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Privacy policies
are designed to
provide users
with the
knowledge needed
to control the
use of personal
information
collected on a
web site. If
users are
required to
provide personal
or confidential
information,
such as name,
address, income
or credit
information
including credit
card
information, the
web site
operator should
establish a
privacy policy
to describe how
such information
will be used,
how it is
protected, and
what the user
can do to
control the
information.
Failure of the
web site
operator to
adhere its
stated privacy
policy may
expose the
operator to
legal action.
Where links to
third party web
sites are
provided, the
user's use of
such site would
be subject to
that site's
privacy policy.
Therefore,
user's must be
aware that they
are using a
third party
site.
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