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Our
privacy policy is simple, your personal information is always safe at
Backwoods Solar Electric. We will never provide your information to anyone
for any reason and your e-mail address will never be sold.
If you have placed an order with us, you will
automatically receive our printed newsletter as well as the yearly
catalog. Should you not want to receive these items, please let us know by
emailing:
info@backwoodssolar.com
or by phoning 208-263-4290.
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Required Legal Policy Statement |
| Because we value your
patronage, we want to address any privacy concerns you may have. To
that end, we have set forth our privacy policy for handling the
information you share
with us online. We want your decision to do business with us
to be an informed one. 1. Collecting
Information
When you visit our
Website, we may collect information about you that you
voluntarily choose to
share with us. This identification information may include, but
is not limited to, your
name, your physical address, your e-mail address, your
telephone and fax
numbers, details of your real estate and lending needs and
preferences, and other
details of your life.
What may be less obvious
to you is that, when you visit our Website, we may collect
data involving your
usage through the use of “cookies” (i.e. small text files placed on
your computer by a
Website), Web server logs, and other Web tools. This
technology allows us to
customize your online experience, as well as track your
Internet use. The
tracking data we collect may include, but is not limited to, the date
and time you visit, the
time you spend, the Web pages you view, the other Websites
you visit, your search
queries, and basic information about your computer, such as
your Internet Protocol
(“IP”) address, your domain name, your browser type, and the
name of your Internet
service provider. You may deactivate cookies if you do not
want your browsing to be tracked, but doing so may hinder your online
experience.
When visiting our
Website, you may be directed, through hyperlinks, to other
Websites that are beyond
our control. Furthermore, when you are visiting our
Website, other
companies, such as third party advertisers and sponsors, may be
gathering information
about you. This Privacy Policy does not cover the collection of
information by those
other companies and Websites. Although we encourage third
parties to provide their
own privacy policies, we are not responsible for their
activities, such as how
they handle the information they collect online.
2. Using Information
Collected
We primarily use the
identification information you voluntarily share with us to
customize your online
experience and to do what you have asked of us.
use your identification
information to tell you about our products and services, but
you may instruct us not
to send communications to you by following the procedure
indicated below under
“Contacting Us.” On occasion, we use your identification
information to validate
your identity. As for usage tracking data, we primarily use
that information to
operate and improve our Website, and to further our marketing
efforts.
As a general rule, we do
not share your information with unaffiliated third parties.
We may, however, share
your information with our own personnel and our service
providers to the extent
necessary to fulfill your requests. We may also share your
information with our
affiliates, but we will not share it with unaffiliated third parties for
direct marketing
purposes. We reserve the right to disclose your information under
limited circumstances,
such as to cooperate with law enforcement or judicial
authorities as required
by law or legal process, to protect our own legal rights, or to
protect the public good.
Whenever you are online,
you run the risk that the information you give out will fall
into the wrong hands.
Although we implement and maintain reasonable security
procedures and practices
to safeguard your privacy, we cannot guarantee the
security of any
information you provide to us. We accept no responsibility or liability
for the activities of
third parties.3. Updating
Information
If you would like to
review the information about you that we have collected through
our Website, or to
change that information, you can make that request by following
the procedure indicated
below under “Contacting Us.” We may require that you
verify your identity
before we process your request.4. Updating Our
Privacy Policy
We may, from time to
time, change our Privacy Policy. We will notify you of any
changes by posting our
updated Privacy Policy on our Website and inserting a new
“Effective Date.”5. Contacting Us
If you would like to
send us a request as indicated above, or if you have any other
questions or concerns
regarding our Privacy Policy, you may contact us by email info@backwoodssolar or
call us at 208-263-4290
6. Effective Date:
This Privacy Policy is effective as of
10/27/2008
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