Privacy
Updated May 13, 2004
A & A CONTRACT CUSTOMS BROKERS LTD'S COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by A & A Contract Customs Brokers
Ltd (hereafter referred to as "A & A"). Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to us. At A & A, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users,
we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding
the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Definition of the Information A & A gathers and keeps track of.
A & A gathers two types of information about users:
1) Information that users provide through optional, voluntary
submissions such as requests to receive our electronic newsletters or bulletins.
2) Information A & A, gathers through aggregated tracking
information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our
sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content
to readers' needs and to help better understand the demographics
of our audience. Under no circumstances does A & A divulge
any information about an individual user to a third party.
A & A gathers user information in the following circumstances:
Optional Voluntary Information.
We offer the following free service, which require some type
of voluntary submission of personal information.
Electronic newsletters and bulletins.
A & A offers free electronic newsletters and bulletins to
users. We gather the email addresses of users who voluntarily
subscribe. Users may remove themselves from these mailing lists
by following the link provided in each newsletter that points
users to the subscription management page.
USAGE TRACKING
A & A tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our
sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data
about individual users. A & A does break down overall usage
statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and
MIME type by reading this information from the browser string
(information contained in every user's browser).
A & A tracks the search terms which users enter in our Search
function, but this tracking is never associated with individual
users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our
sites users visit most based on traffic to those areas. We do not
track what individual users read, but rather how well each page
performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service
to our visitors.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files
of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain personal
information although it will enable us to relate your use of this
site to information that you have specifically and knowingly
provided. The only personal information a cookie can contain is
information you supply. A cookie cannot read data off your hard
disk or read cookie files created by other sites. A & A uses
cookies to track user traffic patterns as described above.
You can refuse cookies; however, you may not be able to access
certain parts of our site.
USE OF INFORMATION
A & A uses any information voluntarily given by our users to
enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to
provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to
better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users provide
voluntarily in order to send out electronic newsletters and
bulletins. We send out newsletters on a regular basis and special
bulletins when we think subscribers might be particularly
interested in something we are doing. A & A never shares mailing
lists with any third parties.
WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL USER
EXCEPT TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAW OR VALID LEGAL PROCESS OR TO
PROTECT THE PERSONAL SAFETY OF OUR USERS OR THE PUBLIC.
SECURITY
A & A operates secure data networks protected by industry
standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security
and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as
necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the
information provided by our clients.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
For your convenience we have links to other websites that can
be accessed through our website. When you leave our site to visit
a third-party site, the only information transferred is the fact
that you came from our site. A & A is not responsible for the
content of any third-party websites. Please review the third-party
website for their own privacy policy
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of
this information by A & A. If we make any changes to our privacy
policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are
always aware of the information we collect, how we use it and
under what circumstance we may disclose it.
If you have a specific enquiry, please contact us at:
privacyofficer@aacb.com.
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