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) ìCookiesî:†
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 7/5/08.
