UMI Publications, Inc has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: www.umipub.com.
This site contains links to other sites. www.umipub.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. UMI Publications, Inc's mission is to build users’ trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.
If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first contact us: info@umipub.com (Subject: Privacy Statement Question). If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact via telephone at 1-800-747-9287.
Information Collection and Use
UMI Publications, Inc. is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell or rent this information, nor will we share it in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. UMI Publications. Inc. collects information from our users at several different points on our website.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user. Our online orders are placed through Yahoo Shopping. Please visit Yahoo Privacy Policy.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We regularly partner with other outside parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, or becomes a customer of the company, we may/will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, UMI Publications, Inc., are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. See “Choice/Opt-out” below if you wish to unsubscribe at a later date.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users contests. Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and restricted to adults over the age of 18 and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the current industry standard encryption protocol - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, a lock icon on the bottom or top of some Web browsers becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’. Another way to tell if you are on a secure page is to look at the URL (you can look in the address box or right-click on the page and select Properties to see URL). Secure URLs start with https:// instead of http://. To learn more about SSL, follow this link http://www.rsasecurity.com/standards/ssl/.
For a more in-depth explanation of SSL and the use of your credit card on UMI Publications, you can visit the Visa site (http://www.visa.com/nt/ecomm/security/main.html#ssl) or Mastercard (http://www.mastercard.com/shoponline/set/safeshopping.html).
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to info@umipub.com.
Email Links
We use email links throughout the site to allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments you may have. We read every message sent in and try to reply promptly where appropriate (for example, we do not reply to all feedback comments). This information is used to respond directly to your questions or comments. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard the information. The comments are for internal use only and are not shared with third parties.
Special Offers
We send all new registrants and customers a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see our choice and opt-out below.
Site and Service Updates
We also may send the user site and service announcement updates which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by:
You can send email to info@umipub.com
You can visit the following URL: http://www.umipub.com/umics.htm
You can send mail to the following postal address:
PO Box 30036, Charlotte, NC 28230
You can call the following telephone number: 1-800-747-9287
Choice/Opt-out:
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of receiving our newsletter or promotional materials from our partner by:
You can send email to info@umipub.com
You can send mail to the following postal address:
PO Box 30036, Charlotte, NC 28230
You can call the following telephone number: 1-800-747-9287
Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post a link to those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Web site.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact
UMI Publications, Inc.
PO Box 30036
Charlotte, NC 28230-0036
info@umipub.com |
