SSPDirect.com Online Policies - Terms of Use

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The following are the terms of a legal agreement between you and SmartSolutionPartners, LLC. By accessing, browsing and /or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use this web site.

SSP Direct, an internet division of SmartSolutionPartners, LLC has adopted this Privacy Statement in order to inform you of its policies with respect to information collected from this website. Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Statement and your consent to the practices it describes.

Information Collected on SSPDirect.com

Automatic Collection of Anonymous Information

When you visit the website, like when you visit most other websites, certain anonymous information about your visit is automatically logged, which may include information about the type of browser you use, the server name and IP address through which you access the internet (such as "aol.com" or "earthlink.net"), the date and time you access the site, the pages you access while at the website, and the internet address of the website, if any, from which you linked directly to the SSPDirect.com site. This information is not personally identifiable.

Personally Identifiable Information

Personally Identifiable Information is any information that concerns you individually and would permit someone to contact you, for example, your name, address, telephone/fax number, social security number, email address or any information you submitted to SSPDirect.com that identifies you individually.

SSPDirect.com does not want to receive and will not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it. Therefore, if you do not want SSPDirect.com to obtain any personally identifiable information about you, do not submit it.

You can visit and browse the website without revealing personally identifiable information about yourself. You may also choose to disclose personally identifiable information about yourself, which may be maintained as described below. SSPDirect.com may collect personally identifiable information about you from its website by methods such as the following:

• Registration Forms - If you are offered the opportunity to enter a promotion, to become a registered user of the SSPDirect.com website, or to opt-in to receive SSPDirect.com information through another site, you must apply by filling out the registration form on the site. This form requires certain personally identifiable information that may include, without limitation, your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, areas of interest, product usage, and/or a unique individual password.

• Transactions and Activity - If you become a registered user or if you conduct transactions through the SSPDirect.com website, information is collected about the transactions you engage in while on the website and your other activity on the site. This information may include, without limitation, areas of the website that you visit, transaction type, content that you view, download or submit, transaction amount, payment, shipping and billing information as well as the nature, quantity and price of the goods or services you exchange and the individuals or entities with whom you communicate or transact business.

• Email and other voluntary communications - You may also choose to communicate with SmartSolutionPartners, LLC through email, via our website, by telephone, in writing, or though other means. We collect the information in these communications, and such information may be personally identifiable.

Information Use

SmartSolutionPartners, LLC may use the personally identifiable information collected through its website primarily for such purposes as:

• helping to establish and verify the identity of users;

• opening, maintaining, administering and servicing users' accounts or memberships;

• processing, servicing or enforcing transactions and sending related communications;

• providing services and support to users;

• improving the website, including tailoring it to users' preferences;

• providing users with product or service updates, promotional notices and offers, and other information about SmartSolutionPartners, LLC and its affiliates;

• responding to your questions inquiries, comments and instructions;

• maintaining the security and integrity of its systems.

SSPDirect.com uses the anonymous browsing information collected automatically by its servers primarily to help it administer and improve its website. SSPDirect.com may also use aggregated anonymous information to provide information about its website to advertisers, potential business partners and other unaffiliated entities. Again, this information is not personally identifiable.

Disclosure of Information

SmartSolutionPartners, LLC and SSPDirect.com do not provide personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties for their use in marketing directly to you. SSPDirect.com may use unaffiliated companies to help it maintain and operate its website or for other reasons related to the operation of its business, and those companies may receive your personally identifiable information for that purpose.

SSPDirect.com will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted materials or other information to us unless: (a) we obtain your permission to use your name; or (b) we first notify you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of this site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.

SSPDirect.com Forums, Club and Chat Rooms

If you participate in an SSP discussion forum, SSP club or chat room, you should be aware that the information you provide there will be made available to others, potentially inside or outside SSPDirect.com who have access to those locations. Also, please recognize that each participant's opinion is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of SmartSolutionPartners, LLC or SSPDirect.com.

Finally, as SmartSolutionPartners, LLC business develops, it may sell or buy corporate assets, and in such transactions customer information may be one of the transferred business assets. If SmartSolutionPartners,LLC, its internet businesses, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired, customer information may be one of the assets transferred.

Children's Privacy

This website is directed toward and designed for use by persons aged 13 or older. SSPDirect.com will not approve applications of, or establish or maintain accounts or memberships for, any child whom SSPDirect.com knows to be under the age of 13. SSPDirect.com does not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If SSPDirect.com nevertheless discovers that it has received personally identifiable information from an individual who indicates that he or she is, or whom SmartSolutionPartners, LLC otherwise has reason to believe is, under the age of 13, SSPDirect.com will delete such information from its systems. Additionally, a child's parent or legal guardian may request that the child's information be corrected or deleted from SSPDirect.com files by contacting us at customerservice@sspdirect.com.

"Cookies" and Advertisers

The SmartSolutionPartners, LLC website's server, or the servers of companies that are used to operate this site, may place a "cookie" on your computer in order to allow you to use the website and to personalize your experience.

A "cookie" is a small piece of data that can be sent by a web server to your computer, which then may be stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow SSPDirect.com to recognize your computer while you are on its website and help customize your online experience and make it more convenient for you. Cookies are also useful in allowing more efficient log-in for users, tracking transaction histories and preserving information between sessions. The information collected from cookies may also be used to improve the functionality of the website.

The advertisers and/or other content providers that may appear on this website may also use cookies that are not sent by the SmartSolutionPartners, LLC website. Such ads or content may contain cookies that help track and target the interests of users of this website in order to present "personalized" advertisements or other messages that the user might find interesting. SmartSolutionPartners, LLC is not responsible for any such cookies.

Most web browser applications (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator) have features that can notify you when you receive a cookie or prevent cookies from being sent. If you disable cookies, however, you may not be able to use certain personalized functions of this website.

External Links

The SmartSolutionPartners, LLC website may contain links to other websites, including those of advertisers or third party content providers who offer downloads on SSPDirect.com. Please be aware that SmartSolutionPartners, LLC makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site which you may access through this one. SmartSolutionPartners and SSPDirect.com are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. Websites that are accessible by hyperlinks from the SmartSolutionPartners, LLC website may use cookies. SmartSolutionPartners, LLC encourages you to read the privacy statements provided by other websites before you provide personally identifiable information to them.

Security

SSPDirect.com maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help guard personally identifiable information. If transactions are offered on the site, transaction information is transmitted to and from SSPDirect.com in encrypted form using industry-standard connections to help protect such information from interception. SSPDirect.com restricts authorized access to your personal information to those persons who have a legitimate purpose to know that information to provide products or services to you and those persons you have authorized to have access to such information. Please be aware, however, that any email or other transmission you send through the internet cannot be completely protected against unauthorized interception.

Choice/Opt-Out

In order to provide service to you, SSPDirect.com will send you communications related to your transactions, security or the administration of its website. From time to time, SSPDirect.com and its affiliates may also wish to send you other messages or updates about SSPDirect.com, its affiliates, or their promotions and other activities. If you would prefer not to receive future email communications, an unsubscribe link is provided on every communication you receive, or you may send an email containing your request to customerservice@sspdirect.com.

Data Quality/Access

SSPDirect.com allows you to change, update, or delete the information you may provide in your optional registration form. If you would like to change, update, or delete your personal information, please send an email containing your request to customerservice@sspdirect.com. Before SSPDirect.com is able to provide you with any information or correct any inaccuracies, however, we may ask you to verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to respond to your request.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

SmartSolutionPartners, LLC and SSPDirect.com reserve the right to modify or supplement this policy at any time. By using this web site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore, periodically visit this page to determine the then current terms to which you are bound.

Contacting Us

If you have questions about this privacy statement, please contact SmartSolutionPartners, LLC, 11 Imperial Lane, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 or call Customer Service at 1-845-735-1417.