Privacy Policy
This document sets forth the CPI Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) for this web site, www.cpifirst.com (“Site”). If you have objections to this Privacy Policy, you should not access or use this Site. This Privacy Policy does not govern privacy practices associated with offline activities or other CPI web sites. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, "personal information" is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact or locate the person to whom such information pertains.
Changes in Privacy Policy
All “personal information” that we collect and maintain shall be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. CPI reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after such notice has been posted.
Should you provide personal information to CPI, you will given the opportunity to limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by CPI or by third parties. CPI will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent. However, if CPI sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or CPI (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by or merged with, another entity, CPI may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.
Entities Collecting Personal Information
Personal information on this Site is collected by Computer Partners, Inc.™ CPI’s address is 670 U.S. Highway 278 East, Cullman, AL 35055 and its telephone number is (256) 775-1500.
The Site contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.
Collection of Personal Information
As a visitor to this Site, you can generally browse the Site and engage in many activities without providing any personal information. When accessing other activities, such as downloading materials or software or entering a contest, CPI may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, CPI may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including zip code), e-mail address, company name, job title, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal information. When ordering products or services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.
When you use the Site, CPI or third parties authorized by CPI may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Site and its services. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of your computer. We use these environmental variables to facilitate and track your use of the Site and its services. CPI may also use such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Site.
When you submit personal information to CPI through this Site, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which CPI and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices, including without limitation, the United States. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of CPI. Such vendors are bound by contract to not use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties. One instance where this could occur is in conjunction with framed pages in which the URL for the pages is not visible and the pages are being hosted by a vendor of CPI.
CPI has established relationships with various service providers whose services are available to you from this Site or from web sites that are linked to this Site. Typically, these providers offer services that CPI customers might find useful. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider’s web site will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site and personal information that you provide while on this Site in conjunction with a provider’s service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with CPI personal information collected from you. In such instances, CPI may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. In the situation where sites have an CPI “look and feel,” and you reasonably believe you are on an CPI site, the site is collecting information in a solely intermediary capacity and does not use personal information for secondary purposes.
In order to reduce errors in our database, authenticate our users and prevent abuse of our system we may on occasion supplement the personal information you submit to us with information from third party sources. For example, we may supplement your registration information with address information provided by the U.S. Postal Service to qualify your information and prevent errors in our database.
How your Personal Information is Used
CPI collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you register a product, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. As another example, if you enter a contest, information is collected to qualify the entry and contact you regarding the contest or prize awards. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and other products and services of CPI and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.
CPI may collect information about the use of the Site; such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. CPI may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing or similar promotional purposes.
Your Choices with Respect to Personal Information
CPI recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Site. Without your consent, CPI will not use this information to send you information on CPI products, services and special offers, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of this Site. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, CPI will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent. There are other instances in which CPI may divulge your personal information. CPI may provide your personal information if necessary, in CPI’s good faith judgement, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant or order or to protect the rights of CPI or others.
Protection of Your Personal Information
Personal information that you provide to register a product or access activities resides on a secure server that only CPI personnel and contractors have access to via password. We may provide you with password protected access to your personal information. Should we do so, we recommend that you not divulge your password to anyone. Please note that any information you post to a public bulletin board or chat room is not protected and is available to all persons accessing that location.
Use of Cookies
When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and access important information without revealing your identity. In order to improve the Site, we may use “‘cookies” to track your visit. A cookie is small amount of data that is stored on your computer by a Web server. It functions as your identification card, and enables CPI to record your passwords, purchases, and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages.)
Updating Your Personal Information and Preferences
You have the right to correct any personal information and modify any privacy preferences that you have provided to us at any time. You may do so by writing or e-mailing your request to CPI. With your request, please include your name, address, and/or e-mail address and indicate whether this information is related to product registration, activity information or both. If an activity, please provide as much detail as possible about the activity where you provided your personal information. To write, mail your correspondence to Computer Partners, Inc, Attn: Change of Personal Information,
670 U.S. Highway 278 East, Cullman, AL 35055. For e-mail, contact the Administrator. Privacy Related Inquiries and Complaints
CPI takes its users’ privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that CPI has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write or e-mail CPI at the address indicated above. In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the CPI Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.
Please note that if you provide CPI with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), CPI cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored. Also, please note that CPI is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-CPI Web Sites to which this Site or any other CPI Web Site may link. You should review the privacy policy of such sites before using the sites.