BooNet Personal Accounts, your ISP serving MD, VA, DE, PA, NY, and Washington DC

We consider privacy of information associated with the Internet to be very important. We hope that this policy statement will assist your understanding of how BooNet collects and uses information about our customers. Wherever possible, BooNet tries to make you be aware of areas of privacy concern. This document has been developed with the support of our customer base. We have included references to areas of customer concern. With that in mind, BooNet invites all of our customers to convey information relating to your privacy concerns to privacy@boo.net.

As with most Internet Service Providers, BooNet collects information related to your activities on the BooNet web site as well as information provided by you that is associated to account or payment service functions. Please review this document carefully to best understand how this information is used. Unless otherwise stated, BooNet uses this collected information only to provide our customers with the required services of the ISP. At no time, does BooNet share individual data with organizations or individuals outside of BooNet. At some time, the visitors to the BooNet web site may "click" through to an advertiser or BooNet service affiliate. Those visitors should be aware of the privacy policies of those sites. Rest assured, however, that BooNet, will at no time provide anyone outside of BooNet any individual information. A more extensive description of the BooNet Privacy Policy follows:

BooNet does Collect Personal Information

BooNet collects information in different ways from Visitors and Members who access to the various parts of our Services and the network of web sites accessible through our Service. We use this information to provide everyone with the basic customer service requirements such as billing and account. BooNet does not share this information with third parties. However, we may disclose personal information collected if we have received your permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as when we believe that such disclosure is required by law or other special cases described below

Registration

Members are asked to provide certain personal information when they sign-up for our Services including name, address, telephone number, billing information (such as a credit card number), and the type of personal computer being used to access the Services. The personal information collected from Members during the registration process is used to manage each Member's account (such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special circumstances. However, in instances where BooNet and a partner jointly promote the Services, BooNet may provide the partner certain personal information, such as the name, address, and username of persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of the joint promotion for the sole purpose of allowing us and the partner to assess the results of the promotion. At these times, the Member will be made aware that both BooNet and the partner business are sharing the individual service-based data in question. In this instance, personal information may not be used by the partner for any other purpose unless stipulated by the Member. BooNet may also generate non-identifying and aggregate profiles from personal information Members provide during registration (such as the total number, but not the names, of Members). As explained in more detail below, we may use this aggregated and non-identifying information to sell advertisements that appear on the Services

EMAIL SERVICES

BOO.net may provide its customers with best effort email services. BOO.net is in no way responsible for the content of or the delivery a customer's email.

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that they regularly check and remove their email from the BOO.net mail servers. BOO.net will provide each customer 10 MB of email storage space. In addition BOO.net will provide a short term 10 MB buffer of space for email storage. The 10MB buffer will be available to the BOO.net customers for regular email use for thirty days. It is totally the customer's responsibility to monitor their email storage space levels.

If a customer's email storage space moves beyond the 10MB allocation and the 10 MB buffer, BOO.net reserves the right to delete the files entirely from its mail servers at anytime. Additional email storage space may be purchased in increments of 10MB for five dollars a month.

BOO.net reserves the right to deny any and all delivery of email from domains that are known "Spammers."

BOO.net is not responsible for the spread of any viruses acquired via email. BOO.net's virus protection service is provided as an additional line of protection from the potentially damaging effects of viruses and SHOULD NOT replace the Subscriber's current desktop virus protection software.

You acknowledge and agree that any messages sent may be monitored provided they are only monitored to prevent SPAM, illegal messages and/or emails in any way related to advance fee fraud. You also acknowledge all messages are subject to a delivery delay due to techniques Boo.Net uses to prevent SPAM, illegal messages and/or emails in any way related to advance fee fraud.

BooNet Partners and Sponsors

Some BooNet products and services may be offered to Visitors and Members in conjunction with a non-affiliated partner. To provide Visitors and Members some of these products and services, the partner may need to collect and maintain personal information. In these instances, these visitors and Members will be notified before any such data is collected or transferred and they will be given the opportunity to decide not to use that particular service or feature.

Online Shopping

At some web sites, you can purchase products and services or register to receive materials, such as a catalog or new product and service updates. In many cases, you may be asked to provide contact information, such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and credit/debit card information. If you complete an order for someone else, such as an online gift order sent directly to a recipient, you may be asked to provide information about the recipient, such as the recipient's name, address, and phone number. BooNet has no control over the third parties' use of any personal information you provide when placing such an order. Please exercise care when doing so.

If you order products directly from BooNet, such as through the "BooNet Store," we will use the personal information you provide only to process that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete an order.

Online Advertisements

BooNet displays online advertisements. In some instances, BooNet uses aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver advertisements that bare a value to our Members and Visitors. Based upon the aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected, BooNet may display advertisements to appropriate audience. BooNet does not share personal information about its Visitors or Members with advertisers

Responses to Email Inquiries

When Visitors or Members send email inquiries to BooNet, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. BooNet does not use the return email address for any other purpose and does not share the return email address with any third party.

Voluntary Customer Surveys

We may periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys. We encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they provide us with important information that helps us to improve the types of services we offer and how we provide them to you. Your personal information and responses will remain strictly confidential, even if a third party conducts the survey. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary.

BooNet uses survey information only to better serve our Members and Visitors. BooNet intent is to use aggregated information to improve the quality of service and to develop new services and products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying information may be shared with third parties.

Special Cases

It is BooNet's policy not to use or share the personal information about Visitors of Members in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. However, BooNet may disclose personal information about Visitors or Members, or information regarding your use of the Services or web sites accessible through our Services, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such information; to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or other user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect BooNet and our Members.

"Cookies" and How BooNet Uses Them

A "cookie" is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain web sites. BooNet may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes to improve the products and services we provide and to manage our telecommunications networks. Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do not control the use of these cookies and expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through them.

BooNet's Commitment to Children's Privacy

Protecting children's privacy is especially important to us. It is our policy to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws.

We have WebPages designed especially for our younger users. While we make every effort to ensure that these WebPages are fun and age-appropriate for our younger audience, we believe that there is no substitute for proper parental supervision. For further information about tips, tools, age appropriate or kid-friendly WebPages please contact BooNet.

Finally, BooNet recommends that children always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to BooNet, or to anyone else online. BooNet appreciates the support of all parents and children to maintain a safe Web environment for children at BooNet. Please forward all comments to privacy@boo.net.

Public Forums

Please remember that any information you may disclose in our Member Directory, or other public areas of our WebPages or the Internet, becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these public areas

BooNet's Commitment to Data Security

All of the BooNet Internet WebPages and operational data and web-based servers have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information.

Keep your Information Current

BooNet Members should contact BooNet at the service telephone number to keep their personal account information current and accurate. That number is (800)220-9262

Send Questions About BooNet's Privacy Policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact our staff concerning these issues at

privacy@boo.net

or traditional Mail to:

BooNet, Inc.
808 Priscilla Street
Salisbury, MD 21801

BooNet reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, our Internet Service Agreement and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. Notice of any revision, amendment, or modification will be posted in accordance with the Internet Service Agreement

Last Revised on May 23, 2000






	BooNet's Privacy Policy We consider privacy of information associated with the Internet to be very important. We hope that this policy statement will assist your understanding of how BooNet collects and uses information about our customers. Wherever possible, BooNet tries to make you be aware of areas of privacy concern. This document has been developed with the support of our customer base. We have included references to areas of customer concern. With that in mind, BooNet invites all of our customers to convey information relating to your privacy concerns to privacy@boo.net. As with most Internet Service Providers, BooNet collects information related to your activities on the BooNet web site as well as information provided by you that is associated to account or payment service functions. Please review this document carefully to best understand how this information is used. Unless otherwise stated, BooNet uses this collected information only to provide our customers with the required services of the ISP. At no time, does BooNet share individual data with organizations or individuals outside of BooNet. At some time, the visitors to the BooNet web site may "click" through to an advertiser or BooNet service affiliate. Those visitors should be aware of the privacy policies of those sites. Rest assured, however, that BooNet, will at no time provide anyone outside of BooNet any individual information. A more extensive description of the BooNet Privacy Policy follows: BooNet does Collect Personal Information BooNet collects information in different ways from Visitors and Members who access to the various parts of our Services and the network of web sites accessible through our Service. We use this information to provide everyone with the basic customer service requirements such as billing and account. BooNet does not share this information with third parties. However, we may disclose personal information collected if we have received your permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as when we believe that such disclosure is required by law or other special cases described below Registration Members are asked to provide certain personal information when they sign-up for our Services including name, address, telephone number, billing information (such as a credit card number), and the type of personal computer being used to access the Services. The personal information collected from Members during the registration process is used to manage each Member's account (such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in special circumstances. However, in instances where BooNet and a partner jointly promote the Services, BooNet may provide the partner certain personal information, such as the name, address, and username of persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of the joint promotion for the sole purpose of allowing us and the partner to assess the results of the promotion. At these times, the Member will be made aware that both BooNet and the partner business are sharing the individual service-based data in question. In this instance, personal information may not be used by the partner for any other purpose unless stipulated by the Member. BooNet may also generate non-identifying and aggregate profiles from personal information Members provide during registration (such as the total number, but not the names, of Members). As explained in more detail below, we may use this aggregated and non-identifying information to sell advertisements that appear on the Services EMAIL SERVICES BOO.net may provide its customers with best effort email services. BOO.net is in no way responsible for the content of or the delivery a customer's email. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that they regularly check and remove their email from the BOO.net mail servers. BOO.net will provide each customer 10 MB of email storage space. In addition BOO.net will provide a short term 10 MB buffer of space for email storage. The 10MB buffer will be available to the BOO.net customers for regular email use for thirty days. It is totally the customer's responsibility to monitor their email storage space levels. If a customer's email storage space moves beyond the 10MB allocation and the 10 MB buffer, BOO.net reserves the right to delete the files entirely from its mail servers at anytime. Additional email storage space may be purchased in increments of 10MB for five dollars a month. BOO.net reserves the right to deny any and all delivery of email from domains that are known "Spammers." BOO.net is not responsible for the spread of any viruses acquired via email. BOO.net's virus protection service is provided as an additional line of protection from the potentially damaging effects of viruses and SHOULD NOT replace the Subscriber's current desktop virus protection software. You acknowledge and agree that any messages sent may be monitored provided they are only monitored to prevent SPAM, illegal messages and/or emails in any way related to advance fee fraud. You also acknowledge all messages are subject to a delivery delay due to techniques Boo.Net uses to prevent SPAM, illegal messages and/or emails in any way related to advance fee fraud. BooNet Partners and Sponsors Some BooNet products and services may be offered to Visitors and Members in conjunction with a non-affiliated partner. To provide Visitors and Members some of these products and services, the partner may need to collect and maintain personal information. In these instances, these visitors and Members will be notified before any such data is collected or transferred and they will be given the opportunity to decide not to use that particular service or feature. Online Shopping At some web sites, you can purchase products and services or register to receive materials, such as a catalog or new product and service updates. In many cases, you may be asked to provide contact information, such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and credit/debit card information. If you complete an order for someone else, such as an online gift order sent directly to a recipient, you may be asked to provide information about the recipient, such as the recipient's name, address, and phone number. BooNet has no control over the third parties' use of any personal information you provide when placing such an order. Please exercise care when doing so. If you order products directly from BooNet, such as through the "BooNet Store," we will use the personal information you provide only to process that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete an order. Online Advertisements BooNet displays online advertisements. In some instances, BooNet uses aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver advertisements that bare a value to our Members and Visitors. Based upon the aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected, BooNet may display advertisements to appropriate audience. BooNet does not share personal information about its Visitors or Members with advertisers Responses to Email Inquiries When Visitors or Members send email inquiries to BooNet, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. BooNet does not use the return email address for any other purpose and does not share the return email address with any third party. Voluntary Customer Surveys We may periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys. We encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they provide us with important information that helps us to improve the types of services we offer and how we provide them to you. Your personal information and responses will remain strictly confidential, even if a third party conducts the survey. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary. BooNet uses survey information only to better serve our Members and Visitors. BooNet intent is to use aggregated information to improve the quality of service and to develop new services and products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying information may be shared with third parties. Special Cases It is BooNet's policy not to use or share the personal information about Visitors of Members in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. However, BooNet may disclose personal information about Visitors or Members, or information regarding your use of the Services or web sites accessible through our Services, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: to satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such information; to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or other user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect BooNet and our Members. "Cookies" and How BooNet Uses Them A "cookie" is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain web sites. BooNet may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes to improve the products and services we provide and to manage our telecommunications networks. Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do not control the use of these cookies and expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through them. BooNet's Commitment to Children's Privacy Protecting children's privacy is especially important to us. It is our policy to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws. We have WebPages designed especially for our younger users. While we make every effort to ensure that these WebPages are fun and age-appropriate for our younger audience, we believe that there is no substitute for proper parental supervision. For further information about tips, tools, age appropriate or kid-friendly WebPages please contact BooNet. Finally, BooNet recommends that children always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to BooNet, or to anyone else online. BooNet appreciates the support of all parents and children to maintain a safe Web environment for children at BooNet. Please forward all comments to privacy@boo.net. Public Forums Please remember that any information you may disclose in our Member Directory, or other public areas of our WebPages or the Internet, becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these public areas BooNet's Commitment to Data Security All of the BooNet Internet WebPages and operational data and web-based servers have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information. Keep your Information Current BooNet Members should contact BooNet at the service telephone number to keep their personal account information current and accurate. That number is (800)220-9262 Send Questions About BooNet's Privacy Policy If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact our staff concerning these issues at privacy@boo.net or traditional Mail to: BooNet, Inc. 808 Priscilla Street Salisbury, MD 21801 BooNet reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, our Internet Service Agreement and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. Notice of any revision, amendment, or modification will be posted in accordance with the Internet Service Agreement Last Revised on May 23, 2000