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Version 2.1 � (Last updated December 6, 2006)
Gcus Organization is the sole owner of the
information collected on this site, GCUS.org. Gcus Organization will
not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what
is disclosed in this statement. Gcus Organization collects information
from our users at several different points on Gcus Organization
website.
Gcus Organization request information from the
user on order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and
address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date).
This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If
Gcus Organization have trouble processing an order, this contact
information is used to get in touch with the user. After purchasing the
service, the user is asked to provide personal details such as gender, marital
status, place of birth (country, province and city), date of birth, mailing
address and provide a photo. Same details required for spouse and unmarried
children under 21 years of age.
Gcus Organization uses cookies to gather and store
information. Cookies are pieces of data that a web site transfers to user
computer's hard drive solely for record-keeping purposes. Cookies help Gcus
Organization make its software more useful by storing information on your
preferences. There is nothing unusual about the use of cookies by a web site
and they are an industry standard. They do not personally identify you, but
they will identify your computer. Your browser is most likely set up to accept
cookies, but you can set yours to refuse them. If you do so, you may not be
able to take full advantage of Gcus Organization's web site. Gcus
Organization is not liable for any failure of your computer due to their
use of cookies. There are two type of cookies used during surfing of the
website: session cookies and persistent (non-session) cookies. Those cookies
are used to keep record of the referring site (if any) and to maintain
integrity of service throughout the purchasing process.
Gcus Organization use IP addresses to analyze
trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to
personally identifiable information.
Gcus Organization share aggregated demographic
information with partners. This is not linked to any personal information that
can identify any individual person. Gcus Organization use an outside
shipping company and a credit card processing company to bill users for
services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally
identifiable information for any secondary purposes. Gcus Organization
partner with another party to provide legal consultancy, publications and
software. When the user signs up for these services, Gcus Organization
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.
Gcus Organization may provide your email information to selected partners,
reputable companies or organizations whose products and services may interest you.
If Gcus Organization discloses personally identifiable information to third-party
companies who want to market products or services to you, it will provide you with
an opportunity to opt out or block such uses. In addition, Gcus Organization may
share personally identifiable information with selected 3rd parties, and may utilize
the services of 3rd party marketing partners to combine additional information from
these 3rd parties with the collected personal information. These 3rd parties may send
you offers via online marketing. If you prefer not to receive online marketing information
from Gcus Organization or third-party companies, please contact online
through
this link.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be
aware that Gcus Organization is not responsible for the privacy
practices of such other sites. Gcus Organization encourage users to be
aware when they leave this 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.
From time-to-time Gcus Organization site requests
information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys
or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether
or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and 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.
If a user elects to use Gcus Organization referral
service for informing a friend about this site, we ask them for the friend's
name and email address. Gcus Organization will automatically send the
friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. The friend may contact
Gcus Organization to request the removal of the information from the
database through this link.
This website takes every precaution to protect users'
information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, the
information is protected both online and off-line. When registration form asks
users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in
the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as the payment reply form, the
lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer
becomes locked.
Gcus Organization send all new members a welcoming
email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally
receive information on services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of
respect for the privacy of our users Gcus Organization present the
option to not receive these types of communications. See �Choice/Opt-out�
below.
If a user's personally identifiable information changes, or
if a user no longer desires Gcus Organization service, Gcus
Organization will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove
that user's personal data provided to Gcus Organization. This can
usually be done at the member information page or by notifying Gcus
Organization Customer Support at http://www.GCUS.org/helpdesk/.
Gcus Organization users are given the opportunity
to 'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly related
to Gcus Organization site. In order to unsubscribe you may type your
email address at http://www.GCUS.org/unsubscribe/ and your request will be
recorded on our database.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable
information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary
to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order,
or legal process served on our Web site
Gcus testimonials page present winners who wanted to share their success stories with others. Gcus post customer testimonials on our web site, which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name or other details, all in accordance with customer's explicit prior consent. We always obtain customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial, to post their personal information along with their testimonial.
If we decide
to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy
statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the
right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it
frequently. If we make material
changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a
notice on our home page.
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