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We are committed to honoring the privacy of our on-line customers
and visitors to our Web sites. We recognize the importance to you of
maintaining an appropriate level of privacy and security for the
personal information we collect from you over the Internet. The
following discloses our Web site information gathering and use
practices and is limited to the protection and use of personal
information collected by us in the online environment. Your access
to and use of our site are subject to this policy and any other
terms of use or policies posted by us. Please note that this privacy
statement applies only to this site and not to the web sites of
companies or organizations to which we link.
What
Kinds of Information Does SMSL Collect and Use?
The only personally identifiable information we collect about
visitors is provided voluntarily. In general, you can visit our Web
site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal
information about yourself. However, some portions of our Web site
may be accessible only to users who have registered with us (and who
may be asked to provide certain information as part of the
registration or login process). In addition, our Web servers may use
“cookies” (described below) to collect information about visitors
such as domain names, but not your e-mail addresses. This
information may be aggregated to measure such things as the number
of visits, average time spent on the site, number of pages viewed,
and methods by which our site was found. SMSL uses such information
to evaluate the use of our site and to continuously improve the
content and services being provided.
At times we may ask you for contact information or conduct on-line
surveys in order to better understand your needs so that we can
provide you with a customized experience. If we wish to use this
information other than as set forth in this statement, we will let
you know at the time of collection. We will take commercially
reasonable steps to safeguard this information from unauthorized
access.
When you order a service or make a payment on-line, request
information, send us e-mail, we will ask you to provide
individually-identifiable information to us. Except as otherwise
provided below under the heading “Who Has Access to This
Information?”, when you supply information about yourself for a
specific purpose, we use the information for that purpose and to
manage the internal operations and security of our Web site
consistent with the terms of use and policies established from time
to time governing this site. Such purpose may involve the disclosure
of such information to unaffiliated companies/vendors where
necessary to and for the limited purpose of processing your request,
processing a transaction authorized by you or providing you with
services.
Who Has Access to This
Information?
Unless we specifically disclose it to you at the time of collection
or subsequently obtain your approval, we will not make visitor or
customer-specific information that is gathered on our site available
to unaffiliated organizations for commercial purposes unrelated to
the activities of SMSL. SMSL uses this information to help us
deliver the services you have requested, or to design or offer
specific products or services that we believe will be useful to you.
While we may use this information to contact you or to send
materials to you for marketing purposes, we will take commercially
reasonable steps to safeguard such information from unauthorized
access by any other parties.
We believe it is necessary to share information in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities,
suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the
physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.
Cookies
Our site may make use of cookies (or a similar technology) to better
manage our sites and to assist us in providing you with tailored
information and services. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a
Web site can send to your browser, which is stored on your hard
drive so that we can do things such as better serve you as you
navigate through our site or when you return. You may set your
browser to notify you or decline the receipt of a cookie; however,
certain features of our sites may not function properly or be
available if your browser is configured to disable cookies.
Security
SMSL
maintains procedural safeguards designed to protect the
confidentiality of personal information provided by you at our Web
site. All payments processed through our Web site require personal
transactional information provided by you to be sent in a “Secure
Session” using Secure Socket Layer encryption technology. This
technology encrypts – or scrambles – your financial or credit card
account information to help prevent unauthorized parties from
reading it. Such precautions do not guarantee that our Web site is
invulnerable to all security breaches. SMSL makes no warranty,
guarantee, or representation that use of our Web site is protected
from all viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities and that
your information will always be secure. When doing business with
others, such as organizations to whom you can link from our site,
you should consider the separate security and privacy policies of
those other sites.
Discussion Areas
This site may provide discussion areas so that customers and
visitors can communicate freely and share ideas. Please remember
that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public
information and you should exercise caution when disclosing such
information. These discussion areas may be monitored occasionally in
order to enhance the safety and respect for all of our customers and
visitors, and off-topic, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate content
of materials of which we become aware may or may not be removed from
the site during the course of such monitoring. However, SMSL is not
responsible for any information posted or remaining on these
discussion areas.
Links to Other Sites
For the convenience of our visitors and customers, this Web site may
contain links to other sites. While we generally try to link only to
sites that share similar high standards and respect for privacy, we
are not responsible for the content, products or services offered or
the privacy and security practices employed by these other sites.
Revisions
Because of the evolving nature of the technologies that we use and
the way that we conduct business, we may amend this policy from time
to time. We will post any revisions on this site.
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