Amaranth Network's Privacy Policy
4 August 1999

Amaranth Networks is sensitive to protecting the private information that our customers and visitors provide to us. We also want you to have the opportunity to obtain interesting and useful information, products and services through Amaranth Networks. The loyalty of our customers is very important to us and we hope this policy will underscore our commitment to making sure your experience with us is a good one.

This Privacy Policy describes how Amaranth Networks treats information received about you when you become a Amaranth Networks customer, when you provide information to us (for instance, by purchasing goods or services from us) and when you explore websites belonging to Amaranth Networks.

This policy specifically applies to the websites owned and operated by Amaranth Networks Inc., and does not apply to the websites of Amaranth's customers. Each customer is responsible for the privacy policy on their websites.

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully. Also, please remember that no computer system should be considered safe from intrusion. E-mail may pass through many computer systems, and should not be considered a secure means of communication unless encrypted. Even then, information is only as secure as the encryption method. Therefore, although we take many precautions to protect our system and our servers, we cannot guarantee the security of any data on any server, including "secure servers."

Customer Information

Customer information is information such as name, address, telephone number, and credit card information -- information that identifies a particular individual or business. Amaranth Networks collects and stores customer information in the following ways:

• As part of a customer's registration for Amaranth Networks's services, customers must provide their user name, address, telephone number(s), company name (if applicable), and credit card or other billing information.
• We confirm your requested e-mail address(es) or domain registration(s) or Web site(s). Depending on the Amaranth Networks service(s) you select, we will give you a Amaranth Networks user ID number and one or more passwords that you must use to access and receive the services. We retain this information in our customer databases.
• If you purchase other goods or services from Amaranth Networks, whether online or not, we will also collect your billing information.

How We Use Customer Information

The customer information that we collect during the registration process is or may be used:

• For billing purposes;
• To examine system accounting logs, user mailboxes and other company records to resolve e-mail and other system errors or problems;

This information is kept on limited access computers and is only available to those employees who have a need to know.

• We provide some information to companies that we use to perform certain functions for us. These companies are authorized to use this information only for the expressed purpose of completing Amaranth Networks business and are not authorized to release this information to other third parties.
• Occasionally, we may use our customer database to distribute Amaranth Networks newsletters or important notices to our customers
• Amaranth Networks may also use customer information to enforce our Appropriate Use Policy, but only to the extent necessary.
• We will share customer information with governmental authorities when legally required to do so, and may cooperate with these authorities investigating claims of illegal activity such as (but not limited to) illegal transfer or use of copyrighted material, or postings or e-mail containing threats of violence.
  Except under the limited circumstances described above, we do not disclose customer information to third parties.

Except under the limited circumstances described above, we do not disclose customer information to third parties.

Changes to Your Customer Information

You should notify Amaranth of any change in your account information, such as updated billing information. To do so, send email to billing@amaranth.com.

Web Site Use and Navigation Information

Each time a user visits our Web Site, certain use and navigation information is collected by our servers. This information is stored in log files for a period of time. It tell us how our web sites are being used and navigated, including the number, frequency and duration of visits to each Web page.

Web Site use and navigation information that we collect may include the domain names of visitors who are not Amaranth Networks customers, and the IP address from which the visit took place. It does not otherwise contain individually identifiable information about any visitor to our Web Site.

How We Use Web Site Use and Navigation Information

We use the aggregated information to improve the content and navigation features of our Web Site.We also may use the anonymous, aggregated information to enable Amaranth Networks Partners or advertisers to evaluate whether to post advertising banners or other material on the Amaranth Networks web sites.

Cookies

Some Amaranth Networks web pages make use of browser "cookies". Cookies are files written to a user's hard disk and read by server programs to inform a Web site if the user has previously visited that site. We use cookies only where it adds convenience to the user, such as remembering usernames and passwords for certain parts of Amaranth Networks websites.

Companies who advertise on our Web Site may also use cookie technology. We do not control the use of cookies by our advertisers.

Changes to Amaranth Networks's Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this policy from time to time. We will post changes to our Privacy Policy here, so be sure to check back periodically. We may also decide to notify our customers by e-mail of significant changes.

Questions, Comments or Concerns

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy you may contact us at privacy@amaranth.com.