For our free membership, we require only a valid e-mail address and a month and year of birth. WE DO NOT REQUIRE, AND WE WILL NEVER ASK FOR, YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

[NOTICE TO PARENTS: In order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"), GlobalLinker does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. However, if you believe your child has an account with us, and you wish to request that the details are removed from our database, please mail us at address below to request this.

NOTICE TO UNDER 13's: If you reside in the United States of America, this applies to you. The law states that if we are aware that you are under 13, we must get your parents consent to hold data that can identify you. This means, that we must remove your email address and any other personal information about your account, if we discover or are made aware that you are under 13.]

In order to provide you with a personalized experience and also monitor the traffic patterns on our site, GlobalLinker uses a feature of your browser called a "cookie" to track content preferences and traffic patterns. The cookie may contain a number or other information which reminds us who you are when you visit our site. This browser feature is valuable to you because it alleviates the need to re-register for services each time you visit our site and because it allows us to better understand traffic patterns throughout our Web site (keep track of how often visitors visit a particular part of our site) so we can offer our visitors the most popular and useful content and services available. You may choose not to accept cookies by changing the preferences on your browser. However, your experience will be less personalized.

We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

We use your e-mail address to contact you regarding your account. We also use this information to notify you of special offers and new products offered by us and by third parties, but you may choose to unsubscribe or "opt out" of such notifications.

We do use information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the site, to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, and enforce our Terms of Use.

Because GlobalLinker is a "networking" site, your name and company information will be available to other members, who may contact you.

GlobalLinker will exercise its maximum efforts to protect the anonymity and personal privacy of every user from non-members and third parties. There is one exception to this. GlobalLinker reserves the right to share information you provide (including any identifying information you provide) with legal authorities if it is, in our sole opinion, necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected fraud, situation involving threats or potential harm to the physical safety of any person, or if required by law (such as if required by a subpoena, court order or other legal means).

We do not sell, rent or otherwise share your personal information or uploaded files to or with any third party.

GlobalLinker does not allow third parties to send promotional email to its users without your express consent, in advance. GlobalLinker may send administrative emails to confirm user registrations or to update users concerning new services or opportunities with GlobalLinker. Some of these emails may contain information about the services of our partners. We may send out promotional emails on behalf of our partners to those users who have demonstrated an interest in receiving such solicitations.

We do aggregate information and disclose such information, in aggregate, to partners and use it for other marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose any information that could be used to personally identify you. Certain information, such as your password, is never disclosed at all, even in aggregate.

GlobalLinker cooperates with all law enforcement inquiries and with all third parties to enforce their intellectual property or other rights. Unfortunately, due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. For example, we may be forced to disclose information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will remain private.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the GlobalLinker Terms of Use and may be revised over time as new features are added to the website. We will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner that differs from what was stated at the time of collection, we will notify you via e-mail. If we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our website notifying users of the change. In addition to the notice on our site, in some cases, we will also e-mail users who have opted to receive communications from us notifying them of the change in our privacy practices.

You can reach us either by e-mail or write to us at:

GlobalLinker
305 Fountayne Lane
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.