Our Pledge
With all the attention on Internet privacy and viruses lately, we want you to know how we feel about your privacy and you can do about it. After all, some web sites engage in practices that are impolite at best and malicious at worst.
We're web surfers just like you, and just like you, we resent the efforts of some sites to gather information about us without letting us know. Usually this is done through cookies, those small text files that sites place on your computer. Sometimes these cookies are innocent and convenient - like when you need a user name and password to access a site and you don't want to have to enter them each time. But lots of time they do you no good and are for the benefit of the site alone - like when the site wants to keep track of how many times you visit.
Another annoying practice is "pop-up ads," those small browser windows that pop up with advertising messages. They're designed to get your attention, but mostly they just get in the way - and it's a pain to have to stop what you're doing to close them.
We want to assure you that RadioVillage.com highly values your privacy and will never ...
- Gather personal information from you without your knowledge or permission
- Pass on any information you do give us to anyone else without your permission
- Make use of your information for marketing purposes without your permission
- Use pop-up windows for advertising purposes (and only sparingly for any purpose)
Above all, we want to help you keep your computer safe and your Internet experience a good one; read on.
Protecting Your Privacy
To keep your computer safe and secure, there are several types of programs you need to install and run. They are ...
- Firewall - This puts up a barrier to block unauthorized access to your computer by hackers.
- Virus Protection - This monitors your system for viruses and worms that can damage your hard disk and the information stored there.
- Cookie Blocker - This prevents web sites and e-mail messages from placing cookies on your computer without your knowledge or permission.
- Spam Filter - This helps you to identify and automatically delete unsolicited e-mail messages.
- Pop-Up Window Blocker - This lets you define pop-up advertising windows and automatically close them the moment they pop up.
Here are our recommendations, along with links to sites where you can obtain them. Most of these are shareware - free to try, inexpensive to buy:
We urge you to download (or in the case of the Norton product, buy) the software listed above, install it and use it. The minor inconvenience will be more than worth it.
If you encounter any problems with RadioVillage.com or have any questions or suggestions, we want to hear from you
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