PRIVACY
POLICY:
SELECTPro.net
Privacy Policy
We
at Selectpro.net ("we" or "Selectpro.net") have created this privacy policy to
demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your personal information and
informing you about how we handle it. This privacy policy only applies to
transactions and activities in which you engage and data gathered while on the
Selectpro.net web site (the "Site") but does not apply to any other web site or
offline point of contact between Selectpro.net, or any other company, and consumers.
Please review this privacy policy periodically as we may modify it from time to
time. This privacy policy was last revised on April 21, 2003. Each time you
visit the Site or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting
the practices described in this privacy policy at that time.
Your IP Address
Like
most e-commerce websites, each time you visit the Site, we automatically
collect your IP address and the web page from which you came. In order to
administer and optimize the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our
Site, we use your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad
demographic information about you.
Cookies
Like
most websites, the Site uses cookies to keep track of your activity on the Site
and enhance your experience on the Site. We may also use cookies to deliver
content specific to your interests, to save your password, and if you choose,
to save other personal and financial information so you do not have to re-enter
it each time you visit the Site. Third party advertisers on the Site may also
place cookies on your browser. If you wish to disable these cookies, the "help"
portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how. However, if you set
your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas on
the Site.
Information We Collect From You
In
order to operate the Site and to provide you with information about products or
services that may be of interest to you, we may collect "personal information"
(i.e. information that could be used to contact you directly (without using the
Site) such as full name, postal address, phone number or email address),
"financial information" (i.e. credit card numbers or passwords)
Information Other Web Sites Collect From You
On
the Site, we place links to other web sites operated by other parties. Some of
these other web sites contain our brand names and trademarks and other
intellectual property that we own; others do not. When you click on these links
and visit these other web sites, regardless of whether or not they contain our
brand names, trademarks and other intellectual property, you need to be aware
that we do not control these other web sites or these other web sites' business
practices, and that this privacy policy does not apply to these other web
sites. Consequently, the operators of these other web sites may collect
different kinds of information about you, and may use and disclose that
information in different ways than we would if it were collected on the Site.
We encourage you to review their privacy policies and remind you that we will
not be responsible for their actions.
How We Use Personal Information
We
use your email address and your other personal information to help us
efficiently operate the Site, to contact you in connection with your
transactions and other activities on the Site (including, but not limited to,
confirmation emails or important news that could affect your relationship with
Selectpro.net). These types of
communications are known as "Operational Communications." In some cases,
Operational Communications may also contain commercial messages, such as banner
ads and special offers.
We
also use personal information to send you newsletters, information, offers and
other promotional materials for Selectpro.net's or third parties' goods or
services. We attempt to send you offers that are of value to you, such as
discounts, exclusive offers or special event information. The Site provides you
with options to decline to receive communications from Selectpro.net (other
than those contained in Operational Communications). Some of these options may
only be for a certain category of communications; others may be more general.
To
operate the Site, including processing your transactions and supporting your
activities on the Site, we may share your personal information with our agents,
representatives, contractors and service providers so they can provide us with
support services such as authorization of credit card transactions, email
origination, receipt or support services, customer relationship management
services, order fulfillment and promotional fulfillment. We require these
entities not to use your information for any other purpose.
By
purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services
offered or sponsored by third parties on the Site, or electing to receive
communications (such as emails) or electing to participate in contests,
sweepstakes or other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered
or sponsored by third parties on the Site, you consent to our providing your
personal information to those third parties. Those third parties may use your
personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will
need to contact those third parties to instruct them directly regarding your
preferences for the use of your personal information by them. Additionally, you
agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such
third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose
any other information you submit to us.
In
some cases, we may enter into a promotional relationship with another company
in which we prominently display their brand name or trademarks on pages of the
Site. These pages are known as "Co-Branded Pages" and these companies are known
as "Co-Branded Companies." If the page on which you submit information is a
Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page,
then we may share your personal information with the associated Co-Branded
Company. Co-Branded Companies may use your personal information in accordance
with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact Co-Branded Companies
to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your
personal information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use and
disclose all such information so submitted to such Co-Branded Companies in the
same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information
you submit to us. Some Co-Branded Pages may contain an action tag (also known
as a Web Beacon or a 1 pixel .gif file) that a third party, such as an
advertising company, may use to read cookies that it, or its clients, may have
placed on your browser at other (non-Selectpro.net) web sites before your visit
to Selectpro.net. This technology is used to measure the effectiveness of
advertisements on such other web sites that promote Co-Branded Pages. Further,
such other third parties may use the information collected through this
technology to learn more about your visits to this Site and other Web sites in
order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Any
third party with whom we are allowed to share your personal information is
authorized to use your personal information in accordance with our contractual
arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy
policies, over which we have no control, and you agree that we are not
responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Those who contact
you will need to be instructed directly by you regarding your preferences for
the use of your personal information by them.
Please
read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share
Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share
your personal information.
How We Use Financial Information
We
use your financial information to check your qualifications, to bill you for
products and services and to enable you to participate in discount, rebate and
similar programs in which you may elect to participate. By making a purchase,
or engaging in any other kind of activity or transaction that uses financial
information on the Site, you consent to our providing your financial
information to our service providers and to such third parties as we determine
are necessary to support and process your activities and transactions, as well
as to your credit card issuer for their purposes. These third parties may
include the credit card companies and banking institutions used to process and
support the transaction or activity. By purchasing, or registering or making
reservations for, products or services of third parties offered on the Site, or
by participating in programs offered on the Site that are administered by third
parties and that require you to submit financial information in order to use
them, you also consent to our providing your financial information to those
third parties. Additionally, if the page on which you submit information is a
Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page,
then we may share your financial information with the associated Co-Branded
Company. Any of these various third parties (including Co-Branded Companies)
may be authorized to use your financial information in accordance with our
contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their
own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and you agree that we are
not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Additionally,
you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to
such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and
disclose any other information that you submit to us. Please read the
information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share Personal
and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your
financial information.
Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information
Your
personal information or financial information may be passed on to a third party
in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or a bankruptcy. We may also
disclose personal information or financial information when we determine that
such disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with
law enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of Selectpro.net or other
visitors to the Site. We also may disclose your personal information or
financial information to our subsidiary and parent companies and businesses,
and other affiliated legal entities and businesses with whom we are under
common corporate control. Whenever personal information or financial
information is disclosed under this paragraph, we may also disclose your
demographic information along with it, on a non-anonymous basis. All of our
parent, subsidiary and affiliated legal entities and businesses that receive
your personal information, financial information, or non-anonymous demographic
information from us will comply with the terms of this privacy policy with
respect to their use and disclosure of such information.
Our Security Precautions
The
Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information under our control. Our secure server software
(SSL) is the industry standard and among the best software available today for
secure commerce transactions. We encrypt all of your financial information as
it travels over the Internet and we store your critical financial information
on our servers in encrypted form. Your information may be transferred to and
maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the state,
province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and
the country or jurisdiction in which these computer networks are located may
not have privacy laws as protective as the laws in your country or
jurisdiction.
Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered Information
If
at any point we decide to use particular 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 or by providing 30 days notice on the Site.
Please note that we will continue to have the right to change our privacy
policy and practices, and how we use your personally identifiable information,
without notice, as described in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy,
provided that such changes shall only apply to information gathered on or after
the date of the change.
How You Can Access and Update Your Email Preferences, Personal
Information and Public Information
We
give you the opportunity to opt-out of certain communications and modify
personal information or demographic information you have provided to us at
anytime by going to the "Account" section of the Site. Please note that
changing or deleting your information through the "Account" section of the
Site, or otherwise opting-out of receipt of email communications from
Selectpro.net, will only change or delete the data in our database for purposes
of future activities on the Site and for managing future communications from
Selectpro.net. These changes and deletions will not change or delete emails or
information that we may have already forwarded to other users or credit card
companies or any other third parties, all as provided above in this privacy
policy.
If
you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the practices of
the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you can contact us at support@selectpro.net.
You can also send us mail to: Selectpro.net, c/o Pfaff and Associates, 6667
Pleasantview, Portage, Michigan, 49024.
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