Privacy Policy
We know that privacy is an important issue.
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 items apply to the personally identifying information we
may ask
for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is
information that individually identifies you,
such as your name, physical
address, or email
address.
Cookies
On 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 set up to
accept cookies. You
can, however, 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.
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.
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 with us, 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
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.
Aggregated information does not identify any
individual person or company.
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
our contact form.
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 bottom of
this page.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us
any time
using our contact form.
Last
Updated December 4, 2006