Privacy
& Security
Client Information
IP
Data Corp. does not sell, give away, or make any client information
public, or available to anyone outside of our organization unless we
ask
our client's permission first - and then, only for a very good reason (such
as safety, security or when required by law).
We feel
very strongly about your privacy as well as our own. We will
not
add to the millions of pieces of junk email, commonly referred to
as SPAM
(or UCE - Unsolicited
Commercial Email) no matter what profit may come
of it. And we will do our best not to aid those that produce junk
email. Email
can be a very useful business tool, but only if used properly.
We periodically
send email to notify owners and subscribers of our government
publications
series of important updates, corrections and new editions, as
part
of our regular service, but ONLY if they have asked for it.
This
is the only email we send to clients on a regular basis, unless you
OPT-IN
to a newsletter or other items of this nature that we may offer from
time to time. You
will never be "opted in" to anything we offer without knowing about it
and specifically asking for it. You
may subscribe to our Government Publications Newsletter when available,
but we will NOT send it to you unless you ask.
Cookies,
Web Bugs, Clear
Gifs & Your Privacy
Cookies
are a few lines of information that web servers place on your computer
to track things such as your shopping cart, a valid logon, or other
information.
A typical cookie of ours looks like this:
APLSSignonName
= Bob SAT,
22-Nov-2003 16:32:11 GMT IPDataCorp.com/
The
first item is the name and value for that item, followed by the
expiration
date of the cookie, and finally a "path" on the server that issued the
cookie. As you can see, it's not "rocket science." We use cookies
only to
track your APLS logon, and they are only read by us (the same server
that placed them there). We NEVER put
passwords,
PINs, or private/personal information inside of cookies.
For
the most part, cookies are harmless, however, when combined
with
other technologies or practices such as "Web Bugs" (also known as Clear
Gif technology) they can be used to track your "web surfing habits,"
purchasing
patterns, and possibly even to identify you and your email address (and
maybe even your physical name and address) along with all the other
data
they have
collected about you. IP Data
Corporation does
do not approve of
this practice, nor do we participate with any of the companies that do
this sort of thing. We feel that if someone wants to
know
where you've been, they need to ask you, and you should also have the
right
to say "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, Thanks..." Some companies
participate and don't even
know it. To prevent some of this from happening, you can set the
security settings on your browser to "allow cookies to be read
only
by the site that put them on your computer." This does not
interfere
with purchases, shopping carts, APLS, or other legitimate uses that we
are aware of. Deleting our cookies from your browser will not
interfere with any of the services we provide except to log you off of
our systems (until you log on again).
Credit
Card Purchases
Purchases
using a credit card made from us across the Internet are
made
only on secure servers.
We use one of the oldest and most trusted
online
providers of secure credit card services: www.QuickCommerce.net.
They have been in business since 1989 and transactions are submitted
using
HMAC-5 public key encryption transaction ID methods. Our systems are
identified to them with very secure technologies and your information
is as safe here as it possibly can be.
ALWAYS look for the Yellow Lock symbol in the bottom status line of your
browser
when entering your credit card numbers. Another indicator of a secure
connection is when your URL (location) line turns yellow along with the
beginning letters "https://"
(note the "s" for secure). If you don't see one of these indicators,
DO NOT enter
your credit card or any personal information!
From our site, you are
taken to https://secure.quickcommerce.net/ for all
credit
card transactions. If you don't see IPDataCorp.com or secure.quickcommerce.net
during all stages of the transaction, then you are possibly NOT doing
business
with us. Your
purchases with us are confidential and will remain that way. We
will
never send you email asking for credit card numbers, expiration dates,
passwords, or anything else of a personal or financial nature unless
you
are expecting it (confirmed with a phone call you made to us). If
someone
calls you from IP Data Corporation, they will never ask you for any
such
information
unless you initiated the call or transaction (e.g., a verified
call
back).
IP
Data Corporation
704
W. Park Ave. Suite C
Edgewater,
FL 32132
U.S.A.
800-832-2823
Fax 208-361-6381 Support@IPDataCorp.com
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