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We gather two types of information about users of our
website:
1. Non-personally identifiable
information:
When you visit our website, we collect and aggregate
information indicating, among other things, which pages
of the website were visited, the order in which they
were visited and which hyperlinks were “clicked.”
Collecting such information involves the logging of
the IP addresses, operating system and browser software
used by each visitor to our website. If your IP address
is dynamically assigned by your internet service provider,
or ISP, we can identify your ISP and determine the geographic
location of your point of connectivity.
We also use “cookies” (i.e. small text files
placed on your computer hard drive by our servers) to
help us determine the type of content and sites to which
you link, the length of time you spend at any particular
area of our website, which services you use and which
products you purchase. Essentially, cookies are your
identification card. Cookies can only be read by the
server that placed them and are unable to execute any
code or virus. Cookies allow us to serve you better
and more efficiently and to personalize your experience
at our website. Nevertheless, you should be able to
control how and whether cookies will be accepted by
your web browser. For more information on how to do
so, please refer to the documentation accompanying your
browser.
2. Personally identifiable information:
We may collect personally identifiable information about
you through various means. In certain areas of our website
– for example, when registering with us, signing
our guestbook, emailing us to purchase products or services,
filling out an online application, or using the “Request
Information” page – you may directly provide
us with personally identifiable information (including,
for example, first and last name, school and work experience,
date and country of birth, country of citizenship, references
, interests, personal preferences, street address, email
address, telephone number, fax number and if applicable,
credit card information) of you and others. In addition,
if you provide your personally identifiable information
to our affiliates or business partners, they may share
such information with us (subject to their privacy policies).
If your IP address is statically assigned by your ISP,
we may also collect personally identifiable information
about you through our logging of your IP address. We
do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information
from children (i.e. minors younger than 13 years of
age). If you are a minor, we request that you have a
parent or guardian read this policy and request any
information you are seeking from us on your behalf.
By providing personally identifiable information to
us, you represent that the person whose information
you are providing is not a minor.
LINKING OF NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
WE GATHER WITH YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Once you have registered with our website, we
may be able to link your personal information to the non-personally
identifiable information we have collected through the
use of cookies as described above. For example, once you
register, we could see what type of content and sites
you have viewed, the length of time you have spent at
any particular area of our website and which products
and services you have used or purchased in the past and
from that point on, track that information with respect
to your future visits to our website.
HOW WE USE (AND DO NOT USE) THE INFORMATION WE GATHER
Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the
different ways we use the information that we gather.
Keep in mind that we cannot and do not assume any responsibility
for any actions or omissions of third parties, such as
our affiliates and business partners for which we have
links on our website or third party providers, including
the manner in which they use information received from
us or from you directly or independently. Please know
that we have a third party provider who supplies a shopping
cart solution for our website, and collects personally-identifiable
information including billing information. Any information
that you provide to this third party provider via our
website or to any other third party providers via our
website, will be subject to the third party provider’s
privacy policy. If we receive your personally identifiable
information from a third party, we will use such information
in accordance with our agreements with such third party,
but do not assume any obligation to you. Unless otherwise
explicitly stated, we are not responsible for privacy
practices of third parties or the content of their websites,
including such sites’ use of any information collected
when visitors to our website click through links to those
sites. We strongly encourage you to become familiar with
the privacy practices of those sites and third parties.
If you feel that any third party, including any provider,
affiliate or business partner of ours, is improperly collecting
or using information about you, you may wish to contact
such third party.
1. Non-personally identifiable information:
We use non-personally identifiable information in aggregate
form to build higher quality, more useful online services
by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics
and behavior of our visitors and by measuring demographics
and interests regarding specific areas of our website.
We may provide statistical information based on this data
to current and potential affiliates and business partners.
We may also use the aggregate data to inform our affiliates
and business partners as to the number of people who have
seen and clicked on links to their websites. If we sell
or transfer some or all of our assets or our company,
we may sell or transfer non-personally identifiable information
as part of such transaction.
2. Personally
identifiable information:
You can always choose not to provide your personally
identifiable information to us by not registering with
us, signing our guestbook, emailing us to purchase products
or services, filling out an online application, using
the “Request Information” page, subscribing
to our mailing or notification lists or otherwise providing
such information to us or to our affiliates or other
business partners. If you provide your personally identifiable
information to us or to our affiliates or other business
partners with your consent that they share your information
with companies like ours, we may use it to email or
send you information regarding our company and the products
and services that we offer, or to consider qualifications
or enroll you in a program. If you do not wish to receive
such information from us, please see “Unsubscribing
from our Marketing Distribution Lists” below.
We will use your personally identifiable information
to provide the products and services that you request.
We will not provide your personally identifiable information
to third parties outside of our affiliates and business
partners, except to third parties who may assist us
in processing orders and sending information to you
and as required by law or to enforce our rights. In
addition, if we sell or transfer some or all of our
assets or our company, we may sell or transfer personally
identifiable information as part of such transaction.
We reserve the right to release information contained
within our access logs concerning any visitor when we
reasonably believe that such visitor has violated our
Terms of Use or other published guidelines or has participated
in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant
or other court order. We also reserve the right to release
such information in response to court and governmental
orders, civil subpoenas, discovery requests and as otherwise
required by law. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies
in identifying those who may be using our servers or
services for illegal activities and may report any suspected
illegal activity to appropriate authorities for investigation
or prosecution.
UPDATING YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION
If you have provided us with your personally
identifiable information through our website, you may
update such information by logging in to our website
and submitting your new information or by contacting
us via the contact information at the bottom of each
page of our website.
UNSUBSCRIBING FROM OUR MARKETING DISTRIBUTION
LISTS
If you would like to unsubscribe from our marketing distribution
lists, please contact us via the contact information at
the bottom of each page of our website. In addition, if
we send you an email, you can unsubscribe by responding
to the email with a “Remove” request per the
instructions noted in the email. We will comply with your
request within ten business days. Keep in mind, however,
that residual information will remain within our databases,
access logs and other records. We will not use the residual
information for commercial purposes, but reserve the right
to re-contact former customers or users of our website
from time to time in compliance with applicable laws.
Adopted July 15, 2005
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