| We Value Your Privacy We havecreated this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firmand continuing commitment to the privacy of personalinformation provided by those visiting and interacting withthis web site. We hold the privacy of your personal informationin the highest regard. The following discloses our informationgathering and dissemination practices for thiswebsite. Werecognize the importance of protecting your privacy and ourpolicy is designed to assist you in understanding how wecollect, use and safeguard the personal information you provideto us and to assist you in making informed decisions when usingour site. This policy will be continuously assessed against newtechnologies, business practices and our customers'needs. WhatInformation Do We Collect? When youvisit this web site you may provide us with two types ofinformation: personal information you knowingly choose todisclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web siteuse information collected on an aggregate basis as you andothers browse our Web site. 1. PersonalInformation You Choose to Provide: RegistrationInformation When youregister for any of our products, services or newsletters youwill provide us information about yourself. Credit Card Information If youchoose to avail of our services, you may need to give personalinformation and authorization to obtain information fromvarious credit services. For example, you may need to providethe following information: -Name -Mailingaddress -Emailaddress -Creditcard number -Name oncredit card -Creditcard billing address -Businessand home phone number Email Information If youchoose to correspond with us through email, we may retain thecontent of your email messages together with your email addressand our responses. We provide the same protections for theseelectronic communications that we employ in the maintenance ofinformation received by mail and telephone. 2. Web SiteUse Information Similar toother commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standardtechnology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What AreCookies?") and web server log files to collect informationabout how our Web site is used. Information gathered throughcookies and Web server logs may include the date and time ofvisits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and theWeb sites visited just before and just after our Website. How Do WeUse the Information That You Provide to Us? Broadlyspeaking, we use personal information for purposes ofadministering our business activities, providing the productsand services you requested, to process your payment, , tomonitor the use of the service, our marketing and promotionalefforts and improve our content and service offerings, andcustomize our site's content, layout, services and for otherlawful purposes. These uses improve our site and better tailorit to meet your needs. Furthermore,such information may be shared with others on an aggregatebasis. Personally identifiable information or businessinformation will not be shared with parties except as requiredby law. Occasionally,we may also use the information we collect to notify you aboutimportant changes to our Website, new services, and specialoffers we think you will find valuable. You may notify us atany time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailingus at the link provided on the newsletter. What AreCookies? A cookie isa very small text document, which often includes an anonymousunique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site'scomputer asks your computer for permission to store this filein a part of your hard drive specifically designated forcookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browserif your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect yourprivacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access thecookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to youby other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies.However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you mayalter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. Ifyou choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possiblethat some areas of our site will not function as effectivelywhen viewed by the users. A cookie cannot retrieve any otherdata from your hard drive or pass on computerviruses. How Do WeUse Information We Collect from Cookies? As youvisit and browse our Web site, the site uses cookies todifferentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also usecookies to prevent you from having to log in more than isnecessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Webserver's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate numberof people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site aremost popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantlyimprove our Web site and better serve our clients. Cookies donot allow us to gather any personal information about you andwe do not intentionally store any personal information thatyour browser provided to us in your cookies. IPAddresses IPaddresses are used by your computer every time you areconnected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that isused by computers on the network to identify your computer. IPaddresses are automatically collected by our web server as partof demographic and profile data known as traffic data so thatdata (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent toyou. Sharing andSelling Information We do notshare, sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquelyidentify a subscriber (such as email addresses or personaldetails) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary toprocess transactions or provide services that you haverequested. How Can YouAccess and Correct Your Information? You mayrequest access to all your personally identifiable informationthat we collect online and maintain in our database by emailingus at the usual address. What AboutLegally Compelled Disclosure ofInformation? We maydisclose information when legally compelled to do so, in otherwords, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires itor for the protection of our legal rights. We may also discloseaccount information when we have reason to believe thatdisclosing this information is necessary to identify, contactor bring legal action against someone who may be violating ourTerms of Service or to protect the safety of our users and thePublic. What AboutOther Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site? We are notresponsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked toor from our Web site or the information or content containedtherein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely aspointers to information on topics that may be useful to theusers of our Web site. Pleaseremember that when you use a link to go from our Website toanother web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect.Your browsing and interaction on any other web site, includingweb sites, which have a link on our Website, is subject to thatWeb site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rulesand policies before proceeding. YourConsent By usingour Web site you consent to our collection and use of yourpersonal information as described in this Privacy Policy. Wereserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time withor without notice. OurCommitment To Data Security: Please notethat your information will be stored and processed on ourcomputers in the United States. The laws on holding personaldata in the United States may be less stringent than the lawsof your Country of residence or citizenship. To preventunauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure thecorrect use of information, we have put in place appropriatephysical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguardand secure the information we collect online. Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out This siteallows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not receivefuture messages. After unsubscribing we will discontinuesending the particular messages as soon as technicallyfeasible. Surveys& Contests Fromtime-to-time our site requests information from users viasurveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contestsis completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choicewhether or not to disclose this information. Informationrequested may include contact information (such as name andshipping address), and demographic information (such as zipcode, age level). Contact information will be used to notifythe winners and award prizes. Survey information will be usedfor purposes of monitoring or improving the use andsatisfaction of this site. A SpecialNote About Children Childrenare not eligible to use our services unsupervised and we askthat children (under the age of 14) do not submit any personalinformation to us. If you are a minor, you can use this serviceonly in conjunction with permission and guidance from yourparents or guardians. Acquisitionor Changes in Ownership In theevent that the web site (or a substantial portion of itsassets) is acquired, your information would be considered partof those assets, and may be part of those assets that aretransferred. PolicyModifications We maychange this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changesare made to this privacy policy, we will email users who havegiven us permission to do so. We will post any changes here, sobe sure to check back periodically. However, please be assuredthat if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will notuse the personal information you have submitted to us underthis Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistentwith this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent Back toTop ### |