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MartinCompany Management Consultants ("MartinCompany") is committed to your privacy. We obey all laws and regulations in the United States applicable to our use and disclosure of your information. Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will not trade, sell, or disclose to any third party any form of PII (as defined below) without your consent and we will not disclose or make available any PII to any third parties seeking to market third party products without your consent. We have set forth this Privacy Policy to explain to you how we collect and use information from our Clients who use services from MartinCompany ("Clients") and from visitors to our Web sites and from potential Clients who have communicated, made contact, or interacted with MartinCompany ("Visitors"), both in connection with online and offline services offered by MartinCompany.
Collection of Information
MartinCompany shall collect personally identifiable information, including but not limited to name, physical address, email address, telephone number, and other personal information (collectively, "PII"), from Clients when initiating service and in connection with the provision or marketing of services. MartinCompany may collect PII from Visitors in connection with any visit to our Web sites, any communication about our services or other transactions or interactions with MartinCompany.
MartinCompany may also collect non-personally identifiable information from Clients and Visitors regarding usage of our services or our Web site ("Non-PII"). Non-PII may include Web site pages viewed, time spent using certain services, demographic data, cookies, and other information which does not specifically identify any one individual.
"Cookies" are pieces of information that may be placed on your computer by a Web site for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing your communication and interaction with that Web site. Many Web sites use cookies for these purposes. We may use cookies to customize your visit to our Web sites and for other purposes to make your visit more convenient or to enable us to enhance our service.
In addition to our cookies, we may also use clear gifs, Web beacons, and third party cookies to improve the performance of our Web sites, provide certain features such as advertising, or to anonymously track usage of our Web sites and track the online activity of users. In addition, we may use such devices in our HTML-based emails to track the usage of such emails in much the same manner as usage of our Web sites is tracked.
You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer, including third party cookies, or flush them from your browser by adjusting your Web browser preferences, in which case you may still use our Web site, but it may interfere with some of its functionality.
Anti-Spyware Policy
MartinCompany believes that Spyware is a threat to consumer privacy and a consumer's experience online. Therefore, we forbid any MartinCompany employee, agent, partner, affiliate, or contractor from intentionally deploying or using Spyware (as defined in this policy) on behalf of MartinCompany. Spyware refers to any executable software application that is installed on a user's personal computer and covertly gathers and transmits PII through the user's Internet connection without the knowledge or consent of the user. Cookies and Web beacons are not considered Spyware. Spyware may gather PII, such as e-mail addresses and credit card information, and may even alter personal computer settings. Intentional use of Spyware by any MartinCompany employee, agent, partner, or affiliate on MartinCompany's behalf will not be tolerated and will be considered grounds for dismissal, contract termination, and/or loss of payment.
Use of Information
MartinCompany will use PII (1) to market services to Clients and Visitors that MartinCompany believes may be of interest to them, (2) to provide services requested by Clients and Visitors and (3) to enable its vendors and contractors to provide and assist MartinCompany in the marketing and provision of such services to MartinCompany, Clients, or Visitors. MartinCompany only works with affiliates whom we believe maintain high standards with respect to privacy and consumer rights.
Security
MartinCompany has invested and deployed a wide variety of technology and security features to make reasonable efforts to ensure the privacy of information on its network. In addition, MartinCompany has implemented operations guidelines to ensure Client and Visitor privacy is safeguarded at every level of its organization. MartinCompany will continue to revise policies and implement additional security features as new technologies becomes available. However, no system or service can give a 100% guaranty of security, especially a service that relies upon the public Internet. Therefore, you acknowledge the risk that third parties may gain unauthorized access to your information when using our services.
Communications
MartinCompany will not read, listen to or disclose to any third parties private e-mail, conversations, or other communications that are transmitted using MartinCompany services except as required to ensure proper operation of services or as otherwise authorized by law.
You should be aware that any PII which you voluntarily include and transmit through publicly accessible forums (i.e., such as chat rooms, blogs, instant messages, listservs) may be viewed and used by anyone with access to such forums. MartinCompany is unable to control such uses of your PII, and by using such services, you assume the risk that the PII provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties.
Third Party Web Sites and Services
Our service may contain links to other Web sites and services not maintained by MartinCompany. In addition, other Web sites and services may also reference or link to MartinCompany. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our service, or surf the Internet, and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site and service that you visit. We do not endorse, screen, or approve, and are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of, such other Web sites and services.
MartinCompany does not assume any liability for third parties that have been provided with information as permitted by this Privacy Policy or who have collected information as permitted by this Privacy Policy (such as affiliates using third party cookies).
However, we are not responsible for removing your PII from the lists of any third party who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this policy.
Changes to Policy
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this policy at any time by posting such changes here. You should review this policy regularly for changes, and can easily see if changes have been made by checking the Effective Date below. However, if at any time in the future we plan to use PII in a way that differs from this policy, we will post such changes here and provide you the opportunity to opt-out of such differing uses. Your continued use following the posting of any changes to this policy means you accept such changes.
Terms of Service
For Clients, this Privacy Policy is subject to the MartinCompany Terms of Service or other agreements between you and MartinCompany. If you are a Client, please refer to the Terms of Service or such other agreements regarding certain rights and limitations with respect to your use of MartinCompany's services.
United States of America
Our service is maintained in the United States of America. By using our services, you authorize the export of PII to the USA and its storage and use as specified in this policy.
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 7, 2011.
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