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Privacy Statement
 

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .::. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: does not read any of your private online communications.

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: and ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: collects and uses your personal information to operate the ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: Web site and deliver the services you have requested. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: and its affiliates. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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, ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .::, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within ::. Senator Tracy Steele .::, in order to determine what ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ::. Senator Tracy Steele .::; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of ::. Senator Tracy Steele .::, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: pages, or register with ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: site or services, a cookie helps ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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 ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: 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

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: is protecting your information.

Contact Information

::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: has not adhered to this Statement, please contact ::. Senator Tracy Steele .:: at sentracysteele@yahoo.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.