Policies

		Overall privacy statement We take your privacy seriously. Because we gather certain types of information about our users we want to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses the types of information we gather, how we use it and how to correct or change it. These privacy practices apply to the web site that you were viewing when you clicked through to this policy, which is operated by us directly, our partner or our affiliate. 1. What information does PCSWEST collect? Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with the best and most useful content and services. Collecting information is essential to keeping our services relevant and affordable to users. We collect personally identifiable information when you provide it to us, such as when you register on any of our sites, when you subscribe for an e-mail newsletter or when you register to use certain services. Several of the services that we offer on our sites may require registration as a condition of use. Once you register with PCSWEST site you are no longer anonymous to us. We may also receive information about you from other sources and add it to the information you provided to us. 2. What is PCSWEST practice regarding cookies? Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" which stores small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of our sites. You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit most of our sites, although active participation in certain areas of our sites may require cookies. Cookies alone tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information when, in which case we use the information to enhance your services in the ways described below. You may elect not to allow cookies to be collected by adjusting your settings on your browser. We use technologies that allow us to track general user traffic patterns. We also automatically receive and record information from our servers and from your browser, including your IP address, the time of your visit to pages on our site and information about pages you visited. Unless you have registered for one of our products or services, the information we gather through the use of tracking technologies cannot be matched with any personally identifiable information about you unless you have specifically given us personally identifiable information, in which case we use the information to enhance your services in the ways described below. We use cookies and tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including: Keeping count of return visits to our site or our advertisers' or partners' sites Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), statistical information on web site and advertisement usage Determining which features our overall user population likes best Saving your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our sites Displayin the most appropriate advertising based on your interests We allow other companies that are presenting advertisements on our sites and, sometimes, in our newsletters to use tracking technology on your computer. We do not give any personally identifiable information to them as part of this relationship. Unless you visit the website of these companies and provide them with personally identifiable information about yourself, these tracking technologies tell those advertisers nothing about who you are. Our advertisers' use of tracking technology is subject to their own privacy policies. 3. How does PCSWEST use the information? We use the information we gather for four general purposes: To customize the advertising and content you see To enhance the user experience in our network of sites. We use tracking information to determine how well each page performs overall based on aggregate user demographics and traffic patterns to those pages. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. To fulfill your requests for certain products and services, such as sending out electronic newsletters and enabling users to participate in paid services, polls, contests, message boards and auctions To send you information you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you 4. How does PCSWEST share the information Personally identifiable information We will make your personally identifiable information available to other companies or people when: We have your consent to share the information We have engaged companies to work with us or on our behalf to provide a product or service that you have requested, such as opt-in e-mail announcements We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or we believe that your actions violate applicable laws, PCSWEST Terms of Use or any usage guidelines for specific products or services, or threaten the rights, property or safety of our company, our users or others Aggregate information - We aggregate personally identifiable information and disclose such information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties for marketing, promotional and other purposes. We do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to identify you personally. Business transfers - We are always seeking to improve our network of web sites and our business. In accomplishing these objectives, we may buy or sell a company, or one or more of the companies in our corporate family may merge with or be acquired by another company. If we sell a business, we may transfer some or all of your information as a part of the sale in order that the service being provided to you may continue or for other business purposes. 5. What are my options? Users who would rather not provide any of the user data requested by our registration process do not need to register with us. You can still view much of the content and use many of the services offered by our sites without registering. We also give users the following options: Opting not to receive our electronic newsletters or those of third parties when registering. Users who opt-in may remove themselves from mailing lists at any time through the subscription management pages or by following the instructions at the end of the e-mail they received from us; Opting not to provide certain personal information when registering for a site, provided, however that you may not be able to utilize certain of our products or services without providing us with certain information. 6. How will I know if the privacy policy is changed? Any modifications to our privacy practices will be reflected first within this area of our network of web sites. If there is a material change in our privacy practices, we will indicate on our sites that our privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new privacy statement. If we are going to be using the information collected from users in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will send affected users written notice by email of the change. 7. Privacy of children Our network of sites is not directed to children under the age of 13. We operate our network of sites in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13 years of age. This requirement is clearly posted during the registration process.

		Secure server transaction - When you reach the final page of your transaction, you will be shown the total amount due. You will then be asked to enter your credit card number. Your transactions are made on a secure server. All credit card numbers are automatically encrypted. That means that no one will be able to intercept your transaction and take your credit card number. Even staff at PCSWEST will not be able to see your credit card number, and the number will not be stored in our system. It will be processed by a special credit card processing company to ensure one hundred percent privacy. Once you have entered your credit card type, the card number, the name of the card holder and the card's the expiration date, just click "Submit" and your transaction will be complete. Remember not to put any dashes in your credit card number. Just type the digits all in a row as one big number. Once you have entered your credit card information and clicked "submit", the order is finalized. IMPORTANT: Be sure not to click the "submit" button more than once, as your card may be charged twice. We check our records daily to be sure that no cards are charged more than once due to the "submit" button being clicked multiple times. If this does happen, we will automatically refund any extra charges immediately.