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.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers to
recognize the computer used to access a Web site. Cookies are small
pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's
hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one
Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by the
same user or to use the information to streamline the user's
transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to
move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions
over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and
more personalized.
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. However, 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.
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@performancens.com
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.
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.
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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