Privacy Policy
1. General Statement
Christina created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate her commitment to privacy (“Privacy Policy”). The following discloses the information-gathering and dissemination practices for our website (“Site”). By using the Site, You agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, You cannot use the Site.
2. IP Address
We use Your Internet protocol ("IP") address to help diagnose problems with our server, as well as to administer our Site. Your IP address is used to help identify You and to gather broad demographic information. We may use Your IP address to help protect ourselves, and our partners from adverse acts. For system administration purposes, we also log IP server addresses and catalog traffic patterns through our Site and our members' affiliates' and/or subsidiaries' Web sites. However, we do not link this information to Users' personal information.
3. Personal Information Collection and Use
To serve You better and understand Your needs and interests, we and our third-party service providers ("Contractors") may collect certain identifying data and information from or about You in connection with Your use of or submissions to our Site, including, but not limited to, Your name, title, street address, company, telephone and fax numbers, and email addresses (together, "Collected Information"). In addition, we and our Contractors may retain the content of, and metadata regarding, any correspondence You may have with me or my representatives, regardless of the mode of communication by which such correspondence was made. Our website uses analytics to help us understand how visitors engage with the website. This information is collected anonymously, reporting trends without identifying individual visitors. You can find out more here. This information helps me to improve the Site and the online content, materials, and services that we make available on the site, and to more effectively and efficiently respond to both current and future inquiries. As with many other websites, the web servers used to operate the Site may collect certain data pertaining to You and the equipment and communications method that You use to access the Internet and our Site. For security reasons and to confirm the integrity of the website, our Contractors and we may combine components of these data with Collected Information. We will use such identifying information solely for our business purposes. The email address You provide may be used to send You information and updates pertaining to Your order or provide other services You requested, and for occasional company news, updates, related product or service information. In addition, when You visit our Site, we may record Your IP address and use cookies to gather general information about our visitors and their interests, as further described below. The data may also be used to compile usage statistics and other data regarding the use of the Services. We will not share Your personally identifiable information with third parties, outside of the limited circumstances referenced in the paragraph immediately below. We may, however, share with partners aggregated statistical data that includes Users' demographic information but does not identify them. We reserve the right to provide any and all such aggregated and non-individually identifiable data to third parties.
4. How We Share and Protect Collected Information
We may share Collected Information with our Contractors and affiliates in order to provide services to You, and for other lawful business reasons. If all or part of my business is sold, merged, or otherwise transferred to another entity, we may transfer Collected Information to such entity as part of that transaction. We may decide from time to time to utilize a number of business and marketing partners in delivering the content, materials, and services available on or through the website to You. We will not sell, rent, swap, or otherwise disclose to any third party any information You provide to it, except as provided in this Privacy Policy.
We may share Collected Information with these business and marketing partners for lawful purposes, including to enhance the website, communicate with You or to fulfill Your requests for our services. Our Contractors and we may also produce reports on website traffic or usage patterns and share these reports with our business and marketing partners and others. We may disclose Collected Information to the proper authorities if we become subject to a subpoena or court order or if we are otherwise legally required to disclose such information. We may also use and disclose information about You to establish or exercise our legal rights, to enforce the Terms of Use set forth below, or if we believe such disclosure is necessary, to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding actual or suspected illegal, harmful, or fraudulent activities.
Whenever Christina handles information that You enter on our site, regardless of where this occurs, we take steps to ensure that Your information is treated securely and in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be one hundred percent (100%) secure. As a result, while we strive to protect Your personal information, Christina cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information You transmit to us. You transmit such information at Your own risk. Once we receive Your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to maintain its security on our systems.
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
5. Business Transfers
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy assets. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that Christina or substantially all of her business assets, or a subsidiary Christina controls, are sold, assigned or acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
6. Protection of Christina and Others
We also release account and other personal information when we believe release is necessary to comply with law, enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Christina, our Users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.
7. Links
This Site contains links to other sites. Please note that when You click on one of these links, You are 'clicking' to another Web site. We encourage You to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such
8. User Reviews
If You submit user reviews, we may share Your submissions with other websites or provide links to Your submissions from other websites.
9. Cookies
Christina may use cookies to identify Your computer as a unique visitor to our Site. We use both temporary and persistent cookies. A temporary cookie tracks visitor activity during a session or visit and expires when You close Your browser. We may use cookies to analyze traffic to our Site and to improve visiting sessions for our Site's visitors. Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but You may choose to refuse cookies or selectively accept cookies by changing the preferences in Your browser. Cookies may be used to maintain session information for users logging into our Site's in order to access secured applications or features. At this time the website does not recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include "do not track" instructions. However, You can change Your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies through Your browser. You may set Your browser to accept all cookies, block certain cookies, require Your consent before a cookie is placed in Your browser, or block all cookies. Blocking all cookies will affect Your online experience and may prevent You from enjoying the full features offered at this website. Please consult the "Help" section of Your browser for more information.
10. Security
Our provider that hosts our Site maintains its systems in accordance with industry standards to reasonably secure the information of its customers against unauthorized access, accidental or intentional manipulation, and loss. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and You use the Site at Your own risk.
11. Amendments
Christina may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use Your personal information we will notify You by posting a prominent announcement on this page. Any such changes or amendments shall be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Site after such changes or amendments are posted shall be deemed to constitute Your acceptance of such changes.
12. Opt-Out
In order to opt-out of future e-mails on a given topic, Users should reply to the e-mail with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. This will halt future communications for that specific function. To re-subscribe, the User must simply go to the site and resubmit the request form.
13. Your California Privacy Rights
Under California Law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship, (a) a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, email and mailing address and the type of services provided to the customer, that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties' direct marketing purposes and (b) the names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above information, please email me at charmon@pacificsir.com. We will respond to such requests to information access within thirty (30) days following receipt at the email address stated above. If we receive Your request at a different e-mail address, we will respond within a reasonable period of time, but not to exceed one hundred and fifty (150) days from the date received. Please note that we are only required to respond to each customer once per calendar year.
14. Contacting the Site
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of any of our Sites or the information You have submitted to our Sites, You can contact me at charmon@pacificsir.com
15. Disputes
Any disputes regarding this Privacy Policy are subject to our Terms of Use Agreement and will be governed by the laws of the State of California.