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Privacy
Statement
IPS Group, Inc. and www.vinylwindowmanufacturer.com Online Privacy Policy (Last Updated
February, 2008) IPS Group, Inc. has established this Privacy Policy to explain how it protects and manages the personal information that it collects from you (the customer) online.
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Consent
for Collection, Use and Disclosure |
Your use of the IPS
Group, Inc. site,
www.vinylwindowmanufacturer.com, and/or your registration for IPS Group, Inc. products and
services constitute your consent to the terms of this
Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms
of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the IPS
Group, Inc. sites.
IPS Group, Inc. may occasionally update this Privacy Policy.
When it does, IPS Group, Inc. will also revise the "last update"
date at the top of this Privacy Policy. In addition,
IPS Group, Inc. will seek a customer’s prior consent, by email,
for any new uses or proposed disclosures of information
collected from the customer prior to the change.
IPS Group, Inc. will notify customers by email
of changes to this policy that will affect
information collected from them in the future.
In certain circumstances, however, IPS Group, Inc. will not inform
and obtain the consent of the customer, such as in connection
with an investigation of a breach of an agreement, contravention
of laws, an emergency where the life, health or security
of an individual is threatened, the collection of a
debt or in compliance with the request of a law enforcement
agency or a court order.
A customer may withdraw his or her consent for collection,
use and disclosure at any time by sending a mail
notification to our Privacy Officer at the address
below.
Please note that, if you do, IPS Group, Inc. may suspend its provision
of products and services to you. When you unsubscribe,
if you fall within the guarantee period for any IPS
Group, Inc.
product and you request a refund, the guarantee will
be honored.
IPS Group, Inc. collects, at the time
of your registration and your sign-on to its web site,
certain "personal information" (information
that personally identifies you) including but not limited
to your name, email address, home or work address, telephone
number, and information about your computer hardware
and software (e.g., IP address, operating system,
browser type, domain name, URL, access times, and referring
web site addresses). We only collect this personal information
if you provide it to us voluntarily.
IPS Group, Inc. has implemented this Privacy Policy to protect personal
information received from its customers, and to respond
to any inquiries. The Privacy Policy also provides
that IPS Group, Inc. will use appropriate contractual means to establish
a comparable level of protection for personal information
which is sent for processing by third parties on IPS
Group, Inc.’s
behalf.
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Purposes for Collecting Personal Information |
IPS Group, Inc. collects and uses personal information for the following Identified Purposes:
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to
understand customer needs regarding replacement
windows and services; |
(b) |
to develop and provide our web site and our replacement windows products and services for our customers; |
(c) |
to fulfill your requests for replacement windows products, quotes, services or information. |
(d) |
to communicate with customers and site visitors, when necessary, and to inform customers of upgrades, as well as of other products and services available from
IPS Group, Inc., its affiliates and third parties; |
(e) |
to allow customers to access limited-entry areas of
IPS Group, Inc.’s site; |
(f) |
to use to identify customer needs for a personalized replacement windows quote |
(g) |
to personalize some of our replacement windows services and products for you and to deliver targeted advertisements and offers from
IPS Group, Inc. and third parties; |
(h) |
to bill accounts and maintain payment records; |
(i)
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to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government request; |
(j) |
to respond to a legitimate claim, or to address our reasonable belief, that you are violating the rights of any third party or any of the agreements or policies that govern your use of the
IPS Group, Inc. site or any IPS Group, Inc. product or service; |
(k) |
to protect the services, products or rights of
IPS Group, Inc., including but not limited to the security or integrity of the
IPS Group, Inc. site; and |
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(l) |
to identify and resolve technical problems concerning
IPS Group, Inc.’s site, products and services. |
IPS Group, Inc. also uses personal
information in an aggregate form (i.e., not individually
attributable to you) for its business analysis, operational,
marketing and other promotional purposes.
If we hire other companies to provide some products
or services on our behalf, then we will only provide
those companies the personal information they need for
the Identified Purposes, and we will limit their rights
to use and further disclose your personal information
as appropriate in the course of their work for us.
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Limiting the Collection of Personal Information |
IPS Group, Inc. limits its collection
of personal information to only that information which
is necessary for the Identified Purposes. IPS
Group, Inc.
does not direct its site to, nor does it knowingly collect
any personal information from children under the age
of thirteen.
When you visit the IPS Group, Inc. web site, a cookie may be placed
on your computer or the cookie may be read if you have
visited the IPS Group, Inc. site previously. IPS
Group, Inc. uses cookies
to allow IPS Group, Inc. to determine which products and services
you have already purchased so that IPS Group, Inc. does not provide
redundant information to you, and, if you are an IPS
Group, Inc.
affiliate, to track IPS Group, Inc. sales made to customers referred
by you so that you can receive compensation under our
affiliate program. If you choose to not have your
browser accept cookies from the IPS Group, Inc. web site, you may
not be able to view all the text on the screens, or
to experience a personalized visit, or to subscribe
to certain service and product offerings on the IPS
Group, Inc.
site.
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Disclosure, Processing and Retention |
IPS Group, Inc. does not sell, rent or disclose your personal information to anyone else, except:
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to someone you have designated to act as your agent, for one or more of the Identified Purposes (listed in Section 2, above); |
(b) |
to
IPS Group, Inc.’s employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers, suppliers and agents, acting on
IPS Group, Inc.’s behalf for any of the Identified Purposes; |
(c) |
as necessary if
IPS Group, Inc. has reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with
IPS Group, Inc.’s rights or property, other users of
IPS Group, Inc.’s web site, products or services, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities; and |
(d) |
to respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law. |
In addition, as we continue
to develop our business, we or our affiliates may sell
or buy other businesses or entities, or we may merge
with another company. In such transactions, personal
information may be one of the transferred business assets.
Also, in the event that IPS Group, Inc. or substantially all of
its assets are acquired, your personal information may
be one of the transferred assets.
Your information may be stored and processed in the
United States, or in any other country in which IPS
Group, Inc.
or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities.
By using this web site, you consent to any such transfer
of information outside of your country.
After your account becomes inactive (that is, if you
request to be removed from our database), IPS Group,
Inc. will keep
your personal information in its archives. Your
information will then be used only as necessary for
tax reasons or to prove IPS Group, Inc.’s compliance with
any applicable law.
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Accuracy of Personal Information |
IPS Group, Inc. will use reasonable efforts to keep customer personal information accurate for the Identified Purposes, and for minimizing the possibility of making inappropriate customer decisions based on such information. Customers are responsible for informing
IPS Group, Inc. about changes to their personal information. You can do this by calling 303-215-6000 or sending a mail
notification to our privacy department (address below).
IPS Group, Inc. will use new or updated personal information it receives from customers to update its own records.
IPS Group, Inc. will use reasonable efforts to protect customers’ personal information.
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Links and Product Disclaimer |
This web site may contain
links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not
responsible for the content or privacy practices of
such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware
when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements
of any other site that collects personally identifiable
information.
Any websites, blogs or information products linked to
or from the IPS Group, Inc. websites, blogs or
information products, or products or services listed
herein are not affiliated in any manner with IPS Group, Inc. The products and/or services provided by
any company or individual which you may access from
the IPS Group, Inc. websites, blogs or information
products are out of the control of IPS Group, Inc.
You acknowledge that any reliance upon any advice, opinion,
recommendation, statement or other information displayed
or distributed through the IPS Group, Inc. websites, blogs and information products is at your sole risk.
BE IT KNOWN, that you (hereinafter referred to as "Releasor"),
prior to purchasing any third party products or services
described on the IPS Group, Inc. (hereinafter referred
to as "Releasee") websites, blogs or in
their information products, are advised to verify pricing,
product quality and other information necessary to make
an informed purchase. Neither IPS Group, Inc. nor
any of its assigns, associates, and/or affiliates shall
have any liability arising from your purchases of third
party products or services based upon the information
provided on the IPS Group, Inc. websites, blogs
and in their information products.
Although IPS Group, Inc. and its assigns, associates/affiliates
have attempted to provide accurate information to you,
IPS Group, Inc. and its assigns, associates/affiliates
assume no responsibility for any errors, inaccuracies,
omissions, delays or other defects in any of the information
provided and the Releasor does hereby remise, release,
aquit, satisfy, and forever discharge the said Releasee,
of and from all manner ofactions, causes of actions,
suits, debts, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements,
promises, claims, and demands whatsoever, which said
Releasor ever had, now has, or which any personal representative,
successor, heir or assign of said Releasor, hereafter
can, shall or may have, against Releasee, by reason
of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning
of time forward.
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Access to Personal Information |
IPS Group, Inc. will afford you a reasonable opportunity to review the personal information in your file, if you so request by calling 303-215-6000,
and writing to:
IPS Group, Inc.
Privacy Department
191 University Blvd Ste 860
Denver, CO 80206
USA
Attn: Privacy Officer
If IPS Group, Inc. is not able to provide access to some aspect of a customer’s personal information, it will provide reasons for denying access such as; that by doing so would likely reveal personal information about a third party, or that it is confidential commercial information or attorney–client privileged communications, or that the information relates to a breach of an agreement or a contravention of law, or that its disclosure could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual.
Customers have the right to request that inaccurate or incomplete information be amended as appropriate, by contacting
IPS Group, Inc. or the Privacy Officer as described above.
IPS Group, Inc. will promptly correct such personal information.
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