When you become a registered user or sign in at www.DIRECTV.com or www.DIRECTVSports.com, Personal Data is collected and stored in our secure computing environment and used in accordance with the information provided when you register on the web site. If you are solely a visitor to www.DIRECTV.com or www.DIRECTVSports.com, the following principles apply:
| A. | Information collected on DIRECTV web sites: Information about visitors to our web sites and the e-mail address of people who write to us are stored in our secure computing environment, which includes authentication technologies from VeriSign®, Secure Socket Layer and Digital Certificates. This information is not sold or released to Third Parties, except companies affiliated with DIRECTV, such as HUGHES Network Systems.
| | B. | Cookies: We use cookies to customize DIRECTV web sites for returning visitors. These cookies remain on your computer and are automatically retrieved when you visit our web sites at a later time. These cookies contain only information concerning the type of customer and frequently visited pages. No other Personal Data is stored on cookies.
If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you may disable them on your computer. Please be advised that disabling cookies may affect user functionality but the design of the DIRECTV websites generally allow access to most offerings for users who have disabled cookies.Those visitors who have disabled cookie processing, however, won't be able to use DIRECTV's personalized account management function.
| | C. | Sending us an e-mail: Our goal is to reply to e-mail requiring a response within 48 hours. We store e-mails and e-mail addresses of those who send them, but that information is not sold or released to Third Parties - except companies affiliated with DIRECTV, such as HUGHES Network Systems - without explicit authorization of the e-mail address owner.
| | D. | Subscriptions to electronic newsletters: If you choose to receive electronic newsletters such at MyDIRECTV™ News, your e-mail address is kept on file so we can send you our electronic newsletter. We do not sell or release to Third Parties the e-mail addresses of subscribers to this service.
| | E. | Aggregate information about web site visitors:We create aggregate reports of visitors to our web sites in order to measure the performance of our web sites. These reports do not contain any Personal Data about visitors to our web sites.
| | F. | Links to other web sites: When you visit our web sites, you will find many opportunities to link to web sites of Third Parties. When you click through to these sites, DIRECTV's Privacy Policy no longer applies. We recommend that you read the privacy policy for any Third Party web sites.
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