Leeside Estates respects the privacy of its Internet users and will protect that privacy as vigorously as possible. Leeside Estates does not collect information that personally identifies individuals except when individuals provide such specific information on a voluntary basis. There may be occasions where specific personal information is requested before an individual can enter certain sections of a Leeside Estates site. Information requested in order to personalize the Leeside Estates homepage or any other Leeside Estates site section would be a good example of this. In all such cases, Leeside Estates will collect only information that is voluntarily provided by the user and undertakes that such information will be kept strictly confidential. Individual information provided to Leeside Estates to gain access to any Leeside Estates site will not be sold or made available to a third party except for certain circumstances discussed in the “limiting the sharing of personal information” section of this document. Leeside Estates does reserve the right, however, to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics, in order to measure interest in and use of the various sections of its sites so as to improve design and navigation and to gather marketing information. Only aggregated data from these analyses, not individual data, will be used for this purpose. The site follows these privacy principles in our conduct in the collection, use, release and security of customer information both online and offline:
1. Providing you notice of our information practices.
2. Giving you choice about how your data will be used.
3. Providing you the opportunity to update or correct your personal information.
4. Using information security safeguards.
5. Limiting the sharing of your information.
6. Committing to complying with applicable privacy requirements.
7. Providing you with means to contact us about privacy-related issues.
PRIVACY POLICY
The following Privacy Policy describes the information and privacy practices for the Site (the “Web site”). By visiting our Web site, you consent to the information practices described in this policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other Web sites that may be accessible through the Site sites. Our sites contain links to other sites operated by third parties, including but not limited to third party sites that display the Site trademarks. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of those other sites to learn how they collect and use information about you. To assist you with reading through our Privacy Policy, we have provided answers to questions that you may find most important:
What information we collect.
We collect personal information such as your contact information (name, e-mail address). When submitting personal information on an online form, we will identify which fields are required in order to fulfill your request. Additionally, our Web server automatically collects click-stream information such as the address (or “URL”) of the Web site that you came from before visiting our site, which pages you visit on our site, which browser you used to view our site and any search terms you have entered on our site. When we collect information. In addition, when using our Web sites, our servers may collect click-stream information as described above. The Site may also use third party providers of customer information to improve the accuracy of our customer database, to increase our understanding of our customers or to identify potential customers.
DO the Site WEB SITES USE COOKIES, OTHER TECHNOLOGIES OR THIRD PARTIES TO INDIRECTLY COLLECT INFORMATION?
Cookies and other Technologies Users should be aware that certain non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by Leeside Estates through the operation of what are called "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files that identify an individual computer's browser entering a web site. They allow the site to track that browser's movement through the site over several sessions. Through cookies, a web site can recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior that will allow content improvements. The Leeside Estates uses cookies only for the above-mentioned purposes and will not use them to identify users or to track non-Leeside Estates usage. If you do not want a cookie placed on your computer by the Leeside Estates, you may disable cookies altogether by modifying the Preferences section of Internet browser (under Edit/Preferences/Advanced). Note that it is possible that some aspects of Leeside Estates sites may be unavailable to you if you choose this option. If you have no problem accepting cookies, but wish to be informed of their appearance, you may turn on a warning prompt by modifying the cookie warning section in Edit/Preferences/Advanced. A cookie is a small data file that a Web site may send to your browser and which may then be stored on your hard drive. Our Web sites use cookies to simulate a continuous connection —cookies let us "remember" information about your preferences and session, and allow you to move within areas of our Web sites without reintroducing yourself. No personally identifiable information is stored in these cookies. Our Web server automatically collects the address of the Web site that you came from before visiting our site, which browser you used to view our site and any search terms you have entered on our site. Our Web site may also use other technologies to track which pages on our Web sites our visitors view. This non-identifiable click-stream data helps us understand how visitors use our Web site. Third Party Service Providers Our Web sites may use third party service providers to serve ads, send e-mails and analyze Web site traffic on our behalf. These companies may use technologies similar to those outlined above to measure the effectiveness of ads and e-mails. They may also use information about your visits to this and other Web sites so that we can provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. For this purpose, we may also provide these third party service providers anonymous information about your site navigation and purchases.
DOES the Site SHARE THE INFORMATION I’VE PROVIDED?
The Site may need to share personal information with third parties in limited circumstances. For example, we may release personal information to third parties to perform services on our behalf such as; fulfilling our customer’s orders, sending the Site marketing communications from the Site, delivering packages, scheduling and performing installation, servicing products, fulfilling subscription services, conducting research or surveys, sending regular mail and e-mail on behalf of the Site, or processing credit card payments. the Site does not sell or rent customer information to third parties. From time to time, we may be required to provide personal information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law. We also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good faith, believe to be unlawful. We may release certain personal information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of others and ourselves. We may also release personal information in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event. |