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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY
CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING ANY PART OF THIS WEBSITE
1. Overview. American Biographical Institute (the
“Company”) recognizes and respects the privacy of users
of the Website. The following privacy policy, as
modified from time to time by us as described below (the
“Policy”), tells you about the information that the
Company collects through the Website, how we use that
information and how you can opt out of certain uses of
information we may collect. If you access the Website,
you are consenting to the information collection and use
practices described in this Policy, as modified from
time to time by us.
2. Effective Date and Updates. This Privacy Policy is
effective at 6:00 p.m. on November 20, 2008. The Company
reserves the right to make changes to this Policy at any
time, and will post any revised Policy on this page. You
will know we have changed the Policy when you see a new
effective date in the first sentence of this paragraph.
The Company will not notify its Website visitors or
customers of any such changes by e-mail or other
personal contact. We encourage you to check the date of
this Policy whenever you visit this Website so that you
will know when you need to review the Policy for
modifications. Please note that this Policy applies to
all information collected online by the Company, but
does not apply to personal financial information that
may be collected by our customer service reps by any
means other than through this website for product
ordering purposes. Please be advised, you will never be
asked to provide personal financial information through
this or any other website owned or operated by the
Company.
3. Information The Company May Collect About You.
We collect the following types of information on the
Website:
- "Personal Information" is information
that is used by the Company to identify you
individually, such as your name and address.
- "Aggregate Information" is information
that does not contain Personal Information or from which
Personal Information has been removed. An example of
Aggregate Information is information about use of the
Website, such as pages visited on the Website.
The actual information we collect from
you depends on the services you use on the Website. The
following is a more detailed explanation of some of the
types and uses of information we collect.
- Email Services. If you provide us with
your email address and opt in to any email notification
features that the Company may now have or may develop in
the future, you may receive email from time to time from
the Company. Each email you receive from the Company
will contain an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the
email message which will provide you the opportunity to
opt out of receiving future communications from the
Company by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link and
following the unsubscribe instructions.
- Information Request Forms. The Website
contains various request forms that allow you to request
information, products and services and to submit
questions to the Company. When we collect such
information, we under no circumstances share this
information with third parties.
- Surveys. From time to time, we may
collect information through online surveys,
questionnaires or information requests on the Website.
These surveys may request demographic information (such
as age range, gender, areas of interest) and customer
feedback. Participation in such surveys, questionnaires
or information requests is voluntary and with each
request you will have the choice of whether or not to
disclose information. We may use such survey information
to analyze the Website and to improve users' overall
experience on the Website.
- Administrative Purposes. We may collect
and use information that identifies you personally when
you submit comments, questions or suggestions through
the Website. For example, if you submit questions to
president@womenthatnetwork.com or submit information
requests we will use the information you provide to
respond to you. We also may collect and use your
information to contact you when necessary for other
administrative purposes. If you do submit comments,
questions or suggestions through the Website, please do
not include confidential personal or financial
information in such requests. Such e-mail will be
maintained in accordance with our corporate e-mail and
document retention policies.
4. Disclosure of Your Personal and
Aggregate Information.
Personal Information . The Company will not sell or
disclose your Personal Information without your consent
except as set forth below.
- Transaction Processing. When you complete
an information request form or otherwise indicate to us
that you want us to provide you with a product or
service (such as a request to be included in mailings
about our future projects), we will maintain the data
needed for you to receive the products or services you
have requested.
- Legal Requirements. We may disclose your
Personal Information if required to do so by law or if
we believe that such action is reasonably necessary to:
(a) conform with the law, respond to claims or comply
with legal process served on the Company or the Website;
or (b) protect and defend our rights or property,
including the Website, our employees, guests or the
public.
- Company Sale. Because information
collected through the Website is a trade secret and
asset of the Company, we may disclose or sell such
information in the event we entertain the sale of the
Company or some or all of its assets.
- Aggregate Information:
The Company collects "Aggregate Information" about you
and your use of the Website whenever you visit the
Company online. For instance, the Company may collect
various forms of "click stream" information such as
entry and exit points for our Website (i.e., referring
URLs or domains), site traffic statistics, page views,
impressions, and operating system and browser type. In
addition, when users request pages on the Website, the
Company’s servers automatically log the users IP
address. An IP address is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the
Web. The Company may collect, compile, store, publish,
promote, report, sell, or otherwise disclose or use any
and all Aggregate Information. However, if the Company
correlates any Aggregate Information to you, such
information will be treated like Personal Information
under this Policy.
5. Cookies. The Company may make use of
"cookies" on the Website. Cookies are small text files
that are stored on a user's computer by a web server
based on the permissions set in a user's browser
software. A cookie itself is not designed or intended to
read any information from a user's computer (other than
the contents of the cookie); rather, it is an identifier
used by the website that originally placed it on your
hard drive. The actual contents of the cookie
information can be retrieved by the same server to
identify the computer and subsequently to customize,
monitor, or regulate the use of a site based on
information stored in the cookie and the host server.
Therefore, cookies only identify the user's computer to
the website that may correlate other information,
including personal information, with the cookie. Cookies
allow the Company to automate access and data entry
functions of the Website such as login information,
correlate online ordering information for purchases,
tailor the Website to your preferences or interests, or
customize promotions or marketing. In addition, cookies
allow us to track usage of the Website to determine
which areas are useful or popular and which are not,
thereby enabling us to improve and update the Website
effectively.
6. Security. The Company uses reasonable
efforts to store and maintain personal information to
protect it from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction
by any unauthorized party. We neither request nor store
financial information or social security information on
the Website. We make every reasonable effort to prevent
the unauthorized access of our systems containing
personal data.
7. Outside Links. While on the Website,
you may be referred to web sites other than the
Company’s Website. A link from the Website to such a
third party website does not imply endorsement of that
site nor any ability to control that site's privacy
practices. Be aware that third party websites may
collect data and personal information and operate
according to their own privacy practices. Therefore, you
should carefully review the privacy policies of third
party websites before submitting any Personal
Information to them.
8. Opting Out, Removal of Personal Information and
Contacting Us. Any time you provide us with
Personal Information, the Website provides you the
opportunity to opt out of receiving further
communications from us. To opt out of receiving
marketing information or to unsubscribe from any
specific email service, email a request to
president@womenthatnetwork.com.
If you have questions or concerns about this Policy, or
the accuracy of any Personal Information we hold about
you, please contact us at
president@womenthatnetwork.com.
You may request removal of your Personal Information
from our system(s) by contacting
president@womenthatnetwork.com.
We will comply with your request except to the extent we
are required to maintain your information in accordance
with our document retention policies or applicable laws
or regulations. If at any time you feel that the Company
has not adhered to this policy, email us at
president@womenthatnetwork.com.
We will do our best to respond promptly to your
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