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Our Commitment to Privacy
Our
Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to
combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest
level of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners. The 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 and our products and
services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new
technologies, business practices and our customers' needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of
information: 1) personal information you knowingly choose to disclose
that is collected on an individual basis, and 2) Web site use
information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse
our Web site.
Web site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site may in the future
use a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below,
"What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs 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. This information is collected on an aggregate
basis. None of this information is associated with you as an
individual.
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 customer service and
making available other products and services to our customers and
prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we
collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new
services and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists
used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed
under our traditional corporate standards designed to safeguard the
security and privacy of our customers' personal information.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers
to recognize the computer used to access a Web site. Cookies are small
pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's
hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on
one Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by
the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's
transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to
move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions
over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier
and more personalized.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We use software tools such as Web server logs to gather information
about our Web site users' browsing activities, in order to constantly
improve our Web site and better serve our customers. This information
assists us in designing and arranging our Web pages in the most
user-friendly manner and to continually improve our Web site to better
meet the needs of our customers and prospective customers.
Web
server logs allow us to count how many people visit our Web site and
evaluate our Web site's visitor capacity. We do not use these
technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally
identifying information about you although they do permit us to send
focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
From time to time you may notice offers from outside companies
advertised on our Web site. We take measures to select product or
service providers that are responsible and afford privacy protections
to their customers. However, we cannot make any representations about
the practices and policies of these companies.
Sharing Information with Strategic Partners
We may enter into strategic marketing alliances or partnerships with
third parties who may be given access to personal information including
your name, address, telephone number and email for the purpose of
providing you information regarding products and services that we think
will be of interest to you. In connection with strategic marketing
alliances or partnerships, we will retain all ownership rights to the
information, and we will not share private information.
How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?
E-mail that you may send to us, or forms that you may submit, may not
be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place
prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask
that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security
or account numbers to us through an unsecured email or forms.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, Web
site traffic patterns and related Web site information to our
affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not
include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in
this Privacy Policy.
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.
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 nor 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.
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