The DirectNewsNow Team is fully committed to ensuring that your online privacy is protected during your visit. We want you to feel comfortable sharing information with us. Our privacy policy explains what we do with the information that we collect from you.

If significant changes to this privacy policy are made, the changes will be posted on this page and we will attempt to contact each of our members via the contact email address that was supplied when their account was created.

For the purposes of this statement DirectNewsNow and DirectNewsNow.com are defined as all software, web sites and web pages owned or operated by DataSwitch Information Services, Inc. under (but not limited to) the airwarn.com, cs-int.com, dataswitch.com, directnewsnow.com, fosbulletins.com, seawarn.com, stormnow.com, stormwarn.com, thunderwarn.com, and wxalert.com domains and connected computers.

1. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY DIRECTNEWSNOW.COM
   DirectNewsNow.com collects information about our customers in two ways...
   1. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DIRECTNEWSNOW.COM
      1. Provided information refers to information that you are asked to or required to provide either via website, or by an administrator.
      2. In order to use the services DirectNewsNow provides, you must become a member. To do so, we'll require you to enter information about yourself including name, address, phone number, and email address (among others). We use this information to better understand our target audience, develop new features, and to contact you if there is an issue with your account. All information you provide to us is done so under the terms of this privacy statement.
   2. INFORMATION GATHERED BY DIRECTNEWSNOW.COM
      1. Gathered information refers to information that you do not specifically provide to us, but we have the ability gather (via log files) or derive (from account information).
      2. The DirectNewsNow website will log the IP address of your computer, and the IP address of the website that you have visited. Server log files may be used to derive further information about your visit if necessary. Please read section II for a more detailed description of how we use the information we gather from you.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
   1. ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATION
      1. All information that you provide when creating your DirectNewsNow account will not be given to third parties without your consent except in the limited circumstances described in the section of this privacy policy entitled SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHERS. Only certain fields are required when creating an account, and those are marked with an asterisk (*). The information you provide may be used by DataSwitch/DirectNewsNow when doing demographic or market research. Once you have created an account, you may modify the information you provided by clicking on the Modify Your Account link on the left-hand side of the webpage.
   2. CONTACT INFORMATION
      1. Your contact information (contact phone number and contact email) is only used as a means of us reaching you when it is necessary to solve an account configuration issue or billing problem. Occasionally, and very rarely, DataSwitch/DirectNewsNow will send out email to members announcing scheduled downtimes, upgrades, new services, or requesting feedback. Your contact information may be used more frequently to notify you of an account configuration or status issue.
   3. CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
      1. We currently do not provide our DirectNewsNow users any type of automatic payment plan. Thus, DataSwitch does not store any of your credit card information in our database or on our servers. We do, however, allow users to pay for service with a credit card through a secure online connection to rtware.net.
   4. ACCOUNT INFORMATION
      1. In an attempt to better understand the needs of our customers, and evolve DirectNewsNow to match their needs, DataSwitch/DirectNewsNow reserves the right to analyze the information that you provide when subscribing for service and setting up your account, including, but not limited to, selected regions, email domains, and selected bulletins. This data is often used in troubleshooting account or system problems. It is never shared with a third party, except in the cases when it is necessary to resolve an account problem. If we need to contact a service provider about your account, we will require you to give us your permission before sharing any information with them.
   5. WEBSITE INFORMATION
      1. IP Logging
         A number that is assigned by your Internet Service Provider to your computer to identify its location on their network. DirectNewsNow.com logs your IP address when you first visit our site. This allows us to generate traffic statistics about our websites, troubleshoot problems, and perform administrative tasks on our network.
      2. Cookies
         A cookie is a small file that your web browser places on your computer to store information about you. DirectNewsNow may at times make limited uses of cookies to enhance your browsing experience. For example, when you log into DirectNewsNow from one of our websites, you'll have the option of checking a box that says "Remember Login". By doing so, your login and password will be saved to keep you from having to enter it each time you visit our site. Your browser gives you full control over whether to allow cookies or not. Disallowing all cookies may prevent some limited aspects of the website to work, such as the above described "Remember Login" feature.
3. SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHERS
   1. Under no circumstances will DataSwitch Information Services sell or otherwise provide any collected information to a third party without your consent except for the following instances: (i) unless required by applicable law or pursuant to a court or similar order; (ii) as deemed necessary, in DataSwitch's discretion, to protect the legal rights or the property of DataSwitch/DirectNewsNow, a member or third party, or to prevent personal injury; and/or (iii) in the event DataSwitch/DirectNewsNow is required to transfer personally identifiable information to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, assignment, joint venture or other transfer or disposition of a portion or all of the assets of DataSwitch/DirectNewsNow or its affiliated entities (including, without limitation, in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
4. FEEDBACK
   1. Please feel free to send any questions or comments about this privacy policy, DataSwitch, or DirectNewsNow to admin@dataswitch.com.