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Privacy
Policy
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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