Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of Smartfone.net's network of sites and services, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it.

Overall Privacy Statement

1. Information Smartfone.net Gathers and Tracks
Smartfone.net gathers three types of information about users: data that users provide through optional, voluntary registrations on several of our sites and in certain contests and sweepstakes; data Smartfone.net gathers through aggregating tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites and click through on our newsletters. Such information enables us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers better understand the demographics of our audience. Because Smartfone.net derives its revenue mainly from advertising,  providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. The only situation in which Smartfone.net divulges information about an individual user to a third party is with certain contests and sweepstakes--and then, only with the user's express consent.

Smartfone.net gathers user information in the following processes:

• Optional Registration
Several Smartfone.net sites offer free, voluntary registration to users: Smartfone.net and MOBILEZONE.com, By registering, users can enter the sites without having to log on each time; they gain access to the polling area; and they can take advantage of personalization (the ability to select content according to a user-supplied profile).

During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address, and must answer mandatory survey questions about age, gender, income, Internet connection, zip code, country, employment status, and other employment information.

During registration the user has the option of supplying a first name, last name,  and password hint. In addition, the user can opt to subscribe to various Smartfone.net electronic newsletters and to have his or her email address and/or URL appear in postings.

• Polling
Several Smartfone.net sites offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what the Smartfone.net audience thinks about important issues. Smartfone.net uses a system to "tag" users after they have voted,  so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

• Message Boards/Forums
Users of the Smartfone.net Message Boards must register separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username,  password, and email address.

• Electronic Newsletters (Dispatches)
All the Smartfone.net sites offer a free electronic newsletter to users. Smartfone.net gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list through the subscription management pages. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.