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For example, we may want to know how long the average reader spends on our site, or which pages or features get the most attention.

TheEarthtimes.com may perform statistical analyses of subscribers and their subscribing and purchasing patterns for product development purposes and to generally inform advertisers about the nature of our subscriber base.

We may use demographic and preference information to allow advertising on our Web sites to be targeted, in aggregate, to the users for whom they are most pertinent. We contract with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as e-mail distribution, list processing and analytics or promotions management.

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