Effective November, 2001

Dorchester Publishing is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and accordingly maintains the following privacy policy to protect the personal information you provide online.

To make this notice easy to find, we've made it available on our home page and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. Questions regarding this policy should be directed to dorchpub@dorchesterpub.com.

What information do we collect? How do we use it?
We only use your personal information to help us service your account,Fan registries and book club membership(s), to improve our services to you, to provide you with the products you have requested, and to inform you about additional products or services that may be of interest to you.We use the information you provide about yourself only to complete that order, book club membership(s) or registry request.

We use the information you provide about someone else only to ship the product or membership information and to confirm delivery. We use return e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive.

Will we disclose the information collected to outside parties?
Dorchester Publishing does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. Your personal information is used only to complete your order and/or fulfill your request.

How does Dorchester Publishing protect customer information?
When you place orders and join our book clubs, we offer the use of a secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information input before you send it to us.Furthermore, all the customer data we collect is protected against unauthorized access. The information collected when you fill out the Fan Registry is transmitted over an insecure server. Still, in this case, Dorchester Publishing uses industry standard efforts, such as firewalls, to safeguard the confidentiality of your information.

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical,electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Is there anything else I should know?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online--for example on message boards, through e-mail or in chat areas--that information can be collected and used by others. In addition, the privacy policies of other Web sites will vary. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the Web sites that we link to from Dorchester Publishing.

In short, if you provide personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. It is ultimately your responsibility to maintain the secrecy of your personal information to the extent you feel comfortable. We encourage you to be careful and to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Your consent
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Dorchester Publishing. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

A special note concerning children's privacy.
The safety of children is obviously very important to us. Children should always ask a parent or guardian for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Dorchester Publishing does not collect or maintain information at our Web site from those we actually know are under 18.

How to contact us
If you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an e-mail at dorchpub@dorchesterpub.com.