Pathway International Privacy Policy
Effective Date: This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 13, 2006
Introduction
Pathway International respects your privacy. Pathway International maintains this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information. As part of our normal operations, we collect and, in some instances, disclose information about you. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. Pathway International reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. You agree that any changes will be effective when posted on-line at this location and that your continued use of Pathway International's Services will constitute your acceptance of any changes or additions to this Privacy Policy. The Privacy Program covers only information that is collected through this Web site, and does not cover information that may be collected through software downloaded from any of our sites. We will not give any information about you to others without your express permission or as provided within our agreement and this privacy policy.
Our site uses forms in which you give us contact information (your name, address, telephone number, and email address) so you can place orders, request information and support, and make product suggestions. We will then create an account for you and if you choose to order from us using a credit card, we will collect your credit card number and expiration date. If you contact us for support, we will keep an internal record of what support was given. We use your customer information only when it will be important for us to contact you regarding functionality changes to our products, our web site, new Pathway International services, and special offers we think you'll find valuable
In order to provide the services requested by you, our partners may require us to share your personal information with them. We will only do so when it is necessary and applies only to the services provided.
We use information gathered about you from our site statistics (for example your IP address) to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We also gather broad demographic information from this data to help us improve our site and make your browsing and purchasing experience more enjoyable. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information, except as necessary to prevent fraud or abuse on our system.
Some of the sites in our network of companies may use cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and receipts. We use cookies to identify you so you don't have to login each time you visit our site. They are linked to your customer number which is associated with the information in your account.
Our sites may also contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Of course, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure, and we do not warrant that your information will be absolutely secure. Any transmission of data on or through the use of our Services is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other sites. All of our employees and contractors who have access to, and are associated with the processing of your information, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal data.
Updating Your Information
As a customer of Pathway International, you may alter your customer information by sending us an email through our contact form on our website.
Sending Emails
We use emails to communicate with you, to confirm your placed orders, and to send information that you have requested. We also provide email links, as on our "Contact Us" page, to allow you to contact us directly. We strive to promptly reply to your messages. The information you send to us may be stored and used to improve this site and our products, or it may be reviewed and discarded.
Only If We Have To
As stated previously in this policy, we will not share your personal information except with a third party to assist us in the processing or securing of your personal information or when we are required by law or in good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or we must comply with a legal process served on our web site. We may also need to give out your information if one of our partners requires it, but these situations are rare.
Changes in Our Practices
If we make material changes to our information handling practices or other privacy aspects, we will post those changes on this privacy statement. Any changes or updates will be immediately effective upon reposting to this privacy policy on the Pathway International Web site.
Service Provider
We may use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Contest
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys and 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 shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level – you must be 18 or above to enter). 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 our sites and services.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Pathway International will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. Pathway International stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact Pathway International at to request the removal of this information from our database.
Termination of services and account
When Your Pathway International account is cancelled (either voluntarily or involuntarily) all of your personally identifiable information is placed in "deactivated" status on our relevant Pathway International databases. However, you should know that deactivation of your account does not mean your personally identifiable information has been deleted from our database entirely. We will retain and use your personally identifiable information if necessary in order to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements.
General
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Service that you accept when ordering our Services. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy protection practices, please contact us via our contact web form.
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