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PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: November 6, 2005
Max Q Training Company, Inc. strives to
offer its visitors the many
advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive
and
personalized experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information
(your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject
to the terms of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your
email address to any unauthorized third party.
How We Gather Information From Users
How we collect and store information
depends on the page you are
visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the
services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information
when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request
certain features, such as newsletters or when you make a purchase. You
may provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and
contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of
our site. Like most Web sites, Max Q Training Company, Inc. also
collects information automatically and through the use of electronic
tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log
the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to
recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you
from
having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control
the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while
visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also
gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can
choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be
unable to
access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your
user name and password, and we may not be able customize the site’s
features according to your preferences.
What We Do With The Information We Collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect
information to enhance your
visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We
respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that
does not personally
identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine
information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained
from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn
which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive).
Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers
and business partners. Again, this information does not include any
Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable
Information collected on Max Q
Training Company, Inc. to communicate with you about your registration
and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy;
services and products offered by Max Q Training Company, Inc. and other
topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information
collected by Max Q Training
Company, Inc. may also be used for other purposes, including but not
limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests,
and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting
service for example) may access such information. We will use your
information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as
we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner
with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user
information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose
your information in response to a court order, at other times when we
believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with
the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement
authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note
we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated Sites, Linked Sites and
Advertisements
Max Q Training Company, Inc. expects its
partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties,
including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible
through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and
practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of
a frame on a Max Q Training Company, Inc. page, certain content that is
actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through Max Q Training Company, Inc. you may
be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features, contests
or sweepstakes offered by other parties. Max Q Training Company, Inc. is not responsible
for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy
policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a
third party.
While on our site, our advertisers,
promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your
preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is
served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine
whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on
our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology
to gather information. Max Q Training Company, Inc. does not control the use of this
technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any
actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you
voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed
publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in
unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are
beyond the control of Max Q Training Company, Inc. and this policy.
Children
Max Q Training Company, Inc. does not
knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 18 except as permitted
by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 18 in
violation of this policy,we will delete that information immediately. If you believe Max Q
Training Company, Inc. has any information from or about anyone under 18, please contact us at
the address listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can be reached by contacting:
Max Q Training Company, Inc.
PO Box 28460
Spokane, WA 99228
Email:
support@maxqtc.com
Changes to This Policy
Max Q Training Company, Inc.
reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of
our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those
changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used
according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.
This policy and the use of this Site are
governed by Washington State law. If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve it with
the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: City of Spokane,
Spokane County, State of Washington. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees
associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a
mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the
following location: City of Spokane, Spokane County, State of Washington, under the
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
Max Q Training Company, Inc. is
controlled, operated and administered entirely within Washington. This statement and the policies outlined herein are
not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of
any party.
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