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Protecting your privacy is important to us. Special Issues is committed to building long-lasting relationships based on trust. We hope the following information will help you understand how Special Issues collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information you provide to us.
Your Information: What, How, and Why?
When you browse our Web site, your personal information, including your e-mail address, is not collected. In a few areas on our Web site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to enhance your site visit, to serve you better, or to follow up with you after a purchase.
We request personal information when you:
- complete your online profile,
- place an order,
- provide feedback in an online survey,
- participate in a promotional offer or giveaway, or
- subscribe to a newsletter or a mailing list.
We may ask for things like your name, e-mail address, phone number, address, company or organization affiliation, areas of interest, as well as other similar personal information that is needed to complete your profile, subscribe to services, or complete transactions.
Upon written request, we will provide you with a copy of any information that you voluntarily provide us. If you find any errors in this information, please contact us and we will correct them.
We use your personal information to enhance our relationship with you
The information you provide will be kept confidential and used to support your customer relationship with Special Issues. Among other things, we will use the information to:
- notify you of your online order or registration status;
- process and fulfill your online order or registration;
- provide specific content, information, or offers within your areas of interest;
- occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to our Web site; and
- occasionally notify you of products, services, or events that we think you'll find valuable.
Special Issues will not disclose your personal information to any outside parties.
You can opt out or change the way you receive marketing or communications from Special Issues at any time.
You can change your preferred method of communication (Web, e-mail, mail, phone, fax) at any time. Or if you do not want to receive such communications, simply tell us when you give us your personal information.
We protect your information
When you place orders or register online and provide your credit card number, we offer the use of a secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us, thereby preventing it from being intercepted by outside sources.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. We use cookies to enhance one-to-one customer relationships by recognizing you as a return visitor, allowing you to receive information customized to your areas of interest, and enabling streamlined ways to contact us.
We know of no way that our cookies could present a security risk to you. Under present technology, no Web server can get a cookie stored by another Web server. Special Issues Online currently does not use cookies to gather information about you or your movements through our site. You can learn everything there is to know about cookies on http://www.cookiecentral.com/ .
In Summary Special Issues is committed to protecting your privacy. Personal information that we collect about you stays within Special Issues and any information distributed to third parties is reported in aggregate only. We do not give or sell your information to people who want to send you junk e-mail. Don't you hate that! Well, we hate that also.
Your Consent
By using our Web site and signing up for Special Issues Online's services, you consent to the collection and use of the previously mentioned information by Special Issues. This policy is subject to change. Privacy issues represent a growing concern for all Web users. To keep up-to-date with Special Issues ' policies, please check this page frequently.
We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time.
Feedback
Special Issues welcomes and encourages your questions and comments about our privacy policy. Please send e-mail to trip@specialissues.com or use the Online Contact form.
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