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This
Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for www.buildingtechbooks.com
(the "Site"). Specifically, this Site has agreed to notify
you of:
- What
personally identifiable information of yours is collected from
you through the 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 Building Tech Bookstore, Inc.'s
control.
- How
you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If
you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy
policy, you should first contact Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., by e-mail: mail@buildingtechbooks.com.
Information
Collection and Use
Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., is the sole owner of the information collected
on the Site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to
others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., collects information from our users at several different
points in the Site.
Registration
In order to use some portions of this Site, a user must first provide
name and address information. During product ordering, for example,
a user is required to give their contact information (such as name,
company information, physical address and e-mail address). This
information is used to contact the user about the services on our
site for which they have expressed interest, and to ensure that
those items that they have ordered may be shipped without error.
It is sometimes optional for the user to provide demographic and
geographic information (such as job title, job responsibilities,
etc.), but we encourage all users to provide as much of the optional
information as they are comfortable so that we can provide a more
personalized experience on our site.
Cookies
The Site makes minimal use, if any, of so-called "cookies."
Any cookies we use are for the sole purpose to expedite ordering,
and are initiated only after you have selected a product to place
in your shopping cart. The site may in the future increase its use
of cookies; at that time, all active visitors to the service will
be notified of this change in our policy.
Web
Server Log Files
We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site,
track patterns of user movement through the site, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not
linked to personally identifiable information, and we make no effort
to do so. We use such information to help us improve navigation
methods, develop content which meets the interests of the greatest
numbers of users, and to identify any other areas for improvement
or development.
Sharing
We may share aggregated usage and demographic information with our
business partners. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person or company.
In
order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our
users, it is occasionally necessary for us to supplement the information
we receive with information from 3rd party sources. For example,
In order for this website to enhance its ability to tailor the site
to an individual’s preferences and to provide information and
services that meet and even anticipate our users' needs, we combine
information about the information needs of our users with similar
information from our partner companies and from third-party sources,
to create a generalized user profile. Information we contribute
to this process is aggregated usage and demographic information
only. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person or company.
Links
This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware
that Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., is not responsible for the privacy practices
of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they
use such links; they should read the privacy statements of each
and every web site so linked, regarding their collection and use
of any personally identifiable information. This privacy statement
applies solely to information collected by the Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., website.
Newsletters,
E-mail Services and Information Requests
If a user wishes to subscribe to any of our e-mail services, such
as an e-mail newsletter, or if you request a printed catalog, we
ask for contact information such as name, e-mail address and mailing
address.
Surveys
& Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information from users via surveys
or for the purpose of contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to
disclose any of the information requested in the survey or contest
forms. Information requested may include contact information (such
as name and shipping address), and demographic or geographic information
(such as job title or zip code). Contact information will be used
to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will
be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction
of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use any of our referral services for informing
a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name
and e-mail address. Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., will automatically send the friend
a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the site. Building Tech Bookstore, Inc.,
stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time
e-mail The friend may contact Building Tech Bookstore, Inc., to request the removal
of this information from their database, by sending e-mail to mail@buildingtechbooks.com.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information
is protected both online and off-line.
When
our online checkout system is accessed, you are transferred to our
secure web servers, so that information you provide is encrypted
and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry
- SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the yellow
lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator
and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked,
or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
While
we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we
also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who
need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted
access to personally identifiable information. ALL employees are
kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. On a regular
basis, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy,
and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is
protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable
information on are kept in a secure environment, in our hosting
company's secured facilities.
Notification
of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on this webpage so that our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under which circumstances, if any,
we might 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,
we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice
as to whether or not we may use their information in this different
manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy
under which the information was collected.
Last Updated 29 August 2007
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