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The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to
be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding
your individual situation. We invite you to contact us and welcome your
calls, letters and electronic mail. Contacting us does not create an
attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential
information to us until such time as an attorney-client relationship
has been established.
1. Definition of Policy & Revision Date:
This Privacy Protection
Policy (the "Privacy Policy") describes our privacy collection and
protection policies and those of our affiliates. This Privacy Policy
was last revised January 1st, 2009. This policy does not apply to the
practices of companies that we does not own or control or to people
that we does not employ or manage. In addition, certain companies with
whom we contract have their own privacy statements which can be viewed
by clicking on links on such companies' websites. We respect your
privacy and are committed to protecting the privacy of your personal
information. This privacy policy applies to all of the websites owned
by us and describes the methods for collection, storage and use of
personally identifiable information. As used herein, "personally
identifiable information" means any non-public information that that
would enable us or a third party to identify or contact you by
electronic or other means. We encourage you to carefully read this
privacy policy in its entirety.
2. Method for Collection of Information:
We collect non-public
personally identifiable information by asking you for it when you order
or signup for a service and when you contact technical support or
customer service. Such information may include your name, physical
address, telephone number, credit card or bank account information
and/or email address. We may share this information with our commonly
owned affiliates. We may also receive similar information from our
strategic partners that have already obtained information from and/or
about you in accordance with their respective agreements with you and
we may combine information that we receive from you with information
that we receive from our strategic partners or others. Once you
register with us, you are not anonymous to us. We may also use
"cookies" and similar technology to obtain information about your
visits to our sites. While cookies help us improve your experience
while visiting our sites, you may block them through your Internet
browser or other commercially available software. However, in doing so,
you may make some of our sites' features no longer accessible. We
automatically receive and record information on our server logs from
your browser, including your IP address, our cookie information and the
pages you request.
3. What we do with Non-Public Personally Identifiable Information:
We
use the personally identifiable information we collect principally to
provide you with the service(s) you have ordered, to collect payment
from you on account of the services that you receive from us and to let
you know about other offerings which may be of interest to you. Postal
and e-mail address information, for example, enables communication
about services offered and ordered, as well as the proper provisioning
and billing of those services. Like most businesses today, we use
third-party vendors to carry out certain functions and the delivery of
certain services to you. And like most businesses today, we share
online data with those third-party vendors to the extent necessary for
them to perform their work. For example, we may use a third-party
payment processing company in order to process credit card payments. In
such an instance, we will share your personally identifiable
information in order to verify the credit card account information that
you have submitted to us. We contractually require such third-party
vendors to use personally identifiable information that we share with
them only for the purpose(s) for which it was shared. We also
contractually require such entities to protect such information from
any further or otherwise improper use. In addition, we may share such
information with other industry and credit-related organizations to
improve operations and to protect against fraud, security and credit
risks. We do not otherwise rent, sell or share personal information
about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to
provide products or services you've requested, when we have your
permission, or under the following circumstances: From time to time, we
may provide personally identifiable online information in response to
subpoenas and other legal demands from law enforcement agencies or in
response to court orders. We may also use or disclose personally
identifiable information when we believe that this information is
necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
individuals who may be endangering public safety or interfering with or
improperly using our property or services, or interfering with our
customers' or others' use of our property or services. We may use the
email address you provide to give you product announcements, service
updates or additional information that you may request. In the future,
should we decide to share such data with third parties for marketing,
it will provide notification to you and will give you the opportunity
to indicate whether you would prefer that we not provide such
information about you to third parties. Because this information is a
critical part of our business, in the event of a merger, sale or other
corporate reorganization or legal proceeding involving our company or
companies, your personally identifiable information would be treated
like our other assets (and could be transferred along with our other
business assets). In this event, we will notify you before information
about you becomes subject to a different privacy policy. We do not
market to, or knowingly collect personal information from, children
under the age of 13 on any of its websites.
4. Security of information:
All personally identifiable information is
maintained in secure databases. We use multiple layers of encryption,
firewalls and other technology to ensure the security of your personal
information, and to prevent unauthorized access or improper use.
5. Other websites:
Some links on our websites may take you to websites
operated and/or controlled by third parties. As you surf the web,
please be mindful of the respective identifications of the entities
operating the websites that you visit and remember that we have no
control over the collection or use of information on third-party
websites, or the use of any personal information that you may provide
in connection with the use of such websites.
6. Commitment to Security & Privacy:
We are committed to
maintaining the security of your personally identifiable information
and promoting trust and confidence on the Internet.
7. Acceptance of Policy, subject to change:
We reserve the right to
revise or modify this policy, or any other policies or agreements at
any time without prior notification. By using our services, you accept
the terms and conditions of this policy.
8. Contact Information:
As a customer, you are able to modify your
personally identifiable information online. If you do not have access
to the internet for any reason or do not know where to go to view
and/or modify your information, feel free to contact our Client
Relations department using the information that follows. |
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