WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY*
IPC Communication Services, Inc. ("us", "we" or "our") created this Website Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to ensure the confidence of visitors and customers ("you" or "your") of and to our website (the "Site"), and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy.
1. Types of Personal Information Collected
In order for you to access certain services and to purchase products offered via the Site, we require you to provide us with information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information may include:
(a) Contact Data (such as your name, mailing and e-mail addresses);
(b) Financial Data (such as your account or credit card number), and
(c) your IP address is transmitted and recorded with each message you send to the Service. If you communicate with us by e-mail or complete online forms, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information.
2. Uses of Information Collected
We use Contact Data to send you information about our company or our products or services or to contact you when necessary. We use your Financial Data to verify your qualifications for certain products or services and to bill you for products and services.
3. Sharing of Personal Information
We may share Personal Information with the manufacturer whose product or service you ordered and other third parties as required by us to fulfill your order.
4. User Choice Regarding Collection, Use and Distribution of Personal Information
You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information. In such an event, you can still access and use much of the Site; however you will not be able to access and use those portions of the Site that require your Personal Information, including ordering products and services.
5. Confidentiality and Security of Personal Information
Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Personal Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to:
(a) comply with a court order or other legal process;
(b) protect our rights or property or those of our customers or licensors; or
(c) enforce our Terms of Service. We use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) technology, firewalls and password protection to protect your Personal Information.
6. Lost or Stolen Information
You must promptly notify us if your credit card, user name or password is lost, stolen or used without permission. In such an event, we will cancel that credit card number, user name or password and update our records accordingly.
7. Other Limits to Your Privacy
The Site contains links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. We have no control over those web sites and you should exercise caution when deciding whether to disclose your Personal Information.
8. Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, update or modify this Privacy Policy, by posting such change, update or modification on the Site. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. The version of IPC's Web Site Privacy Policy in effect prior to the
March, 2004 revision can be found HERE.
*NOTE: This Privacy Policy is inapplicable to any commercial web site directed to, or that knowingly collects information from, children under age 13.
