eServicePlace Privacy Policy
Revised: March
1, 2007
Thank you for
visiting eServicePlace.com. The eServicePlace portal is designed to make it easier and more efficient for customers
and businesses to interact with each other finding their products and services.
eServicePlace strives to
provide online resources in a safe, secure manner that respects your privacy
when you visit our sites.
This privacy
statement addresses the collection, use, disclosure, and security of
information that may be obtained by the eServicePlace
through the use of the eServicePlace.com portal.
Information
Collected
If you visit an eServicePlace.com
portal website, we may collect some or all of the following information:
Your name or your business name;
An IP address; a number
automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet;
The type of browser and operating
system used to access our site;
The Internet address of the website
from which you linked directly to our site;
The pages you visit within the
portal; and
The links made to other websites
through the portal.
This information is
collected for statistical analysis using third-party
or proprietary software programs to create summary statistics. The statistics are used for the purpose of determining what information is
of most and least interest to all visitors and identifying system performance
or problem areas in order to better plan future portal enhancements. This
information is not collected for commercial marketing
purposes.
If, during your
visit to eServicePlace.com, you voluntarily provide personally identifiable
information, we will collect such information. Examples of personally
identifiable information may include:
Your name, address, or phone
number;
An e-mail address if you are
communicating to us through e-mail;
Information you voluntarily submit
to the eServicePlace for the purposes of completing
the registration form online;
Other information volunteered, such
as vendor profile/contact information, survey information, or content of
e-mail.
In general, please
note the information collected, whether or not personally identifiable, is not
limited to text characters and may include audio, video and other graphic
formats you send us. Information is retained and used in
accordance with existing laws, rules, regulations, and other policies.
Use
Depending on the specific service or transaction, the eServicePlace may share personally identifiable information
amongst its affiliates in order to provide such service or complete such
transaction.
Personalization
You may choose or opt to voluntarily provide certain
personally identifiable information in order to customize your visits to eServicePlace.com.
To personalize your eServicePlace.com experience you will be required to
register and create an online profile. Information required during the
registration process will include a user name (which need not be your legal
name), a password and a valid e-mail address. eServicePlace will collect this
and other information requested during the registration process in order to
customize your experience at eServicePlace.com pages. The combined information
will most likely constitute personally identifiable information. You may
review, delete, or modify such profile at any time. If you simply wish to view
pages on eServicePlace.com, or conduct most transactions, you are not required
to use the personalization features.
Public Disclosure
As a general rule, we will not disclose any personally identifiable information
collected online to entities outside of eSerivcePlace
affiliates except where you have given us permission, or where the information
is public information under the Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et
seq., or other applicable laws. Visitors should be aware that information
collected through the Portal may be subject to examination and inspection, if
such information is a public record or not otherwise protected from disclosure.
Cookies
The eServicePlace.com portal may occasionally use
"cookies" to customize your browsing experience. Cookies are simple
text files stored by your web browser and they provide a method of
distinguishing among visitors to the websites, and allowing customized features
such as a "shopping cart" feature for online purchasing. Cookies
created on your computer by using our websites do not contain personally
identifiable information and do not compromise your privacy or security. You
can refuse the cookie or delete the cookie file from your computer at any time
by using any one of a number of widely available methods.
Security
Several tools, policies and protocols are used to
safeguard the submission of information through the Portal. Security measures
have been integrated into the design, implementation, and day-to-day operations
of the entire operating environment as part of our continuing commitment to the
security of electronic content as well as the electronic transmission of
information.
For services
requiring online financial transactions, eServicePlace.com uses the Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption protocol to safeguard your sensitive personal
information, including your credit card number. Information is
encrypted from your computer to the Portal computer processing your
request.
In
order to further secure your privacy, do not
divulge any passwords or sensitive information (e.g. credit card number) to
anyone in a phone call or e-mail. When you are finished with those applications
that are password protected or required the input of your credit card
information, it is always recommended that you close
or otherwise exit the browser page.
Email
E-mail is not a secure form of transmission. As such eServicePlace.com does not recommend that you submit
sensitive or personally identifiable information via e-mail. If you choose to
provide us with personal information in an e-mail we
may use the e-mail and the information contained within it to improve our service
to you or to respond to your request. Except for authorized law enforcement
investigations or as required by law, we do not share our e-mail with any other
companies other than our affiliates.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
Revisions to this Privacy
Statement will be posted to this location so that you will know the type of
information we collect and how that information is used. We will also post the
last date of revision at the top of this page.
Our goal is to
provide a private, efficient, and friendly digital experience. Please note that
company�s sub-portals and/or specific pages may contain additional or different
privacy statements. If you have comments or questions regarding privacy at eServicePlace.com,
please contact us at privacy@eServicePlace.com