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h3(mb). Terms of Use, Privacy and Copyright Notice, Dailytarheel.com effective Aug. 21, 2009 *Copyright Notice* All content on Dailytarheel.com, including but not limited to text, graphics, photographs, design, code, archived material, whether generated by employees and staff of the site or by users, is copyrighted to DTH Media Corp., a non-profit North Carolina corporation which owns this site. *Our Commitment To Privacy* Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and where personally identifiable information may be requested. *The Information We Collect* This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Dailytarheel.com Web site. On some pages, you can create an account, make requests, participate in a poll, register for contests, and submit content to the site. The types of personal information collected at these pages are: Name, gender, affiliation to UNC, zip code and how often you read The Daily Tar Heel. *The Way We Use Information* If you supply your e-mail address it will be used only for delivery of the daily headlines and breaking news, and will not be sold or used for marketing purposes. Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers online will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed online or to verify identity for content they wish to be published on the site or in the printed editions of The Daily Tar Heel. Additionally, if you supply us with your postal address online you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address. We use the information you provide about yourself when registering to identify you as a user of the site, to track usage of interactive features, and to communicate with you regarding site news and updates. Information we collect about users will be disclosed when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Web site and applicable laws or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Web site. You can opt out of all newsletters, but you may still receive occasional notices regarding your specific usage of the site. We do not share this information with outside parties. We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our Web site and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our Web site, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals. Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. We use Google as a third-party advertising company to serve some of the ads you see when you visit our Web site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve these ads. Google's use of the DoubleClick DART cookie enables it to serve ads based on a user's visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Google may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and would like to know your options in relation to not having this information used by these companies, click here. Policies regarding user commenting on Dailytarheel.com and alterations or deletions from the archives of the site can be found under the “About Us” section of this Web site. *Our Commitment To Data Security* To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. *Our Commitment To Children's Privacy* Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Web site from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our Web site is structured to attract anyone under 13. *How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information* You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by logging into your account and adjusting your account settings and profile information. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. *How To Contact Us* Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 919-962-1163 or send us an e-mail to DTH@unc.edu. Our postal address is P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27515.

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