Website Privacy Policy

NAVICUS Website Privacy Policy

Protecting privacy is an NAVICUS priority. To underscore our fundamental commitment to privacy and our vision that good privacy is good business for NAVICUS, for our customers and for consumers, we have adopted this privacy policy. This privacy policy is operated by NAVICUS, Inc., 951 Broken Sound Parkway, Suite 190, Boca Raton, FL 33487.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

I. Personally-identifiable information

NAVICUS and its' websites collectively, only collects personally-identifiable information from clients if they chose to provide this information to us. Personally-identifiable information collected with the client and client's consumers' consent may include, for example, name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, date of birth, credit card number, social security number, drivers license number, user name and password, any response you provide to survey questions, information relating to any orders you place, or any inquires you may make through our web sites.

II. Cookies

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by a browser on your computer's hard drive. Our sites use first and third party cookies, however personally identifiable information is not collected through the use of cookies. Cookies allow us to store User IDs during your visit to keep track of reports you have ordered or any updates to those reports. Cookies also help us detect potential fraud or misuse of our system.

III. Non-personally-identifiable information

This site also collects non-personally-identifiable information. For example, as clients browse our web site we may collect information about your visit, but not about you personally. Via web server logs, for example, we may monitor statistics such as: the number of people that visit our site, which page(s) are visited on our site, from which domain our visitors come (e.g., aol.com, hotmail.com, etc.), and which browsers people use to visit our site (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.). Our web site may use an outsourcing program to assist us in analyzing this data to better tailor our web site.

INFORMATION USE AND CONSUMER CHOICE

The information collected by this web site is used only for responding to inquiries and otherwise corresponding with clients, for processing transactions you request, maintaining accounts, and for the administration, review and/or the improvement the content of our web sites.

We may contact clients in response to their comments or inquiries, as part of the maintenance of their account with us (if they have one), or in order to complete a transaction that they requested. We may also contact clients to inform them of other products or services we think may be of interest to them, but we always offer them an opportunity to opt not to receive such communications.

If a consumer or client decides that they do not want to receive further e-mails regarding an inquiry from NAVICUS, they can reply to the e-mail or use the telephone number (800) 852-3885 with a request that we not continue to e-mail them. We do not use outside data sources to enrich marketing data obtained online.
 
ONWARD TRANSFER

We may disclose information contracted clients provide to us to third parties in order to complete a transaction that a client requested. If, for example, a client pays for a transaction using a credit card, disclosing that information for processing purposes is necessary to complete the transaction. In other cases, it may be necessary to disclose information clients provide about themselves or third parties in order to obtain the information product the client requested.

We may also outsource some tasks, including the operation of some website functions, that require access to information clients supply online. In such cases, however, we require that the companies acting on our behalf abide by our privacy policy and institute safeguards to protect the confidentiality of a client's information.

Finally, please note that we may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform with the law or to comply with a legal process.

ACCESS AND CORRECTION

As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information collected. Furthermore, we believe that the individual is invaluable in ensuring that data is complete and accurate. We will provide clients and consumers with access to personally-identifiable information they provide through our web site for as long as we maintain that information in a readily accessible format. Similarly, we permit and encourage clients to correct inaccuracies in the information they submit to us through our web site.

SECURITY

We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of personally-identifiable information collected through this web site. We recognize the importance of security for all personally-identifiable information collected by our web site. We exercise care in providing secure transmission of client and consumer information from your PC to our servers.

Once we receive personally-identifiable information, we take steps to protect its security on our systems. In the event we request or transmit sensitive information, such as credit card information or Social Security Numbers, we use industry standard, secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.  We limit access to personally-identifiable information to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities.

POLICY CHANGES

We may revise this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify clients by posting a prominent announcement on the web site. If we are going to use a client or consumer's personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify the client or consumer via email and phone. Clients and consumers will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.