PRIVACY STATEMENT/POLICY


5 Souls website(s) is or are owned by 5 Souls and hosted/maintained by a third party company.  Your privacy on the Internet is important to 5 Souls.  5 Souls wants to make your experience online satisfying and safe.


Because 5 Souls gathers certain types of information about visitors of this website, 5 Souls wants visitors of 5 Souls' website(s) to understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information.  This privacy statement/policy discloses many, but not necessarily all, of the types and categories of information that 5 Souls may gather and how 5 Souls may use such information.


Information that 5 Souls May Gather and Track:


5 Souls may gather several types of information about visitors of this website, including:


- Information that visitors of this website provide through optional, voluntary submissions.  Such voluntary submissions may include receiving newsletters, receiving electronic messages and/or mail, participating in message boards or forums, and participation in polls or surveys, among other things.


- Information obtained about visitors of this website through aggregated tracking information, which may be derived by tallying page views throughout this and other websites.  This information allows 5 Souls to better tailor its content to the needs of visitors of this website, and it helps 5 Souls, as well as 5 Souls' advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of 5 Souls' audience.  Because 5 Souls may derive revenue from sponsorships or advertising, such aggregated demographic data may be essential to maintaining 5 Souls' Internet presence, and to keep it active.  Under some circumstances, in the discretion of 5 Souls, 5 Souls may divulge information about visitors of this website to third parties.


5 Souls may gather information about visitors of this website via the following processes, among others:


- Optional Voluntary Information


5 Souls may offer free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users, including, but not limited to:


1.  Electronic newsletters (dispatches or e-mails)


5 Souls may offer electronic newsletters to visitors of this website.  5 Souls may gather e-mail addresses of visitors of this website.  Visitors of 5 Souls' website(s) may remove themselves from 5 Souls' electronic mailing list(s) by replying to an e-mail from 5 Souls with the same “subject” line as the original e-mail from 5 Souls, and the text “PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS E-MAIL LIST:”  followed by the author’s e-mail address in the body of the reply e-mail.


2.  Message boards/forums


Visitors of 5 Souls' website(s) may be able to use Message Boards and online Forums.  Each visitor who participates in any such Message Board or online Forum may be required to register for such services.  The registration may include a username, password, and e-mail address, among other information.


3.  "E-mail this to a friend" Service


Visitors of 5 Souls' website(s) may be able to choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend".  The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient.  This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email.  The information is not used for any other purpose.


4.  Polling


5 Souls' website(s) may offer interactive polls to visitors of the site(s) so they can share opinions with other users and see what others think about issues.  5 Souls may use a system to "tag" visitors or users after they have voted.


5.  Surveys


5 Souls may conduct user and visitor surveys.  5 Souls may share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with sponsors, advertisers, partners, and others, as 5 Souls deems appropriate in its sole discretion.


6.  Usage tracking


5 Souls may track user and visitor traffic patterns throughout all of its websites.  5 Souls may break down overall usage statistics according to a user's or visitor’s domain name, browser type, and MIME type, among other things, by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).


5 Souls may tracks and catalog search terms that users or visitors enter in 5 Souls search function.


7.  Cookies


5 Souls may place a file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer.  5 Souls uses cookies to track user and visitor traffic patterns.


USE OF INFORMATION


5 Souls may create aggregate reports on user and visitor demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners, among others.  This allows 5 Souls' affiliates and advertisers to be more effective, and allows our users and visitors to receive advertisements and opportunities that are pertinent to their needs.


YOUR CONSENT


By using and/or visiting 5 Souls' websites, including this website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by 5 Souls.  If 5 Souls decides to change  privacy policy, we may do so, without notice, at any time.


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