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The MCS Group, Inc. is
committed to protecting your privacy. That
is because we base our business on the trust
you place in us. This policy describes our
practices regarding personal and account
information collected through our Web site.
In this policy, “personal and account
information” means your name, company name,
account number, address, telephone number,
and e-mail address plus other information
that personally identifies you, including
your industry, the number of employees at
your company, and order history, and “we”
and “us” means The MCS Group, Inc. as well
as its affiliated companies.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy
policy from time to time. You should visit
our Web site periodically to review any
changes.
How much information must
I share?
The amount and type of information we
collect from you depends on your activities
and use of our Web site. Below, we explain
what information we collect.
When you browse our Web
site
- IP address. We collect your IP
address to measure our Web site traffic
and to help provide a relevant shopping
experience.
- Referral Web site. If you come to
our Web site via a link, we collect the
location of the link that referred you.
- Browser type. We collect information
about the browser you are using to help
optimize our Web site for visitors.
- Movements through our Web site. We
keep track of pages you visit to help
provide you with a more personalized
shopping experience.
When you register with
The MCS Group, Inc.
- We collect your user name, password,
e-mail address, secret question, and
answer to your secret question to
protect your MCS Link Account. We use your
secret question and answer to identify
you as the account user if you have
forgotten your password. You can help us
ensure your privacy by not sharing your
user name or password.
When you communicate with
us through our Web site
- We collect your e-mail address and
the other information that you provide
in order to respond to your
communication.
Is my personal or account
information used for any other purpose?
We may use your personal and account
information to provide products or services
you have requested, respond to a
communication from you, contact you, and as
otherwise described in this policy.
We may occasionally send you promotional or
service information. If you do not wish to
receive promotional or product information,
you may opt out of future communications by
following the instructions in the e-mail
communication or contacting your account
manager.
We may also analyze and act upon your
personal and account information as part of
our standard business practices. We
occasionally purchase from third parties
commercial information such as company size,
number of employees and annual sales of
other companies. We may use this commercial
information along with your personal and
account information to customize our
offerings to you, as well as for our
internal use.
In addition, order to measure how we are
doing and to better understand how we can
improve our service offerings, we or one of
our service providers or strategic partners
may contact you by telephone or e-mail and
solicit your participation in research.
If you become our customer, we may send you
updates on important information about our
company and services.
Will my personal and
account information be provided to any other
party?
We restrict access to your personal and
account information to those who need access
to use it as set forth in this policy. Only
authorized personnel are permitted to see
your MCS Link account password. Your other
personal and account information may be
disclosed to third parties in limited
circumstances. For example, we may share
your personal and account information with
our service providers and strategic partners
and with suppliers and other entities
involved in transactions you have initiated.
We may disclose your personal and account
information to respond to subpoenas, court
orders, or other legal process, as required
by law, or to establish or exercise our
legal rights or defend against legal claims.
Your personal and account information may
also be disclosed in connection with a sale
of some or all of our business or a merger
with another company.
How do you protect my
personal and account information?
We use 128-bit encryption technology and
Secure Socket Layers (“SSL”) in all areas
where your personal and account information
is required. Our Web site is certified by
VeriSign,
which verifies that our Web site is
authentic and that we use SSL security. To
view our VeriSign certificate, click on the
image of the closed lock or the solid key at
the bottom of your browser window. Our Web
site security information will appear.
In addition, your personal and account
information and transaction history are kept
behind our firewall on separate servers. All
transaction information is processed under
encrypted channels, although you may choose
unencrypted processing.
How can I correct
inaccurate information?
You may correct some personal and account
information maintained in your MCS Link
account through your MCS Link account. To
correct other information, please contact
your account manager.
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