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compassbox.com recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy
of Personal Information collected about its Users. "Personal
Information" includes, but is not limited to, usage data, along
with the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit
card and salary information of compassbox.com Users.
Therefore, compassbox.com does not sell, rent, swap or otherwise disclose
any Personal Information. Nor does compassbox.com include in compassbox.com
any functionality for performing "reverse searches" to identify
compassbox.com Users from their e-mail addresses. Consequently, compassbox.com
adopted this Privacy Policy to inform compassbox.com Users how it
does collect, store, and use Personal Information. compassbox.com's
intent is to balance its legitimate business interests in collecting
and using Personal Information against the reasonable expectations
of privacy of its Users.
Collection
compassbox.com collects Personal Information during Membership Registration,
subscription, e-mail and newsletter registrations, store purchases,
and other user registration processes. In addition, compassbox.com
collects Personal Information from compassbox.com Users in the form
of usage data (for example, length of session, pages viewed, etc.)
for use as provided in the paragraph on "Usage" below.
Cookies
"Cookies" are pieces of information that compassbox.com
transfers to the hard drives of compassbox.com Users for record-keeping
purposes. compassbox.com places Cookies with compassbox.com Users
visiting from advertising banners and hyperlinks on other websites
to track the success of a particular advertising campaign or marketing
program. In addition, compassbox.com places Cookies with compassbox.com
Users to provide them with seamless access to compassbox.com, since
storing their user name and password in a Cookie can eliminate the
need to re-enter that information on every page. (Note: Browsers set
to provide notice when a
Cookie is placed will prompt compassbox.com Users to accept or reject
the Cookie.) The use of Cookies is an industry standard and occurs
at most major websites.
Usage
compassbox.com uses Personal Information for: developing enhancements
to compassbox.com; tracking and evaluating academic performance on
the compassbox.com website; marketing and promotional purposes (for
example, offering compassbox.com Users the opportunity to take advantage
of special promotions and acquire compassbox.com products); and evaluating
compassbox.com usage by analyzing usage data in the aggregate, and
with respect to any individual compassbox.com User. In addition, compassbox.com
uses Personal Information to direct: advertising, promotions and e-mails
to compassbox.com Users in connection with promotions (for example,
receiving notice of winning a compassbox.com contest); e-mail regarding
compassbox.com updates and service enhancements to Users who opt-in
(with the option to opt-out at any time) either during the compassbox.com
Registration process or afterwards; and postal mail to compassbox.com
Users containing new registration packets and periodic newsletters.
Third Parties
compassbox.com may provide demographic information in the aggregate
regarding compassbox.com Users to third parties in connection with
compassbox.com advertising campaigns and marketing programs; however,
no Personal Information relating to any individual compassbox.com
User is disclosed.
Kids
Children should always ask parents for permission before: providing
any Personal Information to compassbox.com; entering into correspondence
with other compassbox.com Users (Registered Members or non-Registered
Users); or purchasing any products or services from compassbox.com.
Security
compassbox.com only collects Personal Information to the extent deemed
reasonably necessary to serve its legitimate business purposes, and
it uses state-of-the-art security technology to ensure the security,
integrity, and privacy of all Personal Information. In addition, compassbox.com
uses security measures in connection with the collection and transmission
of Personal Information during the compassbox.com registration process.
Nonetheless, compassbox.com is not responsible for any breach of its
security or for the actions of any third parties that may obtain any
Personal Information.
Review and Correction
compassbox.com Users may review and correct their Personal Information
by sending e-mail to compassbox.com customer support:
customersupport@compassbox.com
Changes
compassbox.com reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at
any time
by notifying compassbox.com Users (through posting a notice at this
location or by e-mail) of the existence of a new Privacy Policy or
any updates.
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