This site is owned and operated by Northpeak Enterprises
Inc. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to
us. At Northpeak Enterprises Inc., we want to make your
experience online satisfying and safe. Because we gather certain
types of information about our users, we feel you should fully
understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding
the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Information Northpeak Enterprises Inc. Gathers and
Tracks
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. gathers two types of information
about users:
Information that users provide through optional, voluntary
submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our
electronic newsletters, to participate in, to email a friend,
and from participation in surveys:
Information Northpeak Enterprises Inc. gathers through
aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page
views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better
tailor our content to readers' needs and to help us better
understand the demographics of our audience. Under no
circumstances does Northpeak Enterprises Inc. divulge any
information about an individual user to a third party.
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. Gathers User Information In
The Following Processes:
Optional Voluntary Information:
We offer the following free services, which require some type of
voluntary submission of personal information by users:
1. Electronic newsletters policy (Dispatches)
We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. Northpeak
Enterprises Inc. gathers the email addresses of users who
voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this
mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter
that points users to the subscription management page. Users can
also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.
2. "E-mail this to a friend" policy
Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link,
page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a
friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as
that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case
of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know
who sent the email. The information is not used for any other
purpose.
3. Surveys
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. may occasionally conduct user surveys
to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share
the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our
partners. We never share any of this information about specific
individuals with any third party.
Usage Data Tracking
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. tracks user traffic patterns
throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this
information with data about individual users. Northpeak
Enterprises Inc. does break down overall usage statistics
according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type
by reading this information from the browser string (information
contained in every user's browser). Northpeak Enterprises Inc.
sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter
in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated
with individual users. We use tracking information to determine
which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on
traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users
read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps
us continue to build a better service for you.
Browser Cookies
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files
of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal
Information although it will enable us to relate your use of
this site to information that you have specifically and
knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie
can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't
read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by
other sites. Northpeak Enterprises Inc. uses cookies to track
user traffic patterns (as described above). Our marketing system
delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and
click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If
you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies,
you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do
not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However,
you do need cookies to participate actively in surveys.
Privacy Policy Use
How the information you gather is used if relevant.
USE OF INFORMATION
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. uses any information voluntarily
given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of
sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements
on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the
interests of our users. As stated above, we use information that
users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic
newsletters surveys. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a
regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally
send out special editions when we think subscribers might be
particularly interested in something we are doing.
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. never shares newsletter
mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers,
sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our
sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas.
We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well
each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a
better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search
function as one of many measures of what interests our users.
But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. creates aggregate reports on user
demographics and traffic patterns for sponsors and partners.
This allows our users to receive advertisements that are
pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage
patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will
never know that a specific user clicked or viewed their ad.
We will not disclose any information about any
individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid
legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or
the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. uses the above-described information
to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our
advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This
is essential to keeping our service of high quality. We will not
share information about individual users with any third party,
except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or
to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
WEBSITE SECURITY
Northpeak Enterprises Inc. operates secure data networks
protected by industry standard firewall and password protection
systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically
reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized
individuals have access to the information provided by our
customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such
choices include:
- Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
- Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which
completely alleviates the need to gather any personally
identifiable information from our users
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of
this information by Northpeak Enterprises Inc. If we decide to
change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this
page so that you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose
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