Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our web site. We place the highest importance on the protection of your privacy while you visit us online.

We do not collect information from children, and encourage young people that use and explore the Internet do so under adult supervision. We take great care to insure that our website content is safe for all ages. We are monitored and rate a "Green Light" by the Internet Content Rating Association.

If you have questions about privacy issues while visiting KarosLaw.com that are not covered in this notice, please contact us. A KarosLaw.com administrator will respond as soon as possible.

Personal Information
You do not have to provide any personal information to visit this web site.

If you provide us information about yourself via e-mail or a web form, your information will be used only for the purposes described at the point of collection, such as to send information or products to you, or to respond to your questions or comments. If you provide contact information, KarosLaw.com staff or its contractors may contact you to clarify your comment or question, or to learn about your level of customer satisfaction with our services. We do not sell any personal information to third parties. We may transfer personal information to a third party only in the following cases:

To a transaction server or bank, which must receive payment for a transaction that you initiated;
To a company that is contracted to assist us with specific services, including electronic commerce or donations, and which agrees not to sell or use personal information for other purposes - usually PayPal;
To legal authorities if we suspect that you are attempting to change or otherwise damage this web site, or you are using it in violation of Federal or local laws;
To KarosLaw.com administrators when you use our online services to make a donation;
To Congress or a court in response to a subpoena.
The orders you place for any products or services on this site are processed by PayPal, a secure and bonded transaction server. Please visit their site for more information.

The personal information you provide when you place an order with us may be used only to fulfill your order or to facilitate the preparation of internal statistical reports. KarosLaw.com makes every effort to limit the number of people who have access to this personal information. The KarosLaw.com staff and authorized contractors who handle credit card information must ensure that it is treated as cash and secured accordingly.

Any KarosLaw.com official, employee, or contractor who willfully discloses such protected information may be subject to the sanctions included in the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). KarosLaw.com will retain your order information only as long as required by law and KarosLaw.com policy. If you have questions about the use of your information by KarosLaw.com, please contact us.

Please do not send us sensitive information, such as your credit card or social security numbers, via e-mail. It is possible that during transmission of your e-mail this information may be intercepted by a third party. We can not guarantee its safety while in transit. We use return e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive. We would share your email with a government agency only if your inquiry related to that agency, or if we were required to do so by law.

Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session ("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard drive in order to identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a web site ("persistent cookies").

The KarosLaw.com web site does not use persistent cookies.

One or more of KarosLaw.com's affiliated sites may use session cookies to provide streamlined navigation throughout their sites and for statistical analysis. These session cookies are deleted from the component's server soon after your session ends and are not collected or saved. You can set up your Web browser to inform you when cookies are set or to prevent cookies from being set. You can still use our web site if you do not accept the cookies, but you may be unable to use certain cookie-dependent features.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and store the following information about your visit:

The name of the Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you are connecting from a university's domain) and the IP address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which you access our site;
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
The date and time you access our site;
The Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site; and
The pages you visit and the information you request.
This information is primarily collected for statistical analysis and technical improvements to the site. KarosLaw.com uses software programs to create summary statistics, which may be used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. In certain circumstances, however, we may take additional steps to identify you based on this information and we may share this information, including your identity, with other government agencies, if we were required to do so by law.

Although questions, comments, and other communications that we receive generally are not retained as permanent records, please note that it is possible that any public post you make here could become part of a permanent record by a public Internet archive, or copied and/or referred to by another organization.

Use of Plug-ins
The first time that you use an area of our site that requires animation software, such as "Flash" or "Shockwave," you may see an invitation to go to the software manufacturer's web site so you may download software needed to view the animation on our web site. This prompt occurs because our system can tell whether your browser has the needed capabilities provided by these plug-ins. Our system does not read or place anything on your hard drive when recognizing your browser's capabilities. While the plug-in(s) are needed to view some content, you retain control and choice about conducting the download. At the time that we create and post the web pages that require these software plug-ins for viewing, they are provided by their manufacturer for download and use free of charge. We can not guaranty, however, that the plug-in will remain free, or that the manufacturer will not collect personally identifying information about you when you elect to download the software from their site. If you choose to visit the manufacturer's web site to obtain the plug-in, please carefully review their posted policies for details about personal privacy and use of downloaded plug-ins

Disclaimer of Endorsement
Reference to specific commercial businesses, products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, on any web site administered by KarosLaw.com does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the KarosLaw.com staff. Recognition of commercial businesses, institutions, and organizations mentioned on any web site administered by KarosLaw.com that relates, for example, to our development initiatives and partnerships does not imply our endorsement.

External Links
We provide links from our web pages to external web sites because they provide information that may interest our visitors. This is provided as a convenience only. External links do not constitute an endorsement by KarosLaw.com of the opinions, products, or services presented on the external site, or of any sites linked to it. KarosLaw.com is not responsible for the legality or accuracy of information on externally linked sites, or for any costs incurred while using externally linked sites.

External links are intended to support our mission. They are not intended to support private or commercial organizations or businesses. Links to .org, .gov, .edu, .mil or other non-profit site that share historical and documentary interests inherent to the KarosLaw.com mission are encouraged because of their general non-commercial, public-interest nature. Links to .com, .net, and other commercial domains are acceptable if supportive of customers' needs and relevant to the KarosLaw.com mission. We can not support a volume or constant update of changing links that exceed our resources for this maintenance. In cases where KarosLaw.com links to external web portals, parties that wish to be included among the portal's links should contact the owner of the portal.

Links to external web sites may be removed if the web sites are in violation of the law or do not meet our privacy standards, or if they receive funds or revenue for volume of traffic delivered from KarosLaw.com to the external site where the site is not an official partner of KarosLaw.com.

KarosLaw.com reserves the right to review links and add or remove links at any time for any reason consistent with the law or KarosLaw.com guidelines.

Except for partnerships, KarosLaw.com does not agree to reciprocal link arrangements, when KarosLaw.com must link to an external site if that site will link to KarosLaw.com.

Copyright, Restrictions, and Permissions Notice
Generally, materials produced by Federal agencies are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. However, not all materials appearing on this web site are in the public domain. Some materials have been donated or obtained from individuals or organizations and may be subject to restrictions on use.

You may consult our reference staff for details on specific items. We are aware of donor restrictions applicable to our collections, but we can not confirm copyright status for any item. We recommend that you contact the United States Copyright Office at The Library of Congress to search currently copyrighted materials. Please note that because we cannot guaranty the status of specific items, you use materials found in our holdings at your own risk.

Images on our web site which are in the public domain may be used without permission. If you use images from our web site, we ask that you credit us as the source. Please note that some images on our site have been obtained from other organizations. Permission to use these images should be obtained directly from those organizations.

Links may be made to our web site from other personal and organizational web pages. We request that you link to our site rather than downloading portions of it to another web server, so that our viewers will see our most up-to-date information.

Certain individuals depicted may claim rights in their likenesses and images. Use of photographs or other materials found on the KarosLaw.com web site may be subject to these claims. Anyone who intends to use these materials commercially should contact the individuals depicted or their representatives.

For further discussion on this topic, please read our Legal Notices page.

Donor Imposed Restrictions upon Materials in our Holdings
Please note that dissemination of some documents - including images, sound, cartographic, textual, or electronic materials - found in our holdings may be restricted by donor agreement. To purchase a copy of these materials, you must obtain permission from the donor. If you have questions about this process, please contact us.

Copyright Restrictions upon Materials in our Holdings
Some documents - including images, sound, cartographic, textual, or electronic materials - found in our holdings may be copyrighted. Please note that it is your responsibility to identify the copyright owner and to obtain permission before making use of this material in any way. If you have questions about this process, please contact us.

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. This law provides that under certain conditions libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction of materials. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If you use a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," you may be liable for copyright infringement.

Information Surety
We recommend that you acquire information describing the services and products of KarosLaw.com directly from us, because other, non-KarosLaw.com sources may not be able to maintain accurate information pertaining to our programs.

We work hard to ensure the information provided to you is accurate and complete. However, it is possible that information may change prior to updating. We welcome your suggestions on how to improve our home page and correct errors.

Please use the information on this web site based on your evaluation and analysis of any risks. It is your responsibility to ensure that the information you use (including software, images, audio files, artwork, and documents) are free of any violations of intellectual property rights. For further discussion on this topic, please read our copyright page.

Some of the documents on the server may contain live references (or "pointers") to information created and maintained by other organizations. KarosLaw.com does not control and cannot guaranty the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the outside materials.

Because we do not know how you are using information found on our web site, we do not make any express or implied warranties about the information contained in this web site for your particular use. Except as to segments of this web site specifically identified as authoritative guidance, we disclaim these warranties to the full extent provided by state and Federal law, including, but not limited to the warranties for merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary rights. All indirect, consequential, implied, punitive and special damages are deemed waived if you use the information on this web site in any manner.

The vast majority of information presented through web sites administered by KarosLaw.com are not documents of record. Please note that authenticity of information can be confirmed only by examining the "record" version. If you have questions about the authenticity of a document, please contact the owner of the page that concerns you, or you may contact us.

Virus Protection
We use virus protection software on our computer systems and regularly update the software. This is a computer security measure that, in addition to maintaining our computer systems, also ensures that all files that we develop and/or post on our web servers are virus-free. When you request a file for download from our site, it is possible, though unlikely, that the data may contract a virus and become corrupted before it reaches your computer. KarosLaw.com is not responsible for files that may become corrupted as the data travels the Internet.

Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

Videochat Privacy - provided by Userplane
Userplane is concerned about protecting your privacy. The following outlines our policies for information gathering and dissemination.

Registration
Any visitor who wishes to chat, or use other free or premium (paid) services available on the Userplane site is asked to complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give some information such as name, email address, birth date information, gender, country of residence and zip code if applicable. Certain services may additionally require that users provide postal mailing addresses, credit-card or other billing information. Optional data fields such as marital status, household income, interest areas, etc. may be included. We encourage our users to register and provide all mandatory and optional information so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site. Users may need to register more than once for certain services offered by Userplane and/or its marketing partners and/or previously provided registration information may be used to "pre-populate" a registration form when a user registers for a new Userplane service.

We use the information we collect from our members during the registration process to allow us to deliver, and in appropriate cases bill members for desired services, to make Userplane and its marketing partners more responsive to users, and to help us customize the service and target advertising, sponsorships, and email offers from us and our business partners based on our members' demographics, likes, dislikes, and affiliations.

At our discretion, we will make aggregate information about Userplane's users available to help describe and identify our users to business partners, co-branded sites, the industry, and the public, as well as our advertisers. In certain cases we may also share discrete information about a user to a marketing partner to enable that partner to work with Userplane to deliver the desired service to the user. The need to use such explicit user data will be made known to the user at the time the service is requested and user acceptance of the service shall constitute authorization of the right of Userplane to use that explicit data for the sole purchase of such deliver of service. Userplane will not share any detailed information with other companies without the user's express knowledge and consent to the need to do so.

Policies for Individuals Under the Age of 13
Userplane is intended for individuals age 13 and over only. We do not accept registrations from children under the age of 13, as we do not provide content for children. PARENTS PLEASE READ: Due to the interactive nature of our site, and in order to comply with Federal laws designed to protect your children on the Internet, we do not permit children to register on our site.

Terms of Service and Userplane Standards
All services on Userplane include Terms of Service and Userplane Standards policies to which any participating member must agree to adhere by. Userplane reserves the right to monitor all activities undertaken by its users while on the Userplane site, or while using any Userplane product or service, in order to ensure that these Terms of Service and City Standards are not violated. This includes, but is not limited to the automatic logging and review of chat room text messaging, and access to all message board folders. In the event that a member violates a Userplane Terms of Service or City Standards policy, Userplane reserves the right to revoke a user's Userplane Membership or use of any free or premium service. In the event that Userplane revokes a premium service for which the member has paid a subscription fee, such revocation of service may, at Userplane's sole discretion, be without refund.

In the event that a Userplane member is suspected of being in violation with a Userplane Terms of Service or City Standards policy, or with any law, local, state, federal, or otherwise? Userplane reserves the right to use, and share with any such law enforcement agency, any and all user data available to it to identify, and communicate with the member in violation and/or as needed in the revocation of its membership, rights to services, or in compliance with the request of any law enforcement agency.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer, either temporarily or permanently. The data may contain information specific to the user and his/her relationship with the server that requested that the information be stored.

Userplane uses cookies to enable the user to log in and use Userplane services. Generally, the user has the ability to reject cookies that servers may wish to set on the user's computer. The acceptance of cookies from Userplane is required for the use of Userplane services. Userplane will use cookies only in compliance with the terms of this Privacy Policy, and cannot support the use of Userplane services by users who refuse Userplane cookies.

We use outside, third-party companies to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. These third-party companies may collect and track information associated with cookies received with banner ads, and these companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services of interest to you. Userplane generally does not have access to information collected by such third-party companies, and your acceptance of such third-party cookies is not required as a condition of your use of Userplane.

Log Files
We track use of Userplane services to provide users with a more personalized experience, to help diagnose problems with our servers to administer our Web site, and to identify those that attempt to disrupt our services. Personally identifiable information may be extracted in this process, when necessary to identify, communicate and take appropriate action in incidents where a member is in violation of a Userplane Terms of Service or City Standards policy. In such instances, this information is used only by Userplane management in the enforcing of such policies or by external law enforcement agencies as may be requested and/or required by law.

We also track the total number of visitors to our site in an aggregate form to allow us to update and improve our site, and tell other people something about the numbers of people who participate in Userplane services.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Userplane is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Invite a Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Userplane will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. Userplane stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.

Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Userplane Downloads
From time to time, Userplane may include the automatic or mandatory download of new products, applets, etc. to the user's computer at the point of registration for various Userplane services. While Userplane reserves the right to include these downloads, their maintenance, and occasional upgrading, it will also provide users with the means to uninstall and/or remove these downloads at their discretion. All downloaded products will include an "uninstall" feature or will be removable via the computer's "Add/Remove" program feature.

Special Offers
Userplane works with various third-party marketing and advertising firms to bring special offers to the attention of its members. Such offers are presented both at the time of Membership registration and on an ongoing basis via email. Userplane does not share personally identifiable information about its users to these third-party marketing partners. It may, however, provide aggregate data about members to allow marketers to target by certain demographic or interest/purchase patterns. To learn more about our special offers marketing partners, we encourage you to check out the privacy policies of these companies. Please see your opt out choices below.

Choice/Opt-Out
You are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from us may opt-out of receiving these communications by going using the opt out link provided on the advertisement or newsletter.

If you have chosen to receive a product or service from one of our advertisers or partners you must use their unsubscribe mechanism to remove yourself from a product or subscription offering. Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at here.

Site and Service Updates
We may send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Security
Userplane takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

When our registration/subscription form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is used and stored by entrusted third-party billing and payment clearing houses such as Verisign.

All of our users' information collected on Userplane services, is restricted. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or an authorized customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure, locked environment.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can contact us at here.

Userplane reserves the right to modify this agreement at any time, by posting it on our website.