Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
New Town Publications is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and customers.
Personal Information
HomeTown Directories may collect personally identifiable information such as name, postal address, telephone number, or e-mail address through the use of the Events/Announcements areas of the website. This personal information is collected and used by HomeTown Directories staff for the purpose of establishing the user’s private login account.
HomeTown Directories does not sell or rent e-mail addresses to other organizations. HomeTown Directories may generate e-mail for the following types of communication:
- Relationship e-mail, which is sent as an informational service because of a relationship with the New Town Publications/HomeTown Directories
- Correspondence from HomeTown Directories staff as a result of a communication initiated by a member or customer.
Mailing Lists
Postal mailing lists, comprised of full name and postal address, are not sold to other organizations (e.g. professional societies and/or commercial publishers).
Third-party Agents
At this time, New Town Publications/HomeTown Directories does not use any third-party agents in conjunction with any transactions on this website.
Information Disclosure
HomeTown Directories makes every effort to preserve your privacy, but we may need to disclose personal information when required by law. HomeTown Directories may also disclose personal information if it believes in good faith that such action is necessary.
Non-personal Information
Non-personal information is collected behind the scenes by the HomeTown Directories web server and is used to compile general website usage statistics or facilitate access to restricted website services. Such information includes:
- IP address of computer
- Browser-related information
- Locations visited on the website
- HTTP cookies
HTTP Cookies
A HTTP Cookie is a piece of data that is stored by your browser in either your computer's memory or on your computer's hard drive. New Town Publications uses cookies to keep track of user session identity on the website, such as maintaining access to restricted website services via the HomeTown Directories Events/Announcements account login. Cookies are also used to track the effectiveness of various services provided on the HomeTown Directories website. Browsers generally allow you to disable cookies. Services on the HomeTown Directories website that require a login to a HomeTown Directories web account require that cookies are enabled.
Public/Events Announcements
Public events and announcements are hosted on the HomeTown Directories website. The inherent public nature of these forums dictates that the HomeTown Directories assumes no responsibility for protecting the information disclosed on them by users. Please exercise caution when disclosing personal information in public areas.
External Links
The only domain covered by the New Town Publications privacy policy is HometownDirect.com. The Hometown Directories website may contain links to other sites, however, and New Town Publications is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites