(effective date:
07.05.2004)
NationalSummary.com values the
relationship we have with our customers and are committed to
responsible information handling practices. The following Privacy
Policy describes the information and privacy practices of this web
site. By visiting NationalSummary.com, you consent to the information
practices described in this policy. To protect your privacy,
NationalSummary.com has created the guidelines outlined in this policy.
This Privacy Policy does not
apply to other web sites that may be accessible to or from
NationalSummary.com. Our web site contain links to other web sites
operated by third parties, including but not limited to third party
sites that display the NationalSummary.com name. We encourage you to
read the privacy policies of those other sites to learn how they
collect and use information about you.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
Understanding that Internet technologies, industry trends, and
applicable laws are rapidly evolving, NationalSummary.com reserves the
rights to change, modify, or amend the terms of this policy at any
time and in our sole discretion by posting a change notice to this
page. Your continued use of this web site following our posting of a
change notice will constitute binding acceptance of those changes.
If there are changes or
additions to this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here or
in other formats we deem acceptable, so that you will always know
what information we collect online or offline, how we use it, and
what choices you have. If we change our information practices or
this Privacy Policy in such a way that your personal information may
be used or shared in a different manner, we will give you the
opportunity to opt-out of having your information used or shared in
that new manner.
We encourage you to
periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy so that you
are up to date on our most cur-rent policies and practices.
COLLECTING INFORMATION
We believe in protecting your privacy and will not share personal
information with third parties outside of NationalSummary.com except as
described in this Privacy Policy.
Non-Personally Identifiable
Information
We also may collect certain technical information from your computer
when you visit NationalSummary.com. This technical information may
include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's
operating system, browser type, and the ad-dress of a referring web
site, if any. Except in the case of IP addresses, this technical
information cannot be used to identify you personally. Further, we
do not normally use IP addresses to identify anyone. We may do so,
however, to identify abuse to our web site or other unauthorized
activities.
We believe we can enhance
your experience on our web site with such non-personally
identifiable information you share with us. We use non-personally
identifiable information to improve our advertising and marketing
efforts, to statistically analyze web site usage, to improve our
content and product offerings, and to personalize our content,
layout, and ser-vices.
Personally Identifiable
Information
Personally identifiable information is information that identifies
you as an individual, such as your name, mailing address, phone
number, email address, credit card information and password
("Personally Identifiable Information"). We may collect Personally
Identifiable Information from you when you make a purchase from one
of our members' shops, voluntarily provide it when you use this web
site, or provide it when you communicate with us.
OTHER INFORMATION
From time to time NationalSummary.com may conduct surveys, contests,
polls, or provide a method to express an opinion. In addition, this
web site may offer ways to subscribe to one of our services such as
our online newsletters, or participate in one of our online forums
or communities. If you choose to submit content for publication
(e.g., a "product review, etc"), we may publish your screen name and
other information you have provided to us.
SHARING INFORMATION
NationalSummary.com does not sell, exchange, or rent individual
personal information to third parties.
Non-Personally Identifiable
Information
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we
collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable
us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this
information in the aggregate to analyze site usage and may also
disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our
services to potential advertisers, partners, other third parties,
our affiliate companies, and for other lawful purposes.
We may share information
with others who help us analyze sales data, maintain our records,
and provide other services for NationalSummary.com. For this purpose,
we may also provide these third party service providers anonymous
information about your site navigation. These companies may also
conduct customer satisfaction surveys and manage other customer
services and benefits for us. These third parties are not authorized
to use your information for any reason other than to perform their
contractually assigned functions.
NationalSummary.com may use a
reputable third party to present or serve the advertisements that
you may see at its web pages.
These companies utilize
certain technologies to deliver advertisements and marketing
messages and to collect anonymous information about your visit to
our site(s), including information about the banner ads they
display, and any cookie they place on your computer and your IP
address. Also, these third party ad servers may use cookies, web
beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies to help present such
advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements'
effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party ad
servers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered
by our Privacy Policy.
Personally Identifiable
Information
We generally will not disclose your Personally Identifiable
Information to third parties without your permission. If you make a
purchase from this web site, we will use the Personally Identifiable
Information you provide for shipping and billing purposes and for
internal record keeping. We may also use the Personally Identifiable
Information you provide to administer transactions from purchases,
include you on mailing lists, and advertise and promote our services
although you will always have the option to opt out of such
marketing.
In addition, we may disclose
your Personally Identifiable Information when we believe in good
faith that it is required by any applicable law or legal process, or
if we believe we need to disclose it to protect or enforce our
rights or the rights of other third parties.
CO-BRANDING
NationalSummary.com may operate as part of a larger group of web sites
and may carry co-branded pages. In addition, other web sites may use
the NationalSummary.com name. Since NationalSummary.com does not control
the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the
privacy policies, if any, of such third parties, and
NationalSummary.com shall not be responsible for the use or
dissemination of your private information by such parties.
Therefore, we encourage you to ask questions and review those
parties' privacy policies before you disclose your personal
information to others.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES
NationalSummary.com contains links to other web sites whose information
practices are different than ours. Visitors should consult the other
web sites' privacy notices, as we have no control over information
that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.
NationalSummary.com shall have no responsibilities or liabilities
whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of any such linked
site, links, or linking program at any time. NationalSummary.com does
not necessarily endorse companies (or related products or services)
to which NationalSummary.com links to. If you decide to access any
third party sites, you do so entirely at your own risk.
When you provide information
at one of those sites, you are subject to that site’s privacy
policy. We encourage you to read that web site’s policy before
submitting any information if you have concerns about how
information may be collected or used.
Although we choose our
business partners and advertisers carefully, NationalSummary.com is not
responsible for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third
parties that we link to or for the privacy practices of third party
or so-called national Internet advertising companies.
LINKS FROM THIRD PARTIES
NationalSummary.com may be linked from other web sites whose
information practices are different than ours. Visitors should
consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over
information that is submitted to or collected by these third
parties. NationalSummary.com shall have no responsibilities or
liabilities whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of any
such linked site, links, or linking program at any time.
NationalSummary.com does not necessarily endorse companies (or related
products or services) to which NationalSummary.com is linked from. If
you decide to access any of the third party sites, you do so
entirely at your own risk.
When you provide information
at one of those sites, you are subject to that site’s privacy
policy. We encourage you to read that web site’s policy before
submitting any information if you have concerns about how
information may be collected or used.
Although we choose our
business partners and advertisers carefully, NationalSummary.com is not
responsible for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third
parties that we are linked from or for the privacy practices of
third party or so-called national Internet advertising companies.
AFFILIATE PROGRAMS
We operate an affiliate program that allows other web sites to
benefit by linking customers to our site. The affiliates are
provided only certain information relating to eligible transactions,
and at no time have access to our customers’ information. We may use
third parties to administer these programs. Such third parties may
have access to information, but will be contractually prohibited
from using the information for any purpose other than program
administration.
DISCLOSING INFORMATION
From time to time, we may be required to provide personal
information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government
investigation, or as otherwise required by law. We also may disclose
such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request,
or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take
action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations
involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of our Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
We also reserve the right to
report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good
faith, believe to be unlawful. We may release certain personal
information when we believe that such release is reasonably
necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of others and
ourselves. We may also release personal information in the event of
a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar
event.
SECURITY
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and
managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized
access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we
collect online. We also protect our data-bases with various
physical, technical and procedural measures and we restrict access
to your information by unauthorized persons. Our information systems
are maintained behind a software firewall to isolate them from
access by other networks connected to the Internet. We also advise
anyone affiliated with NationalSummary.com about their responsibility
to protect customer data and we provide them with appropriate
guidelines for adhering to our company’s business ethics standards
and confidentiality policies.
Although we will use
reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of your information,
transmissions on the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure.
Accordingly, we assume no responsibility or liability for disclosure
of any of your information due to errors in transmission,
unauthorized third-party access or other causes beyond our
reasonable control.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
NationalSummary.com is a general audience web site and cares about the
safety of children and their use of the Internet. Therefore, in
accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998, we will never knowingly request or solicit personally
identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without
verifiable parental consent. In the event that we receive actual
knowledge that we have collected such personal information without
the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that
information from our database as quickly as is practicable.
If you are under the age of
13, you must ask your parent or guardian to assist you in using
NationalSummary.com.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions or comments about our Privacy Policy for this
site or its implementation, e-mail our Privacy Manager at
PrivacyManager at NationalSummary.com.
In addition, please contact
our Privacy Manager to report any known or suspected privacy or
security breaches or to submit privacy-related questions or
complaints.
You may also request a
written response to your concerns, which will be made no later than
thirty (30) days after you contact us.
Please remember to include
your postal address, e-mail address and phone number with your
correspondence.
Privacy Manager
National Summary
13423 Blanco Road, #169
San Antonio, TX 78216