Our Commitment to Privacy
Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to
combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level
of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners. The Policy is
designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and
safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you
in making informed decisions when using our site and our products and
services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new
technologies, business practices and our customers' needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of
information:
Website Use Information
Similar to other commercial websites, our website may in the future use a
standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are
Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our
website 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 website, and the websites visited just before and just
after our website. This information is collected on an aggregate basis.
None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of
administering our business activities, providing customer service and
making available other products and services to our customers and
prospective customers. 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. The lists
used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed
under our traditional corporate standards designed to safeguard the
security and privacy of our customers' personal information. As a
customer, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually, to
notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers to
recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies are small
pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's
hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one
Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that website by the
same user or to use the information to streamline the user's
transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to
move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions
over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and
more personalized.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We use software tools such as Web server logs to gather information about
our website users' browsing activities, in order to constantly improve
our website and better serve our customers. This information assists us
in designing and arranging our Web pages in the most user-friendly
manner and to continually improve our website to better meet the needs
of our customers and prospective customers.
Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our website and evaluate our website's visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
From time to time you may notice offers from outside companies advertised
on our website. We take measures to select product or service providers
that are responsible and afford privacy protections to their customers.
However, we cannot make any representations about the practices and
policies of these companies.
Sharing Information with Strategic Partners
We may enter into strategic marketing alliances or partnerships with
third parties who may be given access to personal information including
your name, address, telephone number and email for the purpose of
providing you information regarding products and services that we think
will be of interest to you. In connection with strategic marketing
alliances or partnerships, we will retain all ownership rights to the
information, and we will not share information regarding your social
security number or other personal financial data.
How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?
E-mail that you may send to us, or forms that you may submit, may not be
secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place
prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that
you do not send confidential information such as Social Security or
account numbers to us through an unsecured email or forms.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, website
traffic patterns and related website information to our affiliates or
reputable third parties, but this information will not include
personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this
Privacy Policy.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other
words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for
the protection of our legal rights.
What About Other Websites Linked to Our Website?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to
or from our website nor the information or content contained therein.
Often links to other websites are provided solely as pointers to
information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website.