privacy policy
PassageWest is committed to
protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful
and safe online experience. This Statement of
Privacy applies to the PassageWest Web site
and governs data collection and usage. By
using the PassageWest website, you consent to
the data practices described in this
statement.
Collection of your Personal
Information
PassageWest collects personally
identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address or
telephone number. PassageWest also collects
anonymous demographic information, which is
not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age,
gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your
computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by PassageWest. This
information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information
is used by PassageWest for the operation of
the service, to maintain quality of the
service, and to provide general statistics
regarding use of the PassageWest Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you
directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data
through PassageWest public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by
others. Note: PassageWest does not read any of
your private online communications.
PassageWest encourages you to review
the privacy statements of Web sites you choose
to link to from PassageWest so that you can
understand how those Web sites collect, use
and share your information. PassageWest is not
responsible for the privacy statements or
other content on Web sites outside of the
PassageWest and PassageWest family of Web
sites.
Use of your Personal
Information
PassageWest collects and uses your
personal information to operate the
PassageWest Web site and deliver the services
you have requested. PassageWest also uses your
personally identifiable information to inform
you of other products or services available
from PassageWest and its affiliates.
PassageWest may also contact you via surveys
to conduct research about your opinion of
current services or of potential new services
that may be offered.
PassageWest does not sell, rent or
lease its customer lists to third parties.
PassageWest may, from time to time, contact
you on behalf of external business partners
about a particular offering that may be of
interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail,
name, address, telephone number) is not
transferred to the third party. In addition,
PassageWest may share data with trusted
partners to help us perform statistical
analysis, send you email or postal mail,
provide customer support, or arrange for
deliveries. All such third parties are
prohibited from using your personal
information except to provide these services
to PassageWest, and they are required to
maintain the confidentiality of your
information.
PassageWest does not use or disclose
sensitive personal information, such as race,
religion, or political affiliations, without
your explicit consent.
PassageWest keeps track of the Web
sites and pages our customers visit within
PassageWest, in order to determine what
PassageWest services are the most popular.
This data is used to deliver customized
content and advertising within PassageWest to
customers whose behavior indicates that they
are interested in a particular subject area.
PassageWest Web sites will disclose
your personal information, without notice,
only 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
PassageWest or the site; (b) protect and
defend the rights or property of PassageWest;
and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of users of
PassageWest, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The PassageWest Web site use
"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. The purpose of a cookie is to
tell the Web server that you have returned to
a specific page. For example, if you
personalize PassageWest pages, or register
with PassageWest site or services, a cookie
helps PassageWest to recall your specific
information on subsequent visits. This
simplifies the process of recording your
personal information, such as billing
addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When
you return to the same PassageWest Web site,
the information you previously provided can be
retrieved, so you can easily use the
PassageWest features that you customized.
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
PassageWest services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal
Information
PassageWest secures your personal
information from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. PassageWest secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on
computer servers in a controlled, secure
environment, protected from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. When personal
information (such as a credit card number) is
transmitted to other Web sites, it is
protected through the use of encryption, such
as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
PassageWest will occasionally update
this Statement of Privacy to reflect company
and customer feedback. PassageWest encourages
you to periodically review this Statement to
be informed of how PassageWest is protecting
your information.
Contact Information
PassageWest welcomes your comments
regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you
believe that PassageWest has not adhered to
this Statement, please contact PassageWest at
privacy@passagewest.com. We will use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
determine and remedy the problem.
E-mail: privacy@passagewest.com