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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how CenterStone Communities, Inc. (referred to as “CenterStone”, “we” “us” or “our” herein) uses and protects any information that you give CenterStone when you use our website.  The Privacy Policy is effective as of July 1, 2008.

CenterStone is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.  Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

CenterStone may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this page.  You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are satisfied with any changes.

What we collect

            We may collect the following information should you provide it to us:

•           name and job title
            •           company name
            •           contact information including email address and billing address
            •           demographic information such as postal code, preferences and interests
            •           other information that you may submit to us by email
            •           relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

We also may collect information about your use of our website using a standard technology called “cookies” which is described below.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with better service and, in particular, for the following reasons:

•           Responding to your inquiries.
            •           Internal record keeping.
            •           Improvement of our products and services. 
            •           Sending you promotional email about new products, special offers         or other                                    information which we think you may find interesting using the email address                                which you have provided. 
            •           From time to time, contacting you for market research purposes by email, phone,                                   fax or mail.
            •           Customization of the website according to your interests.

Security

CenterStone takes information security very seriously and uses reasonable administrative, technical and managerial measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access.  We utilize an industry-standard protocol of your transmissions to us in order to encrypt the personal information that you transmit to us through our website.

Unfortunately, no security system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and cannot assume liability for improper access to it.  By using the website or providing personal information to us through any means, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of this site.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive.  Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.  Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual.  The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. 

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used.  This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs.  We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. 

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not.  A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. 

You can choose to accept or decline cookies.  Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.  This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily.  However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website.  Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.  You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Except as otherwise disclosed to you, we will not sell, rent or disclose your personal information to third parties without notifying you of our intent to share the personal information in advance and giving you an opportunity to prevent your personal information from being shared.

We may use other companies, agents or contractors to perform services on our behalf.  For example, we have partnered with other companies to personalize and optimize our web pages and analyze and enhance data, including customers’ interaction with our site and process consumer surveys.  In the course of providing such services, these other companies may have access to your personal information.  These companies are not permitted to use your personal information except for the purpose of providing the services we request of them.

From time to time, we may partner with companies whose products we believe will interest our users.  In conjunction with these partners, we may send promotional announcements and/or serve web-based advertisements to our customers on their behalf.  You can request that your name be excluded from these mailings for our marketing partners by transmitting a message to us through the Contact page of the site.  In addition, we may offer joint promotions or programs that, in order for participation, will require personal information be shared with third parties.  In such instances, you will be provided with notice of the sharing prior to your decision to participate.

CenterStone also reserves the right to disclose personal information when we reasonably believe disclosure is required by law, if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to establish or exercise legal rights, or in situations involving potential threats to physical safety.  In the event that CenterStone is acquired by or merged with a third party, we reserve the right, to sell or otherwise transfer the personal information we have collected as part of that transaction provided that such third party continues to honor our Privacy Policy.

Change or reviewing your personal information

You can request to review and update the personally identifiable information you have previously provided us and which we have on record for you by transmitting a message to us through the Contact page of the site.

Changes to This Policy

As we update and expand our services, we may make changes to this policy.  You should check back for updates to this policy from time to time.  If the changes result in materially less protection for your personal information than that provided in this policy, we will make reasonable efforts to inform you and obtain your consent to the changes.  Like our Terms of Service, of which this policy is a part, your use of the CenterStone’s website or continued after our efforts to inform you of any changes means that you agree to be bound by such changes.