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Heiss Group gathers important information from our visitors
and customers. We publish this Privacy Policy to communicate
how we gather and use information about you, how we
protect it, and how you can participate in its protection.
Heiss Group provides its service to you subject to the
Heiss Group Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, which
shall be deemed part of the Terms of Service. We reserve
the right to change this Privacy Policy. If we change
it, we will provide notification of the change at least
thirty (30) business days before the change takes effect
and include directions for how you can respond to the
change.
Collected Information
We require people who register to use a Heiss Group online
applications (the "Services") to give us contact
information. Depending on the services chosen, we ask
for contact and account information, such as name, company
name, address, phone number, e-mail address, password
and the number of users in the organization who will
be using the Services, in addition to financial and
billing information, such as billing name, address and
credit card number. When you express interest in additional
information, when you register for the Services, or
after you become a user, we may ask for additional personal
information, such as title, department name, fax number
or additional company information, such as annual revenues,
number of employees or industry. You can opt out of
providing additional information by not entering it
when asked.
Heiss Group does not distribute or share customer e-mail
addresses, except as noted in its Terms of Service,
or as may be required by law.
Heiss Group uses the information we collect to set up the Services
for individuals and their organizations. We may also use the information
to contact customers and prospects to further discuss their interest
in our company, the Services we provide and ways we can improve
them, and to send information such as announcements of promotions
and events regarding our company or partners. We may also e-mail
a customer newsletter and updates about the Services or the company.
You can opt out of receiving these communications by replying to
them at the time they are distributed or at any time by e-mailing
support@heissgroup.com.
All financial and billing information that we collect
through a Heiss Group Web site and the Services is used
solely to bill for the Services. Heiss Group does not use
this billing information for marketing or promotional
purposes. Except as we explicitly state at the time
we request information, or as provided for in the Heiss Group
Terms of Service, we do not disclose to any third party
the information provided.
Heiss Group has referral relationships with third-party
companies and individuals ("Referral Partners")
who refer their customers to Heiss Group. Customers who
become paying users of a Heiss Group online application
through a Referral Partner are considered customers
of both Heiss Group and the Referral Partner. Heiss Group
and a Referral Partner may share customer contact as
well as account, financial and billing information with
respect to their joint business relationship with the
customer. The sharing of this information allows Heiss Group
and the Referral Partner to establish the identity of
the shared customer and determine referral fees owed.
This sharing also allows Referral Partners to provide
consolidated billing services to the shared customer.
Shared contact and account, financial and billing information
is governed by the Heiss Group Terms of Service. Heiss Group
does not share your business data with Referral Partners.
Heiss Group has integration relationships with third-party
companies and individuals ("Integration Partners").
These relationships extend the functionality of the
Services and the Integration Partner application or
service ("Integrated Service") by allowing
the Services and the Integrated Service to exchange
customer data and to establish linked business processes
between the two. Customers who pay Heiss Group for use
of the Services and use this Integrated Service are
considered customers of both Heiss Group and the Integration
Partner. Heiss Group and an Integration Partner may share
customer contact, account, financial and billing information,
and business data with respect to their integrated business
relationship with the customer. The sharing of this
information allows Heiss Group and the Integration Partner
to establish the identity of the shared customer and
determine referral fees owed. This sharing also allows
the Integration Partner to provide consolidated billing
services to the shared customer and allows for the enhanced
functionality of the integrated service. Shared contact,
account, financial and billing information, and business
data is governed by the Heiss Group Terms of Service.
Heiss Group uses a third-party intermediary to manage
credit card processing. This intermediary is solely
a link in the distribution chain and is not permitted
to store, retain, or use the information provided, except
for the sole purpose of credit card processing.
Other third parties, such as content providers, may
provide information on a Heiss Group Web site, but they
are not permitted to collect any information, nor does
Heiss Group share any personally identifiable user information
with these parties.
Heiss Group customers use Heiss Group online applications
to host data and information. Heiss Group will not review,
share, distribute, print, or reference any such data
except as provided in the Heiss Group Terms of Service,
or as may be required by law. We will view or access
individual records only with your permission (for example,
to resolve a problem or support issue). Of course, users
of the Services are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality and security of their user registration
and passwords.
Heiss Group may also collect certain information from
visitors to a Heiss Group Web site and customers of the
Services, such as Internet addresses. This information
is logged to help diagnose technical problems and to
administer the Heiss Group Web site and Services in order
to constantly improve quality. We may also track and
analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume
statistical information from visitors and customers
and provide such information to third parties.
Cookies
Cookies are files Web browsers place on a computer's
hard drive. They are used to help us authenticate clients
and provide timesaving shortcuts and preferences. Heiss Group
uses a persistent encrypted cookie, if the client requests,
to save and retrieve individual authentication information
as well as other per-client device preferences. When
a visitor follows a link to the Heiss Group Web site from
an affiliate or promotion, Heiss Group stores information
about that affiliate or promotion in a session cookie.
Acceptance of these cookies is optional. Heiss Group issues
a mandatory session cookie to each user of the Services
only to record encrypted authentication information
for the duration of a specific session. If you reject
this cookie, access to and usage of the Services will
be denied.
Third Party Sites
The Heiss Group Web site and online applications contain
links to other Web sites. Heiss Group is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of these other
Web sites. Customers and visitors must check the policy
statement of these others Web sites to understand their
policies. Customers and visitors who access a linked
site may be disclosing their private information. It
is your responsibility to keep such information private
and confidential.
Security
Heiss Group has security measures in place for the Services
to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration
of the data under Heiss Group's control. When the Services
are accessed using Netscape Navigator, or Microsoft
Internet Explorer versions 4.0 or higher, Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) technology protects information using both
server authentication and data encryption to help ensure
data is safe, secure and available only to you. Heiss Group
also implements an advanced security method based on
dynamic data and encoded session identifications and
hosts the Services in a secure server environment using
a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent
interference or access from outside intruders. Finally,
Heiss Group requires unique user names and passwords that
must be entered each time a customer logs on. These
safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain
data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of data.
Opt-Out Policy
Heiss Group offers you a means to choose how we may use information
you provided. If, at any time after registering for information
or ordering the Services, you change your mind about receiving information
from us or about sharing information with third parties, send us
a request specifying your new choice. Send your request to support@heissgroup.com.
Correcting and Updating
Your Information
To update or change registration information, to update billing
information, or to discontinue the Services, log on to the Services
at a Heiss Group Web site, click the Setup tab, and click links
to these tasks. You can also correct and update information by e-mailing
support@heissgroup.com
or by calling 888-221-6732.
Additional Information
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the security practices
of the Services should be directed to Heiss Group's Security Administrator
by e-mailing security@heissgroup.com.
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