Thesaurus.com Privacy Policy

The following discloses our privacy policy for this web site: Thesaurus.com. We take your privacy concerns seriously and we strive to earn and keep your trust. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your questions and concerns (contact information is provided below).

We do not share your personal information, including your e-mail address, with other parties. We hate spam as much as you do, so we won't give your information to anyone.

We do not send unsolicited e-mail. If you are receiving e-mail from us, it is because at some point you, or someone with access to your e-mail account, requested it. You can always opt out of any e-mail we send you simply by following the instructions that appear at the bottom of the e-mail message in question. If you are receiving e-mail from us in response to an inquiry you made, you can rest assured that we will use your e-mail address for no purpose other than to respond to your inquiry.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address may also be used to gather broad demographic information.

This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Thesaurus.com shares only aggregate information with its affiliates, advertisers and business partners. We do not share any information about specific visitors. For example, we may give potential advertisers information that applies to all users of Thesaurus.com generally, but we would never tell them anything about you personally.

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

to control ad delivery (for example, to limit the number of pop-up ads you see)
to indicate your subscription status (to check whether or not you are signed in as a subscriber)
to customize and enhance your experience

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Children's Guidelines

This Web site meets the guidelines of TRUSTe's Children's program.
Thesaurus.com DOES NOT:

collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes
collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent
distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information with out prior parental consent
give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent
entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity

Third-Party Advertisers

We use outside ad companies to display ads on our site. Ads may contain cookies, and appear to be coming from our site, but in reality they are coming from our partners who are serving ads on our site. Here is a list of advertising networks with whom we have relationships:

Choice/Opt-Out

If you are receiving e-mail from us and wish to stop, simply follow the instructions at the bottom of the e-mail message in question or use the unsubscribe form on these pages:

We also offer the option to permanently opt-out of pop-under advertising from Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:

Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Attn: Customer Service
65 Pine Avenue #319
Long Beach, CA 90802
E-mail