PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy of our Visitors
We respect the privacy of
visitors to our website. Please read this Online
Privacy Policy - Terms of Use carefully so that
you understand our privacy practices relating to
information we gather through this website.
The
Information We Collect
The information
gathered by our website generally falls into three
categories: (1) information supplied by visitors to
the site when they register or initiate transactions
(2) tracking information gathered as visitors
navigate through the site (3) third-party providers,
whose sites are featured on and accessed via our
site, may gather information as well. The
information you provide us during a visit to our
website helps us to improve the quality and utility
of our site. The more information you share with us,
the better we can serve your needs.
Email Addresses
If you provide us
your email address, from time to time we may send
you emails about new products and services, or
offers that we believe will interest you. Though we
hope you'll find this information useful, if you do
not wish to receive such email, please indicate,
when you give us your email address, that you'd
prefer not to receive such information or offers. We
will also use your email address to answer any email
you send us, or to follow up on your visit to our
site. Such follow-ups may include inquiries on
transactions or submissions of information that
appear incomplete. Of course, you can always elect
not to receive future emails by replying to the
email with "unsubscribe" written in the subject
area.
Cookies
To help us tailor
our site to the needs and interests of our visitors,
we keep track of the pages visited by our users by
placing a small entry in a text file, called a
cookie, on your hard drive. The cookie contains an
ID number that allows us to track the pages you've
visited on our site. We aggregate this data with
data on the pages visited by other users to track
overall visitor traffic patterns. We use this
information to improve our site by making it more
responsive to the needs of our users. The help
function on most browsers contains information on
how to set your browser to notify you before
accepting a cookie or to disable cookies entirely.
However, if you don't accept cookies, you won't be
able to take advantage of various features on our
site that are available to other visitors.
Browser Level
Information
Our Web server
automatically collects your IP address when you
request pages from our server. Your IP address is a
number that is used by computers connected to the
Internet to identify your computer so that data
(such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to
you. Your IP address does not tell us who you are.
We also collect information on the operating system
you're running on your computer and the Web browser
software you're using to access our site so we can
optimize our site for the most popular operating
systems and Web browsers. And, because we like to
know how you found our site, we keep track of where
you came from.
Information
Collected by Third Parties
Of course, our
site includes links to other Web sites, and provides
access to products and services offered by third
parties, whose privacy policies we don't control.
When you access another Web site or purchase
products or services or conduct other transactions
through our Web site, use of any information you
provide is governed by the privacy policy of the
operator of the site you're visiting or the provider
of such products or services. The provider's privacy
practices may differ from ours. If you can't find
the privacy policy of any of our provider partners
via a link either from the site's home page or from
the pages on which the products or services are
offered, you should contact the provider directly
for more information.
Security
The information we
collect from our visitors is stored in databases we
control. Physical access to the servers on which we
store visitor information is restricted. However, as
effective as modern security practices are, no
physical or electronic security system is
impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of
our database, nor can we guarantee that information
you supply won't be intercepted while being
transmitted over the Internet.
Disclosure of Information
We may
occasionally release information about our visitors
when release is appropriate to comply with law, to
enforce our Visitor Agreement, or to protect the
rights, property or safety of visitors to our site,
our customers, the public or our website. As our
business grows, we may buy or sell various assets.
In the unlikely event that our website, one of its
business units, or substantially all of its assets
are acquired by another company, the information on
our visitors would be among the transferred assets.
Changes to This
Privacy Policy
This privacy
policy is subject to change. The Web is an evolving
medium. If we need to change our privacy policy at
some point in the future, we'll post the new policy
promptly. If at any point we decide to use
personally identifiable information in a manner
different from what was stated at the time it was
collected, the changes in our policy will be posted
on this page. By using our website, you agree that
your visit to our site, and any dispute over
privacy, is governed by the then-current version of
the Online Privacy Policy and our Visitor Agreement.
Questions or Complaints
If you have any
questions about, or complaints that concern, this
Online Privacy Policy, please contact us. One of our
representatives will respond to your inquiries or
help resolve any dispute concerning this Online
Privacy Policy. Revisions
This Online
Privacy Policy was last revised on February 6, 2008. |