Hiyaah Power, Inc. Privacy Policy
Please read our privacy statement before submitting any personal information. At Hiyaah Power, Inc., we strive to provide resources and services to better serve our users and members. Our organization values your privacy. We understand that privacy is a very important issue, so we maintain our services with the protection of your privacy in mind at all times. This Privacy Policy outlines the different types of personal information we gather when you use the Hiyaah Power, Inc. web site, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it for you.
The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address or email address.
1. Information. Hiyaah Power, Inc. obtains information from and about you in different ways.
Hiyaah Power, Inc. resources, free web page access and some other services do not require any personally identifying information from you.
Hiyaah Power, Inc. collects limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. Hiyaah Power, Inc. uses this information to develop and improve the services for you.
Some of our services require you to register for a membership account. Hiyaah Power, Inc. asks you for some personal information in order to create a Basic, Professional, or Corporate Member account (typically your name, email address and a username and password for your account) and we will use that information to provide the service and we may request credit card or other payment information which we maintain in encrypted form on secure servers.
When Hiyaah Power, Inc. requires personally identifying information, we will inform you about the types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.
A. Some information is gathered automatically when you access the Site such as IP address, browser information and operating system as an example.
B. Personal Information is not gathered automatically at the site. If you wish to provide Personal Information, you must do so voluntarily such as a submission of an online form or via email submission. This information is never used to be given to third parties, BUT any information that you voluntarily post online to be seen on the web site is subject to viewing and collecting by outside visitors to the web site and out of our control.
C. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the hard drive of a user's computer. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by the same user. Cookies are usually used to store information such as products you have clicked to add to your shopping cart. The shopping cart cannot "tally" a total without using Cookies to remember what you have selected to purchase so far.
Upon your first visit to Hiyaah Power, Inc., a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. Hiyaah Power, Inc. uses cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people interact with us. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Hiyaah Power, Inc. features or services may not function properly without cookies.
1a. Information Sharing
1. We do not ever rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals. We may share demographic information on the site and with those wishing to advertise at Hiyaah Power, Inc. This ONLY includes demographic information and NOT your personal information.
2. If you have an account, we may share the information you submitted under your account among all of our services and only those employed by Hiyaah Power, Inc. in order to provide you with a seamless experience and to improve the quality of our own service. We will never disclose your account information to other people or non-affiliated companies.
3. We may store and process personal information collected on our site in the United States or any other country in which Hiyaah Power, Inc. or its agents maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information among these facilities, including those located outside your country.
4. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Hiyaah Power, Inc. such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
2. General Use and Disclosure of Information
A. General Information such as browser used, date of query, window display, etc is gathered to understand site demographics and content preferences, and will do so without notice to or permission from you.
B. Personal Information is voluntarily provided by you for Hiyaah Power, Inc. to be able to contact you for special events and promotions for your business.
Personal information is NEVER given to third parties for advertising or any other reason.
Some personal information is published on the web site such as your business name and business address in the areas where you have voluntarily submitted and are willing to have that information published so that you can promote your business on the Internet.
3. Community Programs, Interactive Mail List, and Directories.
Hiyaah Power, Inc. cautions you to use discretion when sharing personal information in community areas on this web site such as message boards, mailing lists and directories. If you disclose personal information in such areas, you understand and agree that such personal information may be found, used, and disclosed by others without restriction.
4. Information Security
1. We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data and check this on a regular basis.
2. We restrict access to your personally identifying information only to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
Updating your information
We provide ways for updating and correcting your personally identifying information for many of our services at Hiyaah Power, Inc.
Links:
How to Contact Us
Update your Professional Member Information
Interactive Mail List for Members
Hiyaah Power, Inc. may present links in a format that helps us to understand whether they have been followed, (clicked on). We use this information to understand and improve the quality of the services offered at Hiyaah Power, Inc. For example, this data helps us determine how often users are interested in a particular subject or advertisement.
Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy may/will change from time to time. We usually expect changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Hiyaah Power, Inc. will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. Each update will be noted at the top of the page with the current version date.
