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Website Privacy Policy of The James G. Elliott Co., Inc.
Effective Date: December 18, 2006
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. The James G. Elliott Co., Inc. (“us,”
“we,” or “Company”) is committed to respecting
the privacy rights of its customers, visitors, and other users of
the Company Website (the “Site”). We created this Website
Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to give you confidence
as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to
fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Policy
is only applicable to the Site, and not to any other websites that
you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data
collection and use practices and policies that differ materially from
this Policy.
1.2. NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN
PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any
of our content specifically at children under 13 years of age. We
understand and are committed to respecting the sensitive nature of
children’s privacy online. If we learn or have reason to suspect
that a Site user is under age 13, we will promptly delete any personal
information in that user’s account.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
2.1. WHAT BASIC INFORMATION DOES THE COMPANY COLLECT?
In operating the Site, Company may include registration, online surveys,
and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail
addresses, and other contact information.
2.2. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES COMPANY COLLECT?
(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognize visitors’
domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on
the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this
process. The Site may also gather anonymous “traffic data”
that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for
marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.
(b) COOKIES. From time to time, we may use the standard “cookies”
feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small
piece of data on your computer about your visit to our Web site. We
do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor
do we employ any data capture mechanisms on our website other than
cookies. Cookies help us learn which areas of our site are useful
and which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept
cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you
choose to disable this function, your experience at our Web site may
be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.
3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
3.1. WHAT DOES COMPANY DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?
(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will not share your personal information
with any third parties without your consent, except as necessary to
provide you with the services offered by us or to comply with the
law. We may use your personal information to verify your identity,
to check your qualifications, or to follow up with transactions initiated
on the Site. We may also use your contact information to inform you
of any changes to the Site, or to send you additional information
about Company. If you give your permission during the account registration
process, we may share your contact information with our business partners
or other companies so that they may send you promotional materials.
(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze
our Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually
identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses
to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our site,
or to display the content according to your preferences. Traffic and
transaction information may also be shared with business partners
and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
(c) USE OF COOKIES. We may use cookies to deliver content specific
to your interests, to save your password so you don’t have to
re-enter it each time you visit our site, or for other purposes. Promotions
or advertisements displayed on our site may contain cookies. We do
not have access to or control over information collected by outside
advertisers on our site.
(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal information
if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on Company or its parent company, subsidiaries
or affiliates, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of Company
or the users of the Site, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to
protect the safety of the public or users of the Site.
(e) SALE OF INFORMATION. In order to accommodate changes in our business,
we may sell or buy portions of our company or other companies or assets,
including the information collected through this Web site. If Company
or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information
will be one of the assets transferred to the acquirer.
(f) ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Unfortunately, we do not maintain any procedures
for you to review or request changes to the information that we collect
about you, except that you may request that we remove all information
about you from our database by contacting us in accordance with Section
6.1 below.
4. SECURITY
The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse,
and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we
make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse,
to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse,
or alteration.
5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND COMPANY’S CONTROL
5.1. PUBLIC FORUMS
The Site may include interactive forums such as message boards and
chat rooms. Please remember that any information that is disclosed
in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise
caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
5.2. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit
other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or
content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to
review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you
understand and agree with their policies.
6. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES
6.1. CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related
to this Site, or if you would like to have us remove your information
from our database please feel contact us at the following:
James G. Elliott
The James G. Elliott Co., Inc.
626 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: (213) 624-0900 ext.1514
Fax: (213) 624-4389
E-mail: j.elliott@jamesgelliott.com
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6.2. UPDATES AND CHANGES
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify
this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification
on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update,
or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site.
It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to
ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.
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