The UltimateTV.com Web site is operated by WebTV Networks, Inc. ("WNI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft"), in conjunction with Microsoft. This Privacy Statement applies to the UltimateTV.com Web site you are currently viewing and informs you what information is collected and used on this Web site. By using the UltimateTV.com Web site, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Statement. We have a separate privacy statement that applies to subscribers to the Internet portion of the UltimateTV® service, which is supplied under the MSN® brand as the MSN TV service. To view the MSN TV Service Statement of Privacy, please click here.

Collection of your Personal Information

Use of this Web site does not require you to disclose any personal information. However, this Web site offers the opportunity for you to subscribe to receive product information and news about UltimateTV related news and events. Subscribing is entirely voluntary, and you may unsubscribe by following the instructions in any email communication you receive. The site also offers the ability to enter sweepstakes where personal information is collected in order to notify you if you are the winner of the sweepstakes and as otherwise disclosed in the sweepstakes information.

Use of your Personal Information

UltimateTV.com collects and uses your personal information to operate the UltimateTV.com site and deliver the services you have requested. For example, when you subscribe to receive product information and news about UltimateTV, we may request your e-mail address, name and address. We use your e-mail address to send you the product information and news you have requested. If you choose to enter your name and postal address, we will use that information for future mailings about UltimateTV product information, news and promotions. When you choose to enter a sweepstakes, we request your e-mail address and other contact information in order to be able to contact you in the event you are a winner of the sweepstakes and as otherwise disclosed in the sweepstakes. Except as otherwise stated below, personal information you provide on this site will not be shared outside of WNI and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as sending product information, news and promotions, answering customer questions, fulfillment requests and performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on WNI or Microsoft, or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of WNI, Microsoft and their family of Web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of WNI, Microsoft, their Web sites, or the public.

E-mail addresses or other personally identifiable information submitted on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which WNI, Microsoft or their affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

Links to send e-mail messages to this Web site are provided for your convenience and your e-mail address is used so this Web site may respond back to your inquiry.

Control of your Personal Information

You may unsubscribe from receiving product information and news about UltimateTV.com by following the instructions in any email communication you receive. If your e-mail address has changed and you would like to continue to receive UltimateTV information, you will need to sign-up again on this Web site with your new e-mail address.

Please be aware that this Privacy Statement and the choices you make on this site may not apply to personal information you may have provided to WNI or Microsoft in the context of other, separately operated, WNI or Microsoft products or services.

Security of your Personal Information

The e-mail address and other information you provide is secured on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Use of Cookies

This Web site uses cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page, so that when you visit the site again, the experience will be personalized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of UltimateTV.com or the other Web sites you visit.

Changes to this Statement

This Privacy Statement applies only to the UltimateTV.com Web site and not other companies or organizations to which we may provide links from this Web site. We will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of the privacy statement. If we make any changes to this Privacy Statement, we will post changes here so we can keep you fully informed. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Contact Information

We welcome your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If at any time you believe that the UltimateTV.com Web site has not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please notify us and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem.

E-mail address: WebTVprivacy@corp.webtv.net

UltimateTV Privacy
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052

August 24, 2001