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As of May 8, 2008

THIS AGREEMENT DISCUSSES YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS A VISITOR OR SUBSCRIBER. PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT, THE PRIVACY POLICY, AND THE EMAIL POLICY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE.

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PRIVACY POLICY

HiddenStocks.com is owned and published by Business Financial Publishing, LLC.

Business Financial Publishing ("BFP") has created a privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.

By visiting BFP's web site(s), Users agree to the Terms & Conditions outlined within our Terms of Use Agreement, Privacy Policy and Email Policy. It is the Users responsibility to read and understand these three BFP documents (Terms of Use Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Email Policy) prior to reviewing any information from BFP or for signing up for any free or paid subscription newsletter service.
 
Information BFP gathers and tracks
 
BFP gathers many pieces of information for use in fulfilling user requests. This information includes, but is not limited to name, email address, phone number, postal address, billing address, IP address, time and date login information, and credit card information for users who elect to pay for subscriptions using a credit card. This information is used to fulfill requests and allows our staff to better serve Users.

The information that BFP collects is kept confidential unless otherwise specified. BFP does sell advertising to companies interested in targeting our users.

Registration Pages & Advertising

BFP collects User information at the time of registration through a BFP web site. This information is collected by BFP and stored on our secure web server. Information including credit card information is held strictly confidential by BFP.

BFP often offers selected offers from our partners as part of the registration process for certain sites, services, and products. These offers are designed to assist Users by providing them with valuable information, products, and services from partners who we believe will complement a Users interests. BFP in no way endorses the products or services of these advertisers. When a User selects to receive one of our partner's offers, they are agreeing to receive information from that advertiser. As part of this advertising program, BFP will provide the advertiser with the required information required to fulfill the Users request. This includes, but is not limited to name, postal address, email address, and phone number. Under no circumstance will BFP provide an advertiser with any credit card information from our Users.

Marketing Messages From Third Party Sponsors

BFP offers both a free and a paid subscription e-mail and print newsletters.

Subscription requires Users to provide us with an e-mail address and other information including name, postal address, and phone number. Users may unsubscribe to any of our electronic newsletters at any time by following the instructions contained at the end of every newsletter. Paid subscription newsletters require a membership cancellation request, by canceling through the My Account area of our web site, an e-mail notification, a written request, or a phone call. We operate in compliance with CAN-SPAM legislation, and maintain a "Do Not Mail" list of e-mail addresses which will not receive future correspondence from BFP. Instructions for adding an e-mail address to this "Do Not Mail" list are specified within e-mail correspondence from BFP (with the exception of paid subscription newsletter issues).

E-mail addresses provided to BFP are kept on a secure server. BFP does not share e-mail address with other firms. BFP does however make available both e-mail and postal information to selected advertisers. E-mail advertisers who wish to advertise to BFP's members are required to comply with CAN-SPAM legislation, and provide Users with an easy process of removing from future offers, as well as provide a "Do Not Mail" option for members who do not wish to receive any further communication from a specific advertiser. Users agree to receive offers directly from BFP as well as sponsorship messages from our partners. Users can elect to discontinue receiving third party advertisements from BFP, while continuing to receive free newsletter content. BFP will never sell email addresses, postal information or otherwise transfer to third parties the email addresses of our subscribers. BFP will directly send third party advertisements to Users.

BFP does maintain a postal mailing list that is made available to approved advertisers who are offering financial-related products to our subscribers. Users agree to receive correspondence by way of postal mail from select advertisers. BFP does not control the practices of our advertisers. If you have questions about how one of our advertisers uses information about you when you click their ad and go to their content, please contact them directly.

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Users may unsubscribe to any of our electronic newsletters at any time by following the instructions contained at the end of every newsletter, or through our web site. This includes being permanently removed from our list of active subscribers, as well as being placed on a "Do Not Mail" list to ensure that you do not receive further communications from BFP.

Email Policy

We understand the serious concerns regarding email advertising. As a result, we created a separate Email Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of our Users and desire to send email communication only to those Users who wish to receive communications from BFP. Please continue reading to review our Email Policy.

EMAIL POLICY

As of February 20, 2008

Business Financial Publishing ("BFP") has created an Email Policy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and dedication to sending email communications only to those who have specifically requested such information. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for our company and our web sites.

By visiting BFP's web site(s), Users agree to the Terms & Conditions outlined within our Terms of Use Agreement, Privacy Policy and Email Policy. It is the User's responsibility to read and understand these three BFP documents (Terms of Use Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Email Policy) prior to reviewing any information from BFP, signing up for any free or paid subscription newsletter service, or submitting any personal information to our firm. BFP may update or revise its Terms of Use Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Email Policy from time to time, and we encourage you to periodically review these documents for our most recent policies.

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BFP is a publisher of both free and paid subscription investment newsletters. We offer paid subscriptions, trial subscriptions, and free newsletters to individuals.

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We sell subscriptions to our paid subscription newsletters through our web sites. Users respond to our advertisements and visit our web site to sign up for newsletter subscriptions. These paid subscription newsletters are fulfilled through our web site, by email, and by postal mail. Users can expect to receive notices regarding the status of their subscription account, issues of the newsletter, and information regarding our services by way of email.

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We offer free 30 day trial memberships to our newsletters. Users who sign up for such an offer can expect to receive notices regarding the status of their subscription account, issues of the newsletter, and information regarding our services by way of email during their trial membership. At the end of a trial period, Users can expect to receive our free weekly email newsletter and information regarding other services provided by BFP and our partners or advertisers. Users who do not wish to receive future emails following a trial membership should follow the instructions within this Email Policy or within a specific email communication from BFP.

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We also offer free email newsletters, which we make available to individuals in several manners.
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We offer our free newsletters to Users through partners web sites and web sites where we advertise, and directly through our own web sites.

We provide trial Users with a subscription to our free newsletter(s) at the end of their trial period if they do not sign up for a paid subscription.

We provide former or expired paid Users with a subscription to our free newsletter(s) at the end of their paid subscription period.

Users who do not wish to receive future issues of free newsletters by emails following a paid membership should follow the instructions within this Email Policy or within a specific email communication from BFP.

Email Advertisements

We utilize email as a communication channel to send information regarding our products and services to our current paid subscribers, free trial members, and subscribers to our free email newsletters. We send these email messages only to individuals who have directly requested information from our firm (i.e. signed up for a free trial membership or a free newsletter) or have or in the past have had a direct relationship with our firm (i.e. a previous customer).

WE ALLOW ANY CURRENT OR FORMER CUSTOMER, TRIAL MEMBER, OR RECIPIENT OF A FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER FROM BFP TO CHOOSE TO DISCONTINUE RECEIVING EMAIL MESSAGES FROM OUR COMPANY AT ANY TIME. See "Discontinuance of Emails" below.

Third Party Email Advertising

We occasionally advertise via email with qualified third party companies that are managing their email database(s) of subscribers in accordance with CAN-SPAM legislation and best industry practices. When we advertise by email through a third party or through an agency, we do so in accordance with the following:

1. The advertisement is sent only to users who have agreed to receive ADVERTISEMENT or SPECIAL OFFER emails from the list owner.

2. The advertisement is sent FROM the company owning the email list

3. The advertisement is clearly marked as an ADVERTISEMENT or SPECIAL OFFER

4. The firm managing the email list has clear instructions and functionality in place for prompt removal from the email list

5. Our contact information is made available so that recipients can contact us and instruct us not to send future advertisements.

6. We instruct the firm sending the advertisement on our behalf to compare BFP's "Do Not Mail" file against their distribution list in order to assure that those who have requested to NOT receive information from BFP do not receive unwanted advertisements or offers from our firm.

We occasionally send email advertisements and offers to our subscribers or members on behalf of third party advertisers or agencies acting on their behalf, in accordance with CAN-SPAM legislation and best industry practices. PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OF USERS WILL NOT BE SOLD TO A THIRD PARTY ADVERTISER EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF BFP'S ASSETS. However, as part of this advertising program, BFP will provide the advertiser with the required information required to fulfill the Users request. This includes, but is not limited to name, postal address, email address, and phone number. Under no circumstance will BFP provide an advertiser with any credit card information from our Users. When we send an advertisement or special offer on behalf of a third party or through an agency, we do so in accordance with the following:

1. The advertisement is sent only to users who have agreed to receive ADVERTISEMENT or SPECIAL OFFER emails from BFP.

2. The advertisement is sent FROM BFP or the specific newsletter to which the recipient is subscribed (i.e. Top Stock Insights Special Offers).

3. The advertisement is clearly marked as an ADVERTISEMENT or SPECIAL OFFER.

4. There are clear instructions and functionality in place for prompt removal from the email list.

5. Our contact information is made available so that recipients can contact us and instruct us not to send future advertisements.

6. We request that advertisers provide BFP with a "Do Not Mail" file to be compared against our internal list prior to sending an advertisement in order to assure that those who have requested to NOT receive information from the third party advertiser do not receive unwanted advertisements or offers.

Discontinuance of Emails

In accordance with CAN-SPAM legislation, it is our policy to include instructions and means for removal from our database at any time in an automated fashion. We provide instructions for removal at the bottom of every email sent from our company, with the exception of paid subscription newsletter issues, which require the subscriber to cancel their membership in order to discontinue receiving issues of the publication.

At the bottom of each email communication we include detailed instructions for removal from our email lists, including:

1. Displaying the recipient's email address that is in our database and receiving the message.

2. Providing a customized URL that allows the recipient to click to our web site and automatically manage their subscriptions, including canceling all email subscriptions or selecting to receive no further messages from our firm.

3. An active email address to contact us in order to request manual removal or discontinuance of future email messages from our firm.

4. Our postal address for mailing a formal request to our firm.

At our web site, we allow subscribers to manage their subscriptions, including:

1. Selecting to discontinue a subscription.

2. Selecting to be put on a Do Not Mail List.

BFP maintains a DO NOT MAIL LIST. This is a list of subscribers who have decided that they never wish to receive another message from our firm. These email addresses are collected and maintained in a separate file in our database. These individuals will not receive future emails from BFP, including free email newsletters, advertisements directly from BFP, or advertisements from third party advertisers sent on our behalf. Email addresses on this list will not receive future email messages from our firm. Subscribers are encouraged to make sure that the address receiving emails from BFP is in fact the same address in our database by clicking the unique URL at the end of an email message from our firm, or forwarding the received email communication to our customer service department so that we may see which email address was the recipient of an email from our firm.

Should you have any questions regarding our Email Policy or other privacy related issues, please contact us so that we can address your concerns.

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DISCLOSURE

Business Financial Publishing ("BFP"), the owner of HiddenStocks.com, has been compensated on the behalf of the companies appearing in this Special Report. The companies whose profiles appear in this special report have paid BFP an advertising fee for lead generation advertising associated with this special report and the HiddenStocks.com web site. Only companies that have agreed to pay BFP an advertising fee for lead generation have been included in this special report. Readers should be aware that BFP has not reviewed these companies as investment opportunities.

To date, BFP has received the following advance advertising payments from the companies featured in this special report or their third party representatives:

  • Twenty-four thousand dollars on April 18, 2008 on behalf of Grandview Gold Inc. (TSX: GVX, OTC BB: GVGDF) by Capital Connection
  • Twenty-four thousand dollars on April 18, 2008 on behalf of The Spice Depot, Inc. (SDEO.PK) by Capital Connection.
  • Twenty-four thousand dollars on April 18, 2008 on behalf of en2go International Inc. (OTC BB: ENGO) by Capital Connection
  • Thirty-one thousand six hundred fifty dollars on May 2, 2008 on behalf of Ameriwest Energy Corp (OTC BB: AWEC) by Dunstone Corporation.

Additional future advertising fees may be paid by these companies, and our disclaimer will be updated accordingly once any additional payments are received.

Updated: May 9, 2008
 

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