PRIVACY POLICY

OFFICIAL PRIVACY STATEMENT


Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. Part of our operation of this website involves the collection and use of information about you. We are required by law to ask for certain information in order to perform our services for you, but we are committed to protecting your personal and financial information. This privacy policy explains what type of information we collect and what we do with that information to allow you to make choices about the way your information is collected and used.

What Information Do We Collect?

When you interact with us through the Site or the Services, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:

We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide information when you register for access to this website, contact us with inquiries or respond to one of our surveys.

By voluntarily providing us with personal data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide personal data, you acknowledge and agree that such personal data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of ProData and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States.

When you interact with ProData through this website, we receive and store certain non- identifiable information about you. Such information, which may be collected passively using various technologies or through other means, cannot be used to specifically identify you.

As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. ProData may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by ProData affiliates, agents or service providers. Also, in an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of this website, ProData often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the personal data and other information provided to us.

This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis. ProData may share this non-identifiable and aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners, but this type of non-identifiable and aggregate information does not identify you personally. ProData may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe this website to current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

This Site Uses Google Analytics and AdWords. This Site uses Google Analytics to track viewing trends and help analyze how visitors use the ProData Site. This information will help us to improve the website and the overall user experience. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. None of the information gathered is personally identifiable in nature without your expressed permission. This Site also uses the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise ProData on third party websites to previous visitors of this website. Google AdWords remarketing will display relevant ads tailored to you by using a cookie that helps track what parts of this website you have viewed. Google AdWords remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing efforts to better suit your needs and display ads that are most relevant to your interests.

You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page. Or, you may opt out of a third party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.

Automatic Anonymous Information

When you visit our site, we collect certain technical and routing information about your computer. For example, we log environmental variables such as browser type, operating system and CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your originating Internet Service Provider, to try to bring you the best possible service. We also record search requests and results to try to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of our search engine. We use your IP address to track your use of the site, including pages visited and the time spent on each page. We collect this information and use it to measure the use of this website and to improve its content and performance. All of the information that is automatically submitted to us by your browser is considered anonymous information. To the extent we share such information with third parties, it is not traceable to any particular user and will not be used to contact you.

Cookies

This site uses cookies. Cookies are small data files, typically made up of a string of text and numbers, that assign you a unique identifier. This information enables your computer to have a “dialogue” with our site and permits us to administer our site more efficiently and to provide a more tailored and user-friendly service to you. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being sent; if you do so, this may limit the functionality we can provide you when you visit our site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect personal data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Site’s features.

The use of cookies by any of our affiliates or service providers is not covered by our privacy policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site and use our Services.

Third parties that link on this site may use cookies or collect other information when you go to their site. We do not control the collection or use of your information by these companies. You should contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their collection or use of information about you.

How Do We Use Information We Collect?

We collect personally identifiable information only for providing the services you request. When you submit personally identifiable information to us, you understand that you are agreeing to allow us to access, store, and use that information for those purposes.

ProData uses the personal data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide personal data for a certain reason, we may use the personal data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the personal data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide personal data in order to obtain access to this website, we will use your personal data to provide you with access to such services and to monitor your use of such services. We also may obtain information about you from third party sources to verify your identity so we can properly process your requests and prevent fraud. By accessing our website, you hereby explicitly consent that we may use your submitted and obtained personal information for such purposes.

ProData and its subsidiaries and affiliates may also use your personal data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the website to help us improve the content and functionality of the website, to better understand our users. ProData and its related companies may use this information to communicate with you or to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. If at any time you wish not to receive any future marketing communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below. Note however that as user of this website we will send you administrative communications that are reasonably necessary, such as billing or service notifications. If ProData intends on using any personal data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the personal data is collected.

Use of your Personal Information

We may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities. If requested by law enforcement or judicial authorities, we will provide this information on receipt of the appropriate documentation. We may also release information to law enforcement agencies or other third parties if we feel it is necessary to protect the safety and welfare of our personnel or to enforce our terms of use.

ProData, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases, ID verification, processing applications, shipping and fulfillment, and processing payments and completing transactions. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

We may also share your Personal Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Customer lists and information are properly considered assets of a business. Accordingly, as we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets and you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.

User Choices

If your personally information changes, or if you no longer desire to use this website, you may correct, update, amend, delete or request deletion by making the change in your registered account settings page, by emailing our Customer Support at [email protected] or by contacting us at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Opt-Out Policy

If at any time you do not wish to receive offers and e-mails from us, we ask that you tell us. You may remove your name from our mailing list by sending us an e-mail addressed to [email protected] and indicating in the subject line “Please remove!”

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We operate secure data networks protected by encrypted transmission using secure socket layer technology (SSL) industry standard firewall, password protection systems and third party ID verification to ensure our users’ true identities are validated.

We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.

Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the personally identifiable information provided by our users. We do not, however, guarantee that unauthorized, inadvertent disclosure will not occur.

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does applies to any Personal Data collected by ProData through the website or other written and verbal communication, including any unsolicited information you provide to ProData through this website or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of this website, such as bulletin boards any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions. All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non- confidential and ProData shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, distribute and exploit such information without limitation or attribution.

Blog

Our Web site offers a publicly accessible blog. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog, contact us at [email protected]. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Children

ProData does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through this website. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on this website without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to ProData through this website, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Links to other websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to this website. This website may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by ProData. The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the third party sites. The links from this website do not imply that ProData endorses or has reviewed the other websites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

Our Terms

Your access to and use of this Site is subject to the Terms of Use.

Changes to ProData’s Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contact

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about ProData’s Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site:

Professional Data Management, Inc.
2251 Valley Ave
Winchester, VA 22601
703.477.5160

Additionally, if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact [email protected]

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