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This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for http://www.scholarshipworkbook.com,.
AvScholars Publishing, LLC. respects the privacy of our
customers, our web site visitors, and our newsletter subscribers.
Anyone can visit our web site without revealing his or
her name or personal information, and we do not use any
devices that detect personally identifying information
about the visitors to our site.
This web site agrees
to notify you of
- What personally identifiable
information of yours or third party personal identification
is collected from you through the web site
- The organization collecting
the information
- How the information
is used
- With whom the information
may be shared
- What choices are available
to you regarding collection, use, and distribution
of the information
- The kind of security
procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse,
or alteration of information under AvScholars Publishing, LLC. Publishing
Co.'s control, and
- How you can correct
any inaccuracies in the information.
If users have questions
or concerns regarding this statement, they should first
contact Sedgwick Hines, Publisher, by using our Contact Us form,
or postal mail (AvScholars Publishing, PO Box 2094, Matteson, IL 60443).
Collecting and Using
Information
All of the personal information
that we collect on this site is volunteered by our visitors,
such as through our site feedback form or our on-line
order form. AvScholars Publishing, LLC. is the sole
owner of the information collected on this site. We will
not
sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways
different from what is disclosed in this statement.
AvScholars Publishing,
LLC.
collects information from our web site's visitors at
several different points on our site.
E-mailing Lists
Subscriptions to AvScholars
Publishing, LLC e-mailing lists are voluntary, and anyone
may subscribe
at http://www.scholarshipworkbook.com/subscribe.htm.
If you supply us with your e-mail address under other
circumstances (such as on our site feedback form), then
you will not be added to any of our e-mail lists unless
you explicitly request to be added. Furthermore, we do
not share or sell e-mail addresses under any circumstances.
If your e-mail address should change, or if you should
receive unwanted e-mail communication from us, please contact us,
or follow the directions for unsubscribing included in
the e-mail you received. We will promptly update our
records and, if requested, remove your e-mail address
from our lists.
Postal Mailing Lists
Once you place an order
with AvScholars Publishing, LLC., on-line or otherwise,
you likely will receive promotional materials by postal
mail from us throughout
the
year.
On rare occasions, we share small segments of our list
of customers with related publishers and nonprofit organizations.
If you wish to be removed
from our postal mailing list, then please contact us;
call 773-837-5931; fax to 801-516-0639; or
write to AvScholars Publishing, 47 N. Cedar Lane,
Glenwood, IL 60425, Attention: Customer Service. We will
be happy to remove you from any list that we generate
from
our customer records, but please be aware that we may
not be able to remove your name from lists that we purchase
from outside vendors — although we will make every effort
to make your name inactive if you so request.
Feedback
Visitors to our site
can send us feedback though our on-line feedback form
or by e-mailing AvScholars Publishing, LLC..
Visitors who use our on-line feedback form can choose
to remain anonymous or can include an e-mail address
if they desire a response. E-mail submitted AvScholars Publishing, LLC. contains
the e-mail address of the sender. In any case, if a user
requests a response, then the e-mail address (or other
means of communication) is used only for purposes directly
related to the response, and no personally identifiable
information about the sender is stored or retained in
our database.
Orders and Exam/Adoption
Copy Requests
If you would like to
place an order or request an exam/adoption copy from
AvScholars Publishing, LLC., then we require information
necessary to process the order or request, including
contact information
(name,
organization, shipping address, telephone/fax number)
and, if making a purchase, financial information (credit
card number, card security number, expiration date).
This information is used for billing purposes and to
fill
customer's orders
or
requests. Some additional information required on exam/adoption
request forms is used to qualify requesters or to collect
aggregate information about how our products are used.
Once you place an order
with AvScholars Publishing, LLC., you may receive e-mail
related to your order (e.g., confirmation), or we may
contact you if
we have trouble processing your request. Customers who
supply their e-mail addresses during the ordering process
will be added to our e-mail lists only if they opt to
do so at that time.
In addition, once you
place an order with AvScholars Publishing, LLC., on-line
or otherwise, you likely will receive catalog mailings
(by postal mail)
from us throughout the year. On rare occasions, we share
small segments of our list of customers with related
publishers and nonprofit organizations. If you wish to
be removed from any of our mailing lists (postal or e-mail),
then please contact us;
call 773-837-5931; fax to 801-516-0639; or
write to AvScholars Publishing, 47 N. Cedar Lane,
Glenwood, IL 60425, Attention: Customer Service.
We will be happy to remove
you from any e-mailing or postal mailing list that we
generate from our customer records, but please be aware
that we may not be able to remove your name from lists
that we purchase from outside vendors — although we will
make every effort to make your name inactive if you so
request.
Permission to Reuse
or Reprint Our Material
Web site visitors who
wish to request permission to reuse or reprint AvScholars
Publishing, LLC. material may do so by contact us for
a permission request form. On this form,
a user must provide contact information (name, organization,
shipping address, telephone/fax number) and detailed
information about how the material will be reused. Requests
for permission to reuse or reprint our materials go through
a detailed review process, and contact information may
be retained for the life of the product, or longer.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece
of information deposited by a web site and stored by
your web browser on your computer's hard drive. Our shopping
cart uses a cookie to assign shoppers a simple shopping
cart ID, which allows them to pick up items and add them
to their carts. The cookie is temporary and is automatically
deleted from your hard drive when you close your browser.
If you choose not to accept cookies, you won't be able
to use our shopping cart, but you will be able to access
all of other the features available on our web site.
Log Files and IP Addresses
In our web site's log
files, we collect anonymous data such as IP addresses,
browser types, referring pages, pages visited, and time
spent on our site. IP addresses are used to generate
temporary shopping cart IDs to facilitate the shopping
process and are subsequently discarded. IP addresses
are NOT linked to personally identifiable information.
All other anonymous data are used only in aggregate for
internal review to improve the content of our web site.
Third-party Vendors
AvScholars Publishing, LLC. enlists the services
of an order fulfillment center to ship orders, and a
bank processes orders made by credit card. These companies
do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes. We also use a
third-party mailing house to send catalogs and other
postal mail to current and potential customers. The mailing
house is bonded, which means that it cannot and does
not share, store, sell, or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes.
Linking to Other Sites
This web site contains
links to other sites. Please be aware that AvScholars Publishing, LLC. Publishing
Co. is not responsible for the privacy practices of other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site and to read the privacy statements of every
web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by AvScholars Publishing, LLC. Publishing Co.
Surveys and Contests
From time to time, our
web site and our e-mail newsletters request information
from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys
is completely voluntary, and the user therefore has a
choice whether to disclose any information. Information
requests may include contact information (e.g., name,
address) and/or demographic information (e.g., ZIP code,
affiliation, job title). Survey information will be used
to monitor or improve the use and user satisfaction of
this site or to gather aggregate data about our customers.
From time to time, we
offer opportunities to participate in contests. Participation
in these contests is completely voluntary, and the entrant
therefore has a choice whether to disclose any information.
Information requests may include contact information
(e.g., name, address) and/or demographic information
(e.g., ZIP code, affiliation, job title). Contest rules
will disclose how the information will be used. If your
personal information will be used in a way different
from that stated in the privacy statement at the time,
then you will have a choice as to this new use. And,
as stated in each contest’s rules, winners’ names will
be posted to the web site or in other promotional materials.
Referral Service
If you elects to use
our referral service (e.g., "e-mail a colleague about
this book") to inform a friend about our site, we ask
you for your name and e-mail address and your friend's
e-mail address. AvScholars Publishing, LLC. will automatically send the friend
a one-time email inviting them to visit the site, and,
if you request one, you will receive a single e-mail
confirming your request. AvScholars Publishing, LLC. does not store either
your information or your friend's information once these
e-mails have been sent.
Security
This web site takes every
precaution to protect our users' information. When users
submit sensitive information via the web site, their
information is protected both on-line and off-line.
When you place an order
on-line, all of the information that you submit — including
your credit card number, name, address, contact information,
and even the list of books you've chosen to purchase
— is encrypted by a secure server using Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL), which is the industry standard security
protocol. During the encryption process, the information
is scrambled into small bits of code that cannot be read
as they are transmitted to us over the Internet. Once
we receive the encrypted information, AvScholars Publishing,
LLC. uses PayPal to process online orders using credit
cards as the payment method.
While on a secure page, such as
our
on-line
order
form,
the
lock icon on the bottom of web browsers, such as Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, becomes locked
(as opposed to unlocked, or open, when you are just "surfing").
Once we receive your
order, all of your information — not just the sensitive
information mentioned above — is restricted in our offices.
Only employees who need the information to perform a
specific job (e.g., our customer service representatives)
are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Our databases and customer service systems are protected
by employee-specific passwords, and the servers on which
we store customer information are kept in a secure environment.
Furthermore, all employees are kept up-to-date on our
security and privacy practices. Each year, as well as
any time policies are added or modified, our employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we
place on privacy and what they can do to ensure that
our customers' information is protected.
If you have any questions
about the security at our web site, please contact us.
Correcting/Updating
Personal Information
If your personally identifiable
information changes (e.g., ZIP code), or if you no longer
desire our services, then we provide a way to correct,
update, or remove the personal data provided to us. To
make changes to your personal data, please contact us;
call 773-837-5931; fax to 801-516-0639; or
write to AvScholars Publishing, LLC., PO Box 2094, Matteson, IL 60443, Attention: Customer Service.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users and customers
are given the opportunity to "opt-out" of having their
information used for purposes not directly related to
our site.
Users who no longer wish
to receive our newsletters or other promotional materials
may opt-out of receiving these communications. If your
e-mail address should change, or if you should receive
unwanted e-mail communication or other promotional materials
from us, then please contact us or follow the directions for unsubscribing included in
the e-mail you received. We will promptly update our
records and, if requested, remove your address from our
e-mailing lists.
As discussed in the section
pertaining to orders, we will be happy to remove you
from any on-line or off-line mailing list that we generate
from our customer records, but please be aware that we
may not be able to remove your name from mailing lists
that we purchase from outside vendors — although we will
make every effort to make your name inactive if you so
request.
Notifying Users of
Changes
If we decide to change
our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
homepage so that our users and customers are always aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any
point we decide to use personally identifiable information
in a manner different from that stated at the time it
was collected, then we will prominently notify customers
on our e-mailing lists of the change as well post the
change on our web site to give all customers the opportunity
to opt-out of having their information used in this different
manner.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every
effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose
personal information when required by law wherein we
have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary
to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation,
current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process
served on our web site.
Questions?
Thank you for taking
the time to read our privacy policy. We take your privacy
seriously, so please let us know if you have any questions
or comments regarding our web site or this policy. Please contact us
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