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
privacyand 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
effortsandimprove our content and service offerings, and
customize our site's content, layout,
servicesand 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.
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web
beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include Google
Adsense. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads
on our website.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our
users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the
Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by
visiting the
Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Here is the link to the bottom part
http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
We use third-party
advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website.
These companies may use information (not including your name,
address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to
this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about
goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more
information about this practice and to know your choices about not
having this information used by these companies, go here
http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by
visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
= http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
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
servicesunsupervised 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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