PRIVACY STATEMENT

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Information collected and received through the Mardi Gras Digest.Com, web site is not public record and therefore not subject to disclosure under the Louisiana Freedom of Information Act. Clark Companies of N.C., Inc. is a privately held corporation and as such any conversation, and information shall be treated as a private matter between two individuals. It is therefore the policy of the Clark Companies of N.C., Inc. and it's subsidiaries, such as this site, that no personal information you provide to us, including, but not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, drivers license number, Social Security Number and email address will be sold or rented to any entity or individual or disclosed to unauthorized entity or individuals. The release of personal information by the Company while under our control shall be limited, only to the State of Louisiana and / or Federal government agencies and then only after being served with due process of the law. We highly value your input to us, and it shall be protected to the fullest extent of law.

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHOICE

"Personal information" is information about an individual that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes personal identifiers such as an individual's name, address, phone number, drivers license number and social security number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information. We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily participate in an activity that asks for information (e.g., sending an e-mail or participating in a survey). If you choose not to participate in these activities, your choice will in no way affect your ability to use any other feature of Mardi Gras Digest web site. If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered by the user, State law and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 may protect it. However, even though this information is not a public record once you provide it, and may be subject to inspection and copying by federal or state law enforcement officials under the law, after this company is served under due process proceedings. We will not divulge any information to anyone, without being served by due process of Law.

POLICIES FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE

The Digest is fully committed to complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Accordingly, if you are under the age of 13, you are not authorized to, nor should you, provide us with personally identifying information, and if we should learn about the disclosure of such material, we will not use any such information in our database or other data collection activities, furthermore we shall delete such information with all due speed. We would very much appreciate your cooperation with this federally mandated requirement. Users are severely cautioned that the unintentional collection of personal information volunteered by children on-line or by e-mail could be treated the same as information given by an adult and may be subject to public access. We are pleading with parents and guardians to monitor all on-line experiences of your age 15 and below family members.

WEB LOGS

Clark Companies of N.C., Inc. analyzes our web site logs to continually improve the value of the materials available on our site. Our web site logs are not personally identifiable.

INFORMATION RETAINED AND HOW IT IS USED

If, during your visit to Mardi Gras Digest .Com web site, you just browse or download information, the following information about your visit will be retained: 1. Your Internet Protocol address (not the e-mail address). Unique IP addresses are counted to determine the number of visitors to each web page during specific time frames. Analysis of the number of visitors helps to determine how, where or if the page will be delivered in the future. 2. The type of web browser used (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Fire Fox, etc.). Web pages do not always display the same on every type or version of web browser and thus must be coded for appropriate access.

CORRESPONDENCE

If during your visit to our web site you may be asked to participate in a survey or send an e-mail, the following additional information will be collected: 1. E-mail correspondence: The e-mail address and contents of the e-mail. We may use your e-mail to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to further improve our web site, or to forward the e-mail to another agency for appropriate action. 2. Surveys : Any information you volunteered in response to a survey. Survey information is used for the purpose designated. The information collected is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video, and graphic information formats that you have provided. Your email will be added to our lists.

COOKIE TECHNOLOGY

Mardi Gras Digest does not currently utilize cookie technology on this web site. We do not impart cookies to your computer nor do we receive any cookies, from other sites.

LINK DISCLAIMER

Mardi Gras Digest has links to other websites. These include links to web sites operated by U.S. and other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses. When you click a link to another site, and are carried to that site, you are no longer on a site, covered by this Privacy Notice. When you click a link to another web site, and are online with that site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site. Please see the information below for a complete list of those URLs that are covered by this privacy policy.

DISCLAIMER OF EXTERNAL LINKS

The Mardi Gras Digest web site, contains pages which may have been linked too, from external sources. These links, which are not provided by us, but by third parties and others, come from other World Wide Web Internet sites and resources, which may or may not be related to our subject matter. Neither Mardi Gras Digest, nor Clark Companies of N.C., Inc. can be held responsible for the contents of any off-site pages that reference us. Digest officials try to monitor what sites link to us and we regularly conduct visits to other sites to view the pages of sites that establish a link to us. The user specifically acknowledges that Digest is not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users, links, or third parties and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with the user. Links from or too the Mardi Gras Digest web pages on the World Wide Web from other sites, should not, and do not constitute an endorsement from us. These links are provided by others to us, solely as an information service only. It is the responsibility of the web surfer to evaluate the content and usefulness of any information obtained from other sites. Since Mardi Gras Digest's web site is not responsible for the availability, nor the referenced information of these outside resources, nor do we exercise any control over their content, you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to its site administrator or webmaster.