Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last Updated October 2005
We recognize that privacy is an important issue, so we design and operate
our services with the protection of your privacy in mind. This Privacy
Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use
our website, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.
The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we
ask for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is
information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical
address or email address.
Data collection
Some of our services and/or information requests may require you to
register for an account and/or provide personal information. We will use
that information to provide the service or fulfill the information you
requested.
Cookies
Upon your first visit to our site, a cookie may be sent to your computer
that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file
containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you
visit a website. We sometimes use cookies to improve the quality of our
service and to better understand how people interact with us. We do this by
storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and
patterns of how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept
cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate
when a cookie is being sent. However, some of our features or services may
not function properly without cookies.
Information sharing
We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other
companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may share such
information in any of the following limited circumstances:
-We have your consent.
-We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole
purpose of processing personally identifying information on our behalf.
When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to
process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with
this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
-We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that
access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably
necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of our company, its
users or the public.
If you have an account, we may share the information submitted under your
account among all of our services in order to provide you with a seamless
experience and to improve the quality of our services. We will not disclose
your account information to other people or non-affiliated companies,
except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy or with your
consent.
We may store and process personal information collected on our site in the
United States or any other country in which we or our agents maintain
facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your
information among these facilities, including those located outside your
country.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of our company, such as acquisition
by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any
personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a
different privacy policy.
We may share aggregated information with others.
Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized
access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees
who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve
our services.
Updating your information
We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally
identifying information for many of our services. If you have any problems
updating your information, please contact us at via the link below.
Links
Our site includes links to other websites that might be useful to our
visitors. These websites are developed by people over whom we exercise no
control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer,
collect data or solicit personal information.
Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect
most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more
significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if
the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice.
Each version will be noted at the top of the page.
If you have any additional questions, please feel to contact us any
time at the link below.