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Our
Commitment to Privacy
Our
Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment
to combine the highest-quality products and services with the
highest level of integrity in dealing with our clients and
partners. The 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 and our products and services. This
statement will be continuously assessed against new
technologies, business practices and our customers' needs.
What
Information Do We Collect?
When
you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of
information: personal information you knowingly choose to
disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site
use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and
others browse our Web site.
1.
Personal
Information You Choose to Provide
Credit Card Information
If
you choose to purchase products or services from us or our
partners, you may need to give personal information and
authorization to obtain information from various credit
services. For example, you may need to provide the following
information:
·
Name
·
Mailing address
·
Email address
·
Credit card number
·
Home and business phone number
·
Other personal information (i.e. mother’s maiden name)
Email
Information
In
addition to providing the foregoing information to our partners,
if you choose to correspond further 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 logs 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. This
information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this
information is associated with you as an individual.
How
Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly
speaking, we use personal information for purposes of
administering our business activities, providing customer
service and making available other products and services to our
customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also
use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services
and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists
used to send you product and service offers are developed and
managed under our traditional corporate standards designed to
safeguard the security and privacy of our customers’ personal
information. As a customer, you will be given the opportunity,
at least once annually, to notify us of your desire not to
receive these offers.
How
Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We
use Web site browser software tools such as cookies and Web
server logs to gather information about our Web site users’
browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our Web site
and better serve our customers. This information assists us to
design and arrange our Web pages in the most user-friendly
manner and to continually improve our Web site to better meet
the needs of our customers and prospective customers.
Cookies
help us collect important business and technical statistics. The
information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by
users to our Web site as they move from one page to another. Web
server logs allow us to count how many people visit our Web site
and evaluate our Web site’s visitor capacity. We do not use
these technologies to capture your individual email address or
any personally identifying information about you although they
do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or
other such responses to you.
Sharing
Information with Affiliates
From
time to time you may notice offers from outside companies
advertised on our Web site. We take measures to select product
or service providers that are responsible and afford privacy
protections to their customers. However, we cannot make any
representations about the practices and policies of these
companies.
Sharing
Information with Strategic Partners
We
may enter into strategic marketing alliances or partnerships
with third parties who may be given access to personal
information including your name, address, telephone number and
email for the purpose of providing you information regarding
products and services that we think will be of interest to you.
In connection with strategic marketing alliances or
partnerships, we will retain all ownership rights to the
information, and we will not share information regarding your
social security number or other personal financial data.
Notice
of New Services and Changes
Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services
and special offers we think you will find valuable. As our client, you will be given the opportunity to notify us
of your desire not to receive these offers by clicking on a
response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an
email request at info@simplycentral.com.
How
Do We Secure Information Transmissions?
When
you send confidential personal credit card information to us on
our Web site, a secure server software which we have licensed
encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. The
information is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches
our Web site.
Other
email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise
you that security measures will be in place prior to your
transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you
do not send confidential information such as Social Security or
account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
How
Do We Protect Your Information?
Information
Security. We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the
confidentiality of personal information we collect from
unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss,
alteration or destruction.
Evaluation
of Information Protection Practices. Periodically,
our operations and business practices are reviewed for
compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the
security, confidentiality and quality of our information.
Employee
Access, Training and Expectations. Our
corporate values, ethical standards, policies and practices are
committed to the protection of customer information. In general,
our business practices limit employee access to confidential
information, and limit the use and disclosure of such
information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
How
Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You
may request access to all your personally identifiable
information that we collect online and maintain in our database
by emailing info@simplycentral.com.
Do
We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We
may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales,
Web site traffic patterns and related Web site information to
our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information
will not include personally identifying data, except as
otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
What
About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We
may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in
other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law
requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
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 nor 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 Web site 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 Web site, 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. If we
change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those
changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we
collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may
disclose it.

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