COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We respect the privacy of visitors to our web
site. We have established and implemented the following practices designed to
protect your privacy. You may visit our web site without telling us who you are
or revealing any information about yourself. There are times when we may need
information from you in order to service your requests. If you choose to give
us personal information, we may use that information to correspond with you, to
process a request for support or to provide you with requested information or
other materials. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information
used as a basis for further contact, we will respect your wishes.
We will not collect personally identifiable information without your knowledge
and permission. We will not disclose
your personal information to third parties unless you have authorized us to do
so. There are several places throughout
our site that may link you to other web sites with different privacy practices.
When you click through to these web sites, our privacy practices no longer
apply. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements for all third-party
web sites to understand their policies for collecting, using, and disclosing
your information. We reserve the right
to update this privacy policy at any time. Any changes or updates will be
effective immediately upon posting to the web site. Your use of this site
constitutes acceptance of our policy. If you do not agree to the terms, please
exit from this site immediately.
COLLECTION AND USE OF NON-PERSONAL
INFORMATION
The website uses cookies. A .cookie. is a
small text file that contains a string of alphanumeric characters. There are
two types of cookies that may be used at the website: a persistent cookie and a
session cookie. A persistent cookie gets entered by your Web browser into the
.Cookies. folder on your computer and remains in this .Cookies. folder after
you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on
subsequent visits to the site. A session cookie is held temporarily in your
computer.s memory and disappears after you close your browser or shut off your
computer. The website may also use Web beacons (also called .clear GIFs. or .pixel tags.) in conjunction with cookies. Web
beacons are small strings of code that are placed in a Web page.
If you have arrived at this website by
clicking on an ad for one of our products or services, a session cookie may be
used. This cookie may contain an identification number for the ad that you
clicked on, or will contain an identification number for the site that you were
visiting when you clicked on the banner ad. This session cookie helps our
Marketing Department determine which of our ads attract the most visitors. A
session cookie, it will disappear once you have closed your browser. If you
return to our site via another one of our ads, you will appear as a new visitor
unless and until you provide further personal information.
The
website may use persistent cookies, Web beacons and information
collected in our log files (such as Internet Protocol Address, referring URLs,
etc.) about your activity at this site to better understand how the website is
used, resolve technical problems, and enhance your experience at this site.
Information from website analysis cookies or about website usage is not
combined with information from any other cookie. If you give us your email
address at this site, a website analysis cookie may be linked with your email
address. Web beacons and cookies may be
used in email messages and at our website to help us measure the effectiveness
of our advertising and how visitors use our site.
In addition, we may serve ads on this and
other websites. In doing so, one of our ad servers will place or read a unique
ad-serving cookie on your computer and will use non-personal information about
your browser and your activity at this site to serve ads on this and other
sites. The ad-serving cookie is a persistent cookie.
INFORMATION SHARING OR DISCLOSURE
In the event that we contract with a third
party to provide some part of the information or service that you have
requested, we may provide your information to such third party, or such third
party may collect information from you on our behalf. By written agreement,
these third parties are required to implement similar security measures and to
process your information only as authorized by us to fulfill the service(s)
that they have been contracted to provide. Other than these entities, who act
on our behalf, information you provide at this site will not be transferred to
unrelated third parties, unless we have your permission to do so. However,
please note that personal information provided to this site may be subject to
disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants or
orders.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY
We have implemented reasonable security
measures in order to protect both personal and non-personal information from
loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
Our employees are made aware of and are accountable for compliance with these
procedures.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may amend this privacy policy from time to
time as we add new products and services, as we improve our current offerings,
and as technologies change. If we make any material or substantive changes in
our treatment of information collected at this site, we will notify you by
posting a clear and conspicuous notice of these changes on our website and in
this privacy policy.
REVISION DATE
2006-July-06