Tree House Press Privacy Code

(Revised 03/07/05)

The Tree House Press Privacy Code applies to personal information about Tree House Press employees, non-employees, and persons who interact with Tree House Press.

The definition of employee includes past and present employees and independent contractors.

The definition of non-employees includes readers, viewers, listeners, subscribers, advertisers, internet users, job applicants, and contest participants.

The Tree House Press Privacy Code applies to the collection, management, and distribution of personal information including, but not limited to, written, electronic, and oral forms. Tree House Press shall reserve the right to amend and change the Tree House Press Privacy Code as deemed necessary by Tree House Press.

The Tree House Press Privacy Code is subject to applicable laws, regulations, and any invoked court orders.

Tree House Press does not sell, trade or divulge personal information to any third party unless ordered to divulge such information by a legal or regulatory body with legal jurisdiction in Canada or the United States of America.

The Tree House Press Privacy Code does not impose any limits on the disclosure or collection on the following information:

• publicly available information

• business contact information

• information colleted through literary, journalistic, or artistic sources or activities

• aggregate, non-specific information such as web site hits, web site visitor demographics, and general customer demographics

The purposes for collecting personal information include:

• to provide service and maintain commercial relations with individuals

• to market, develop, and enhance products and services

• to manage business operations

• to meet legal and/or regulatory requirements

• to determine credit eligibility

Tree House Press will obtain consent from a person before or while collecting personal information. Tree House Press will use reasonable efforts to describe to a person how their personal information will be used by Tree House Press.

Consent can be express or implied. At any time a person may withdraw their consent except where legal and/or regulatory requirements supersede the Tree House Press Privacy Policy. Tree House Press may collect or use personal information without a persons knowledge where permitted or required by law.

At any time if you have concerns or questions about the Tree House Press Privacy Policy or you wish to withdraw your consent, please send your comments in writing to: "Customer Service", Tree House Press, 2-110 Lancing Drive, Hamilton, Ontario L8W 3A1 Canada.

Not withstanding any contractual or legal requirements, a person can refuse or withdraw consent by giving Tree House Press reasonable notice. Withdrawing consent may effect the ability of Tree House Press to provide products or services to that person.

Tree House Press may record a persons IP (internet protocol) address for technical, traffic flow, and/or demographic purposes.

Tree House Press may provide user specific services to a person through the use of cookies. Cookies do not contain virus' nor can they run programs on your computer.

Links from the Tree House Press web sites may connect a person to another web site. Tree House Press is not responsible for any content found on the linked site. Further more, Tree House Press shall not be held responsible for any information collected while a person is visiting a linked web site.

Other information that may be collected while a person visits the Tree House Press web sites include: web browser type and version, the referring URL, the operating system used, and the time and length of access.

For further information, please make your questions or concerns in writing and send them to:

Customer Service

Tree House Press

2-110 Lancing Drive

Hamilton, ON L8W 3A1 Canada