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Privacy Policy -
WINForms.com
Effective July1, 2004
We have created this Privacy
Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and so that you, as a
visitor to www.winforms.com (“Web site”), will be aware of the uses made of
information that may be generated as a result of you using this Web
site.
What information is
generated when you visit this Web site?
Depending how you use our
Web site, certain types of personal and nonpersonal information may be generated
and collected. For example, you may give us your name or email address when you
complete a registration screen, respond to a questionnaire or submit an e-mail
to us. Unless we receive your approval to do otherwise, any personal information
that you provide to us will only be used by us to fulfill the stated objective
for which the information was requested or collected (e.g. if information is
provided as a result of you e-mailing us, we will only use the information
provided, such as e-mail address, to respond to you).
Other types of information
that may be generated and collected when you use our Web site is information
that we consider nonpersonal in nature. For example, we may collect the name of
the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are
connecting from an America Online account); the date and time you access our
site or and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly
to our site. We use this information solely to measure the number of visitors to
the different sections of our Web site and to help us make our Web site more
useful to visitors. Orders and Purchases
The information collected
through our Web site is primarily used to process your order. It may also be
used to keep track of the amount and types of purchases being made through our
Web site. We may use your email address or mailing address to send you
information regarding updates to the products you purchased or new products that
may be of interest to you.
Credit Card
Information
With respect to your credit
card information, this information is sent encrypted to a secure server. The
information is then used to complete your purchase order. Please see the section
called "Security" for more information about the security of our Web site.
Personal Information
What information is
generated when you visit the Web site? Depending how you use our Web site,
certain types of personal and nonpersonal information may be generated and
collected. For example, you may give us your name or email address when you
complete a registration screen, respond to a questionnaire or submit an e-mail
to us. Personal information that you provide to us will be used by us primarily
to fulfill the stated objective for which the information was requested or
collected (e.g. if information is provided as a result of you e-mailing us, we
will use the information provided, such as the e-mail address, to respond to
you).
Nonpersonal
Information
Another type of information
that may be generated and collected when you use our Web site is information
that we consider nonpersonal in nature. We may collect the name of the domain
from which you access the Internet (e.g., aol.com, if you are connecting from an
America Online account); the date and time you access our site and the Internet
address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We use this
information primarily to measure the number of visitors to the different
sections of our Web site and to help us make our Web site more useful to
visitors. We may also share this information with third parties, such as
advertisers, to demonstrate the amount and character of traffic on our Web site.
Use of Cookies
What is a cookie? A cookie
is a data file that is created and stored on your computer’s hard drive when you
visit a web site. The typical purposes of a cookie is to make your use of the
web site easier and more convenient and to assist the web site in tracking your
use of the site. For example, a cookie may save the registration information,
passwords, purchases or preferences that you create when using a web site so you
don’t have to reenter this information. Cookies may also tell the web site which
areas of the site are popular and which aren’t. Cookie technology is used by
most major web sites and is considered an industry standard for the Internet.
Our Web site may use cookie
technology to verify user information. (Please see the section titled
“Advertisements” for more information concerning advertisers.). Also, most
Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you may
set your browser so that it refuses cookies or alerts you when cookies are being
created on your hard drive. You should be aware though that by not accepting
cookies, you may impair your ability to use certain shopping or password
protected areas of web sites.
“Feedback” Feature
Like most sites on the
Internet, our Web site contains a feature that allows you to contact us with
your comments or questions. We call this feature “Feedback.” To use this
feature, there is an icon at the top of each page on our Web site which you can
click onto. When you do click this icon, a screen will prompt you to provide us
with certain information, such as your name, company, email address, and phone
number.
The information collected
through the “Feedback” feature is used to solely to investigate and respond to
your inquiries.
Links to Other Sites
In many areas of our Web
site, we may have included links to other Internet sites which we feel add to or
improve the quality of our Web site. While we hope you find these links helpful,
we cannot assume responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of any
linked site. Therefore, we encourage you to investigate and determine the
privacy policy and practices of any linked site prior to providing information
to the linked site. When you use this Web site, you may on occasion be
transferred to another website, such as www.car.org or www.zipform.com. By using
our Web site, you agree to be linked and transferred to the www.car.org or
www.zipform.com websites and be bound by the terms of those websites.
Surveys
We may from time to time
create and use surveys on our Web site. Most surveys are simple “click box”
surveys where you click a box on the screen to indicate your response. However,
we may from time to time ask you for your name, email address or demographic
information. If a survey does ask you this information, we will not use it for
any purpose other than to complete the survey and compile statistics.
Contests
We may from time to time run
contests on our Web site. If our contests require you to provide personal or
demographic information, we will not use this information for any purpose other
than to complete the contest.
Advertisements
Like many other sites on the
Internet, we may sell advertising space on our Web site to other companies. The
advertising space we may sell is usually in the form of an electronic
“advertisement banner.” An advertisement banner is essentially a graphic link to
the actual Internet site of the advertiser.
While we hope you find our
advertiser’s products helpful, we cannot assume any responsibility for the
privacy practices of our advertisers. Therefore, like any other Internet site
you may visit, we encourage you to become knowledgeable of the privacy policies
and practices of our advertisers prior to providing information on their sites.
Public Chat Rooms or
Forums
We from time to time may
provide chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups on our Web site.
While we feel these features will be helpful to the users of our Web site, we
will not monitor them regularly nor will we be we responsible for what is said
on or done as result of them. Please remember that any information you disclose
on these types of features will be accessible to the public and you should
exercise caution prior to disclosing any personal information on these features.
Security
We have adopted what we
consider to be reasonable security measures to protect against the loss, theft,
misuse and alteration of information collected through our Web site. However, if
you are concerned about the security of the Internet or our Web site, we suggest
that you not provide this information.
Other Products and
Services
Although we generally
collect and use information to fulfill the stated objective for which the
information was requested or collected, we may send you information regarding
other products or services that may be valuable or interesting to you. We may
also provide the information to Real Estate Business Services, Inc. and its
subsidiaries so that they may send you information regarding other products or
services that may be valuable or interesting to you.
Required by Law
We may disclose information
provided by you if we are legally required to do so, such as by court order or
subpoena.
Children's Guidelines
Our Web site does not
currently attempt to collect or solicit information from persons who are under
the age of eighteen. However, given the anonymous nature of the Internet, it is
possible that someone under the age of eighteen may access our Web site and
provide us with personal information. If this situation occurs and it is brought
to our attention, we will not use the information in any way without prior
parental consent and we will take all reasonable steps to prevent it from
occurring again.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our Web site provides you
the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us. To exercise your
opt-out privilege, please feel free to email us at: contactus@car.org or write us at: 525 South
Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, Attn: WINForms.com Web Developer.
Contacting our Web
Site
If you have any questions
about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our Web site, or your dealings with
our Web site, please feel free to email us at: contactus@car.org or write us at: 525 South
Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, Attn: WINForms.com Web Developer.
Corrections/Updates
If you wish to review,
correct or update any personally identifiable information about you collected
through our Web site, please email us at contact us@car.org or write us at: 525 South
Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, Attn: WINForms.com Web Developer.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Statement
With the ever-changing
environment of the Internet and to maintain our ability to improve the quality
and safety of our Web site, we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy
at any time. In the event we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy, we
will notify you by updating the Policy’s Effective Date and indicating the
previous Effective Date. As you use our Web site, we encourage you to
periodically check back with this Privacy Policy for changes that we may make.
Your continued use of our Web site will constitute your agreement to any changes
we make and if you do not agree with a change, please refrain from using our Web
site. Thank you!
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