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We have created this privacy statement in order to
demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those
visiting with this web site. We hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest regard. The
following discloses our gathering and dissemination practices for information on this
website.
We recognize the importance of protecting your
privacy and our policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal
information that you may provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site.
This policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers'
needs.
What Information Do We
Collect?
When you visit this web site you should know
that we do not collect any of your personal information. The merchants listed on our site(s), in most cases,
collect aggregate information on the pages our customers access or visit and information that is voluntarily
provided by the consumer, such as survey information and site registrations. This information may be combined with
other identifiable personal information (such as demographic and past purchase information) from our records and
other sources, and may be used to make merchant's future marketing efforts more efficient. Please see merchant
websites for specific information regarding consumer privacy.
1. Personal Information You Voluntarily
Choose to Provide To Third Party Vendors and Ad Networks:
Registration
Information If and when you register
for any of our products, services or newsletters you will provide us information about yourself, such as email
address and your name..
Credit Card Information
If you choose to order products or services
from one of our affiliate partners or merchants on this site, you may need to give personal information and
authorization to obtain information from various credit services. For example, you may need to provide the
following information:
-Name
-Mailing address
-Email address
-Credit card number
-Name on credit card
-Credit card billing address
-Business and home phone number
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email,
we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the
same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by
mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use
Information
While we do not collect information other
sites utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and web
server log files to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and
Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web
sites visited just before and just after our Web site.
How Do We Use the Information That You
Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use information for
purposes of administering our business activities, providing the products and services you requested, to process
your payment, to monitor the use of the service, our marketing and promotional efforts and improve our content and
service offerings, and customize our site's content, layout, services and for other lawful purposes. These uses
improve our site and better tailor it to meet your needs.
Furthermore, such information may be shared with
others on an aggregate basis. Personally identifiable information or business information will not be shared with
parties except as required by law.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we
collect to notify you about important changes to our Website, new services, and special offers we think you will
find valuable. You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing us at the link
provided on the newsletter.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which
often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer
for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site
can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your
browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by
other sites.
Browsers are usually set to accept cookies.
However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse
cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not
function as effectively when viewed by the users. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or
pass on computer viruses.
Please see
merchants websites for specifics on what type of cookies are used and what information is collected. Most merchants
provide site visitors with access to information that they maintain about them. This includes: unique identifier
information (e.g., customer number or password), contact information (e.g., name, address and phone number) and
transaction information (e.g., dates of purchases, amounts and types of purchases).
Third party
vendors and ad networks, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website.
Google, as a third party vendor, also uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie
enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on visits to our sites and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network advertising opt-out
page (www.google.com/privacy/ads).
Our users may
visit the websites of the third party vendors, and ad networks (if the vendor or ad network offers this
capability), to opt out of cookies. Alternatively, users can opt out of some, but not all, of these cookies in one
location at the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out website at www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every
time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to
identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and
profile data known as traffic data so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Sharing and Selling
Information
We absolutely do not share,
sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email addresses or personal
details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process transactions or provide services that you have
requested.
How Can You Access and Correct Your
Information?
You may request access to all your personally
identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing us,
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our
Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices
employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site or the information or content contained therein. Often links
to other Web sites are provided solely as a reference to information on topics that may be useful to the users
of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go
from our Website to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on
any other web site, including web sites, which have a link on our Website, is subject to that Web site's own rules
and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our
collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend
this privacy policy at any time with or without notice.
Policy Modifications
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to
time. If or when any changes are made to this privacy policy, we will post those changes here, so be sure to
check back periodically. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not
use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially
inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
Last Updated: April 1, 2009
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