Privacy policy
1. Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Terms
We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy
Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the
information we collect when you or your computer interact with our
website. By accessing this website, you acknowledge and fully understand
our Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection
and use practices described in this Website Privacy Policy.
2. Participating Merchant Policies
Related services and offerings with links from this
website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that
can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each
respective website. Online merchants and others who participate in our
services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives
and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However,
since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of
participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and
encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and
other third parties before you provide any personal information or
complete any transaction with such parties.
3. Information We Collect and How We Use It
Anyone under the age of 18, may only use this site and
its services in conjunction with and under the supervision of their
parents or guardians, and with express permission from us. For this
reason, we ask that anyone under the age of 18 should not submit any
personal information through our site. This website collects certain
information from and about its users three ways: directly from our Web
Server logs, information provided by user, and with Cookies.
a. Web Server Logs
When you visit our Website, we may track information
to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we
may track include:
- Your Internet protocol address.
- The kind of browser or computer you use.
- Number of links you click within the site.
- The geographical location from which you accessed the site.
- Date and time of your visit.
- Name of your Internet service provider.
- Pages you viewed on the site.
b. Use of Cookies
This site uses cookies to personalize or enhance
your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on
your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run
programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely
assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that
issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to
provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you
personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the
site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence,
this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases
site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login
information as well as providing personalized functionality. We reserve
the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies.
For more information about how our third-party service providers may use
cookies, please see Section 4, below. You have the ability to accept or
decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but
you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you
reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this
may disable some of the functionality on our Website.
c. Use of Personal Information
Visitors to our website can register to purchase
services. When you register, we will request some personal information
such as name, address, email, telephone number or facsimile number,
account number and other relevant information. If you are purchasing a
service, we will request financial information. Any financial
information we collect is used only to bill you for the services you
requested and/or purchased and any applicable fees that are compliant
with our Terms of Use. If you purchase by credit card, the information
may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of
registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may also be
asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide
assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be
warranted in order to provide online technical support and
troubleshooting. Under some circumstances we may require some additional
financial information, including, without limitation, your billing
address, bank account information, and tracking information from checks
or money orders. We will not disclose personally identifiable
information we collect from you to third parties without your permission
except to the extent necessary including:
- To fulfill your service requests for services,
- To protect ourselves from liability,
- To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.
Please note that we will use your information and
other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the
site to resolve any disputes, troubleshoot problems, collect fees owed,
pay amounts due you, or verify your account data. We employ many
different security techniques to protect any personal data from
unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company, however
please be aware that "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet
or with any digital or physical data.
4. Third Party Advertisers, Use of Web Beacons or Image Files
This Website may contain electronic images known as
Web beacons, that allow us to count users who have visited those pages
and to deliver co-branded services. We may include Web beacons in
promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether
messages have been opened and acted upon. Some of these Web beacons may
be placed by third party service providers to help determine the
effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications.
These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a
persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service provider to
recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and
compile anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in
turn enables us and our service providers to learn which advertisements
and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site. This
information in addition to the web searches you make while visiting this
website and your web surfing behavior on this site and other websites
you may visit is used to show you advertisements tailored to your
interests on other websites and other forms of media. If you would like
to know more about these practices and your choices about not having
this information used to target ads to you, please click here. We
prohibit Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal
information.
5. Accessing Web Account Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that
personally identifiable information in your web account file is correct
and current. You may review this information by contacting us by sending
an email to our support attendant via our contact form.
6. Changes to this Statement
We have the discretion to occasionally update this
privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "updated" date at
the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review
this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to
protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the
service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any
updates.
