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Privacy Policy
Elgin is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of you, its
customers and the users of this web site. In light of this commitment, Elgin
adheres to the practices provided below.
Elgin
does not disclose or sell any personal information about you without your prior
approval, except as required by law and as requested by regulatory agencies and
governmental authorities. Elgin
uses the information collected on this web site only to better provide you with
its services. From time to time, Elgin
may change its privacy policy, and will make reasonable efforts to publish such
changes. Furthermore,
Elgin
adheres to strict security procedures to more fully protect your information.
Collecting and using personal information
When you submit personal information to Elgin, you are agreeing to permit Elgin
and its subsidiaries and affiliates to access, store, and use the information wherever
in the world Elgin
and its subsidiaries and affiliates do business, both inside and outside the United States
. In particular, Elgin
may use your personal information for various business purposes, such as statistical
analyses, generating surveys, doing market research, improving its services, and
notifying you about services and changes that may affect you, among other business
purposes all in an effort to better serve and provide you with the best service
available.
In some cases, Elgin's web site links to other sites that collect personal information by and for other
parties. In these cases, the personal information you provide on those sites is
governed by the privacy policy of that site. Elgin
does not assume responsibility for the actions of other parties. However, Elgin
will use reasonable efforts to maintain secure connections with you and limit access
to databases containing your personal information to authorized parties, including
our own employees, whose access to your information is on a need to know basis.
As such, our employees are trained to protect your privacy.
Controlling Elgin's use of personal information
Elgin's web site is primarily intended for adults and not children under 18. Elgin
will not knowingly collect personal information from children without the consent
of a child's parent or guardian, and will not knowingly use or disclose personal
information collected from children for any purpose.
"Cookie" use
"Cookies" are small text files that are stored on your computer's hard drive by
a web site through your browser. "Cookies" enable a web site such as Elgin
's web site to keep track of your activities on that web site, and to improve your
use of the site, such as by keeping track of your preferences. "Cookies" do not
include any personal information. Additionally, you can change your browser settings
on your personal computer so that "cookies" are not stored on your hard drive.
Disclosure to government
Elgin
reserves the right to monitor and disclose, without your consent, any communications
or personal information, whenever requested to do so by courts, government agencies
or by law enforcement authorities.
Elgin
will use reasonable efforts to address concerns you may have about your personal
information. You may contact Elgin
by using the "Contact Us" area of the site.
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