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Privacy
Policy
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) 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
05-01-11.
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