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 24
Feb 2009.
12. Contact E-Mail. You may contact us concerning this Privacy
Policy at the following e-mail address Contact
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