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Appagare Software is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the ASecureCart.Net web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the ASecureCart website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Collection of your Personal Information Appagare Software collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, business address or telephone number when you create an ASecureCart account or when a shopper proceeds to the check out area of a shopping session. This data is only shared with the necessary parties involved in processing the order, including the merchant, payment processor, or order processing agent. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by web servers. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by Appagare Software for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the ASecureCart web site. Use of your Personal Information Appagare Software collects and uses your personal information to operate the ASecureCart web site and deliver the services you have requested. Appagare Software does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Appagare Software will contact account holders by e-mail when payment of service is due. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. Appagare Software does not capture, use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Appagare Secure Cart keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Appagare Secure Cart, in order to determine what Appagare Secure Cart services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Appagare Secure Cart to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Appagare Software will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Appagare Software or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Appagare Software; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Appagare Software, or the public. Use of Cookies The ASecureCart web site use "cookies" to track the shopping cart session. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have a current shopping session or are accessing the secured area. The cookies used by the ASecureCart web site do not contain any personal information and only contain a tracking number for retrieving you cart. The cookie is destroyed upon the completion of the shopping session, closing your browser, or after a pre-determined amount of time. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, the shopping cart will not be able to recover your shopping session and access to the secured area will be declined. Security of your Personal Information Appagare Software secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Appagare Software secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We use firewalls and other security technology, as well as implement the highest industry standard security practices, to prevent our computers from being accessed by unauthorized persons. When sensitive information (such as a credit card number) is captured or transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Such sensitive information is only retained for the duration of the transaction and is encrypted while on Appagare Software servers. The number of employees involved in the management of the data center that have physical access to these computers is limited, audited, and monitored. The network that runs the ASecureCart system is dedicated to Appagare Software and is PCI Compliant. Regularly scheduled scans of the servers are perform by our PCI Partner, ControlScan and our compliance report is maintained in accordance with PCI DSS standards. Changes to this Statement Appagare Software will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Appagare Software is protecting your information. Contact Information Appagare Software welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Appagare Software has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us at info@asecurecart.net. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem. |