Privacy Statement for Planet Papers

Planet Papers has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for Planet Papers, located within the planetpapers.com domain ("the site").

We use your IP address for private statistical purposes only, to analyse how visitors use the site and make enhancements to make using the site easier.

This site contains links to other sites. Planet Papers is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of Web sites outside the planetpapers.com domain.

Cookies
A cookie is a small file stored on your computer that stores information that you have given us, and about your habits of use regarding this site

We use cookies to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit the forums and comments/ratings areas.

We work with a third party to display ads on the site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information. See the Snowball College Privacy Policy for information on how such information is used.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, through password protection and storage of information in locations inaccessible from the world wide web and available only to the webmaster.

Surveys and Contests
Our online surveys and contests may ask visitors for contact information (like their e-mail address). We use contact data from our surveys to send the user information news and promotions regarding Planet Papers and other partners. Visitors' contact information may also be used to contact the visitor when necessary (eg in the event the visitor is the winner of a competition). Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Submitted Essays
Planet Papers accepts submissions of essays from the general public. When authors submit essays, they have the option of providing personal information (name and e-mail address). If provided, this information will be posted on the submitted essay.

To change or remove information posted on an essay, the author should contact customerinfo@planetpapers.com.

Public Forums
Planet Papers makes public forums (http://www.planetpapers.com/wwwthreads.pl) and the comments system available to visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and visitors should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Planet Papers accepts no responsibility for any information posted on the forums (although we will do our best to keep inappropriate material from the forums)

Personal information made available by visitors in the forum or in their profile can be updated by visiting the forums or the profile update page

Newsletter
The Planet Papers Newsletter (aka the Planet Papers Update) is an opt-in mailing list made available to visitors of the site. Subscribers' e-mail addresses will remain strictly confidential and will not be given or sold to a third party. The Newsletter may contain advertisements from selected partners, but these will form a part of the newsletter and will never be sent as individual e-mail messages.

Current subscribers can cancel their subscription by visiting http://www.planetpapers.com/subscribe.cgi, re-entering the subscribed e-mail address and unchecking the 'subscribe me' box. After unsubscribing, no further e-mail newsletters will be sent and the unsubscribed e-mail address will be removed from all records.

Partnerships
Planet Papers works in conjunction with The Paper Store to provide custom writing services (http://www.paperstore.net/planetpap.htm). Information entered into the form at the aforementioned address will be shared with The Paper Store for the sole purpose of making contact with the customer. Information given to Collegiate Care will not be shared with any other parties.

Planet Papers works with ColegeGate to provide Essay Writing Tips and Sample Admissions Essays available at http://www.planetpapers.com/College. Visitors are advised that any private information supplied to CollegeGate is not subject to this privacy policy. CollegeGate's Privacy Statement is available here

Contacting Planet Papers
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:

Ethan Smith - customerinfo@planetpapers.com