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 recognize 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, our
marketing and promotional
efforts and
improve
our content and service offerings,
and 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.
Our Commitment To Data
Security:
Please note that your information will be
stored and processed on our computers in
the United States. The laws on holding
personal data in the United States may be
less stringent than the laws of your
Country of residence or citizenship.
To
prevent unauthorized access, maintain data
accuracy, and ensure the correct use of
information, we have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and
managerial procedures to safeguard and
secure the information we collect
online.
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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