Privacy Policy
A sample Privacy Policy for you to tailor to
your specific needsNOTE: THE
FOLLOWING IS A GENERIC PRIVACY STATEMENT THAT YOU ARE
FREE TO USE. HOWEVER, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ IT
THOROUGHLY AND EDIT IT ACCORDINGLY AS SOME OF THE
INFORMATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOUR SITE. WE ALSO RECOMMEND
THAT YOU HAVE IT APPROVED BY A LAWYER AS XSITE PRO AND
INTELLIMON CANNOT, IN ANY WAY, BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES, LITIGATION,LEGAL INFRINGEMENT SOR COMPLAINTS
CAUSED THROUGH USING THIS GENERIC STATEMENT. IF YOU USE
THE STATEMENT BELOW AS IS OR IN AN EDITED VERSION YOU DO
SO COMPLETELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
We have created this privacy statement in order
to demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the
privacy of personal information provided by those
visiting and interacting with this web site. We hold the
privacy of your personal information in the highest
regard. The following discloses our information gathering
and dissemination practices for this website.
We recognize the
importance of protecting your privacy
and our 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. This policy will be continuously assessed
against new technologies, business practices and our
customers' needs.
What Information Do We
Collect?
When you visit this web site you may
provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is
collected on an individual basis and Web site use
information collected on an aggregate basis as you and
others browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to
Provide
Registration
Information
When you
register for any of our products, services or newsletters you
will provide us information about
yourself.
Credit Card
Information
If you choose to avail of our services,
you may need to give personal information and
authorization to obtain information from various credit
services. For example, you may need to provide the
following information:
-Name
-Mailing address
-Email address
-Credit card number
-Name on credit card
-Credit card billing address
-Business and home phone number
Email
Information
If you choose to correspond with us
through email, we may retain the content of your email
messages together with your email address and our
responses. We provide the same protections for these
electronic communications that we employ in the
maintenance of information received by mail and
telephone.
2.
Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a
standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below,
"What Are Cookies?") and web server log files to collect
information about how our Web site 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
Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after
our Web site.
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 the products and services you requested,
to process your payment, ,
to
monitor the use of the service, our marketing and
promotional efforts and
improve
our content and service offerings, and customize our
site's content, layout, services and for other
lawful purposes. These uses improve
our site and better tailor it to meet your
needs.
Furthermore, such information may be
shared with others on an aggregate basis. Personally
identifiable information or business information will not
be shared with parties except as required by
law.
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. You may notify us at any
time if you do not wish to receive these offers by
emailing us at the link provided on the
newsletter.
What Are
Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document,
which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When
you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your
computer for permission to store this file in a part of
your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each
Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your
browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your
privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access
the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies
sent to you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to
accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to
receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your
browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your
browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of
our site will not function as effectively when viewed by
the users.A cookie cannot
retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on
computer viruses.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from
Cookies?
As you visit and browse our Web site, the
site uses cookies to differentiate you from other users.
In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from
having to log in more than is necessary for security.
Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files,
allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people
visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are
most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly
improve our Web site and better serve our clients.
Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal
information about you and we do not intentionally store
any personal information that your browser provided to us
in your cookies.
IP
Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer
every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP
address is a number that is used by computers on the
network to identify your computer. IP addresses are
automatically collected by our web server as part of
demographic and profile data known as traffic data so
that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent
to you.
Sharing and Selling
Information
We do not share, sell, lend or
lease any of the information that uniquely identify a
subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details)
with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to
process transactions or provide services that you have
requested.
How Can You Access and Correct Your
Information?
You may request access to all your
personally identifiable information that we collect
online and maintain in our database by emailing us at the
usual address.
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.
We may also disclose
account information when we have reason to believe that
disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact
or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our
Terms of Service or to protect the safety of our users and the
Public.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our
Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices
employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site or
the information or content contained therein. Often links
to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to
information on topics that may be useful to the users of
our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link
to go from our Website to another web site, our Privacy
Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and
interaction on any other web site, including web sites,
which have a link on our Website, is subject to that Web
site's own rules and policies. Please read over those
rules and policies before proceeding.
Your
Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our
collection and use of your personal information as
described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to
amend this privacy policy at any time with or without
notice.
Our Commitment To Data
Security:
Please note that your
information will be stored and processed on our computers in
the United States. The laws on holding personal data in the
United States may be less stringent than the laws of your
Country of residence or citizenship. To
prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure
the correct use of information, we have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure the information we collect
online.
Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out
This site allows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not
receive future messages. After unsubscribing we will
discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as
technically feasible.
Surveys &
Contests
From time-to-time our site requests
information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or
not to disclose this information. Information requested
may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as
zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to
notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the
use and satisfaction of this site.
A Special Note About
Children
Children are not eligible
to use our services unsupervised and we ask
that children (under the age of 14) do
not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor,
you can use this service only in conjunction with permission
and guidance from your parents or
guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in
Ownership
In the event that the web site (or a
substantial portion of its assets) is acquired, your
information would be considered part of those assets, and
may be part of those assets that are
transferred.
Policy
Modifications We may change this
Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to
this privacy policy, we will email users who have given us
permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure
to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if
the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the
personal information you have submitted to us under this
Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with
this Privacy Policy, without your prior
consent.
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