PRIVACY
POLICY 1.
Our Commitment to Privacy. This
notice describes our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is designed
to advise you about how we collect, use, and protect the Personally
Identifiable Information you provide. By visiting this site, you are
accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
2. What Information is
Collected. (a) Information You
Provide to Us: We collect the
Personally Identifiable Information you choose to enter on various
pages of our site, or that you may choose to give us in some other
way (such as by email, physical mail, or by telephone). For example,
you will be asked to provide Personally Identifiable Information
when you register for access to certain portions of our site, sign
up for newsletters or mailings, or make a purchase.
The categories of
Personally Identifiable Information we collect are your first and
last name, e-mail address, physical address, and telephone
number. You can choose not to
provide certain information, but you may not be able to take
advantage of our services and features. (b) Automatic
Information: When you visit a
website, you disclose certain information, such as your Internet
Protocol (IP) address and the time of your visit. This site, like
many other sites, records this basic information about visits to our
site. (c)
“Cookies”: Cookies are pieces of
information that are transferred to your computer from a web server.
We use cookies to store
visitor preferences, record session information (such as items that
you add to your shopping cart) record user-specific information on
what pages users access or visit, alert visitors to new areas that
we think might be of interest to them when they return to our site,
record past activity at a site in order to provide better service
when visitors return to our site, ensure that visitors are not
repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and to customize Web page
content based on visitors' browser type or other information that
the visitor sends. Most browsers are set up
to accept cookies, but you can change your settings to have your
browser notify you when you receive a new cookie or you can change
your settings to refuse to accept cookies. 3. How and When the
Information is Used. The information we
collect is used for administering our business activities as
follows:
(a) to improve the
content of our site; (b) to customize the
content and/or layout of site pages for each individual
visitor; (c) used to notify
consumers about updates to our Web site; (d) shared with other
reputable organizations to help them contact consumers for marketing
purposes; (e) used by us to
contact consumers for marketing purposes. 4.
How We Protect Your Information. The
privacy and protection of your information is important to us. We
offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. The
affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and we
encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Your
access to some services and content is password protected. We advise
that you do not disclose your password to anyone. In addition, we
recommend you sign out of password-protected services at the end of
your session. You should also be aware
that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information
on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed
publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our
knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other
individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond our control
and this policy. 5. Who Has Access to the
Information. Information about
our users is important to us. Access to your information may be
provided to third parties who provide technical support for the
operation of our site. In addition, we may sell our business or buy,
merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such
transactions, user information may be transferred along with other
assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court
order and we may disclose your information when we believe we are
required to do so by law. We may disclose your information in
connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us and to
law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or
necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to
disclosure. 6. Methods We Use to
Protect Your Information. We use security
software to protect the confidentiality of your personal
information. In addition, our business practices are reviewed
periodically for compliance with policies and procedures governing
the security and confidentiality of our information. Our business
practices limit employee access to confidential information, and
limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized
persons. 7.
Children. This
website does not provide services or sell products to children under
the age of 18. If we discover we have
received any information from a child under the age of 18 in
violation of this policy, we will delete that information
immediately. If you believe we have received any information from or
about anyone under the age of 18, please contact us at the address
listed below. 8. How You Can Access
Your Information. You can request
access to all your personally identifiable information maintained by
us by sending an e-mail to us at the address listed below. Upon
request we offer you the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in
your personally identifiable information. You can have this
information corrected by sending us an e-mail at the address listed
below. 9.
Consent. By using our
website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal
information as described in this Privacy
Policy. 10. Changes to Privacy
Policy. If our Privacy
Policy or procedures change, we will immediately post those changes
to our website. Any such changes will be effective immediately upon
being posted, unless otherwise stated in the
change. 11. Effective
Date. This Privacy
Policy is effective as of 6/1/2008. 12. Contact
E-Mail. You may contact us
concerning this Privacy Policy at the following e-mail
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