1. Our Commitment to Privacy. This notice
describes our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is designed to
advise you about how we collect, use, and protect the Personally
Identifiable Information you provide. By visiting this site, you
are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
2. What Information is Collected.
(a) Information You Provide to Us:
We collect the Personally Identifiable Information you choose
to enter on various pages of our site, or that you may choose
to give us in some other way (such as by email, physical mail,
or by telephone). For example, you will be asked to provide Personally
Identifiable Information when you register for access to certain
portions of our site, sign up for newsletters or mailings, or
make a purchase.
The categories of Personally Identifiable Information we collect
are your first and last name, e-mail address, physical address,
and telephone number.
You can choose not to provide certain information, but you may
not be able to take advantage of our services and features.
(b) Automatic Information:
When you visit a website, you disclose certain information, such
as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time of your visit.
This site, like many other sites, records this basic information
about visits to our site.
(c) “Cookies”:
Cookies are pieces of information that are transferred to your
computer from a web server.
We use cookies to store visitor preferences, record session information
(such as items that you add to your shopping cart) record user-specific
information on what pages users access or visit, alert visitors
to new areas that we think might be of interest to them when they
return to our site, record past activity at a site in order to
provide better service when visitors return to our site, ensure
that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and
to customize Web page content based on visitors' browser type
or other information that the visitor sends.
Most browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can change
your settings to have your browser notify you when you receive
a new cookie or you can change your settings to refuse to accept
cookies.
3. How and When the Information is Used. The information
we collect is used for administering our business activities as
follows:
(a) to improve the content of our site;
(b) to customize the content and/or layout of
site pages for each individual visitor;
(c) used to notify consumers about updates to our Web site;
(d) shared with other reputable organizations to help them contact
consumers for marketing purposes;
(e) used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes.
4. How We Protect Your Information. The privacy and protection
of your information is important to us. We offer some of our services
in connection with other web sites. The affiliated sites may have
different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their
privacy policies. Your access to some services and content is
password protected. We advise that you do not disclose your password
to anyone. In addition, we recommend you sign out of password-protected
services at the end of your session. You should also be aware
that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information
on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed
publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without
our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other
individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond our control
and this policy.
5. Who Has Access to the Information. Information
about our users is important to us. Access to your information
may be provided to third parties who provide technical support
for the operation of our site. In addition, we may sell our business
or buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In
such transactions, user information may be transferred along with
other assets. We may also disclose your information in response
to a court order and we may disclose your information when we
believe we are required to do so by law. We may disclose your
information in connection with the collection of amounts you may
owe to us and to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem
it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you
with notice prior to disclosure.
