Howard County Living considers your privacy of the utmost importance. Therefore we are hereby disclosing the following information. This privacy policy applies to the Web site only and does not cover information collected on any third-party sites to which this Web site provides links.

Information Collection and Use
 Howard County Living Magazine(HCL) is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. HCL collects information from our site visitors to provide email services to fulfill Howard Savings subscriptions. When you sign up for Howard Savings the information is sent to us in a secure format, technology that uses encryption and authentication to secure transmissions between a server and a Web browser. Occasionally, visitors to our Web site may be asked to supply certain personally identifying information, which is then retained by HCL. For example, we ask you for certain information if you choose to register with us to post events, classified ads, and business listings. If you choose to give us personally identifying information at such time, such information will be retained by us and used only to provide you with products or services you have requested. Any information from selected outside companies will be transmitted by HCL, so that such companies will not have access either to your E-mail address or to your other personally identifying information. Moreover, we will not sell, share or rent any personally identifying information obtained through the Web site to any other company or organization.

Who We Are and How to Update YourInformation
 This site is maintained by: Howard County Living magazine and it’s operating partners, P.O. Box 2874, Columbia, MD 21075. We are be happy to update the information you have provided us upon request. You can reach us by email: info@howardliving.com

Cookies 
"Cookies" are pieces of information that are placed by a Web site in a storage area on your computer. Cookies do not contain information that is, in itself, personally identifying. Cookies are placed on your computer in a limited way to help deliver information, calculate unique site visitors, and to track usage throughout our site. Other uses include placement of cookies to make the login process more convenient for users of our site, our archives and our premium online content. In addition, some advertisers may place cookies on your computer. We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers. Howard County Living does use cookies to maintain your account information for our subscribers list. The information retained is only used to identify each unique user for login purposes only.

Security
 Howard County Living magazine takes every precaution to protect our visitors' information. HCL reserves the right to use such individual information to create aggregated, anonymous data about users in order to develop statistics about activity on and visitors to the Web site. In addition, HCL may disclose personal information if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the web site; or (4) protect the personal safety, property, or rights of our users or the public. If you have anyquestions about the security at our website, please feel free to contact us. info@howardliving.com

Mailing List Opt-Out
 Those who no longer want to receive our information may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to an email with "Unsubscribe" noted in the subject line.

Notification of Changes
 If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on our Home Page so our visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances under which we disclose it.

If you do not agree with the terms and conditions set forth above, in their entirety, please do not use this Web site.

Last updated: February 21, 2008