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PRIVACY POLICY
This is the Privacy Policy governing your use of the OutsourceXP
Site. By using this Site, you consent to our Privacy Policy set out below. All
terms not defined in this document have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Terms of Use Agreement between you and OutsourceXP which by use of this Site
you agree to accept.
1. The Information We Collect
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Registration Information. At the time you register to
become a Registered User of the Site, you will be asked to fill out a
registration form which requires you provide information such as your name,
address, phone/fax number, email address and other personal information as well
as information about your business ("Registration Information").
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Publishing Information. If you submit any information to OutsourceXP
to be published on the Site through the publishing tools, including but not
limited to Company Profile, Product Catalog, Trade Leads, TrustPass Profile and
any discussion forum, then you are deemed to have given consent to the
publication of such information ("Publishing Information").
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Payment Information. If you establish a credit account with us or our
providers or if you purchase a product or service from OutsourceXP or a vendor
available through OutsourceXP, we may collect additional information, including
billing information, credit card numbers and expiration dates and tracking
information from cheques or money orders ("Payment Information").
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Statistical Information. In addition, we gather aggregate statistical
information about our Site and Users, such as IP addresses, browser software,
operating system, pages viewed, number of sessions and unique visitors, etc. ("Statistical
Information").
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Registration Information, Publishing Information, Payment Information,
Statistical Information and any information we may collect from you through the
use of cookies (see Section 5 below) or any other means shall collectively be
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2. How We May Use Information
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General. We use your Collected Information to improve our
marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site usage, to
improve our content and product offerings and to customize our Site's content,
layout and service specifically for you. We may use your Collected Information
to service your Account with us, including but not limited to investigating
problems, resolving disputes and enforcing agreements with us. We do not sell,
rent, trade or exchange any personally-identifying information of our Users. We
may share certain aggregate information based on analysis of Collected
Information with our partners, customers, advertisers or potential Users. We
may use your Collected Information to execute marketing campaigns, promotions
or advertising messages on behalf of third parties; however, in these
circumstances, your Collected Information will not be disclosed to such third
parties unless you respond to the marketing, promotion or advertising message. |
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Registration Information. We may use your Registration Information to
provide services that you request or to contact you regarding additional
services about which OutsourceXP determines that you might be interested.
Specifically, we may use your email address, mailing address, phone number or
fax number to contact you regarding notices, surveys, product alerts, new
service or product offerings and communications relevant to your use of our
Site. We may generate reports and analysis based on the Registration
Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions.
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Publishing Information. All of your Publishing Information will be
publicly available on the Site and therefore accessible by any internet user.
Any Publishing Information that you disclose to OutsourceXP becomes public
information and you relinquish any proprietary rights (including but not
limited to the rights of confidentiality and copyrights) in such information.
You should exercise caution when deciding to include personal or proprietary
information in the Publishing Information that you submit to us.
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Payment Information. OutsourceXP will share your Payment Information
with banks or vendors relevant to the transaction in order to enable
transactions to be completed. In addition, OutsourceXP may use Payment
Information to determine your credit-worthiness and, in the process of such
determination, OutsourceXP may make such Payment Information available to banks
or credit agencies. Any credit card information that you provide through the
Site is directly submitted to a payment server of the credit card processing
bank. OutsourceXP does not maintain electronic or physical copies of your
credit card information. While OutsourceXP has in place up-to-date technology
and internal procedures to guard your Payment Information against intruders,
there is no guarantee that such technology or procedure can eliminate all of
the risks of theft, loss or mis-use. OutsourceXP shall not be liable to you or
any other person for any damages that might result from unauthorized use,
publication, disclosure or any other mis-use of Payment Information, including
credit card information. |
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Statistical Information. We use Statistical Information to help
diagnose problems with and maintain our computer servers, to manage our Site,
and to enhance our Site and services based on the usage pattern data we
receive. We may generate reports and analysis based on the Statistical
Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions. We may
provide Statistical Information to third parties, but when we do so, we do not
provide personally-identifying information without your permission. |
3. Disclosure of Information
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We reserve the right to disclose your Collected Information to
relevant authorities where we have reason to believe that such disclosure is
necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be
infringing or threatening to infringe, or who may otherwise be causing injury
to or interference with, the title, rights, interests or property of
OutsourceXP, our Users, customers, partners, other web site users or anyone
else who could be harmed by such activities.
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We also reserve the right to disclose Collected Information in response to a
subpoena or other judicial order or when we reasonably believe that such
disclosure is required by law, regulation or administrative order of any court,
governmental or regulatory authority.
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If we have reason to believe that a User is in breach of the Terms of User
Agreement or any other agreement with us, then we reserve the right to make
public or otherwise disclose such User's Collected Information in order to
pursue our claim or prevent further injury to OutsourceXP or others. |
4. Co-Branded Relationships
We have established relationships with other parties to offer you
the benefit of other products and services which we ourselves do not offer. We
offer you access to these other parties either through the use of hyperlinks to
their sites from our Site, or through offering "co-branded" sites in which both
ourselves and these other parties share the same uniform resource locator,
domain name or pages within a domain name on the Internet. In some cases you
may be required to submit information for purposes of registering or applying
for products or services provided by such third parties or co-branded partners.
The privacy policy of such other parties may differ from ours, and we may not
have any control over the information that you submit to such third parties or
co-branded sites. We therefore encourage you to read that policy before
responding to any offers, products or services provided by such other parties.
5. Cookies
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We use "cookies" to store specific information about you and track
your visits to our Site. It is not uncommon for web sites to use cookies to
enhance identification of their users. A "cookie" is a small amount of data
that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie
can be sent to your computer's hard drive only if you access our Site using the
computer. If you do not de-activate or erase the cookie, each time you use the
same computer to access our Site, our web servers will be notified of your
visit to our Site and in turn we may have knowledge of your visit and the
pattern of your usage. Generally, we use cookies to identify you and enable us
to access your Registration Information, Publishing Information or Payment
Information so you do not have to re-enter it; gather statistical information
about usage by Users; research visiting patters and help target advertisements
based on User interests; assist our partners to track User visits to the Site
and process orders; and track progress and participation in promotions.
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You can determine if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your
browser's which is installed in the computer you are using to access the Site.
If you desire, you can change those configurations in your browser. By setting
your preferences in the browser, you can accept all cookies, you can be
notified when a cookie is sent, or you can reject all cookies. If you reject
all cookies by choosing the cookie-disabling function in your browser, you may
be required to re-enter your information on our Site more often and certain
features of our Site may be unavailable.
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6. Minors
The Site and its contents are not intended to be targeted to minors
under applicable law and we do not intend to sell any of our products or
services to minors. However, we have no way of distinguishing the age of
individuals who access our Site and so we carry out the same Privacy Policy for
individuals of all ages. If a minor has provided us with personal information
without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us
to remove the information.
7. Security Measures
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We employ commercially reasonable security methods to prevent
unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure correct use of
information.
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As a Registered User, your Registration Information, Publishing Information and
Payment Information (if any) can be viewed and edited through your Account
which is protected by Password. We recommend that you do not divulge your
Password to anyone. Our personnel will never ask you for your Password in an
unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail. If you share a computer
with others, you should not choose to save your log-in information (e.g., User
ID and Password) on the computer. Remember to sign out of your Account and
close your browser window when you have finished your session.
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No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be
guaranteed to be perfectly secured. As a result, while we try to protect your
information, no web site or company, including ourselves, can absolutely ensure
or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so
at your own risk.
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8. Changes to Privacy Policy
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated through our
posting an amended and restated Privacy Policy on our Site. Our posting the
amended and restated Privacy Policy will make such new Privacy Policy
immediately effective. You agree that all Collected Information (whether or not
collected prior to or after the new policy became effective) will be governed
by the newest Privacy Policy then in effect. If you do not agree to the new
changes in our Privacy Policy, you should contact OutsourceXP in writing (at
the address set out in the Notice provision of the Terms of Use Agreement) and
specifically request that OutsourceXP return and/or destroy all copies of all
or part of your Collected Information in OutsourceXP's possession. This Privacy
Policy was last amended on April 10, 2003.
9. Correcting Your Information
You can access, view and edit your Registration Information,
Publishing Information and Payment Information (if any) through your Account
with OutsourceXP. To update or correct such information, please
click here.
10. Your feedback
OutsourceXP welcomes your continuous input regarding our Privacy
Policy or our services provided to you. You may send us your comments and
responses to Service@OutsourceXP.com.
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