PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT
for visitors to YMS homepage, and YFS homepageYMS/YFS homepage respect the privacy of our visitors. Our privacy policy firmly adheres to the established principles that embody fair information practices approved by the US Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission. We also maintain full compliance with all pertinent US and International laws. YMS/YFS homepage collects information from its visitors in two ways. Indirectly through the use of cookies by it's advertisers. And directly through forms placed on the YMS/YFS websites.
Information collected through the use of cookies is used soley for purposes of tracking and placing of ads on YMS/YFS homepage and is monitored and controlled by our advertising agency, Flycast. We do not have access to this information. A note about our Ad Agency:
YMS HOMEPAGE AND YFS HOMEPAGE WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT SERVES ADS TO THIS SITE. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW FLYCAST MANAGES THE PRIVACY OF INFORMATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH SERVING ADS ON THIS SITE, PLEASE GO TO
HTTP://WWW.FLYCAST.COM/ABOUT_US/ABOUT-PRIVACY.HTML.
Information requested and given through the use of forms is used only for the stated purpose that accompanies the request. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses are not given, shared, sold or passed in any way to any person or entity. Information given is kept by YMS/YFS homepage and is used for the stated purposes, then destroyed.
For our mailing list, the Friends List, and our volunteer program, Adopt-a-Star, email addresses are kept in our database until a request to remove is received. For our Adopt-a-Star program, email addresses are shared among the volunteer teams, but only with expressed written permission of the individuals involved. Individuals may chose not to have their email addresses shared with their teammates.For our Monthly Survey and periodic Contests, we will request first names and email addresses of all entrants for identification and tracking purposes only. Entrants are automatically given an email response to their entries. Their email address is saved in our database for the duration of the survey or contest and then deleted. The main purpose of email identification is to prevent duplicate entries. For contests, only winners will be asked for further information, such as name, address and phone number. This information is voluntary, and if the individual decides not to give it, no prize can be awarded. The information is used soley to award the prize won and is destroyed after all prizes are mailed out.
YMS/YFS homepage contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
YMS/YFS homepage has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
YMS/YFS homepage believes that privacy is your right. If at any time, after giving YMS/YFS homepage any personal information, such as email address, name or address, you wish YMS/YFS homepage not to have this information, it is your right to request that we delete the information from our databases. This request will be honored at any time. to have your information removed.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR USERS UNDER THE AGE OF 13: Effective immediately, in order to fully comply with new laws currently in place in the United States, anyone under the age of 13 (regardless of your country of residence) must provide verifiable parental permission to participate in any and all YMS homepage, YFS homepage programs. This includes all contests, Adopt-a-Star, Internships, and any other program where it is required that you furnish your name, age and email address to participate. For people under the age of 13 who joined or particpated in a program prior to the effective date of the new US statute, if you did not provide parental permission, your participation will be suspended until you do so.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with YMS/YFS homepage, you can contact us at: .