommend that you leave your cookies turned on. We do not control how third party advertisers use cookies that originate from their own web site, even if linked from one of our web pages or sites.

Registration:
Our sites may require registration for the use of certain features, products or services. Our site registrations are used solely for the user to gain access to certain products, services and features provided by us to our users. Our sites registration forms require users to give us their email address and have the ability to store other information such as address, phone number and zip code, plus any other information you may voluntarily choose to enter including site and newsletter preferences. As always, you may opt out of receiving future mailings at any time by following the necessary links.

Email Newsletter and Services:
We require your email address to sign up for our newsletter. Your email address is kept private and will not be given or sold to third parties. However, your email may be used by any of our divisions, subsidiaries or affiliates held under the regulations set forth in this Privacy Policy. You may opt out of any future mailings at any time. In addition, third parties may from time to time appear as sponsors or advertisers on our email newsletters, however, these are contractual agreements between us and the third party and therefore bound by this Privacy Policy while within the confines of our websites. See below for information concerning this Privacy Policy and links to other websites not owned or operated by us or any of our divisions.

Message Boards and Blogs:
Please remember that any information you share or post in an internet or otherwise public area, such as a message board or blog, becomes public and therefore is not governed by this Privacy Policy any longer. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information, postings, message or comments that you choose to make public and therefore we will not be responsible for any misuse of that information. Please do not post personal information on any message boards, blogs or comment space, including letters to us or any of our divisions, that you intend to keep private.

Giveaways, Contests and Surveys:
If you sign up to become eligible for a giveaway, contest or take part in an online survey on any of our sites we will ask for some personal information as it pertains to said feature or service. Your contact information is used solely for the expressed purpose of that giveaway, contest or survey, for example the notification of contest winners, and is bound by this Privacy Policy. Keep in mind that we do share data between our divisions. In addition, this information may be shared with, and only with, the sponsor of said giveaway, contest or survey. To the extent that the giveaway, contest or survey has its own terms that may conflict with the terms of this Privacy Policy, the terms of the giveaway, contest or survey shall govern.

Contact Forms:
Some of our sites feature contact forms to assist users in directing their feedback to the correct party. If a user sends feedback to any of our sites and includes a valid email address, we may reply to the user. The reply will be used to provide the user with additional information, answer a user question or direct the user to another source for information. Information sent to any of our divisions will be kept confidential in accordance with this Privacy Policy and may be used in aggregate to help guide policy decisions at any or all of our divisions. However, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of feedback sent to outside sources.

Advertisers:
From time to time advertisers on our sites may post their own giveaways, contest and surveys or requests for registration. If you respond, in any way, to an advertiser tile, banner, contest, giveaway, survey or link on any of our websites, this Privacy Policy will cease to apply and you will then be subject to the privacy policy, terms, conditions and copyright policies of the advertiser's website and governing policies, divisions or bodies.

Links to Other Sites:
Our sites sometimes provides links and pointers to various websites maintained by other organizations. Our sites provide these links as a convenience to our users, but does not operate, control or endorse these outside linked sites unless otherwise expressly and duly noted. We are solely responsible for the sites owned and operated by our divisions limited to Big Monkey Group and various partnered sites governed under contractual agreements and therefore governed by this Privacy Policy. We and all of our subordinate, partnered or contractual divisions expressly and specifically disclaim any authority or legally binding responsibility for the information on other sites and any product, service or endorsement offered therein and cannot vouch for the privacy policies of those sites and is therefore not legally responsible in any fashion.

Commerce:
Any and all commerce transactions conducted through our sites are made with a secured server. Our commerce partner ensures the security of any personal information given therein. Those security measures, policies and practices are in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our commerce partners control provided through certain features, products and services on our websites. Any financial information provided by users is sent via a secure server and encrypted for user protection.

Children:
Our sites are not oriented towards children and do not target them as an audience, nor do we utilize age requirements, screen for age or otherwise impede any legal access to any of our sites. However, some or all of our websites may contain mature content and are intended for an adult or mature audience. Children under the age of thirteen (13) should be closely monitored when using our sites or should be restricted from using our site altogether. It is our belief that children should get their parent's or guardian's permission before using the internet or giving out any personal information. It is the parent or guardian's responsibility to monitor their children's usage of the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their child's internet experience.

Legal Disclaimer:
Big Monkey Group or any of our partnered divisions, sites or affiliates may be asked to disclose personal information by law enforcement officials or judicial authorities or to provide personal and identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities when required to do so or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary. We will disclose personal and identifiable information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena or at our discretion in order to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation without prior notice to you. In addition, we will do what is legally necessary to defend and protect our rights and property. We, our partnerships, divisions and affiliates reserve the right to share personal identifiable information to cooperate with law enforcement agencies where applicable in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we believe to be unlawful and to prosecute, to the fullest extent of the law, any and all activities that infringe on our legal rights and properties.

Policy Changes:
This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 30, 2008. We may need to change and or update this policy from time to time as technology, the internet and the nature of our sites evolve. We will endeavor to post any changes or revisions to this policy as soon as they go into effect. By visiting our sites, you are accepting the practices set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy, please do not use our sites and exit immediately. We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of this policy as needed at any time without due notice to our users beforehand. Your continued use of our sites following the posting of changes, amendments or revisions to these terms means you implicitly accept those changes and agree that your use be governed by them.

Governing Law/ Sale of the Company:
The laws of the United States of America govern our sites, In the event of a sale of any of our sites, divisions or of a substantial portion of any of our assets, the email database and all use information may accrue to the new owners. Your personal identifiable information will be governed by this policy and any amended or revised provisions contained therein.

Contact:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of our sites or your dealings with our sites, you may contact us.