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Privacy
Statement
Federal
Arbitration, Inc. ("FedArb") has high standards for both the privacy and the
security of the information submitted by parties to an arbitration. We will not
sell, share, or rent your contact information to others without your prior
permission, and we will keep your case information secure.
Registration
In order to
use this website, a user must first complete the registration form and supply
contact information. This information is used to contact the user about the
services provided by FedArb. We will not disclose any of your personal
information, expect when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, or
to protect the rights or property of FedArb.
Cookies
A cookie is
a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the
user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable
information while on our site. Once the user closes his/her browser, the cookie
simply terminates. By setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to
log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a
user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this
is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. Cookies can also
enable us to track the usage of our website in order to improve it. We may also
log IP files and use IP addresses to obtain information to improve the website.
The information thus collected is used for statistical purposes and is not
personal information.
Security
This site
has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the
information under our control. All purchase information that you provide whether
for credit card purchase, on-line check purchase, or wire transfer is captured
by a secure server and passes over the Internet in encrypted form.
Links
This web
site contains links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not
responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our
users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of
every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Sharing
We may share
aggregated demographic information with potential partners. This is not linked
to any personal information that can identify any individual person, party or
law firm.
Where a
credit card processing company is used to bill users for services, these
companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information
for any secondary purposes.
We may
partner with other companies or individuals to provide specific services. When
the user signs up for such services, we will share names, or other contact
information that is necessary for the third party to provide the services, and
the third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of providing the requested services.
If a user
elects to use our referral service for informing someone about our site, we ask
that user for the friend's name and email address. We will automatically send
the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. We store this
information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may
contact us here to request the removal of this information from the database.
Security
This website
takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit
sensitive information via the website, the information is protected both online
and off-line.
When a party
in contract with FedArb uses the website to enter sensitive information such as
a credit card number, that information is encrypted and is protected with the
best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, the lock
icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are
just ‘surfing'.
While we use
SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in
our power to protect user-information off-line. Our users' information, not just
the sensitive information mentioned above, is protected in our offices.
Employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
If you have
any questions about the security at our website, you can contact us.
Site and Service
Updates
We also
reserve the right to send our users site and service announcement updates. We
may communicate with them to provide requested services and in regards to issues
relating to their accounts via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user's
personally identifiable information changes (such as address), or when the
provision of contractual services to parties has concluded, we will remove
confidential information by agreement.
Notification of Changes
If we decide
to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our homepage so that
individuals and counsel are aware of what information we have and under
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use
personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at
the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will
have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different
manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under
which the information was collected.
Choice/Opt-Out
To correct
or update contact information, or to opt out of future email,
contact us.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have
any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or other
issues concerning this website, you can contact us.
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