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PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome to Pen Point
Design(the "Site").
We understand that privacy online is
important to users of our Site,
especially when conducting
business.
This statement governs our privacy
policies with respect to those users of
the Site ("Visitors") who visit
without
transacting business and Visitors who
register to transact business on the
Site and make use of the various
services offered by
www.penpointdesign.com (collectively,
"Services") ("Authorized
Customers").
"Personally Identifiable
Information"
refers to any information that
identifies or can be used to identify,
contact, or locate the person to whom
such information pertains, including,
but not limited to, name, address,
phone number, fax number, email
address, financial profiles, social
security number, and credit card
information. Personally Identifiable
Information does not include
information that is collected
anonymously (that is, without
identification of the individual
user)
or demographic information not
connected to an identified
individual.
What Personally Identifiable
Information is collected?
We may collect basic user profile
information from all of our Visitors.
We collect the following additional
information from our Authorized
Customers: the names, addresses, phone
numbers and email addresses of
Authorized Customers, the nature and
size of the business, and the nature
and size of the advertising inventory
that the Authorized Customer intends to
purchase or sell.
What organizations are collecting
the information?
In addition to our direct collection of
information, our third party service
vendors (such as credit card companies,
clearinghouses and banks) who may
provide such services as credit,
insurance, and escrow services may
collect this information from our
Visitors and Authorized Customers. We
do not control how these third parties
use such information, but we do ask
them to disclose how they use personal
information provided to them from
Visitors and Authorized Customers. Some
of these third parties may be
intermediaries that act solely as links
in the distribution chain, and do not
store, retain, or use the information
given to them.
How does the Site use Personally
Identifiable Information?
We use Personally Identifiable
Information to customize the Site, to
make appropriate service offerings, and
to fulfill buying and selling requests
on the Site. We may email Visitors and
Authorized Customers about research or
purchase and selling opportunities on
the Site or information related to the
subject matter of the Site. We may also
use Personally Identifiable Information
to contact Visitors and Authorized
Customers in response to specific
inquiries, or to provide requested
information.
With whom may
the information may be
shared? Personally
Identifiable Information about
Authorized Customers may be shared with
other Authorized Customers who wish to
evaluate potential transactions with
other Authorized Customers. We may
share aggregated information about our
Visitors, including the demographics of
our Visitors and Authorized Customers,
with our affiliated agencies and third
party vendors.
How is Personally Identifiable
Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information
collected by www.penpointdesign.com is
securely stored and is not accessible
to third parties or employees of
penpointdesign.com except for use as
indicated above.
What choices are available to
Visitors regarding collection, use and
distribution of the
information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may
opt out of receiving unsolicited
information from or being contacted by
us and/or our vendors and affiliated
agencies by responding to emails as
instructed, or by contacting us
at
Are Cookies Used on
the Site?
Cookies are used for a variety of
reasons. We use Cookies to obtain
information about the preferences of
our Visitors and the services they
select. We also use Cookies for
security purposes to protect our
Authorized Customers. For example, if
an Authorized Customer is logged on and
the site is unused for more than 10
minutes, we will automatically log the
Authorized Customer off.
How does www.penpointdesign.com use
login information?
www.penpointdesign.com.com uses login
information, including, but not limited
to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser
types, to analyze trends, administer
the Site, track a user's movement and
use, and gather broad demographic
information.
What partners or service providers
have access to Personally Identifiable
Information from Visitors and/or
Authorized Customers on the
Site?
www.penpointdesign.com has entered into
and will continue to enter into
partnerships and other affiliations
with a number of vendors.
Such vendors may have access to certain
Personally Identifiable Information on
a need to know basis for evaluating
Authorized Customers for service
eligibility.
Our privacy policy does not cover their
collection or use of this
information.
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable
Information to comply with law. We will
disclose Personally Identifiable
Information in order to comply with a
court order or subpoena or a request
from a law enforcement agency to
release information. We will also
disclose Personally Identifiable
Information when reasonably necessary
to protect the safety of our Visitors
and Authorized Customers.
How does the Site keep Personally
Identifiable Information
secure?
All of our employees are familiar with
our security policy and practices. The
Personally Identifiable Information of
our Visitors and Authorized Customers
is only accessible to a limited number
of qualified employees who are given a
password in order to gain access to the
information. We audit our security
systems and processes on a regular
basis. Sensitive information, such as
credit card numbers or social security
numbers, is protected by encryption
protocols, in place to protect
information sent over the Internet.
While we take commercially reasonable
measures to maintain a secure site,
electronic communications and databases
are subject to errors, tampering and
break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or
warrant that such events will not take
place and we will not be liable to
Visitors or Authorized Customers for
any such occurrences.
How can Visitors correct any
inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable
Information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may
contact us to update Personally
Identifiable Information about them or
to correct any inaccuracies by emailing
us at
Can a Visitor delete
or deactivate Personally Identifiable
Information collected by the
Site?
We provide Visitors and Authorized
Customers with a mechanism to
delete/deactivate Personally
Identifiable Information from the
Site's database by contacting
. However, because
of backups and records of
deletions, it may be impossible
to delete a Visitor's entry
without retaining some residual
information. An individual who
requests to have Personally
Identifiable Information
deactivated will have this
information functionally deleted,
and we will not sell, transfer,
or use Personally Identifiable
Information relating to that
individual in any way moving
forward.
What happens if the Privacy Policy
Changes?
We will let our Visitors and Authorized
Customers know about changes to our
privacy policy by posting such changes
on the Site. However, if we are
changing our privacy policy in a manner
that might cause disclosure of
Personally Identifiable Information
that a Visitor or Authorized Customer
has previously requested not be
disclosed, we will contact such Visitor
or Authorized Customer to allow such
Visitor or Authorized Customer to
prevent such disclosure.
Links:
This web site contains links to other
web sites. Please note that when you
click on one of these links, you are
moving to another web site. We
encourage you to read the privacy
statements of these linked sites as
their privacy policies may differ from
ours.
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