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Privacy Statement
Harbor Village is committed to protecting your
privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful
and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to
the Harbor Village Web site and governs data collection and usage. By
using the Harbor Village website, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Harbor Village collects personally identifiable information,
such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone
number. Harbor Village also collects anonymous demographic information,
which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender,
preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware
and software that is automatically collected by Harbor Village. This information
can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access
times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used
by Harbor Village for the operation of the service, to maintain quality
of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Harbor Village Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose
personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data
through Harbor Village public message boards, this information may be
collected and used by others. Note: Harbor Village does not read any of
your private online communications.
Harbor Village encourages you to review the privacy statements
of Web sites you choose to link to from Harbor Village so that you can
understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
Harbor Village is not responsible for the privacy statements or other
content on Web sites outside of the Harbor Village and Harbor Village family
of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Harbor Village collects and uses your personal information
to operate the Harbor Village Web site and deliver the services you have
requested. Harbor Village also uses your personally identifiable information
to inform you of other products or services available from Harbor Village
and its affiliates. Harbor Village may also contact you via surveys to
conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential
new services that may be offered.
Harbor Village does not sell, rent or lease its customer
lists to third parties. Harbor Village may, from time to time, contact
you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering
that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally
identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number)
is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Harbor Village may
share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical
analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support,
or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited
from using your personal information except to provide these services
to Harbor Village, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality
of your information.
Harbor Village does not use or disclose sensitive personal
information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations,
without your explicit consent.
Harbor Village keeps track of the Web sites and pages
our customers visit within Harbor Village, in order to determine what
Harbor Village services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver
customized content and advertising within Harbor Village to customers
whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular
subject area.
Harbor Village Web sites will disclose your personal
information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or
in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on
Harbor Village or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property
of Harbor Village; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of Harbor Village, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Harbor Village Web site use "cookies" to
help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text
file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies
cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a
web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide
a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie
is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page.
For example, if you personalize Harbor Village pages, or register with
Harbor Village site or services, a cookie helps Harbor Village to recall your
specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process
of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses,
shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Harbor Village
Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved,
so you can easily use the Harbor Village features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies.
Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually
modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If
you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the Harbor Village services or Web sites you
visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Harbor Village secures your personal information from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Harbor Village secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled,
secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted
to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Harbor Village will occasionally update this Statement
of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Harbor Village encourages
you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how
Harbor Village is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Harbor Village welcomes your comments regarding this
Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Harbor Village has not adhered
to this Statement, please contact Harbor Village. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
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