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 June 1, 2009.
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