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Our Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET
respects and takes steps to protect the privacy of our customers. We strive to
take reasonable care of information we may receive from you.
The Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy addresses the privacy of visitors to the
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET Web sites. It identifies the type of data and
information QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET collects from visitors, how we use and
disclose it, and the steps we take to protect privacy.
What Information We Collect and How We Use It
Information We Collect
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET collects personal information when
you register with QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET, when you use
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET products and services, when you visit
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET pages or the pages of certain QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET
partners, and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes.
We may, additionally, track non-personal information about
your visit, including the domain name and the name of the Web page from which
you entered our site, how much time you spend on each of our pages, and the IP
address associated with your computer. We use this information to improve the
performance and operation of our site.
When you register, we ask for information such as your name,
e-mail address, birth date, gender, ZIP code, occupation, industry, and
personal interests. For the purchase of QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET Advertising
Products we may also ask for your address, Social Security number, and credit
card information. Once you register with QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET and sign in
to our services, you are not anonymous to us and we protect your personal
information (see Security below).
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET collects information about your
transactions with us and with some of our business partners, including
information about your use of products and services that we offer.
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET automatically receives and records
information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address,
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET cookie information, and the page you request.
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET uses information for the following
general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill
your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you,
conduct research, and provide statistical reporting for internal and external
clients.
Your Ability to Edit Your Account Information and
Preferences
You can edit your QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET Account
Information, including your marketing preferences, at any time. New categories
of marketing communications may be added to the Marketing Preferences page
from time to time. Users who visit this page can opt out of receiving future
marketing communications from these new categories or they can unsubscribe by
following instructions contained in the messages they receive. We reserve the
right to send you certain communications relating to the
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET service, such as service announcements and
administrative messages that are considered part of your
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET account, without offering you the opportunity to
opt-out of receiving them.
Cookies and Related Technologies
A cookie is a small file that is stored on the hard drive of
your computer, ready for future access when you return to our site. We may use
cookies to tailor and improve the content we deliver to you while you are on
our site. The cookies do not contain or capture any personal information. You
can configure your computer's browser to alert you when a site is attempting
to send you a cookie, and then you can accept or refuse the cookie. Your
decision to refuse cookies from QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET will not prevent you
from using our site, but may limit your ability to take advantage of some of
our advanced features.
On some of the pages on our site we may also use small bits
of computer code called "one-pixel gifs," "clear gifs," or
"Web beacons" embedded in Web pages to monitor the activity on our
Web site. Again, the technology does not capture or contain any personal
information.
Children
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially
important. The QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET web site is not designed to attract
children under the age of 13 and QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET does not knowingly
collect personal information from children on our Web site.
Third Party Advertisers and External Links
Some QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET Web sites may accept
advertisements from third-party advertisers or provide links to external Web
sites. Please check the privacy policy of these advertisers and sites for
information regarding their collection of information and use of cookies. We
are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other Web sites.
Our partners or advertisers may use third parties to serve or present the ads
that appear on our site. These third parties may place cookies on your browser
when you visit our site. Any third party cookies are subject to the privacy
policy of the company placing them.
Information We Disclose To Third Parties
We may use aggregated information concerning how visitors
use our Web site and share such information with third parties in order to
improve our Web site and to help us attract advertisers and listings. For
example, we may share how many individuals visited our Web site and on average
how long they stayed on each page. Such use and sharing of aggregated
information will not reveal any of your personal information to third parties.
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET does not rent, sell, disclose or
share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated
companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we
have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process,
or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal
claims;
- 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, violations of QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET's terms of
use, or as otherwise required by law;
- We transfer information about you if
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET is acquired by or merged with another company. In
this event, QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET will notify you before information
about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy
policy.
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET does not provide any personal
information to the advertiser when you interact with or view an ad.
Security
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET takes your security seriously and
takes reasonable steps to protect your information. No data transmissions over
the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you
do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable
efforts to ensure security on our systems. However, please note that this is
not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered
or destroyed by breach of any firewalls or secure server software we may
employ. QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET continues to evaluate and implement
enhancements in security technology and practices, however we can only take
steps to help reduce the risks of unauthorized access. QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET
has taken the following steps in this regard:
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Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
encryption when transmitting certain kinds of information, such as
registration information or payment information. An icon resembling a
padlock is displayed on the bottom of most browsers window during SSL
transactions that involve credit cards and other forms of payment. Any
time QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET asks you for a credit card number on
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET for payment or for verification purposes, it will
be SSL encrypted. The information you provide will be stored securely on
our servers. Once you choose to store or enter your credit card number on
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET, it will not be displayed back to you in its
entirety when you retrieve or edit it in the future. Instead of the entire
number, you will only see asterisks and either the first four digits or
the last four digits of your number.
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Secure Storage
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET maintains reasonable physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations
to protect personal information about you.
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Vendors and Partners
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET works with vendors and partners
to protect the security and privacy of user information.
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Employee and Contractor Access to Information
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET limits access to personal
information about you to those employees who we reasonably believe need to
come into contact with that information to provide products or services to
you or in order to do their jobs.
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Education and Training for Employees
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET has implemented a company-wide
education and training program about security that is required of every
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET employee.
If QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET learns of a security systems
breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take
appropriate protective steps. By using this Web site or providing personal
information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically
regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of
this site. QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET may post a notice on our Web site if a
security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a Web browser enabling
you to view the QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET Web site. QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET may
also send an e-mail to you at the e-mail address you have provided to us in
these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right
to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written
notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving an
electronic notice) you should notify us at privacy@qualityprofessional.net.
If you believe your QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET account has been
compromised, please report the incident using our contact
form. In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk
or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other
illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, state or local law
enforcement agencies directly.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy supersedes and replaces all previously
posted Privacy Policies.
Our Privacy Policy is regularly reviewed and revised to make
sure we continue to serve the best interests of our customers. We reserve the
right to update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes. If we decide to
change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Policy and other
places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose
it. If the change would cause us to use or disclose personal information in a
manner that is materially less restrictive from that stated at the time of
collection, we will notify Web visitors before implementing the change.
Contacting Us: Questions, Comments, & Concerns:
QUALITYPROFESSIONAL.NET will happily address any concerns
about its online privacy practices and policies; please e-mail us at privacy@qualityprofessional.net.
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e-mail campaigns, please e-mail remove@qualityprofessional.net
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