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Privacy Policy-Kisho Media, LLC.

General
Kisho Media, LLC. (“we”,“us”,“our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personally identifiable information. We have adopted this Privacy Policy to explain what information may be collected on this site and how such information may be sued and/or shared with others. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through this Site and not through any other sources. We respect the privacy of every individual who visits www.insidezoutmag.com or Kisho Media (“Web site") or responds to our subscription form or contest. Kisho Media’s Privacy Policy outlines the information Kisho Media will collect and how we will use that information. This Policy also tells you what to do if you do not want your Personal Information to be shared or divulged when you visit our Web site or respond to our advertising. By using the Web site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any terms or practices described in our Privacy, please do not use our Web site.

We do not attempt to collect excessive or irrelevant information, whether that information personally identifies you or not. We collect information solely to support our interaction with you. We will reasonable steps to delete or de-identify information about you that we collect when we no longer need it to interact with you. Until you notify us by following the instruction under “Opt-out” below or we determine that the information is no longer needed, we may retain information we collect indefinitely.

YourCalifornia Privacy Rights
The following only applies to California residents, Kisho Media, LLC. (“we”,“us”,“our”) may from time to time share your personally identifiable information with our subsidiaries, affiliates, sponsors, partners, advertisers, or other third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you do not want us to share your personally identifiable information with such third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please let us know by email at
member@insidezoutmag.com or by mail at Kisho Media LLC,P.O. Box 7049 New York,NY 10116. Your opt-our request will be processed within 30 days of the date on which we receive it. For more information on how your personally identifiable information is collected and used, please read the remainder of our Privacy Policy.

Personally Identifiable Information
Personal Information
is information that identifies you or can be used to identify or contact you, e.g., your name, physical or e-mail addresses, or telephone numbers, which we may collect during your registration with Kisho Media or in e-mails to us and in online forms, orders, and surveys. If you do not want your Personal Information collected, DO NOT submit it to us. Kisho Media will not collect your Personal Information unless you provide it voluntarily. You do not have to provide Personal Information to visit the website, but if you choose to withhold requested information, you may not be able to use all the features of our Web site.

In certain circumstances, you may be asked to provide us with some specific information about yourself in order to use certain features on this Site or to take advantage of certain opportunities that we may offer through this Site. For example:

Subscribing to InsidezOut online magazine: If you wish to subscribe to InsidezOut online magazine on this Site, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address.  This information will be used to subscribe you to the online magazine you requested.

Focus Groups: To participate in our focus group, Focus Kisho, you may be required to provide your name, address, e-mail address and date of birth. We will use this information to communicate with you and to solicit your opinions regarding our editorial content and other matters.

Promotions and Contest: This Site may, from time to time, offer special promotions and/or contest. If you choose to participate, you will be required to provide your name, address, e-mail address, and /or date of birth, as well as other information about you that is relevant to the specific promotion or contest. Such information will be used to select the winners, to notify you if you win on of the contests, and otherwise in connection with the administration of the promotion or contest. We also reserve the right to share this information with any of the promotion or contest sponsors or partners and use the information for any other purpose disclosed to you in the applicable terms and conditions.

If you do submit Personal Information we will:

-store and process it to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services;

-use it to contact you for account, informational, marketing and promotional purposes;

-based upon your selections,disclose it to third parties listed on InsidezOut’s sign-up email, who may contact you for information, marketing and promotional purposes;

-disclose it to third parties(including legal authorities) if we believe that disclosure might be legally required or necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be injuring or interfering with the rights or property (either intentionally or unintentionally) of Kisho Media, other members or users of the Web site, or anyone else whom we believe that disclosure is necessary to enforce our Terms and Conditions; and

-disclose it to independent contractors we engage to assist with or perform any of the foregoing activities.

Additionally, if you do submit Personal Information

-Kisho Media may distribute your information to third parties not listed on the sign up page but who will provide information to you on student loans, special offers for graduates, United States armed services, medical school admissions, volunteering opportunities, and camps; and

-Kisho Media may provide it to select advertisers appropriate for college students.

Aggregating Third Party Information with Personal Information
We may, either through our own searches or by contact with third party providers, add publicly available information to the Personal Information you elect to provide to us. For example, if you provide your name or address, we may ad your telephone number and e-mail address obtained from other sources to your Personal Information. However, we will treat any information that personally identifies you, including any information that we add to the Personal Information you provide, as your Personal Information which is subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy.

Changing my Personal Information
We take reasonable steps to ensure that all of your Personal Information we collect, use, or disclose is accurate, complete, up to date, stored in a secure environment, and accessed only by authorized personnel for permitted purposes. If your Personal Information changes, you may update your information by sending an email to
info@insidezoutmag.com. You may also contact us using the information in “Contact Us” or at webmaster@insidezoutmag.com to review or update your Personal Information or request that we remove your Personal Information from our records. If you request, we will use all reasonable efforts to delete your Personal Information from our existing records.

Children (under thirteen)
We do not knowingly collect, use or retain any Personal Information from visitors to our Web site who are under thirteen (13) years of age for any purpose whatsoever (including internal or external marketing purposes). This Web site is not directed at individuals under thirteen years of age, and Kisho Media does not intend to collect any personally-identifiable information from such individuals.
 

Non-Personally Identifiable Information Collected Automatically
From time to time, we may also collect information about you through the standard operation of our severs that is not personally-identifying information. Examples may include your age, gender, interests and preferences, the type of Internet browser (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer) and computer operating system (Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS) you use, the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, MSN), and the domain name of the Web site from which linked to the Web site. This information is used to help analyze site traffic and improve our services. We may also aggregate such information to create statistically data and share it with potential advertisers, partners, affiliates and other third parties. The data are used to customize the Web site’s content and advertising and to deliver a better experience for our members and users. 

Tracking Tools
We use internet technologies such as “Cookies” and other tracking tools to store information on individual users’ computers to assist in their use of the Web site. For example, once you have registered, a Cookie will be used to recognize you and avoid asking you to register again. We also use cookies to tailor the Web site to better match your interest and preferences. With most Internet browsers, you can erase Cookies from your hard drive, block all Cookies, and receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. 

To ensure the best experience on the Web site we suggest that you allow Kisho Media to leave Cookies on your computer.

We also use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here: (http://www.advertising.com/Privacy.html).

Links to Other Web sites
The Web site has links to various other Web sites. We assume no responsibility for the information practices of sites you are able to access through the Web site. These links to other sites do not imply affiliation or endorsement of a linked site in any way.

Security
Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online, that information can be collected and used by people you don’t know. While Kisho Media endeavors to protect your information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk.

The security of all personally identifying information associated with our users and members is very important to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, Kisho Media cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to use or from our online product or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your Personal Information, we will take reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

Business Transfers
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell some of our assets, which could include information about our members and users. Also, in the event that Kisho Media or substantially all of its assets are acquired, this customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using the Web site, you have consented to Kisho Media’s Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to this Policy or our Terms and Conditions of Use, please do not use the Web site.

Opt-out
If after providing your Personal Information you no longer wish to receive any materials, offers or correspondence from Kisho Media, please send an e-mail to
members@insidezoutmag.com indicating your preference to “unsubscribe” and we will promptly remove you from our e-mail list, mailing list and mark you as deleted from our database. Please be sure to include your name and e-mail address in your e-mail.

If you no longer wish to receive any materials or other correspondence from third parties, you must contact them directly. You will be subject to their privacy policy and terms of use in such event.

Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to have any Personal Information updated or deleted from our records, please contact us at:

Kisho Media, LLC.
C/o Student Info Administrator
P.O. Box 7049
New York,NY 10116 

Or at members@insidezoutmag.com

Changes to the Policy
We reserve the right at any time to change our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, so you would review them from time to time. If we make a change, we will post a notice on the Web site. If you use the Web site after we change our Privacy Policy or Terms of use, you will be deemed to have accepted the changes.

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