Privacy Policy

This site is owned and operated by HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At HAMMONDSgroup, Inc., we want to make your online experience satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Gathering and Tracking Information
HAMMONDSgroup Inc. gathers two types of information about users:

• Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters, to e-mail a friend and from participation in polls or surveys.

• Information HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our site. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers’ needs and better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstance does HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

1. Electronic newsletter policy:

We will offer free electronic newsletters to users. HAMMONDSgroup, Inc gathers the e-mail addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.

2. “E-mail this to friend policy”:

Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking “e-mail this to a friend”. The user must provide their e-mail address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the e-mail. This information is not used for any other purpose.

3. Surveys:

HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.

4. Use of information:

HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. uses any information given by our users to enhance their experience in our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site or to better prepare future content based upon the interests of our users.

As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls or surveys. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing or offering. HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third party, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our site users like and dislike, it is based on traffic to those areas and we do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. uses the above described information to tailor our content to suit your needs. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public at large.

HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

5. Opt-out policy: CLICK HERE TO OPT-OUT

We give users options whenever necessary and practical. Such choices include:

• opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletter.

• opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.

6. Your consent:

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by HAMMONDSgroup, Inc. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

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