KNOWLANDGROUP.COM Website Privacy Statement
This document was last updated on March 17, 2010.
1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Knowland Group (“KNOWLAND™”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy
Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information
we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing this
website, you acknowledge and fully understand KNOWLAND™’s Privacy Statement and
freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this
Website Privacy Statement.
2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES
Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites,
have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding
links within each respective website. Online merchants and others who participate
in KNOWLAND™ services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives
and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do
not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants
and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents
of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies
of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information
or complete any transactions with such parties.
3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
KNOWLAND™ collects certain information from and about its users three ways: directly
from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.
When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site and
analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
- Your Internet protocol address.
- The kind of browser or computer you use.
- Number of links you click within the site.
- State or country from which you accessed the site.
- Date and time of your visit.
- Name of your Internet service provider.
- Web page you linked to our site from.
- Pages you viewed on the site.
KNOWLAND™ may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie
is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies
cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are
uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that
issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a
convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page,
or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information
on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant
content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login
information as well as providing personalized functionality. You have the ability
to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but
you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies
by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the
functionality on our Website.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site,
a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site
navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well
as providing personalized functionality.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.
If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this
may disable some of the functionality on our Website.
c. Personal Information Users.
Visitors to our website can register to purchase services or use certain services.
When you register, we will request some personal information such as name, address,
email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other relevant information.
If you are purchasing a service, we will request financial information. Any financial
information we collect is used only to bill you for the services you purchased.
If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit
card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information.
You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide
assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order
to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.
We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to
third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including:
- To fulfill your service requests for services.
- To protect ourselves from liability,
- To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your nonpublic
personal information. Our operational and data processing systems are contained
in a secure environment and that environment is access-controlled.
To secure sensitive communications between your computer and our web servers, we
have implemented digital certificates and encryption. We use secure sockets layer,
SSL, security protocol to protect all exchanges of information via our web pages
that are considered private or confidential.
We use various authentication technologies, including passwords, to authenticate
visitors to the portions of our website that may allow access to private or confidential
information. We have implemented other security controls such as firewalls, intrusion
detection and intrusion prevention to protect our systems and networks and your
information. Our security systems constantly monitor the web server to ensure your
accounts are safe and secure.
4. USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES
“KNOWLAND™ web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons – sometimes
also called single-pixel gifs – that allow KNOWLAND™ to count users who have visited
those pages and to deliver co-branded services. KNOWLAND™ may include Web beacons
in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages
have been opened and acted upon.
Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help
determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications.
These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie
on your computer. This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each
time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation
to those page views, which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn
which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site.
KNOWLAND™ prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal
information.
5. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable information
in your web account file is correct and current. You may review this information
by contacting us by sending an email to our support attendant:
clientcare@knowlandgroup.com.
6. EMAIL
Email messages are not secure. We are not responsible for the security or confidentiality
of communications sent to us via Internet email messages. Our security software
does not encrypt email messages. Email messages traveling through the Internet are
potentially subject to viewing, alteration and copying by anyone on the Internet.
Be cautious when submitting personal or financial information via email. Send confidential
information through the postal service or use the telephone to speak directly to
our employees.
You should not respond to emails from anyone that request validation of personal
information or link to Web sites requesting validation of personal information.
7. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
KNOWLAND™ has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When
we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the top of this Privacy page. We
encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about
how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued
use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any
updates.
8. CONTACTING US
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure
to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, please contact
us at clientcare@knowlandgroup.com
or send your comments to:
Knowland Group
Attention: Privacy Statement Personnel
PO Box 476
Lewes, DE 19958
KNOWLAND™ will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve
any problem or question.
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