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This is how I handle information
I learn about you from your visit to my website. The
information I receive depends on what you do when
you visit my site.
If you visit my site to
browse, or to read or download information:
I collect and store: the
name of the domain and host from which you access
the Internet (for example, aol.com or rutgers.edu);
the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer
you are using; the browser software you use and
your operating system; the date and time you access
our site; and the Internet address of the website
from which you linked directly to my site.
I use this information to
measure the number of visitors to the different
sections of my site, and to help me make my site
more useful.
I use "cookies"
on this site.
If you choose to identify
yourself by sending me an email or when using my secure
online forms :
I use personally-identifying
information from consumers in various ways to further
my consumer protection and competition activities.
In other limited circumstances,
I may be required by law to disclose the information
you submit. If you use one of my online forms, the
information you provide is up to you. If you do
not provide your name or other information, it may
be impossible for me to refer, respond to, or investigate
your complaint or request.
If you want to get information
about you that may be in my records:
The Freedom of Information
Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 provide you certain
rights to get information about you that is in my
records.
Here's what you should know
about the security of the information you provide
to me:
I use secure socket layer
(SSL) encryption to protect the transmission of
information you submit to me or my credit card third-party
billing when you use my secure online forms.
If you send me an email,
you should know that email is not necessarily secure
against interception. So, if your communication
includes sensitive information like your bank account,
charge card, or social security number, contact
us by postal mail or telephone rather than email.
Cookies:
A "cookie" is a
small text file that a website can place on your
computer's hard drive in order, for example, to
collect information about your activities on the
site or to make it possible for you to use an online
"shopping cart" to keep track of items you wish
to purchase. The cookie transmits this information
back to the Web site's computer which, generally
speaking, is the only computer that can read it.
Most consumers do not know that "cookies" are being
placed on their computers when they visit websites.
If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent
it from happening, you can set your browser to warn
you when a website attempts to place a "cookie"
on your computer.
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