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MilitaryTechSource.com is a licensee of the TRUSTe
Privacy Program. TrustE is an independent, non-profit
organization whose mission is to build user’s
trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the
use of fair information practices. This privacy statement
covers http://www.militarytechsource.com.
Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment
to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information
practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for
compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement,
you should first contact Fay Baranski at fay@militarytechsource.com.
If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry
or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed,
you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php.
TRUSTe will then serve as a liason with us to resolve
your concerns.
Introduction - Our Commitment to You
Militarytechsource.com., Inc. is proud to be a financial
services organization that provides superior products
and services to its customers. We greatly appreciate
the trust that you and other Militarytechsource.com
customers have placed in us, and we will protect that
trust by continuing to respect the privacy of all our
applicants and customers even if our formal customer
relationship ends. It is important for you to know that,
in order to ensure that our customers receive the very
best service we obtain certain information. This information
is obtained either directly from you, for instance,
from your application and the transactions on your account;
or, indirectly, from an outside source such as your
credit bureau report. When you visit our website, the
only information we receive about you is what you voluntarily
provide through the forms you submit or email you send
to us.
Orders
If you purchase a product or service from us, we must
request certain personal identifiable information from
you on our order form. You must provide contact information
(such as name, e-mail and shipping address). We use
this information for billing purposes and to fill your
orders. If we have trouble processing your order, we
use this information to contact you. Personally Identifiable
Information (PII) If your personally identifiable information
changes, you may update it by emailing Customer Service
@ customerservice@militarytechsource.com or by telephoning
us at 1-800-697-5805 or by postal mail at the address
listed below.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s
computer for record-keeping purposes. We use session
ID cookies on this site to make it easier for you to
navigate our site. We do not link the information we
store in cookies to any personally identifiable information
you submit while on our site. A session ID cookie expires
when you close your browser. Some of our business partners
(e.g. Google) use cookies on our site. We have no access
to or control over these cookies. See Third Parties.
We Respect Your Privacy
Since some of the information we gather is not publicly
available, we take great care to ensure that this information
is kept safe from unauthorized access, and we would
never share the information in violation of any regulation
or law. We require your Social Security number in order
to process your application. When you enter your Social
Security number on our application form, we encrypt
it using SSL (secure socket layer technology). We follow
generally accepted industry standards to protect the
personal information submitted to us, both during transmission
and once we receive it. No method of transmission over
the Internet is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while
we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect
your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute
security. We post customer testimonials on our web site
which may contain personally identifiable information
such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's
consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their
name along with their testimonial.
Because Militarytechsource.com respects your privacy
and values your trust, the only employees or companies
who can access your private personal information are
those who use it to service your account or provide
services to you or to us. Militarytechsource.com diligently
maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards
that comply with applicable federal standards to guard
your private personal information and to assist us in
preventing unauthorized access to that information.
We post customer testimonials on our web site which
may contain personally identifiable information such
as the customer’s name. We do obtain the customers
consent to publish their name.
How We Share Information with Other Companies
From time to time, for general business purposes such
as fraud control or when we think it may benefit you,
we do share certain information with companies that
have marketed merchandise to Militarytechsource.com
account holders. The information we share might come
from your application, for instance your name, address
and telephone number. Also, the information we share
could include your credit bureau reports, your transactions
with us, your account balance, payment history, or credit
card usage.
Third Parties
We use a third party servicing company to service your
loan. When you sign up for a Retail Installment Contract
with us, we will share the information necessary for
them to service your loan. The third party servicing
company is strictly prohibited from using your personally
identifiable information for any other purpose.
Sharing Information with Other Third Parties
We also may share information with other companies outside
of Militarytechsource.com that are able to extend special
offers we feel might be of value to you. These companies
may be non-financial companies (such as retailers or
direct marketers). These offers are typically for products
and services that you might not otherwise hear about.
The information we may provide them comes from the sources
described above and might include your name, address,
and phone number. We reserve the right to disclose your
personally identifiable as required by law and when
we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court
order, or legal process served on our web site.
We may also provide information to outside companies
that perform operational services related to your account,
or marketing services for us. The law permits the sharing
of information with these types of companies. This information
also comes from the sources described above and might
include name, address, and phone number.
Finally, we provide information about you to outside
companies as permitted by law. These companies may include
credit reporting agencies and companies, which provide
services, related to your account.
How to Opt-Out
If you do not want us to share your private information
with outside companies, please let us know by simply
calling us at 1-800-697-5805 (please have your Account
number available). We will be happy to comply with your
"opt-out" request, which will apply to all
private label accounts you have with Militarytechsource.com.
Private label accounts are not general-purpose accounts
such as MasterCard®or Visa®, but are accounts
that may be used only at the specific merchant or merchants
named on the credit card or account. Any opt-out request
for outside companies will not be effective before July
1, 2001. An opt-out request by any party on a joint
account will apply to all parties on the joint account.
Opt-out requests will not apply to information sharing
that is permitted by law. Please allow sufficient time
for us to process your request. This request will not
apply to information about your transactions or experience
with Militarytechsource.com (such as account information,
account usage, or payment history) and will only apply
to the private label accounts you have with Militarytechsource.com.
Tell-A-Friend
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a
friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s
name and email address. We will automatically send your
friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit
the site. MilitaryTechSource stores this information
for the sole purpose of sending this one-time (email
and tracking the success of our referral program).
Your friend may contact us at customerservice@militarytechsource.com
to request that we remove this information from our
database.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage,
and other places we deem appropriate so that you are
aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement
at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make
material changes to this policy, we will notify you
here, by email, or by means of a notice on our homepage.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this
Privacy Policy, please call us at 1-800-697-5805, e-mail
us at customerservice@militarytechsource.com or write
us at 990 Highland Drive Suite 105B, Solana Beach, CA
92075.
Updated as of July 17, 2006
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