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Place & Arnold Online Privacy Statement
This document was last updated July 4, 2005.
Place & Arnold is committed to protecting
your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without
giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we
do need information to provide services that you request,
and this privacy statement explains data collection and use
in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to
placeandarnold.com. Please read the complete
Place & Arnold Online Privacy Statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or allows us to
contact you. Generally, this information is requested when
you are registering before ordering e-mail newsletters,
joining a limited-access site or when requesting services.
Personal information collected by Place & Arnold often is
limited to e-mail address or location, but may include other
information when needed to provide a service you requested.
Place & Arnold also collects certain information about
your computer hardware and software. This information may
include: your IP address, browser type, operating system,
domain name, access times and referring web site addresses.
This information is used for the operation of the service,
to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general
statistics regarding use of placeandarnold.com.
Place & Arnold also collects information about which
pages our customers visit within placeandarnold.com. This
site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID
number, and it is never linked with personal information.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
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To ensure our site is
relevant to your needs.
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To help us create and
publish content most relevant to you.
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To alert you to special
offers, updated information and other new services from
Place & Arnold, if you so request.
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To allow you access to
limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous
demographic information for research purposes, and we may
use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant
content. In some limited-entry sections of
placeandarnold.com, with your approval, we will combine
site-visitation data with your personal information in order
to provide you with personalized content. If you decline
permission, we will not provide you the personalized service
and won’t merge your personal information with
site-visitation data.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal
information, Place & Arnold will not share that
information with third parties. It will only be used for the
purposes stated above.
Security of your Personal Information
Place & Arnold 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 in
computer servers with limited access that are located in
controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive
information (such as a credit card number) over the
internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such
as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
placeandarnold.com is a general audience site and does not
knowingly collect any personal information from children.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the
customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is
read if the customer has visited the site previously. One
use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site
visitation statistics described above.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from
the Place & Arnold Web site, you will be able to view the
text on the screens, however you will not experience a
personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the
service offerings on the site.
Changes to this Statement
Place & Arnold will occasionally update this privacy
statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last
updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
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