PRIVACY
POLICY AND CONSENT: By accessing,
using and/or downloading materials from,
or sending or posting materials to, this site, you agree on
your own behalf and on behalf of each entity on whose behalf
you act, to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to the
practices for the collection, use or disclosure of your
personal information as described here.
WHAT
INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY?
Anonymous Browsing: You can visit this site
without telling us who you are or revealing any information
about yourself. Like many other web sites, this site
automatically collects certain information regarding web site
users, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your
computer, the IP address and domain you used to access this
site, the operating system you are using, the sections of the
web site you visit, the web site pages accessed and
information viewed. This information is used by us to measure
the number of visits, average time spent, page views and other
statistics about visitors to this site in general. We may also
use this data to monitor site performance for systems
administration purposes, to improve this site and to report
information in aggregate form to our management.
Cookies: Cookies are small pieces of data stored by your Internet
browser on your computer's hard drive, which permit us to
recognize you when you access this Site. Cookies enhance the
convenience and use of the web site. The cookie itself does
not tell us your email address or who you are.
PERSONAL
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU: COLLECTION, USE, LOCATION AND
DISTRIBUTION
Generally, there are times when we may ask you for, or you may choose to provide, information about yourself. This information may be used for the
following purposes: answering your questions, posting materials or pictures.
To provide
these services, we may need to ask you directly to provide,
among other things, your name, mailing address, postal code,
email address and phone number. At times we may also conduct
on-line surveys to better understand the needs, profiles and
experience of our visitors. You will be given the option to
participate in such surveys. No personal information is
requested during a survey. All survey information is used on an aggregate basis
only.
Location of Information: the PEIFFA will
process and store your personal information in one of its data
centers.
DISCLOSURE
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The PEIFFA may disclose your personal information in the
following circumstances:
1. Law enforcement and Legal Disclosure: may disclose
your personal information to a government institution that has
asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information.
2. Disclosure to Authorized Persons: Your personal
information may be disclosed to you or to a person whom you
have granted a power of attorney.
HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION SECURED AND PROTECTED?
To help
protect the confidentiality of your personal information, we
employ security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of
the information. Nevertheless, due to the nature of Internet
technologies, security and privacy risks cannot be eliminated
and we cannot guarantee that your personal information will
not be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this
Policy.
We instruct
those with access to your personal information that it is to
be used only in adherence with the principles set forth in
this Privacy Policy and the laws applicable to each specific
business. Anyone who misuses personal information may be
subject to disciplinary action.
Emails you
send us are not necessarily secure when they are transmitted
to us. If your communication is sensitive, or includes
confidential information such as a credit card number, you may
want to provide it by post or via the telephone instead.
OTHER WEB
SITES
This Site may contain links to other web sites or Internet
resources. When you click on those links you are contacting
another web site or Internet resource that may collect
information about you voluntarily or through cookies or other
technologies. We have no responsibility or liability for, or
control over, those other web sites or Internet resources or
their collection, use and disclosure of your personal
information. You should review the privacy policies of those
other web sites and Internet resources to understand how they
collect and use information.
PRIVACY
POLICY CHANGES
This policy
may be changed from time to time at our sole discretion and
without any prior notice or liability to you or any other
person. Changes may be necessary to accommodate technology or
legal developments. Your use of this site will be governed by
the version of this policy in effect at that time. New
versions of the policy will be posted here.
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