We care about your privacy!

ThePunchLine.com has a firm commitment to protecting your privacy online. This Privacy Statement applies to visitors to our web site, to our customers who make use of our email services, and to our customers' subscribers who receive email from our customers. The contents and structure of this policy may change from time to time so please check back with us occasionally for updated material.

The information we collect and how we use it
ThePunchLine.com asks for your personal information so that you may receive better online content and because it is the best way for us to know our Website users. Your personal information enables us to enhance your unique site visits and follow up with you after you visit our Website or use our propriety software.
The types of personal information collected within our Website include but are not limited to:

Name
Email address
Password
Entry and exit points from our Website
Your navigation path within our Website
Your Internet browser and operating system
IP address used to access our service, including dates and time of access
Technical support/customer service history
We collect this information in a variety of ways. Examples include the various registration and log in forms on the Website. ThePunchLine.com also collects information indirectly such as the usage patterns of our Website. ThePunchLine.com assesses and identifies the usage volume, length of time spent, paths taken through the Website, and other similar research of our Website on an ongoing basis. This research allows us to determine the areas of our Website that need improvement, as well as to better customize the content and information you see displayed using your personal preferences. Our commitment is to continuously deliver meaningful, relevant content and software to you and other users.

Disclosure of your personal information

We will not share with our Business Partners, sponsors, or any other group or individual who is not directly employed at ThePunchLine.com any personally identifiable information provided to us without asking your specific consent. ThePunchLine.com does not disclose personal information to third parties unless we have your specific consent to do so. However, in special cases, ThePunchLine.com may have reason to disclose personal information about a user. Such occurrences would happen in order to bring legal action against a person who has violated or may be violating ThePunchLine.com's Website Terms & Conditions or a person causing injury to or interference with ThePunchLine.com's rights or property, other ThePunchLine.com community members or any other person who could be harmed by such actions or activities. ThePunchLine.com may disclose aggregate statistical information about our users in order to better describe our Website audience to our partners, prospective partners, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

Security of your Personal Profile

Your personal profile is collected by ThePunchLine.com and stored in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public. We constantly monitor and update the security of our computer equipment and software based on industry trends and our own initiatives.
ThePunchLine.com contains links to third party Internet sites independent of us and we cannot control or protect the privacy of any information that you may submit to these third parties. We disclaim any responsibility or liability for the use of information that you or others not associated with ThePunchLine.com submit to third party Websites. While we strive to protect your confidential information, ThePunchLine.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit in this manner.

Anonymity

All of ThePunchLine.com's public Web pages can be accessed anonymously. Again, we track user navigation paths and Website usage to:

Determine user habits
Make improvements to our Website
Solicited mail from ThePunchLine.com
From time to time, ThePunchLine.com may send you e-mails regarding our services, or services from our partner sites.

Alterations to this Privacy Policy

ThePunchLine.com reserves the right to alter this Privacy Policy at our discretion. If ThePunchLine.com decides to use your user information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will do this only with your written or active email consent. We will post any changes or updates to this policy on this Web page and notify all users of an updated Privacy Policy by email. Changes will become effective thirty days after the changes are posted.

How to contact us

Should you have any further questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or related topics, please email humormaster@ThePunchLine.com or write to us at the address below.

P.O. Box 39, St. Clair Shores, Michigan 48021-0039 USA

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number, The DMA's Committee on Ethical Business Practices at mgoldberger@the-dma.org, state or local chapters of the Better Business Bureau, state or local consumer protection office, The Federal Trade Commission by phone at 202.FTC-HELP (202.382.4357) or electronically at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm.