centurytel.net is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated when and if you choose to personalize the centurytel.net Web site. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. This policy will let you know: What personal information is collected from you; What cookies are and how they are used; How your information is used; With whom your information may be shared; How you can access, update or delete your information; The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information; ........................................................................................................... What personally identifiable information does centurytel.net collect from me? centurytel.net collects information from you when you choose to personalize the centurytel.net Web site. We ask for your login ID, password, name, city, and state. This information allows us to customize the Web site for you. ........................................................................................................... What are cookies and how does centurytel.net use them? As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, we use cookies to help us store the information that you provide during the customization step (described above). A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. In order to enjoy the customization features of our Web site, your browser must be configured to accept cookies. (See "What are my choices regarding collection, use and distribution of my information?" for more information on cookies.) We use the cookie that we place on your computer to remind us of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver to you a better and more personalized Web site. This cookie is set when you customize your page the first time. Various LookSmart an MyWay.com services available on our Web site and the banner ads on the centurytel.net front page may also use their own cookies. ........................................................................................................... How does centurytel.net use my information? Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience on the centurytel.net Web site. This includes personalization services such as customizing the 'Your Town' tab at the top of the screen for your state, allowing you to add your favorite links to the front page, and other services currently in development, all of which are yours to enjoy at no charge or fee. ........................................................................................................... With whom does centurytel.net share my information? centurytel.net will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. ........................................................................................................... What is centurytel.net's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete my personally identifiable information? You can easily edit your centurytel.net settings or disable the customization completely at any time. Doing so will remove the cookie we use from your computer, and remove any customization from the centurytel.net webpage that you had previously configured. You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to customize the centurytel.net Web site, but it will still function perfectly fine otherwise. ........................................................................................................... What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information? Your information is protected using your dial-up login ID and Password, so that you and only you have access to add, edit, or remove this personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, centurytel.net cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own nominal risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. ........................................................................................................... Additional Information Electronic Privacy Information Center - established to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure. The EPIC Cookies Page - definitions, links, and news. How to Protect Your Privacy - information from the Federal Trade Commission.