Your privacy on the Internet is important to us at COP Communications,
Inc. Corporation ("COP Communications, Inc."). COP Communications, Inc.
is committed to tailoring content to match our user's individual needs,
but we also recognize the importance of protecting the personally
identifiable information we may collect about you, our users. COP
Communications, Inc. has developed this privacy policy in an attempt to
balance our legitimate business interests in collecting and using
information with your reasonable expectations of privacy for your
personal information provided to us while visiting any of our web
sites. Please review the entire policy and feel free to contact us at
webmaster if you have any questions. This policy may change from time
to time so please check back periodically so you are familiar with our
current privacy policy.
COP Communications, Inc.'s Collection of User Information
COP
Communications, Inc. collects user information in various ways:
personal information (e.g. name, e-mail address, mailing address,
industry, occupation) that you supply when registering for, subscribing
to, bidding on, or purchasing services or products through our web
sites ("personally identifying information"), information that you
provide regarding your interests, and activity and preference tracking
information from our use of "cookies" and other aggregate activity
logging. COP Communications, Inc. does not collect personally
identifying information from our users other than what is supplied to
us on a voluntary basis.
A cookie is a small amount of data that
is sent to your browser from a web server and is stored on your
computer's hard drive. Cookies allow you to enter your password less
frequently during an online session and assist us in providing
information to you that is targeted to your interests. We may use a
separate cookie to track each site's aggregated page views, which tells
us which features are most interesting to our visitors. You also may be
served cookies from our advertisers while visiting our sites. We do not
control or have access to any information they may collect. Our cookies
do not store personally identifying information about you. Since
cookies are now used as industry standard, most web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser
to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be
able to access certain features on our sites.
Our web sites log IP
addresses and browser types (primarily for systems administration
purposes), but we do not match IP addresses to any personally
identifiable information. This means that your session will be tracked,
but you can remain anonymous in the public areas of our sites. You can
browse those areas of our sites without entering any personal
information and therefore remain anonymous during your visit. However,
we hope that all of our users will register with us so that you can
utilize all of the product and service offerings available at our sites
and so we can learn more about our valuable customers and keep you
updated.
COP Communications, Inc.'s web sites may contain links to
other web sites. We encourage you to visit those web sites to learn
more about their online privacy as they may differ from this privacy
policy. COP Communications, Inc. does not control the privacy policies
of our advertisers, sponsors, or other sites to which we may provide
hyperlinks.
Use of Personal Information Collected
Personally
identifying information that we collect may be added to our databases
and used for future communications regarding site updates, new products
and services, upcoming events, and status of orders placed online. The
data that we collect from cookies and browser identification provides
demographic data about our audience in the aggregate that we use to
improve our service and tailor our offerings. Personal data may also be
used for editorial purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes,
for a statistical analysis of users' behavior, for product development,
for content improvement, to inform advertisers as to how many visitors
have seen or clicked on their advertisements, or to customize the
content and layout of our sites.
Sharing of Information with Third Parties
COP
Communications, Inc. may provide personally identifiable information,
voluntarily provided by visitors, to third parties who provide products
and services that COP Communications, Inc. believes our visitors may be
interested in purchasing, obtaining, or learning more about. Many
visitors and subscribers find this a valuable and time-saving service.
Unless you provide an "opt-out" notice, we may (and you authorize us
to) provide your personally identifying information as part of our
visitor and subscriber lists for each such third party to use, if we
believe our subscribers would be interested in receiving an e-mail or
other written correspondence from any such third party. Regardless of
any opt-out notice, we will provide your personally identifiable
information to third parties if we believe in good faith that the law
requires us to do so or if it is necessary to protect the rights or
property of COP Communications, Inc. or our users.
We share with
our advertisers the data that we collect from cookies and other browser
technology or IP addresses to help them better understand our audience
and to monitor the reach of their advertising.
User's Right to Opt-Out
In
the event that you do not wish your personally identifying information
to be used by third parties to send you information about products and
services, you may opt-out of this service by checking the "opt-out" box
wherever provided. In addition to such options made available to you
when we collect your personally identifying information, you may
opt-out of this service at any time by mailing us a letter or sending
us an e-mail at the address below, specifying that you have elected to
opt-out of any third party mailings. Include your full name, address,
and e-mail address with your notice to: COP Communications, Inc.,
Privacy Manager, 620 W. Elk Ave, Glendale, Ca. 91204. We will update
your records as promptly as practical; however, you may receive
third-party communications while we process your request.
Updating Personal Information
If
you would like to correct and/or update your personally identifying
information or other information that you have supplied, please contact
our webmaster. Once we have updated your information, we will send a
return e-mail indicating that the requested changes have been made.
Security Features
COP
Communications, Inc. has implemented a number of security features to
prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personally identifying
information, such as firewalls and secure servers. The secure server
encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. Please be
advised, however, that while we have endeavored to create a secure and
reliable site for our users, perfect security is not yet available on
the Internet and the confidentiality of any communication or material
transmitted to or from us via our sites or e-mail cannot be 100%
guaranteed. Accordingly, we are not responsible for the security of
information transmitted via the Internet. Once we receive your
transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our
system. Only authorized personnel have access to any stored personally
identifying information which COP Communications, Inc. may collect from
its users.
Children's Privacy
It is important
to us that we do our part to protect the privacy of children. For this
reason, we do not intentionally collect or maintain information through
our web sites from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of
our web site is designed to target or attract anyone under 13.