I. [R.E. Warner & Associates] (The R.E. Warner Companies) is committed to protecting your online privacy while you use the services provided by Company. We urge you to read this privacy policy in its entirety so that you will understand all of the practices and procedures that relate to your online privacy. Parents, please pay particularly close attention to Section IX, which deals with collecting information from children under the age of 13. No identifiable personal information will be disseminated to any third party by Company. [company name and description of company’s business].
This Privacy Statement protects your privacy by:
A. Informing you about:
i. the type of personal information the Company collects about you through this web site;
ii. how that information is collected;
iii. the general purposes for which information is collected;
iv. what disclosures of information will be made;
v. how, and to what extent, you can limit those disclosures;
B. Assuring you that:
i. reasonable precautions are taken to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosures, alteration or destruction;
ii. reasonable policies and procedures are in place to insure that your personal information is kept only for the purposes for which it was gathered;
iii. you have reasonable access to any personal information you provide; and
iv. there is a procedure for correcting or modifying your personal information, if appropriate.
II. This web site is the responsibility of the Company who can be contacted by e-mail at [e-mail address] or by regular mail at [regular mail address].
III. Collecting Personal Information
Some information about your IP address, Web browser, and computer system are automatically transmitted to our Web servers as an integral part of the operation of the Internet. Thus, we reserve the right to automatically collect and/or track:
i. the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client
computer, and type of Web browsers of visitors to our web site.
ii. information on what pages of the web site visitors access.
There are times when we may ask you for other personal information including, but not limited to [information collected, e.g., name, address, birth date, credit card information, etc.]. This information will only be requested when needed to complete a transaction for which such information is necessary.
IV. Cookie Disclosure Information
A cookie is a persistent client side hypertext transfer protocol file. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site can transfer to a visitor’s hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies facilitate Web surfing by saving visitor preferences and other information. The use of cookies is a widespread industry standard and thus many major web sites use cookies. Using a cookie allows record-keeping while you are visiting a web site and saves you the extra effort of entering certain information multiple times in one site.
Most browsers are initially configured to accept and process cookies. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies.
Extensive information concerning cookies is available on the World Wide Web by searching for the word cookies. If you have any questions concerning our use of cookies, please contact us at [email address].
We reserve the right to use cookies on our web site.
V. Use of Personal Data Collected
Personal data we collect will be used to
• monitor and improve our internal operations;
• bill you appropriately for contracted transactions and services;
• properly perform the services you request;
• produce statistical and/or demographic data for use by advertisers, potential advertisers and other business partners;
• editorial and feedback purposes;
• marketing and promotional purposes;
• customize content and layout of our site;
• properly provide the goods you request;
• properly respond to your inquiries;
• provide general information that may be of interest to you.
VI. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
We [will/will not] [notify you/obtain your consent] before [sharing/selling/or otherwise disclosing] data to third parties.
Any third party we share, rent, sell or otherwise disclose data to will be pre-screened by us to insure that they are reputable and that they will only use the data for marketing purposes that we determine you might be interested.
We reserve the right to disclose personal data in special cases when we believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our web site, other users of our web site, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
We may disclose personal data when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it.
VII. Your Right To Opt Out
You may opt out of having your personal information collected by contacting us by e-mail or regular mail. Please note that in order to fulfill certain obligations, we may need to continue sending you notices or other important information concerning [any contracted for goods or services you requested/your account].
VIII. Access To And Ability To Correct Personal Data
You may request, via e-mail or regular mail, that we provide you with a summary of personal information we retain concerning you. You may request, via e-mail or regular mail, that we modify or remove any personal information we retain concerning you. We reserve the right, for security reasons to verify your identity before performing your requests.
IX. Collecting Personal Data From Children
X. Third Party Links
Our web site may include links to other Internet web sites. We encourage our partners, contributors and third parties to implement policies and practices that respect the privacy of visitors to our web site.
We are not, however, responsible for the privacy practices or content of any other
web site not covered by this Privacy Policy.
You may occasionally receive cookies from third parties including, but not limited to, advertisers/partners/vendors. We do not control these cookies.
XI. Our Right To Change This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time. We ask you to periodically review this privacy policy to insure you are familiar with the most current version of this Privacy
Policy.
XII. Your Acceptance Of This Privacy Policy
By your continuing use of this web site you signify your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not assent to this Privacy Policy, please do not use this web site. By your continuing use of this web site following posted changes to this Privacy Policy you signify your continuing asset to those changes.
DATE OF LAST UPDATE 10-03-01