Through the use of it's SITES and other MEDIA, COMPANY strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience. As such, SITES may contain information or sell products and services which are owned and/or trademarked by various parties.

COMPANY is committed to user privacy in our products and services. This policy outlines our personal information handling practices. If you give us personal information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number, etc.) we will treat it according to this policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party. Period!

We encourage you to read this privacy policy and those of every Web site you visit.

Definitions

COMPANY

Life Transcendent LLC and any other companies associated through ownership or partnership with Life Transcendent LLC, or with John J. Strasser personally. This includes other partnerships which may (for our convenience) be organized as "divisions" of Life Transcendent.  Such divisions currently include but are not limited to:

InTheSpirit Marketing

A partnership between Life Transcendent (and John Strasser) with MuffiBindi Productions (and Jenny Dickason)

TheBookOfAllThings

A partnership between Life Transcendent (and John Strasser) with Amy Yelk (and Amystouch)

JohnStrasser

John Strasser's personal websites (including various blogs, forums, etc)

DOMAINS

Internet domains directly owned by COMPANY or by COMPANY's partners (muffibindi or amystouch) which includes but is not limited to: thebookofallthings (.com, .net, .org, .info); inthespiritmarketing (.com, .net, .org, .info); lifetranscendent (.com, .net, .org, .info); and johnstrasser (.com, .net, .org, .info);

MEDIA

Includes SITES and expands to include other forms of (non–internet) distribution (such as but not limited to print newsletters, books, facsimilie, postal mail, television or radio broadcasts) and includes other formats such as (but not limited to) graphics, written works, audio or video.

SITES

Websites and other internet related technologies such as but not limited to autoresponders, shopping carts, blogs, forums, ezines, email newsletters, RSS/Atom Feeds, podcasts, and other forms of internet based distribution. Such SITES may be hosted on DOMAINS or not (such as but not limited to blogger.com or livejournal.com or wordpress.org for example) or through some other third–party service.

Through the use of it's SITES COMPANY agrees in the importance of notifying you of the following:

What information of yours is collected.
How your information is used.
With whom we may share your information.

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How we gather information from users

How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of SITES or request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, forums, blogs, message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our site.

Like most Web sites, COMPANY also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means.

In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize the site's features according to your preferences.

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What we do with the information we collect

Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.

Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.

We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected by COMPANY to communicate with you about your registration and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy; services and products offered by COMPANY and other topics we think you might find of interest.

Personally Identifiable Information collected by COMPANY may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service, shopping cart, and credit card processing for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets.

We may also disclose your information in response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process. We also may choose to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.

Security Measures

We protect the personal information you share with us. For example, if you make an online purchase with us, we encrypt your credit card number (or use a third party payment processor like PayPal – so that we never even see the information). Access to your personal information is limited to people who need it to do their job.

Authorized third–party agents may also need access to some of your personal information. For example, if we need to ship something to you, we must share your name and address with a shipping company. We only provide third-party agents with the minimum amount of information needed to complete the requested service or transaction. We do not otherwise share your personal information with third parties, unless you have granted us permission to do so.

We may collect and possibly share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of COMPANY's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

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Data Retention

COMPANY will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements

COMPANY expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a COMPANY page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through COMPANY you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. COMPANY is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party. This should be obvious, but...since we do not control these Web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) third-party sites.

While on SITES, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. COMPANY does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of COMPANY and this policy.

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Webtech: Cookies, Javascript, & Plugins

COMPANY uses cookies, javascript, and various browser plugins (Webtech). All of which help us provide a better user experience, either by enhancing site function or by measuring which Web site areas are of greatest interest. COMPANY also uses cookies when you register for one of our Web programs. In this situation, a cookie will store useful information that enables our Web site to remember you when you return. COMPANY can only read cookies from COMPANY's Web site.

If you choose to disable Webtech in your browser, you can still access most of our Web sites. Some Web sites will not allow you to complete certain activities if Webtech is disabled. For example, our consumer e–commerce site uses session cookies and persistent cookies to process transactions. If you do not accept cookies, the associated shopping cart will not work and you would not be able to order

.

We may display advertisements from third parties. Third–party ad–serving companies control which ads are shown. These ad–serving companies may use their own cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information from you. Advertisers use this information to target the ads and measure their impact.

We use multiple third parties to monitor web traffic, statistics, advertisement 'click-through', and other activities on COMPANY's sites. Where authorized by COMPANY, such third parties may use cookies, COMPANY's Web log files, Web beacons, and other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous aggregate statistics on COMPANY's Web site visitors.

Current versions of Web browsers offer enhanced user controls regarding the placement and duration of both first and third party cookies. Search for Cookies (and javascript and plugins) under your Web browser's Help menu for more information on the management features available to you.

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Unsubscribing

Each e–mail newsletter has instructions on how to unsubscribe.

Newsgroups/Forums/Blogs

COMPANY forums are public. Please consider this before posting.

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Children

COMPANY does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe COMPANY has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address(es) listed below.

Here are a few tips to help make a child's online experience safer:

• Teach kids never to give personal information, unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult. Includes name, address, phone, school, etc.
• Know the sites your kids are visiting and which sites are appropriate.
• Look for Web site privacy policies. Know how your child's information is treated.

Check out the FTC's site: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.htmlfor more tips on protecting children's privacy online.

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Contacting Us

We can be reached by US Postal mail, email, or telephone.

All current contact information can be found on the Contact page.

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Changes to this Policy

COMPANY reserves the right to change this policy at any time. All updates to this policy will be posted here, so please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of SITES following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

Need Help with an Update, Access, or Unsubscribe Request?

Contact us (see previous section). To aid in processing your request, please include the following details:

• Contact information (your name, address, e–mail address, etc.)
• Name of the program where you want the update applied
• Details of the request (e.g. change of e–mail address, unsubscribe from a newsletter, review of personal information, etc.)

Note: This policy also covers the personal information you provide to COMPANY Customer Support.

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Governing law

This policy and the use of this SITES are governed by Arizona law. If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: City of Scottsdale, Arizona. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each of us.

If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: City of Scottsdale, Arizona, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.

COMPANY is controlled, operated and administered entirely within Arizona. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.

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Last Updated: 1 March 2010