Privacy Statement for GPE Publishing - Updated May 28, 2010
GPE Publishing
GPE Publishing has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site:goupc.com
IP Address
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We also track IP addresses for purposes of enrollment and/or subscription.
Information Collection
GPE Publishing is the owner of the information collected on goupc.com. GPE Publishing collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site, i.e. for membership registration, paid subscription publications and products or services.
Information Sharing
Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties We will never sell or give away your personal information to third parties for purposes of building contact lists, or anything of that nature, without your permission. GPE Publishing stands firmly against any transfer of personal information for reasons of building the contact lists of third parties.
Business Transition Exception In the event the GPE Publishing goes through a business transition, such as a merger, or being acquired by another company, user's personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.
Legal Disclaimer Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, GoUPC.com also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize the site’s features according to your preferences.
Children
GPE Publishing does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe i-Cop.org has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the address listed below.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. GPE Publishing is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites. GPE Publishing is not responsible for any content on any linked sites or for any goods or services available from them.
GPE Publishing works hard to ensure that the information contained on our web pages is accurate, relevant and of the high quality that our visitors have come to expect.
We are aware of software that exists which will create external links from our content to what they consider to be related material, which other companies have paid to have shown. We are not responsible for the quality of this software or the nature of the material that it links to.
Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (such as their email address). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
Public Forums
This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Choice/Opt-Out
This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
Changes to this Policy
GPE Publishing reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.
Governing Law
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by California law. If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: Los Angeles County, California. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: Los Angeles County , California under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may contact:
George Peksa
GPE Publishing 15150 Sherman Way, Suite 103, Los Angeles CA 91405 USA
Tel. 1-310-499-5544
george@gpepublishing.com
