AuthorizeTransaction Online Privacy Policy
Updated April 2, 2012
To underscore our commitment to privacy and our vision that good privacy is good business, we have adopted this Online Privacy Policy for https://www.AuthorizeTransaction.com. (“This Site”), which is owned or operated by Authorize Transaction LLC and/or its affiliates. This policy applies only to information collected through this Site. It does not apply to information collected by other means. These sites are not directed at children under the age of 13. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us at:
AuthorizeTransaction LLC
950 Trade Centre Way, Ste. 115
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49002
http://www.AuthorizeTransaction.com
INFORMATION COLLECTION
I. Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information (“PII”) collected from you through this Site may include, for example, name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card or account numbers, user ID, any responses you choose to provide to survey questions, information provided in connection with subscribing to a newsletter, or any inquires you may make through this Site. We do not share, sell, rent or trade that PII with third parties for their promotional purposes.
II. Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. This Site uses first party cookies (session and persistent), however PII is not collected through the use of cookies. Cookies are used to determine whether a visitor is unique or whether a visitor has viewed this Site before and to manage your visit to this Site.
While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you before accepting them. Your browser manufacturer has information on changing the default setting for your specific browser.
III. Non-personally Identifiable Information
This Site also collects non-PII. For example, as you browse this Site we may collect information about your visit, but not about you personally. Via Web server logs, for example, we may monitor statistics such as: the number of people that visit this Site, which page(s) are visited on this Site, from which domain our visitors come (e.g., google.com, bing.com, etc.), and which browsers people use to visit this Site (e.g., Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.). This Site may also use outsourcing programs to assist us in analyzing this data to better tailor this Site.
INFORMATION USE AND CONSUMER CHOICE
The information collected by this Site is used only for responding to your inquiries and otherwise corresponding with you, for processing transactions you request, maintaining your account (if you have one), for other purposes permitted by your organization's customer agreement(s) (if any), and for the administration, review and/or the improvement the content of this Site.
Where permitted by your organization’s customer agreement(s), we may use information about searches or submissions that business users provide to us to enhance our products and services. Such uses may include using the fact that a search was conducted related to an identity or using some portion of search queries to enhance our product offerings. These types of uses will only occur for searches or submissions for which such use is contractually authorized in our customer agreement; thus, they will not occur if a customer has opted out of such use in their customer agreement.
We may contact you in response to your comments or inquiries, as part of the maintenance of your account with us (if you have one), or in order to complete a transaction that you requested.
We may also contact you to inform you of other products or services we believe may be of interest to you, but we will offer you an opportunity not to receive such communications.
If you decide that you do not want to receive further e-mails regarding your inquiry from AuthorizeTransaction, you can reply to the e-mail.
ONWARD TRANSFER
We may disclose information you provide to us to third parties in order to complete a transaction that you requested or as otherwise permitted by your organization's customer agreement(s) (if any).
We may also disclose information you provide to other AuthorizeTransaction companies or to outside firms so that they can contact you about products or services that may be of interest, but we will provide you with an opportunity to opt not to have your information disclosed for these purposes.
We may outsource some tasks, including the operation of certain web site functions that require access to information you supply online and information about your visits to this Site. In such cases, however, we require that the companies acting on our behalf institute safeguards to protect the confidentiality of your information.
If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will assume responsibility for the personal information collected by us through this Site and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding the information collected through this Site, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Finally, please note that we may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to comply with the law or legal process.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION
As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information collected through this Site. We will provide you (whether you are a consumer or a customer) with access to PII you provide through this Site for as long as we maintain that information in a readily accessible format. Similarly, we permit and encourage you to correct inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through this Site.
If you wish to access information that you have submitted through this Site or to request the correction of any inaccurate information you have submitted through this Site, please use the mechanisms provided by this Site or send an e-mail to: info@AuthorizeTransaction.com.
The access and correction provisions of this Online Privacy Policy only apply to PII collected from you through this Web Site. Individuals that are interested in information about how to access and/or request the correction of personal information AuthorizeTransactions maintains about them (such as public record information, insurance claims information, or information for employment background screening) for potential inclusion in information products and services can visit http://www.AuthorizeTransaction.com/iyeTek/privacy.aspx.
SECURITY
We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of PII collected through this Site. We recognize the importance of security for all PII collected by this Site.
Once we receive PII, we take steps to protect its security on our systems. In the event we request or transmit sensitive information, such as credit card information or Social Security Numbers, we use industry standard, secure socket layer ("SSL") encryption. We limit access to PII to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities.
OTHER WEB SITES
This Online Privacy Policy only applies to the web site(s) identified in the first paragraph of this privacy policy. This Site, however, may include links to other web sites which may be operated by other companies or by third parties. If you visit a web site not listed above, we recommend that you review the online privacy policy of that web site to determine how the operator of that web site will handle PII collected through that web site.
POLICY CHANGES
We may revise this Online Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Online Privacy Policy, the date of the most recent revision will be indicated above so that you can determine whether there have been any material revisions since your last visit.
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