Privacy Policy

This privacy policy covers SourceMedia's treatment of personally identifiable information we collect when you are on the SourceMedia site, located at http://www.sourcemedia.com. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Please contact us if you have questions about this privacy policy.

Email:
custserv@sourcemedia.com
800.221.1809

Mail to:
SourceMedia
One State Street Plaza, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10004
USA

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals

We have privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, please contact customer service custserv@sourcemedia.com so they can help you resolve your concern.

Additional Information

This policy is valid for 1 day from the time that it is loaded by a client.

Data Collection

P3P policies interpret the data collected and divide it into groups (also referred to as "statements"). SourceMedia's policy contains two data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained as follows:

Group "Basic information"

We collect the following information:

  • Click stream data
  • HTTP protocol elements

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity
  • Web site and system administration
  • Research and development

This data will be used solely by SourceMedia and our agents.

The data in this group has been marked as non-identifiable. This means that there is no reasonable way for the site to identify the individual person this data was collected from. Data collected from all Web users: access logs and search strings (if entered).

Group "Mailing registration"

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

  • Online contact information
  • Physical contact information
  • Demographic data
  • Preference data
  • Given name (First name)
  • Family name (Last name)
  • User's job title
  • Organization name
  • State or province
  • Postal code
  • Country name
  • Work email address

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • User analysis. The user must opt-in to this usage.

This data will be used solely by SourceMedia and our agents.

Compact Policy Summary

The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:

CP="CAO DSP LAW CURa ADMa DEVa PSAi PSDi IVAi IVDi CONi OUR SAMi BUS IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT DEM STA PRE"

The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.

Field Meaning
CP= This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy.
CAO Access is available to contact and other information.
DSP The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism.
LAW Privacy law specifies penalties for a violation of this policy.
CURa The data is used for completion of the current activity.
ADMa The data is used for site administration.
DEVa The data is used for research and development.
PSAi The data is used for pseudononymous analysis, if the user selects it.
PSDi The data is used for pseudononymous decision-making, if the user selects it.
IVAi The data is used for analysis, including knowledge of the visitor's identity, if the user selects it.
IVDi The data is used for decision-making, including knowledge of the visitor's identity, if the user selects it.
CONi The data is used for contacting the user, if the user selects it.
OUR The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
SAMi The data is given to other organizations following the same practices, if the user selects it.
BUS Our business practices specify how long the data will be kept.
IND The data will be kept indefinitely.
PHY Physical contact information is collected.
ONL Online contact information is collected.
UNI Unique identifiers are collected.
COM Computer information is collected.
NAV Navigation and click stream data is collected.
INT Interactive data is collected.
DEM Demographic and soc economic data is collected.
STA State-management data is collected.
PRE Preference information is collected.

The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.

Policy Evaluation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE7.

Note: This evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Satisfactory policy: This compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 7. IE7 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.