THE MCCLELLAN ELMS COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Our Privacy Policy has been developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our Clients and Partners. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using this internal Web Site. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our Clients' needs.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this internal Web Site, you signify your consent to McClellan Elms' collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Policy, where deemed necessary.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
When you visit this Web Site, you may provide us with personal information. This is personal information you knowingly choose to disclose, that is collected on an individual basis.
1. Information that is Automatically Collected
Tracking Information – McClellan Elms may use non-personal information to create aggregate tracking information reports regarding Site user demographics, Site traffic patterns, and Site purchases, and may then provide those reports to partners and others. None of the tracking information in the reports can be connected to the identities or other personal information of individual users. McClellan Elms may also link tracking information with personal information voluntarily provided by users of this internal site. Once such a link is made, all of the linked information is treated as personal information and will be used and disclosed only in accordance with this Policy.
2. Information You Choose to Provide
During your use of this Web Site, you may be asked to voluntarily provide certain personal information for purposes such as facilitating communications with you, applying for access to certain special features of the Web Site, or carrying out transactions. It is always your choice whether or not to provide personal information. If you choose not to provide requested personal information, please note that you may not be able to use certain features of this Web Site.
Use of Your Personal Information – McClellan Elms may use your personal information to contact and correspond with you, to respond to your inquiries, to create orders you willingly request to be created, and to facilitate and enhance your use of this Web Site. In addition to providing the foregoing information to our Partners, if you choose to correspond further with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and by telephone.
HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing Client Services and making available other products and services to our Clients and prospective Clients. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our products and or services, and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional corporate standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of our Clients’ personal information.
As our Client, you always have the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by sending us an email request.
As a Client, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually, to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers. We may provide aggregate information about our Clients, sales, Web Site traffic patterns and related Web Site information to our Affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
From time to time, you may receive offers from outside companies. We take measures to select product or service providers that are responsible and afford privacy protections to their Clients. However, we cannot make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies.
Sharing Information with Strategic Partners
We may enter into strategic marketing alliances or partnerships with third parties, where we may contact you on their behalf. In connection with strategic marketing alliances or partnerships, we will retain all ownership rights to the information, and we will not share information regarding your credit card number or other personal financial data. Please note that McClellan Elms does NOT sell client information.
HOW DO WE PROTECT AND SECURE YOUR INFORMATION?
Information Security
Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as account numbers to us through an unsecured email We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration or destruction.
Evaluation of Information Protection Practices.
Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality of our information.
Employee Access, Training and Expectations.
Our corporate values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of customer information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
Your Access to Your Information
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect within this site and maintain in our database by contacting us directly. Please see the Contact Us page for how to reach us at your best convenience.
OTHER MATTERS
Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
Contests and Promotions
If contests or promotions are made available through our business or through our affiliates, the applicable contest or promotion rules may include rules regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. To the extent that those specific rules conflict with this Policy, the particular contest or promotion rules will take precedence regarding personal information collected in connection with the contest or promotion.
Policy Changes
To accommodate changes in the Web Site, changing technology, and legal developments, this Policy may be changed from time to time at (Company Name)’s sole discretion and without any prior notice or liability to you or any other person. New versions of this Policy will be posted here. McClellan Elms' collection, use and disclosure of your personal information will be governed by the version of this Policy in effect at that time. Accordingly, when you use this Web Site you should check the date of this Policy and review any changes since the last version.
If you have any comments or questions about this Policy or your personal information, please email us at (privacy email address) or contact us at: (telephone#).
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