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H.C. Wainwright & Co. Economics
Inc. Privacy Statement
(last updated: August 8th
2003)
H.C. Wainwright & Co. Economics Inc. is committed
to protecting your privacy. This H.C. Wainwright & Co. Economics Inc.
hereafter known as HCWE, Privacy Statement applies to the HCWE Web
site and governs data collection and usage at all HCWE sites and services;
it does not apply to other online or offline sites, products or services.
Please read the HCWE Privacy Statement below.
HCWE is a targeted audience web site Personal
information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in
this Privacy Statement.
Collection of your Personal
Information
At our site, HCWE collects personal information,
such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone
number. HCWE may also collect demographic information, such as your ZIP
code, age and gender
If you choose to sign up for a paid subscription,
we will collect additional personal information, possibly including your
credit card number and billing address, in order to create an HCWE billing
account.
HCWE also collects certain information about your
computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP
address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site
addresses. This information is used by HCWE for the operation of the
service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general
statistics regarding use of HCWE.
HCWE keeps track of the pages our customers visit
within HCWE, in order to determine what HCWE sites and services are the
most popular.
HCWE encourages you to review the privacy
statements of Web sites you choose to link to from HCWE so that you can
understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
HCWE is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web
sites outside of the HCWE Web site.
Use of your Personal Information
HCWE collects and uses your personal information
to operate HCWE and deliver the services you have requested. HCWE does not
use or disclose any personal information without your explicit consent.
HCWE also uses your personal information to
inform you of other products or services available. HCWE may also contact
you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
HCWE does not sell, rent or lease its customer
lists to third parties.
HCWE may access and/or disclose your personal
information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that
such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or
comply with legal process served on HCWE or the site; (b) protect and
defend the rights or property of HCWE; or (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of HCWE services or
members of the public.
Personal information collected on this site may
be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which
HCWE or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by
using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside
of your country.
There are some HCWE services that send out
periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues, new feature
announcements and news about HCWE products and services. You will not be
able to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of
the service you have chosen.
Security of your Personal
Information
HCWE is committed to protecting the security of
your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and
procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized
access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information
you provide on computer systems with limited access, which are located in
controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential information
over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as
the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
HCWE uses "cookies" to help you personalize your
online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard
disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or
deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you,
and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie
to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to
provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example if you
register with the HCWE site or services, a cookie helps HCWE to recall
your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the
process of recording your personal information. When you return to HCWE,
the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can
easily use HCWE features.
You have the ability to accept or decline
cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can
usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If
you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the
interactive features of the HCWE Web site.
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