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This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Hermes Media & Research, LLC dba Broadband Gear Report, regarding the collection, usage, disclosure and protection of the following types of information:

• Information obtained when you ("you" or subscriber) visit the www.broadbandgear.net website (the "Site") as well as
• Information obtained through e-mail communications with you related to the Site.

Your use of this Site constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and your consent to any action we take with respect to your information in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

Broadband Gear Report (BGR)'s mission is to provide actionable information to help broadband engineering professionals deploy the highest performing systems possible. BGR achieves this through our web site, email newsletters, and product alerts. As a broadband professional, we hope that you find this information and our relationship with you as a subscriber beneficial.

Email Subscribers: Subscriber information is kept private, including IP address, name, title, mailing address and email address for all mailings and is only provided to third parties if a prior relationship is established by "click through" to a sponsored message. If this information is requested, the sponsor/third party must adhere to FTC CAN-SPAM guidelines if they choose to contact you including clear "opt-out" instructions.

Third party access: "Click-Through" or "Open" data on any sponsored message link or advertisement that is accessed by the subscriber may be requested and delivered to the sponsoring third party. This indicates the initiation of "prior relationship." If you do not agree with this policy, you may unsubscribe by clicking here. Should the sponsoring third party choose to contact you, they must provide an "opt-out/unsubscribe" link should you choose to discontinue receiving messages from the sponsoring party. IF you choose to receive this information but choose not to have your personal information disclosed, please email us at broadbandgear1@comcast.net with "Do Not Disclose Personal Information" in the subject line. Note: BGR's Hot Product Alerts are sponsored advertisements and subscriber opens and click-through information is made available to the sponsoring party if requested. However, any communication from the third party to the subscriber must contain a CAN-SPAM-approved opt-out link and message.

Your Personal Information

We require you to provide your email address when you register with this Site. We also collect additional information when you participate in surveys.

The information we collect may include information from which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, phone/fax number and e-mail address, as well as certain employment information. We may also collect credit card and related information when you request a product or service (including registering for the Site) for which there is a charge. This information is collected with your knowledge and a receipt is emailed to you for any financial transaction.

When you visit this Site, we may collect the IP address of your computer. We also use automatic data collection technology to record other information that identifies your computer and tracks your behavior on the Site. We do not collect personal identification information through these means.

How We Use Your Information

We use Personally Identifiable Information collected on this Site for the following purposes:

• To provide you with this Site and other products and services.
• To provide you with subscriber updates
• As otherwise specifically described in this Privacy Policy.

We also may use your information to better understand our Users and demographics. For example, we may use this information to determine what portions of the Site are most popular and the demographics of our Users generally.

We may use the information you provide us to send you e-mail, fax and other communications on behalf of Hermes Media & Research and our affiliates. These communications may include e-mail newsletters that are relevant to this Site, as well as offers for other Hermes Media & Research services. All email newsletters will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of receiving future issues of the newsletter. All promotional offers will include an opportunity to opt out of receiving future promotions from the brand whose product/service is being promoted. We also may use your information to send you e-mail and other communications on behalf of third parties. Each of these communications will include instructions for opting out of receiving future third party offers from us. You may also opt out of receiving third party offers from this Site at any time by sending an e-mail to broadbandgear1@comcast.net with the subject line "Third Party Opt-Out."

Our Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated, anonymous statistics about many Users, and individual information that is not Personally Identifiable Information without restriction as long as no individual is identifiable by the information disclosed.

Your Personal Information may be disclosed as follows:

• Name and/or business name and title (but not information by which you may be contacted (i.e. name, postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address)) in representative lists of our newsletter and website membership, but not for further use or dissemination by the recipient.
• To third parties engaged to provide services under contractual requirement to keep Personally Identifiable Information confidential and use it only to perform the services.
• If you click on a sponsored link
• To other third parties to market their products or services under contractual requirement to keep Personally Identifiable Information confidential and use it only to market and provide their products or services. You may opt out of such disclosures by sending an e-mail to broadbandgear1@comcast.net with the subject line "Do not Disclose Personal Information".
• To any successor pursuant to an asset sale, merger, consolidation, restructuring, reorganization, liquidation or other similar transaction involving Hermes Media & Research
• When we believe such disclosure is required by law, regulation or securities exchange requirement or for the protection of persons or property.
• When disclosure is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which you provide it.

Security

We use reasonable safeguards to protect Personally Identifiable Information we collect on this Site from unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet and other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.

Right to Access and Change Information

You may view and update information that you previously submitted to this Site by visiting the newsletter or website registration page for this Site, or which you submitted to request a print publication, by sending an e-mail to broadbandgear1@comcast.net.

Links

This Site contains content, services, advertising and other materials that link to Websites operated by third parties. We have no control over those other sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them.

Disclaimer: Hermes Media & Research LLC is not responsible for third party adherence to the FTC CAN-SPAM laws.