Privacy Policy
We have
created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm and
continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information
provided by those visiting and interacting with this web site. We
hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest
regard.
The following
discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for
this website. We recognizes the importance
of protecting your privacy and our policy is designed to
assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the
personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making
informed decisions when using our site. This policy will be
continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices
and our customers' needs.
What
Information Do We Collect?
When you visit
this web site you may provide us with two types of information:
personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is
collected on an individual basis and Web site use information
collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web
site.
1.
Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Registration
Information When you register for any of
our products, services or newsletters you will provide us
information about yourself.
Credit
Card Information If you choose to avail of our
services, you may need to give personal information and
authorization to obtain information from various credit services.
For example, you may need to provide the following
information:
-Name
-Mailing
address
-Email
address
-Credit card
number
-Name on
credit card
-Credit card
billing address
-Business and
home phone number
Email
Information If you choose to correspond
with us through email, we may retain the content of your email
messages together with your email address and our responses. We
provide the same protections for these electronic communications
that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail
and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information: Similar to other
commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology
called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and
web server log files to collect information about how our Web site
is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs
may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time
spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and
just after our Web site.
How Do We Use the Information
That You Provide to Us? Broadly speaking, we use
personal information for purposes of administering our business
activities, providing the products and services you requested, to
process your payment, to monitor the use of the
service, for our marketing and promotional
efforts and to
improve our
content and service offerings, and to customize our site's
content, layout, services and for other lawful
purposes. These uses improve our
site and better tailor it to meet your needs.
Furthermore, such
information may be shared with others on an aggregate basis.
Personally identifiable information or business information
will not be shared with parties except as required by
law.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify
you about important changes to our Website, new services, and
special offers we think you will find valuable. You may notify us
at any time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing
us at the link provided on the newsletter.
What Are
Cookies? A cookie is a very small text
document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When
you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for
permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive
specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own
cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but
(to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to
access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent
to you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies.
However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter
the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose
to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas
of our site will not function as effectively when viewed by the
users. A cookie cannot retrieve any
other data from your hard drive or pass on computer
viruses.
How Do We Use Information We
Collect from Cookies? As you visit and browse our
Web site, the site uses cookies to differentiate you from other
users. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from
having to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in
conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate
the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which
parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback
to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our clients.
Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about
you and we do not intentionally store any personal information that
your browser provided to us in your cookies.
IP Addresses.
IP
addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to
the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers
on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are
automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic
and profile data known as traffic data so that data (such as the
Web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Sharing and Selling
Information. We do
not share, sell, lend or lease any of the information that
uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email addresses or personal
details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to
process transactions or provide services that you have
requested.
How Can You Access and
Correct Your Information? You may request access to all
your personally identifiable information that we collect online and
maintain in our database by emailing us at the usual
address.
What About Legally Compelled
Disclosure of Information? We may disclose information
when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good
faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of
our legal rights. We may also disclose account
information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone who may be violating our Terms of Service or to
protect the safety of our users and the Public.
What About Other Web Sites
Linked to Our Web Site? We are not responsible for
the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site
or the information or content contained therein. Often links to
other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on
topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.
Please remember
that when you use a link to go from our Website to another web
site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and
interaction on any other web site, including web sites, which have
a link on our Website, is subject to that Web site's own rules and
policies. Please read over those rules and policies before
proceeding.
Your Consent.
By using
our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal
information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the
right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without
notice.
Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out.
This site allows visitors to
unsubscribe so that they will not receive future messages. After
unsubscribing we will discontinue sending the particular messages
as soon as technically feasible.
Surveys & Contests.
From time-to-time our site
requests information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. Information requested may include contact information
(such as name and shipping address), and demographic information
(such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to
notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be
used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site.
A Special Note About
Children. Children are not eligible to
use our services unsupervised and we ask that
children (under the age of 14) do not
submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can
use this service only in conjunction with permission and guidance
from your parents or guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in
Ownership. In the event that the web
site (or a substantial portion of its assets) is acquired, your
information would be considered part of those assets, and may be
part of those assets that are transferred.
Policy Modifications.
We may change this Privacy
Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to this privacy
policy, we will email users who have given us permission to do so.
We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back
periodically. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy
changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you
have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is
materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your
prior consent.
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