Section 4B: Terms & Conditions / Warranty 197There are two types of information that may be exchanged between the Sprint siteand the user during each visit to a Sprint site. They are:1. General technical data transmitted between your computer and the Sprintsite that does not identify you personally.2. Personally identifiable information that you voluntarily share. The types ofpersonally identifiable information that you might share include your name,address, phone number, email address and credit card number.(b) Anonymous InformationIn order to provide you with the information and services that you look for fromthe Sprint Websites, Sprint gathers certain types of information from you that arenot personally identifiable. This is called anonymous information and includes:1. The type of Internet browser you use when you visit2. The types of computer operating system you use3. The search engine you use to access the Sprint Websites (such as “AOL.com,”“Yahoo.com” or “Go.com”)4. The specific Sprint Website that you visit (sprint.com,sprintpcs.com, etc.).The anonymous information collected is not associated with you personally oryour business. Sprint uses this anonymous information in the aggregate toimprove Sprint Websites and the services we provide through those sites.(c) Use Of CookiesSprint Websites may use “cookies” to collect the anonymous informationdescribed in this Privacy Policy. Cookies are bits of encrypted data that are loadedby a Sprint server onto your computer or other device when you visit a SprintWebsite. The server can retrieve the cookies the next time you visit a site and usethem to identify the computer as a return visitor. Sprint uses cookies to collectnon-personally identifiable information and generically track usage patterns on theSprint Websites in order to monitor activity and administer the sites. Sprint alsouses information obtained from cookies to improve Sprint Websites, and makedecisions concerning advertising, product offerings and services. Most users candisable cookies from their Internet browsers, receive a warning before a cookie isplaced on their computer, and erase all cookies from their computer hard drivesby following the instructions provided by the browser.(d) Advertisements On Sprint WebsitesAdvertising companies deliver ads on some Sprint Websites. You should be awarethat when you click on these ads, the advertising companies may also deploycookies to receive anonymous information about ad viewing by Internet users onSprint Websites and other Websites. This information is associated with your Webbrowser, but cannot be associated with your name or email address without yourpermission. Therefore, advertising companies may know where your computergoes on the Web, but they do not know who you are unless you tell them. Sprintdoes not provide personally identifiable information about its customers or SprintWebsite visitors to these advertising companies.
