Notice of Right to Privacy

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.—Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 12

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.——United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendment IV

Thank you for exchanging information with us. We are very concerned about our privacy and the security of the data we share with you. We are providing the following information to help you understand our expectations with respect to the privacy of our personal information. If this notice describes stricter protections of our privacy than your own privacy policy, we expect that you adhere to the present notice. If your own privacy policy provides stricter protections, then we are glad that you adhere to those points of your policy.

The present expectations are a condition of our dealings with you. Should you not wish to respect them or if they conflict with your legal obligations, let us know immediately.

Information We Share with You

We are happy to provide you with the information you request in the course of our interactions. All of the personally identifiable information about us that we give you is subject to the terms of the present notice. This notice covers all sources of information about us, whether direct or indirect, including but not limited to:

We expect that you do not request or collect information beyond what can reasonably support the quality of your service to us. You shall clearly inform us of your legal obligation or authorization to collect certain bits of information, citing the text of the law or ruling.

You shall not collect information about us without our knowledge or consent. You shall explicitly inform us when you begin collection, what you collect, why you need the information, and how it is to be used. You shall seek and obtain our express consent before you begin collection.

Should you obtain information about us during the course of unrelated activities on your part, you must inform us before you make any use of any personally identifiable information.

Should we initiate a communication with you ourselves, we still expect you to let us know what information you collect during the interaction and why you need it.

You must promptly destroy all personally identifiable information in your possession within a reasonable time after we stop our exchange or relationship.

You must make every reasonable effort and use every reasonable technology to ensure that the information in your possession is and remains subject to the expectations expressed herein. You must protect it from unauthorized access or exploitation by your own employees, partners, or owners as well as from physical theft or electronic vulnerability over the internet or a private network.

Your Use of Our Information

You may use appropriately collected, personally identifiable information to carry out your business with us and provide us with quality service and support. Your use of personally identifiable information must not go beyond such reasonable use.

You may use only aggregate, untraceable data about us and our interactions with you in the context of general problem solving, marketing, user preference, or other studies or activities that enhance your offering.

You may verify or cross check information we give you in order to ensure its accuracy. Should you question the accuracy of information we’ve given you, you shall inform us of the basis for your concern and work with us to revise the information we’ve given.

You shall not cross or match information in your possession with information from other sources with the intent of discovering our identity or information about us that we have not accepted to give you.

Your Sharing of Our Information

You must always treat personally identifiable information as confidential. You shall not, for any reason or under any circumstances, share any of the information in your possession with any other legal entity or person whatsoever without our express, written, consent. This restriction includes but is not limited to:

Our Access to Information in Your Possession

You shall make full disclosure of all personally identifiable information about us in your possession at any time, without delay, and at no cost. You shall make every reasonable effort to assure yourself that the person requesting disclosure is, in fact, one of us.

You shall immediately delete, add, or amend the information we instruct you to.

Our Opting In or Out

You shall never consider us by default or according to your own policy to be opting in to any instance or activity of information sharing, collection, or communication.

Unless we have explicitly notified you to the contrary, we opt out of any policy, act, or so-called service that has the intent or effect of loosening or contradicting any of the expectations in the present notice.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this notice or would like to contact us, you can submit the form below.

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