This Web site is published and maintained by Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc. ("HFM"), with offices located at 1633 Broadway, New York, NY  10019.

This privacy statement explains what information is collected on HFM Web sites, including this one, how the information is used, and who has access to it.

If you are younger than 16 you must get permission from your Mom or Dad to provide your name or any information about yourself in this Web site, whether in response to a form, in a chat room or on a bulletin board.

HFM does not collect any personally identifying information from this site without the knowledge and consent of the individual concerned.  Such information is collected only through voluntary online questionnaires which appear from time to time on some HFM Web sites.

Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to a visitor's hard drive in order to identify the visitor and provide information to the host server.  Cookies are an industry standard.  They are may be used by some HFM Web sites, including this one, and are used by many other major Web sites.  Cookies allow us to improve our service to you by giving us information about your use of the HFM Web sites so that we can provide the content and services you seek. A cookie itself does not gather any personally identifying information although it may enable HFM to relate your use of the Web sites to personally identifying information that has already been submitted.  Cookies track where you travel on the HFM Web sites and what you look at.

Most web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie.  Refusing a cookie will not interfere with your use of a HFM Web site.

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers.  These cookies are sent from third-party computers and are subject to such third parties' policies.

Information which HFM collects may be used by HFM to improve our site.  We may also use this information to tell you about products or services that may be of interest to you, and in some cases, we may share this information with other interested parties from whom we think you might be interested in receiving information.  If you provide information to a chat room, bulletin board, or advertiser you should be aware that your information may then be made available to others.

At any time that we collect personally identifiable information, HFM will give you the opportunity to tell us not to use or disclose it for the purpose of sending you information.  If you do not wish to receive information from HFM or third parties about products or services that may be of interest, you may indicate that preference by clicking on the appropriate box at the bottom of any information form you submit.

HFM reserves the right to analyze user behavior in order to measure interest in and use of the HFM Web sites.  HFM may disclose such analyses to advertisers or other third parties in the form of aggregate data, such as overall patterns or demographic reports that do not describe or identify any individual user.

You may review the information that HFM has collected from you at any time by e-mailing HFM customer service at the e-mail address below or by writing us at the address above.  We will send you a copy of the information we have on file at your request.  You may send us new or updated information at any time.

If you contact HFM by e-mail, you should be aware that e-mail transmissions may not be secure.  Information you send by e-mail could be viewed in transit by a third party.  HFM will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties during transmission.

HFM reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy, or any other HFM policy or practice, at any time without notice to any users of HFM Web sites.  Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to the Web sites.