// function privacyPopup() {privacyWin=window.open('','privacyPolicy','width=250,height=300, scrollbars');text =  "<html><LINK rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"/general2/popuptxt.css\" type=\"text/css\">\n<head>\n<title>TMC Privacy Policy</title>\n<body>\n";text += "<p><h3><b>Privacy Policy</b></h3><p>TMC respects and protects the privacy of the individuals that use TMC's web site. Individually identifiable information about you is not wilfully disclosed to any third party without first receiving your permission, as explained in this privacy policy (\"Privacy Policy\"). <br><br><i class=\"boldname\">TMC and Cookies</i><p>Upon your first visit to TMC, TMC sends a \"cookie\" to your computer. A cookie is a piece of data that identifies you as a unique user. TMC uses cookies to improve the quality of our service and to understand our user base more. TMC does this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people search. TMC will not disclose its cookies to third parties except as required by a valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Be aware, however, that some parts of the TMC Search Service may not function properly if you refuse cookies.<br><br><i class=\"boldname\">What Information Do We Collect?</i><p>TMC does not collect any unique information about you (such as your name, email address, etc) except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information. TMC notes and saves information such as the messages from brand that you have received, whether you responded to these, your answers to research and customer service questions along with the personal information that you provided when you became a member of TMC. This information is used to help provide you with the most relevant and appropriate messages from brands, to give you a good service and to help us keep up to date and improve our records. For example, TMC may use your responce to previous messages or your type of phone to determine what kind of messages from brands to send you, or what kind of graphics your phone is capable of supporting.<br><br><i class=\"boldname\">With Whom Does TMC Share Information?</i><p>TMC may share information about you with brands, advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. However, we only divulge aggregate information about our users and will not share personally identifiable information with any third party without your express consent and only if the recipients of that information are in countries with adequate data protection laws.<br><br><i class=\"boldname\">Your consent and changes to the Privacy Policy</i><p>By using the TMC web site, you consent to the collection and use of your information as we have outlined in this policy and to our Questions and Answers Statement. TMC may decide to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.<br><br><i class=\"boldname\">Who can I ask if I have additional questions?</i><p>Feel free to contact us any time and we'll answer any additional questions you may have.<br><br> Our email address is <a href=\"mailto:ms@themobilechannel.co.uk\">ms@themobilechannel.co.uk</a><br><br>©2001 The Mobile Channel<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td><div align=\"right\"><a HREF=\"javascript:self.close();\">Close this window</a></div></td></tr></table></p>";text += "\n</body>\n</html>\n";privacyWin.document.write(text);}//  End -->