In order to provide users with a more personalized, relevant, and intelligent service, we regularly make improvements to our product and our web site. To understand the needs and interests of our users and to classify users into meaningful categories, we collect data for the purpose of identifying user groups, not individuals. Individual information is not used, unless the user has granted permission or it is in conjunction with the provision of A2's own services (i.e. delivery of information to a user in response to that user's request from the A2 service). If you get the product from A2, A2 does not provide individual information to third parties unless we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

Certain services provided by partners and accessed through A2 require that personal information be shared with a partner in order to activate the service, but this is described to you before collecting the information or prior to transferring the data. In addition, many sponsorships and promotions require that some information be transferred. By requesting more information, you give A2 permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor so they can fulfill your request. In most cases, only your email address will be shared. If more information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the transfer. If you receive a custom version of A2 from a A2 partner, A2 may share data with that partner. Please read the following policy to understand how A2 will use any information provided to us by our users.

A2 is an e-commerce and advertising supported business. The availability of A2 software depends primarily on its perceived value among third parties and their willingness to pay for advertisements and retail opportunities that target users of this product. It is this support that allows A2 to be distributed for free to you.

Our priority to keep A2 free for our users requires us to provide these advertisers, e-commerce and content partners with aggregate demographic profiles of our user base. We may then use this information to deliver targeted advertisements and commerce opportunities to specially selected groups of users that are likely to respond favorably to them. These targeted campaigns fit within the A2 mission: to provide a more customized Web experience for our users.

A2 collects information in several ways from different parts of our site:

A2 collects your credit card information, address and billing information so we may process your order and charge your account for products that you purchase.

A2 needs your email address to verify user accounts, notify you if you win a contest, to replace your password if you forget it or if you choose to be on our mailing list.

A2 takes optional surveys to collect information about our users so that we may tailor the site to better serve your interests.

All personal information collected is securely stored in our databases. Our primary goal for collecting this information is to improve your web experience with us. Your personal information allows us to customize our site to meet the needs of our users. Many updates and improvements are based on information that we receive from you.

A2 does not disclose any personal information about you or your visits to our site to any outside companies or organizations without your consent. We may, however, provide "ratings" statistics about sales, traffic patterns and related information to our advertisers or affiliated partners.

A2 uses cookies to track and record your preferences and activity on our Web site. Cookies are small amounts of data that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard drive for record keeping purposes. Each time that you access our site and at various times during the use of our site, our server may deliver or update the data stored in your cookie. Our cookies do not collect any personally identifiable data such as a credit card number or password information but are used to help us determine which areas of our site are popular and which are not. Cookies also allow you to more easily login to A2 and help our site to "remember" you each time that you return. If you are uncomfortable with the cookie technology that we use, you may change the settings on your browser to disable cookies.

Some advertisers or links on our site may also use their own cookies. If you visit these sites, please look for their privacy policy and review it before giving out any personal information.

By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information by A2 as outlined in this privacy policy.

Due to changing technologies and offerings, our privacy policy is subject to change periodically. We will post any changes on this page so that you will always know what information we collect, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to any third party.