PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVACY

APIRS collects, uses, and discloses your personal information in accordance with this Site Use Agreement. APIRS may change this Site Use Agreement from time to time in its sole discretion. By accepting this Agreement, and each time you use the website, you consent to APIRS collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Site Use Agreement as it then exists without any further notice or any liability to you or any other person.

YOUR CONSENT

1. By using the Website, you signify your consent to APIRS collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Policy.

INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED

2. Non-Identifiable Information - Like many other Web sites, the Website automatically collects certain non-identifiable information regarding Website users, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service Provider, the date and time you access the Website, the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to the Website, the operating system you are using, the sections of the Website you visit, the Website pages read and images viewed, and the content you download from the Website. This non-identifiable information is used for Website and system administration purposes and to improve the Website. APIRS may also use non-identifiable information to initiate interactive, real-time discussions with users. Your non-identifiable information may be disclosed to others and permanently archived for future use.

3. Cookies - The Website uses "cookies", a technology that installs a small amount of information on a Website user's computer to permit the Website to recognize future visits using that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of the Website. For example, the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as a previous user of the Website (so you do not have to enter your personal information every time), offer personalized Web page content and information for your use, track your activity at the Website to respond to your needs, and otherwise facilitate your Website experience. Advertisements displayed on the Website may also contain cookies or other technologies. Third party advertising companies may provide those advertisements, and APIRS does not have any control over, or any responsibility or liability for, the use and disclosure of information collected through advertisement cookies. You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Website and your ability to access certain features of the Website or engage in transactions through the Website.

4. Tracking Information - APIRS may use non-personal information to create aggregate tracking information reports regarding Website user demographics, Website traffic patterns, and Website purchases, and then provide those reports to advertisers and others. None of the tracking information in the reports can be connected to the identities or other personal information of individual users. APIRS also may link tracking information with personal information voluntarily provided by Website users. Once such a link is made, all of the linked information is treated as personal information and will be used and disclosed only in accordance with this Policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE

5. Your Personal Information - During your use of the Website, you may be asked to voluntarily provide certain personal information (such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, or credit card information) for purposes such as facilitating communications with you, applying for access to certain special features of the Website, or carrying out transactions. It is always your choice whether or not to provide personal information. If you choose not to provide requested personal information, you will not be able to use certain features of the Website and you will not be able to engage in transactions through the Website.

6. Use of Your Personal Information - APIRS may use your personal information to contact and correspond with you, to respond to your inquiries, to process transactions and payments, and to facilitate and enhance your use of the Website. APIRS may develop a confidential customer profile for you, which will be used to provide the very best service to you.

7. Email from APIRS - APIRS may send to you, from time to time, email or other communications containing information about APIRS, and other matters APIRS believes will interest you. At any time you may ask APIRS to stop sending you email and other information by contacting info@apirs.com Also, each unsolicited email APIRS sends to you will tell you how to decline further unsolicited email. From time to time APIRS may also send to you email containing important information regarding the Website, which you may not opt out of receiving.

8. Disclosure of Your Personal Information - APIRS may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

(I) Disclosure to Service Providers - In order to process transactions, APIRS must disclose some of your personal information to certain service providers, such as your credit card issuer, a third party credit verification company, the product handler, the delivery service, and APIRS Before personal information is disclosed, the service provider will agree with APIRS to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Policy. A list of APIRS service providers to whom personal information may be disclosed, as amended from time to time, may be found here. If you do not wish APIRS to provide your personal information to those service providers, you may not use the Website for transactions.
(II) There are no closely held entities with which APIRS will provide your information..
(III) Disclosure to Trading Partners - APIRS may provide your personal information to certain of its trading partners. Before personal information is disclosed, the recipient organization will agree with APIRS to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Policy. Recipient organizations may use your personal information to provide you with email or other information about their products and services and other matters. A list of APIRS trading partners, to whom personal information may be disclosed, as amended from time to time, may be found here. If at any time you do not wish APIRS to make any further disclosure of your personal information to those organizations, please notify APIRS at info@apirs.com
(IV) Disclosure in Business Transfers - APIRS may be involved in the sale or transfer of some or all of its business. As part of that sale or transfer, APIRS may disclose your personal information to the acquiring organization, but will require the acquiring organization to agree to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Policy. If at any time you do not wish APIRS to disclose your personal information as part of the sale or transfer of some or all of APIRS business, please notify APIRS at info@apirs.com
(V) Law Enforcement and Legal Disclosure - APIRS may disclose your personal information to a government institution that has asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information or where APIRS has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the investigation of unlawful activity, or to comply with a subpoena or warrant or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or to comply with court rules regarding the production of records and information, or to APIRS legal counsel.

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