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Independence2, LLC -
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Privacy Policy:
Last Update:
September 2005
Legal
notice:
This page is copyrighted material.
Independence2, LLC's Privacy Policy is
designed to help you better understand
how we collect and utilize any personal
information you provide to us and to
assist you in making informed decisions
when using our Site, software product
applications, Materials or Services.
Since Independence2, LLC is ever growing
and expanding, this Privacy Policy is a
work in progress and may be updated
periodically. If you are concerned
about your Internet Privacy, then we
suggest you check back regularly to
review this document for changes and
updates.
What
Information Do We Collect?
When
you visit our website you may provide us
with two types of information, "Personal
Information", you choose to disclose that
is collected on an individual/company
basis and "Aggregate web site use and it
is collected on an aggregate basis as you
and others browse our website.
Personal Information You Choose To
Provide:
Registration Information:
You may
provide us with information about
yourself, your firm or company, and your
practices when you register for our
e-mail newsletters and alerts, such as, RSS
Feeds, Pod casts, Materials downloads or when you register to
become a Subscriber/Customer/User of our
Site's Services, including but not
limited to, F.A.Q. section,
Surveys, Materials, Download Materials,
etc. You may also provide
additional comments on how you rate
Independence2, LLC's and our servicing of your
needs and interests. This
information will be handled with the
greatest of confidence. We may at
some time utilize this information to
update our contact records on you or
your firm, in order to maintain current
and correct contact information for our
Customer/Users. We will not sell
your information to Third-Party mailing
list buyers. However,
Independence2, LLC, may provide your
information to a Third-Party Vendor who
provides us services or information
(i.e. a Third Party Newsletter Mailing
Application Provider, etc.). We
will not provide your information to a
Third-Party, unless we believe in good
faith that such Third Party Supplier
will adequately provide privacy
protection for the data of our
Customer/Users. We may also need
to share your data if (i) required by
subpoena/law, (ii) we transfer our
organization's assets, (iii) we need to
do so with one of our affiliate
organizations (iv) it is believed that
the Customer/User specifically has
broken Independence2, LLC's Terms of
Service and the information is needed to
seek prosecution (v) or we first receive
permission from you to do so.
E-mail
Information:
If you
choose to correspond with Independence2,
LLC or anyone associated with our
organization through e-mail or though
our website's forms or support contact
functions or other Services,
Independence2, LLC may retain the
content of your e-mail message together
with your e-mail address and our
responses in perpetuity.
E-mail Newsletters:
If users wish to subscribe to our e-mail
newsletters, we ask for contact
information (such as name, e-mail
address and, occasionally, demographic
information). We use this information in
the same manner as we use contact
information in the registration and
ordering process described herein and in
our Terms of Use Policy. Recipients of
our newsletters can unsubscribe using
the instructions listed at the end of
the e-mail newsletter or below. Surveys
and possibly Contests From time to time
we invite web site users and other
customers to provide information via
surveys or contests. Participation in
these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and the website user or other
customer therefore has a choice whether
to disclose requested contact
information (such as name and mailing
address) and demographic information
(such as zip code or job title). In
addition to the other uses set forth in
this policy, contact information
collected in connection with surveys and
contests is used to notify the winners
and award prizes and to monitor or
improve the use of, and satisfaction
with our website or other Independence2,
LLC product or service. Subject to the
given customer's preferences (as
described in the "Third Party" section
below), such information also may be
shared with third party sponsors of such
surveys or contests, if Independence2,
LLC decides to work in cooperation with
a Third Party sponsor.
Tell-A-Friend:
If
customers elect to use our referral
service for informing a friend about our
newsletter, sites and services, we may
ask them for the friend's name, job
title and e-mail address. Independence2,
LLC will store and use this information
to send the friend an invitation or to
forward the Independence2, LLC
Newsletter to the friend. This
information may then or later be used to
provide information about our company
and related products and services to
that friend. The friend may contact us
as specified in the tell-a-friend
message to request that no further
communications be sent. The friend
will enjoy the same rights and
opportunity to OPT-OUT of future
e-mails, newsletters or certain other
Independence2, LLC products, sites or
services.
Survey
Information:
When
responding to Independence2, LLC's
surveys you may provide personal or
aggregate data. We may utilize the
information from Customer/User
registrations and surveys to contact our
Customer/Users and to determine how
better to serve you. However, our
Customer/Users are always given the
choice to OPT-OUT of receiving future
e-mail contact from us. See the
Opt-Out section provided in any e-mail
newsletter which you may receive from
Independence2, LLC you may have
received. Also, you may utilize
the Opt-Out choice below. We may
also use the aggregated data provided to
determine the originating domain that
accessed our survey, the destination
domain after the survey is complete, the
length of time spent on the survey, the
survey respondent's IP address.
Web
Site Use Information:
Similar
to other commercial Web sites, our Web
sites utilize a standard technology
called "cookies" (see explanation below,
"What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs
to collect information about how our Web
site is used. Information gathered
through cookies and Web server logs may
include the date and time of visits, the
pages viewed, time spend at our Web
site, and the Web sites visited just
before and just after our Web site.
We, our advertisers and ad serving
companies may also use small pieces of
code called "web beacons" or "clear
gifs" to determine which advertisements
and promotions users have seen and how
users responded to them.
Transfer of Business Assets:
Although Independence2, LLC currently
does not have any plans to do so, at a
later date, it may be necessary to
transfer our business assets, in order
to develop our business further, if we
merge with another organization, acquire
or buy other business assets, etc.
In such transactions, both personally
and aggregated data will likely be one
of the transferred assets. You
hereby grant Independence2, LLC the
right to transfer these assets, which
include your data, if Independence2, LLC
needs to do so.
Cookies:
Independence2, LLC may utilize cookies
to determine if you have visited our
website previously, what the originating
domain and the destination domains were
when entering and leaving our website,
in order to save and remember any
preferences you as a Customer/User of
the site may have selected currently or
previously while visiting our Site.
Although Customers/Users have the
ability to modify browsers, utilize
software applications, etc., in order to
modify most Internet Browser's ability
to accept or reject, notify or otherwise
mandate how cookies on their system may
be processed, it may not be possible to
utilize some of the Services, Materials
or Site functionality of Independence2,
LLC if the Customer/User selects to
reject/deny usage of cookies for our
Site.
Third-Party Links:
Independence2, LLC may have Third-Party
links available through our website; we
do not accept any responsibility or
liability by the Customer/User, if the
Customer/User selects to utilize these
Third-Party links. Independence2,
LLC is not responsible or liable for the
content, privacy practices or Terms of
Use for Third-Party websites linked to
Independence2, LLC's website;
Furthermore, you agree, not to hold
Independence2, LLC responsible for any
Third-Party website you visit directly
or indirectly from Independence2, LLC's
website and any problems or issues
arising thereof.
Security:
While
there is no "perfect" security in our
advanced society's "Information Age" and
the current "Age of the Internet",
Independence2, LLC will take all
reasonable steps to ensure the safety of
your personally identifiable
information. This Site has security
measures in place to prevent the loss,
misuse, alteration and control of the
information under our control.
However, we do not assume any liability
for Third-Party usage of your
information whether obtained legally or
illegally from our system. You
also agree to hold Independence2, LLC,
its officers, employees, investors,
affiliates, customers and business
partners harmless for any issues of
liability as it relates to your
personal, firm or organizational
information provided to Independence2,
LLC. In keeping with our efforts
to provide our Customers with secure
transactions and maintaining their
information privacy and security,
Independence2, LLC's website is secured
and our Customer's transactions are
protected with up to a 256-bit Secure
Socket Lay encryption (see SSL
Certificate Icon for verification).
OPT-OUT:
If you
would like to Opt-out of the receipt of
future product announcements,
newsletters, company updates, etc. from
Independence2, LLC and our affiliates or
Third-Party Suppliers, you can do so by
either clicking the link in the
communication that you received from
Independence2, LLC or you may OPT-out
by:
Choosing one of the following:
1.
OPT-Out via E-mail: Send our
Website Administrator an Opt-Out request
e-mail, either by directing your e-mail
to the Website Administrator by clicking
on the following:
ADMIN
2.
You may also OPT-Out of our E-mail
Newsletter Services by sending a written
request to:
Website Administrator
ATTN: OPT-Out
Independence2, LLC
623 W. Liberty St.
Hubbard, OH 44425
You will need to include in your
correspondence, your first name, last
name and e-mail address, so that we can
be sure to remove the correct e-mail
address from our E-mail List.
Please
allow us two (2) weeks for the receipt
and processing of your Opt-Out request.
In that time, you may possibly receive
further communications from us, however,
as soon as we are able, we will process
your Opt-Out request and remove you from
our E-mail Newsletter/E-mail mailing
list. Also, note that requesting
removal from our e-mail list will keep
you from receiving company updates,
product announcements, etc. in the
future.
CORRECTIONS/UPDATES:
For your convenience you may send us
corrections to your contact information
by the following means:
1. Simply click the
following link and an e-mail will
automatically be generated in your
e-mail program (such as Outlook).
Then include your first name, last name,
title, company/organization name,
mail-stop, street, city, zip code, your
main phone number, your cell phone
number, your fax number and your correct
e-mail address or any other correction
you wish Independence2, LLC to make note
of in their Customer/User database.
CLICK HERE FOR CORRECTIONS/UPDATES
2. You may also send
written requests for Corrections/Updates
to:
Website Administrator
ATTN: CORRECTION/UPDATE
Independence2, LLC
623 W. Liberty St.
Hubbard, OH 44425
Please be sure to include your first
name, last name, title,
company/organization name, mail-stop,
street, city, zip code, your main phone
number, your cell phone number, your fax
number and your correct e-mail address
or any other update or correction you
wish to bring to the attention of our
Customer/User Database Administrator.
CONTACTING THE WEBSITE:
You may contact Independence2, LLC via
the following, if you have any questions
related to the use of our Site,
Materials, Services, Downloads,
Newsletter Content, our Privacy Policy,
Terms of Use, Legal Notice, Product
Purchasing Agreement or any other aspect
of our website or the information
contained therein.
1. Please feel
free to send us a detailed e-mail
stating your question or concern, along
with the appropriate contact
information, so that we may respond to
your question. To send us an
e-mail, you need only click on the
following link:
WEBSITE QUESTION
2. You may also
send us your correspondence in writing
to:
Website Administrator
ATTN: QUESTION
Independence2, LLC
623 Hubbard, OH 44425
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