Privacy Policy
CANTERBURY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LLC (“Canterbury” or "we") support a policy of openness regarding the collection and use of our customers' personal information. We have adopted and implemented this privacy policy ("Policy") as part of our commitment to protecting your personal information from misuse. We encourage you to read this Policy to learn more about the ways we collect, use, disclose, and protect the information we gather from this web site (the "Site"). If you are not comfortable with any of the practices or policies described in this Policy, we ask that you discontinue use of our Site. Please be aware that we may periodically update or revise this Policy without notice. Accordingly, please check this Policy frequently for changes.
Collection of Information
In order to better serve your particular needs, Canterbury (and third parties working on Canterbury's behalf) may collect information from you while visiting our Site. Some of this information is collected automatically through various methods including, but not limited to cookies. Canterbury may also obtain information directly from you and, depending upon the nature of transactions you may conduct, from third party sources. We also collect anonymous information, which does not personally identify you, when you visit our Site. The anonymous information includes the pages you view on our Site, the search terms you enter into our search utility, your IP address and the operating system, browser software and Internet service provider you use.
We may use the standard "cookie" feature of major browser applications and other data capture mechanisms that allow us to store data about your visit. Cookies help us learn which areas of our site are useful and which areas need improvement. You may configure your browser to prevent cookies from being set on your computer. If you do so, you may still view most of the Site, although you may not be able to enjoy all of our services.
Personally Identifiable Information
In addition to the information automatically collected when you visit our Site, Canterbury collects personally identifiable information directly from you and, in some circumstances, from those individuals and/or entities you may authorize to act on your behalf. In addition, we may collect other required information in order to provide you with services tailored to your particular needs. The information we collect will vary depending upon the information, service, function or process you select. For example, you may be required to provide your name, address, phone number and your e-mail address in order to register for certain services. By learning a little about you, Canterbury delivers more relevant content and product offerings and thus offers you better services.
Canterbury may also collect personally identifiable information by monitoring the Site for Canterbury's own purposes (including, without limitation, for purposes of maintaining the functional and operational integrity of the Site and for purposes of complying with applicable laws and regulations), and not for your benefit. Canterbury reserves the right to cooperate fully with state, local, federal, and international legal, governmental and regulatory entities, authorities and officials in any investigation or governmental, legal or regulatory proceeding relating to any information collected and/or Site content (including personal or private electronic communication transmitted via the Site) or to any purported unlawful activities of any Site visitor.
Site Users
With the exception of the educational resources contained on the Site, the Site is not intended for children under eighteen (18) years of age. Canterbury does not market any products or services to children under eighteen (18) years of age or knowingly collect any information from children under eighteen (18) years of age.
Postings/Instant Messaging
Postings by visitors on our message board (blog) will not be protected as confidential. Canterbury may use any such postings on the Site, any content thereof, and any information derived from any such postings (including any ideas, concepts, know-how or other intellectual property) ("Postings") and may provide such Postings to any of its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or others, for any purpose whatsoever, as deemed appropriate in the sole discretion of Canterbury.
Canterbury is under no obligation to review any Postings and assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any Postings. Nonetheless, Canterbury may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site and may remove and/or decline to accept (i) any Postings that contain any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law; (ii) advertisements or solicitations of any kind; (iii) messages posted by visitors impersonating others; (iv) personal information, such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references; (v) messages by non-spokesperson employees of Canterbury purporting to speak on behalf of Canterbury; (vi) messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information; (vii) multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same visitor restating the same point; and (viii) chain letters of any kind.
Use Of Information By Canterbury
We use the anonymous information we collect from our Site to administer our Site, improve our services, determine how our Site is being used, identify popular areas of our Site and analyze trends and usage patterns. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server. The information you submit to us either via our Site (e.g. by completing our on-line forms) or via e-mail may be used to provide you with the response or services you have requested. It may also be used, together with the information we collect via various methods such as cookies, to identify you as a particular user. Additionally, your information may be used in aggregate, statistical form to track and measure Site usage including, but not limited to, customer/user preferences, interests, demographics, and traffic patterns; and to determine trading volumes, audience size and repeated usage. We may then use such data, together with information collected from other users, to manage and customize our Site's content, layout, and services in order to improve our Site, enhance customer service, and provide tailored messages. Furthermore, we may use the information we collect from you to contact you about our products and services.
Third Party Access To Information
In order to better serve your particular needs, Canterbury and certain companies and individuals working on Canterbury's behalf will have access to all or a portion of the various types of Site visitor information we may collect. When we share access to personal information with companies or individuals working on Canterbury's behalf, we generally endeavor to protect such personal information by requiring those parties to enter into an agreement with Canterbury to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information. We may also disclose information about the use of our Site in aggregate, statistical form.
As permitted by law, the information we collect, including personally identifiable information, may also be disclosed to third parties if Canterbury, in its sole discretion, believes disclosure is necessary to comply with legal or regulatory processes or requests or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Canterbury, its affiliates, and/or the respective customers, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives of Canterbury and its affiliates; other Site users; and/or the public. We may also give information about you, such as your name and address, to persons or organizations that may wish to provide you with information about their products or services. These organizations may include affiliates of Canterbury.
Your Access To Information
You may request from us certain information about you including, but not limited to, any information you have provided to us upon registration for various services. Requests should be sent to Canterbury Business Solutions LLC, 1120 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10036.
Links To Other Web Sites
This Site contains links to Web sites of third parties. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you will be accessing a Web site Canterbury does not control and which may be governed by privacy policies and practices that differ from ours. Canterbury is not, and will not be, responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third parties or the content or security of any third party Web sites.
Consent
Any information you submit to us via our online forms or via e-mail is provided on a voluntary basis. When you access our Site, the collection, use, and distribution of your information will be handled according to the terms and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless superseded by the appropriate Other Terms (as discussed above). By using this Site, you consent to collection and use of your information as described in this Policy, including personally identifiable information Canterbury may collect. If you object to any of the policies outlined in this Policy, we ask that you do not submit information to Canterbury or access our Site.
We may update or modify this Policy at any time. Any such updates or modifications will be effective upon posting on this Site, and your continued use of the Site will constitute your consent to any updated or modified Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, or wish to communicate to Canterbury your desire to opt out of receiving communications from Canterbury or others as described in this Policy, please contact us on the "Contact Us" section of this website or by postal mail at Canterbury Business Solutions LLC, 1120 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10036.
Date of Policy: June 2010