| Last Updated: February 3, 2005
THE HERMOSA BEACH CONSULTING GROUP’S
PRIVACY POLICY
The Hermosa Beach Consulting Group LLC (“HBCG” or
“we”) is committed to safeguarding your privacy online.
Please read the following Privacy Statement (“Privacy Policy”)
to understand how your personal information will be treated as
you make full use of the HBCG Website. The HBCG Website is owned
and operated by The Hermosa Beach Consulting Group LLC.
CONSENT
By using this Website, you consent to the collection and use of
the information as described here. If we decide to make changes
to this Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page
so that you will always know what information we collect, and
how we use it. By using the Website subsequent to such changes,
you consent to them. The last date the Privacy Policy was revised
is set forth above.
GATHERING AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
HBCG does not collect personally identifying information about
any individual except when knowingly provided by such individual.
If you do not want us to collect any personal information, do
not submit it to us. If you choose not to provide the information
we request, you can still visit most of HBCG’s Website,
but you may be unable to access certain options and services.
Your personal information may be stored and used by HBCG to provide
services to you and to contact you with respect to transactions
conducted through the Website. We will not sell, rent or disclose
your personal information to our business partners, suppliers,
vendors or other third parties without notifying you of our intent
to share the information and giving you an opportunity to prevent
your information from being shared. We may, however, disclose
information about our users when we believe, in good faith, that
the disclosure is required by law.
GATHERING BROWSER LEVEL INFORMATION
Demographic and profile data (e.g. job title, corporate function)
may be collected at our Website. In addition, when you access
the Website, our Web server automatically collects information
about a site user's IP address, browser type and referrer (collectively,
“Browser Level Information”) by reading this information
from the user's browser (information provided by every user's
browser). We store and use Browser Level Information, in the aggregate
only, to diagnose problems with our Web server, to improve and
track the success of the Website and to provide content of interest
to you. Browser Level Information is automatically logged by most
Websites. We may share Browser Level Information with advertisers
or other third parties, including our business partners, suppliers,
and vendors, on an aggregated basis without revealing any personally
identifiable information and without the consent of any user.
USE OF COOKIES
HBCG uses cookies solely to track user traffic patterns throughout
HBCG’s Website. Cookies are small electronic files that
a website may transfer to the user's computer, and are used for
record-keeping purposes. A cookie file can contain information,
such as a user identification code, that the site uses to track
the pages you have visited.
Most Web site browsers automatically accept cookies; however,
if you would prefer not to receive cookies, your browser can be
set to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie
when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse
all cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you choose
to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some
areas of our Website will not function properly when you view
them.
THIRD PARTY SITES
The HBCG Website contains links to other sites. HBCG does not
share your personal information with those Websites and is not
responsible for their privacy practices. To the extent hyperlinks
are utilized to access external or third party Websites, you should
be aware that these external or third party Websites are not controlled
by HBCG and, therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy.
We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those
companies. . We do not necessarily endorse, and are not responsible
for, any third party contact that may be accessed through the
HBCG Website.
INFORMATION SECURITY
HBCG is concerned with the security of the personally identifiable
information we have collected and has in place reasonable measures
to prevent unauthorized access to that information. These measures
include policies, procedures, and technical elements relating
to data access controls. In addition, HBCG uses standard security
protocols and mechanisms to exchange the transmission of sensitive
personal information. Although HBCG has endeavored to create a
secure and reliable Website, the confidentiality of any communication
or material transmitted via the Internet cannot be guaranteed.
Accordingly, you should consider carefully if you want to submit
sensitive information via the Internet.
CHILDREN AND PRIVACY
Our Website does not target and is not intended to attract children
under the age of 13. HBCG does not knowingly solicit personal
information from children under the age of 13 or send them requests
for personal information.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about HBCG’s Terms
of Use or Privacy Statement, please contact
us at any time.
This Privacy Policy may change from time to time, so please check
back periodically.
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