This Privacy Statement sets forth the information gathering, use, and dissemination practices of AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC in connection with the World Wide Web site located at www.authotrans.com. This Privacy Statement addresses AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC practices regarding information collected only directly through or from the Site – it does not address or govern any information gathering, use, or dissemination practices related to information collected other than directly through or from the Site, including, without limitation, from or via telephone, facsimile, postal mail, personal delivery, or other or additional offline means or media. AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC can be contacted by mail at 11415 Pauls Drive, Conifer, CO 80433 or by phone at (888) 286-4616, or by e-mail at: info@authotrans.com.
1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors
AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may collect or track (1) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, files downloaded, search engine used, operating system, and type of Web browser of visitors to the Site, (2) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC via e-mail, (3) information knowingly provided by the visitor in online forms, registration forms, surveys, e-mail, contest entries, and other online avenues (including, without limitation, demographic and personal profile data), and (4) aggregate and user-specific information regarding which pages Site visitors access.
AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may place Internet cookies on visitor’s hard drives. Internet cookies save data about individual visitors, such as the visitors name, password, username, shopping cart, screen preferences, and the pages of a site viewed by the visitor. When the visitor revisits the Site, AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitors experience accordingly. Visitors may decline Internet cookies, if any, by using the appropriate feature o their Web client software, if available.
AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC also may use Web bugs to gather, store, and track certain information related to your visit to and activity on the Site. A Web bug is a file object, which can be a graphic image such as a transparent one pixel-by-one pixel graphics file, which is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user activity. A Web bug can gather, for example, the IP address of your computer, the time the Web page was viewed, and the type of browser used.
When a visitor performs a search with the Site, AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may record information identifying the visitor or linking the visitor to the search performed. AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may also record limited information for every search request and use that information to solve technical problems with the services available directly or indirectly in connection with the Site and to calculate overall usage statistics.
2. Use of Personal Data Collected
Personal data collected by AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may be used by AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC for many reasons, for example, for editorial and feedback purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes, for a statistical analysis of users behavior, for product development, for content improvement, for fulfillment of a requested transaction or record keeping, or to customize the content and layout of the Site. Aggregate data on visitors home servers may be used for internal purposes, and individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information which visitors voluntarily provide to AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may be added to AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC databases and used for future calls and mailings regarding Site updates, new products and services, and upcoming events.
AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC also may use Site visitor data to contact the Site visitors regarding account status and changes to the subscriber agreement, privacy statement, and any other policies or agreements relevant to Site visitors.
3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
Aggregate data on visitors home servers WILL NOT be provided to third parties such as marketing firms, and individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers.
4. Security Measures
AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC has implemented numerous security features to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. Please be advised, however, that the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC via this Site or e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. Instead of communicating with AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC via e-mail or the Internet, visitors can contact AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC via postal mail, email, or telephone at the addresses or numbers above.
5. Opt-Out Right
Except as necessary for AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC to provide the services, information, or products requested by a visitor, the visitor may opt out of having his or her personally identifiable information, which has been voluntarily provided to AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC through an account registration, customer order, or electronic news or information subscription, prospectively retained by AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC, used by AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC for secondary purposes, or disclosed by AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC to third parties by contacting AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone at the addresses set out above. (This does not apply to collection of the type of Web browser of the visitor to the Site or to information provided or collected that does not meet the above description.)
6. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data
Upon a visitors request via postal mail, e-mail, or phone, AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC will provide to the visitor a summary of any personally identifiable information retained by AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC regarding the visitor, which information has been voluntarily provided to AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC through an account registration, customer order, or electronic news or information subscription. A visitor may modify, correct, change or update their personally identifiable information by contacting AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC via postal mail, email, or telephone at the addresses or numbers above.
7. Right to Change Privacy Statement
AuthoTrans Merchant Services, LLC may change this Privacy Statement at any time. Notice of any new or revised Privacy Statement, as well as the location of the new or revised statement, will be posted on the Site for at least 60 days after the change. It is the obligation of users visiting the Site before the change to learn of changes to the Privacy Statement since their last visit. Any change to this Privacy Statement shall be effective as to any visitor who has visited the Site before the change was made.
