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Privacy Policy

 

Hennessy Studios is strongly committed to protecting your privacy while interacting with our content, products and services. We want to provide a safe and secure environment for you and your children.

Hennessy Studios is concerned about protecting the safety and privacy of young people using our services. We encourage you to participate in your child's online experience.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to tell you what kind of information we may gather about you when you visit our site, how  we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to contact us with regard to this information. Our policy allows you to choose what kind and how much information you provide to us and to control how   we use whatever information you give us. Our goal is to provide you with a satisfying experience while allowing you to control your privacy and to give you a means to voice any questions or concerns you may have.

This policy applies only to Hennessy Studios and not to other companies' or organizations' web sites to which Hennessy Studios  is  or may linked.

Collection of information

Information is collected from you primarily to make it easier and more rewarding for you to use our services. Depending on the service you are accessing, you could be asked to provide information such as your name, email address or information about what you like and do not like. It is entirely your choice whether to respond to these questions or not.

Hennessy Studios collects two types of information. The first type is anonymous information. For instance, we may collect information to tell us that five thousand people visit the Wedding page today, but we do not know their names, where they live or their date of birth - they are 'anonymous' to us. Many of the individuals who access our services are anonymous to us.

The second type of information that Hennessy Studios collects is personal information. Hennessy Studios  will collect personal information that lets us know the specifics of who you are such as your name, email address, or postal address, when you provide it to us. With this information, Hennessy Studios can provide a variety of personalized and enhanced services that are not available to anonymous users. We hope that you will find it beneficial to provide individually identifiable information about yourself to us because it will make our services more valuable to you.

Sometimes, we may specifically ask for personal information about you when you sign up to use a service. Certain information may be required, such as your name, age, internet address or screen name, billing address, type of computer, credit card number, in order to provide that service or product to you. This information may also be used to inform you of additional products and services which may interest you. You can choose not to receive such information when you are undertaking product or service registration on our web site. We may also ask about your interests, but it is your choice whether to respond. How much of your personal information that you choose to disclose to Hennessy Studios is completely up to you. The only way we know something about you personally is if you provide it to us, for example when you take part in a discussion  or enter one of the periodic contests or competitions on our web sites.

Use of anonymous information

Hennessy Studios automatically gathers anonymous information to monitor the use of Hennessy Studios like the numbers and frequency of visitors to Hennessy Studios and its areas, very much like radio station ratings that tell the broadcasters how many people tuned in to a specific program. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us determine how much our audiences use parts of the site, so we can improve Hennessy Studios to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many users as possible. Hennessy Studios may publish or provide this aggregate data to other people.

Use of personal information

Hennessy Studios will only use the personal information you have chosen to provide us for the purpose for which you provided it. Hennessy Studios will not use it for any other purpose without your consent.

Cookies

Hennessy Studios site currently uses cookies. These are used to aid in the speed at which our web site loads on your next visit. We do not use any cookies to auto load our page, or any advertisement , unwanted information into your computer. Nor will our site ever be automatically loaded into your favorites folder.

Disclosure

There will be occasions where it will be necessary for the Hennessy Studios to disclose your personal information to third parties. Hennessy Studios may be required by law to disclose the information, or Hennessy Studios may be required to disclose your personal information to third parties to provide the service you have requested, for example, if you purchase products online from Hennessy Studios, We will need to disclose your personal information to third parties in order to bill and deliver your products. However, the disclosure will only be made where it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which you disclosed your personal information. Otherwise than stated above, we do not disclose personal information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any organization or person outside Hennessy Studios unless you have authorized us to do so. For example, when you contribute to an online discussion or guest book  you may choose to publish your name and email address at your own discretion.

No sale of personal information

Under no circumstances will Hennessy Studios sell or receive payment , products, favors or trade allowances for licensing or disclosing your personal information. We do not engage in bulk email advertising practices nor do we Spam any mail accounts.

Interacting with Hennessy Studios Online

There are many interactive features on Hennessy Studios Web Sites that you can contribute to. These include: Guest book, Forums, Reviews, Online Voting, Community Discussions, etc.

When interacting with Hennessy Studios, Or just while enjoying your on line experiences in general we suggest that you use your discretion and exercise caution when providing your personal information.

Note that whenever you post personal information in publicly accessible places, such as chat rooms or message boards, this information becomes available to anyone with access to the internet. This information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Therefore, we recommend that you refrain from posting any information that you do not want seen in these public areas. For example, when participating in an Hennessy Studios forums, or guest books , your name may appear on the message board. If you do not want your real name to appear use a false name but do not under any circumstances use somebody else's name. All Dishonorable, malicious or offensive posts will be removed and users I.P. Address will be recorded and service provider may be notified in writing.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any personal information. Be responsible whenever you are online.

Security

Hennessy Studios operates secure data networks that are designed to protect your privacy and security. Hennessy Studios has it's own Security and Privacy Issues and may at times issue our own security certificates which you may need to accept for purchase options. Secure Transactions are handled through North Star Computing. We guarantee only that the secure information is delivered to the assigned merchant associates privately and securely

Complaints about privacy

If you have any complaints relating to online privacy issues on our web sites, please notify Hennessy Studios at studio@hennessystudios.com  While Hennessy Studios accepts no liability for any material or links posted to the service, we will investigate all complaints.

Changes to Hennessy Studios privacy policy

If we decide to change Hennessy Studios Privacy Policy, we will post any changes here.

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