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This
document was last updated on August 14, 2008, 6:04
pm.
HOW
WE COLLECT AND SHARE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION OF OUR VISITORS / SUBSCRIBERS
Local
Trader
values
the privacy of our visitors / customers and takes
every known precaution to safe guard the
information we collect from unauthorised use. The
following is a detailed explanation of the privacy
policy for Local Trader.
WHAT
INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Local
Trader
believes
it is important for you to know what types of
information we collect when you use our site. We
employ various methods for collecting information.
To begin with, we use "cookies" that are needed to
compile aggregate non-personally identifiable
information about the visitors to our web site.
Personally identifiable information consists of
information that is unique to you, such as credit
card numbers, bank accounts, social security
numbers, home address, email address and the like.
This is the type of information that most people
consider private and deem the most important to
protect from unauthorised access. Non-personally
identifiable information most often consists of
things such as your search preferences, the types
of products you have bought, how many times you
have visited a particular web site, etc. This type
of information is usually associated with a
particular computer or IP address but not with a
particular person. "Cookies" are pieces of
information generated by a Web server and stored in
the user's computer, ready for future access. Each
time you access our web site; our server finds the
relevant cookie on your computer. The information
contained within that cookie is then used to
customise your experience with our site. The
following is a list of the information we collect:
Concact Details and Credit Card Details.
WHY
DO WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION?
We
use this information in order to serve the needs of
our customers. We collect several pieces of
personal information from you in order to complete
this verification process. The non-personal
information that we collect from you is used in
order to offer you better service and to make your
experience with Local
Trader
more
enjoyable. Any information that we may
inadvertently collect from you, that does not serve
one of these reasons stated above, is immediately
purged from our system.
HOW
IS YOUR INFORMATION PROTECTED?
We
use the latest in encryption technology, including
128 bit SSL encryption to ensure that any sensitive
information that is sent by you to us via the
Internet is protected from unauthorised
interception. We employ the latest in firewall
protection to prevent unauthorised access into our
information storage areas. We maintain a rigorous
hiring process to screen out potential employees
with criminal backgrounds. All employees that we do
hire have to sign a confidentiality agreement that
forbids them from disclosing any information to
which the employee has access, to other individuals
or entities. We also have back up servers and power
supplies to guard against power outages and other
natural occurrences that could pose a threat to the
integrity of your personal information. Passwords
are required in order for you to gain access to
your account. Once an account has been terminated,
measures are taken to remove those users from the
system who no longer need access to our system.
When an employee is terminated or is no longer with
the company, we change the access codes that the
employee used to access any customer accounts.
Account login sessions are terminated after three
failed login attempts; all terminated login
sessions are logged for follow-up. Passwords must
contain at least six characters, one of which is
non alphanumeric. Passwords are case sensitive and
must be updated every 90 days. Unused customer
accounts, those that have shown no activity for 6
months are purged from our system.
WHO
HAS ACCESS TO MY INFORMATION?
Only
those employees that are responsible for handling
your account have access to your information.
Additionally, employees in our technical department
may have access to your information in order to
conduct routine checks on the integrity of our
system and in order to perform necessary
maintenance work. In order to process your credit
card we have to consult with an out side credit
card processing company. These processing companies
are regulated by the banking industry and must meet
certain security requirements in order to be in
business. The processing companies will have access
to your credit card information, billing address,
name, and possibly your telephone number. The
processing company will communicate with the
issuing bank of your credit card in order to get
final approval to charge your credit card for the
product or services we are providing for you.
Additionally, judicial requests by a duly
authorised court will require us to divulge certain
information regarding your account should that
situation arise. Finally, should Local Trader ever
be bought or sold, your account information would
then become the property of the new
owner/entity.
CAN
I CORRECT OR REMOVE INFORMATION FROM YOUR
SITE?
You
always have the option to view your account to make
sure the information we have collected from you is
indeed correct. You also have the option of
removing any information from your account that you
wish to keep private. However, please note that
removing certain information such as your email
address, contact information, and the like may
greatly hinder our ability to effectively provide
the service or products you have requested. We
recommend, that you contact us first to discuss
which information you may remove without
interrupting the quality of service we intend to
provide for you.
CAN
I OPT OUT OF HAVING CERTAIN INFORMATION
COLLECTED?
You
have the option of disabling your computer's
ability to accept or transmit cookies. This will
prevent us from gathering certain non-personally
identifiable information from you. You also have
the option of removing yourself from any email
distribution list that you may have signed up
for.
NOTICE
OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We
reserve the right to change this privacy policy at
any time. However, if any changes do occur, we will
publish the changes to our web site and post a
notice on the home page that a new privacy policy
has been implemented. We will also take reasonable
steps to contact you personally to let you know of
the new changes. Should the company be bought or
sold to someone else, we will take reasonable steps
to notify you personally. You will then be given
the option to keep your account open or to
terminate.
DISCLAIMER
Local
Trader is not in the business of providing
consulting or legal services and we recommend that
you speak to a consultant or an attorney before
relying on this privacy policy for your own use.
While we do not think a privacy policy is a legal
document, we feel it is a good idea to have a
third-party such as a consultant or an attorney
review your policy before you begin to implement it
on your site. The privacy policy above should not
be construed as the rendering of any business or
legal advice.
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