Privacy Policy
PRIVACY & TERMS
To demonstrate our firm commitment to safeguarding your privacy, we have created this privacy statement (Privacy Policy), which explains how we collect information from you and how we use such information. In order to fully understand our privacy practices, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. We may have a separate privacy policy if we receive information from you through means other than the Site.
We recognize the importance of children's safety and privacy on the Internet. For this reason and to comply with certain laws, we do not intentionally collect personal, individually identifiable information from children under the age of 13, nor do we offer content targeted to children under 13. Children should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before disclosing any information online.
Informational Services
We provide the Site for informational purposes regarding our properties, products and/or services. The Site does not make guarantees of any kind. You may request information regarding us, our properties, products or services by submitting your contact information, but you may not purchase, or offer to purchase, any property or service directly through the Site.
Our Personal Information Practices
We understand that the privacy of the information you provide to us is very important to you. We use the data gathered only to provide you with more information about our properties, quality products and services. Except for the limited circumstances described below, this information will not be sold or distributed to any unaffiliated third parties without your prior consent. We collect, use and disclose the following categories of information in the following ways, subject to the Exceptions section, which follows below:
Contact Information
We collect personally identifiable information from you in the following circumstances:
when you contact us, and when you elect to receive information from us via a specified communication channel (i.e. email, direct mail, or telephone).
We will use your contact information to contact you when necessary, such as, but not limited to the following circumstances:
- providing you with site support
- if you place an inquiry with us
- if you elect to receive information via a specific communication channel
- for marketing purposes
- to explain new features of our site as it develops and grows
- to welcome you to our site and any services
- From time to time, we may disclose your information to third parties on an Aggregate Basis. Aggregate Basis means that we combine anonymous parts of your information with anonymous parts of the information from our other users without including any of your personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name and email address.
Registration, Password, and Security
If any portion of our site requires you to register or open an account you may also be asked to choose a password and a user name. Please select a password that would not be obvious to someone trying to guess your password, and change it regularly as an added precaution. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account identification. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.
We intend to take certain industry-accepted precautions from time to time to secure our site or portions thereof, and some portions of the ste may be labeled as "secure" in accordance with industry practice in connection with the use of such precautions. However, you understand and agree that such precautions do not guarantee that use of the site is invulnerable to all security breaches, and that we make no warranty, guarantee, or representation that use of our site is protected from all viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities.
IP Address
When you visit our site, we gather your IP address. We use IP addresses for diagnostic and statistical purposes and to administer our site.
Referencing Web Site
We collect the name and URL of the Web site that you visited immediately preceding your visit to our site. We use this information on an Aggregate Basis to better understand our customers and may disclose this information on an Aggregate Basis.
Cookies
Cookies are small files created by Web sites, including our Site, that reside on your computer's hard drive and that store information about your use of the Web site. We use cookies when you view different pages in our site to maintain continuity between the pages. We also may use cookies for marketing purposes to ensure that you do not view the same banner advertisement repeatedly. If you choose to, you can set your Web browser to reject cookies from our site. Rejecting cookies from our site may limit the ways in which you may use our site. Please note that we may allow other companies presenting advertisements on some of the pages of our site to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not our Privacy Policy.
Exceptions
Except as described above and as described in the Securing Your Information section below, we will not otherwise use or disclose any of your personal information, except to the extent reasonably necessary: (i) to correct technical problems and malfunctions in how we provide our site to you and to technically process your information; (ii) to protect the security and integrity of the site and our services, including without limitation to enforce our terms and conditions with you; (iii) to protect our rights and property and the rights and property of others; (iv) to take precautions against potential liability; (v) to respond to claims that your information violates the rights or interests of third parties; (vi) to the extent required by law or to respond to judicial process; and (vii) to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information to law enforcement agencies and for an investigation on a matter related to public safety, as applicable.
You understand and agree that technical processing of your information is and may be required (a) to send and receive messages regarding your use of the Site; (b) to conform to the technical requirements of connecting networks; (c) to conform to the limitations of our site and our services; or (d) to conform to other, similar technical requirements.
Storage of Personal Information
We store your information indefinitely.
Securing Your Information
We will use reasonable precautions to protect the data and information under our control from misuse, loss or alteration, and will disclose such information pursuant to this Privacy Policy. However, no system can ensure complete security, and we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties we believe to be responsible. Access to your information will be limited to appropriate personnel and contractors needing such information in the performance of their job functions.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Links to Other Web Sites
This site may contain links to other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites. We encourage you to review the posted privacy practices or policies of any web sites that you choose to view.
Other Information Collection Practices
This Privacy Policy governs how we collect information from you through our site and how we use such information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to our data and information collection and use practices outside of the site.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on our site's home page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, use and disclose. If at any point we decide to use or disclose a user's personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users may choose whether or not we can use their information in such a different manner. We will otherwise use and disclose a user's personally identifiable information in accordance with the Privacy Policy that was in effect when such information was collected.
Linked Sites
From time to time, the site may contain links to third-party Web sites that we do not control. We provide such links as a convenience to you. Such links should not be considered endorsements of such sites or any content, products or information offered on such sites. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any aspect of the information or content contained on any third party sites accessible or linked to the site. Unless we otherwise agree in writing, you may only link to pages on the site after submitting the linking information through the applicable portions of the site. We reserve the right to revoke our consent to any links to the site. You agree not to frame or mirror any content or information contained on or accessible from the site without our or our licensors' prior written approval, as may be appropriate.