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The COGNET Group maintains high standards for the protection of privacy over the Internet. The purpose of this statement is to explain the types of information The COGNET Group obtains about visitors to our websites, how the information is obtained, how it is used, and how visitors can restrict its use or disclosure. The only information The COGNET Group obtains about individual visitors to our websites is information supplied voluntarily by the visitor. This means that you can visit our websites without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself--we DO NOT track where you go on our sites, so you never receive unsolicited emails from us or our advertisers. To gauge the effectiveness of our websites, we do collect some non-individually-identifiable generic information about our visitors. Our web servers automatically recognize a visitor's domain name (such as .com, .edu, etc.), the web page from which a visitor enters our site, which pages a visitor visits on our site, and on some sites, how much time a visitor spends on each page. This information does not reveal a visitor's identity. We aggregate this information and use it to evaluate and improve our websites. You can choose to provide individually-identifiable information to The COGNET Group in a number of ways through our websites - by ordering a service from us, sending us email, registering to receive news or website update information, or entering a contest. When visitors supply information about themselves for a specific purpose, The COGNET Group uses the information for that purpose (such as to provide the information the visitor has requested). In addition, when visitors use our websites to order services, or to request information about our services, we may use the individually-identifiable information as we would use the same information obtained off-line--for example, to evaluate your service needs and contact you regarding additional services you may find useful. You have the right to cancel any service you sign up for (details for canceling are included with the sign-up confirmation email). We do not sell or disclose individually-identifiable information obtained on-line about our visitors to anyone outside of The COGNET Group unless it is required by law, or disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of customers, employees or property. If you provide individually-identifiable information to us in the context of an event The COGNET Group sponsors with another company, such as a contest, or if you register on a co-sponsored site or feature, you may also be providing the individually-identifiable information to the co-sponsor. While we do not disclose individually-identifiable information obtained on-line about our visitors to anyone outside of The COGNET Group, including advertisers, those signing up for services may receive site-specific information regarding updates, news, conferences, contests, or other information which we deem to be important o our visitors. This may include commercial messages as part of the email. When commercial messages are part of the email (or the entire email), it will be designated "Advertisement" or "Commercial Message." Some of The COGNET Group's websites may use "cookies" to improve our level of service to visitors. Cookies are lines of text that are transmitted to your web browser when you click on a site. Your browser stores the information on your hard drive and when you return to that site later, the cookie is transmitted back to the server that originally sent it to you. Cookies provide a way for a server to recall a previous request or previous registration, or to keep track of a transaction as it progresses, so that information does not have to be repeated. To be notified when you are about to receive a cookie you can configure your browser to alert you when a site is attempting to send you a cookie and at that time you will have the option of refusing the cookie. You can check your hard drive for cookie files, on the "cookies.txt" file on your PC's hard drive; or under "magic cookies" on a Macintosh. The COGNET Group is committed to safeguarding customer privacy on all The COGNET Group websites. We require our employees to protect the privacy of information about our customers and expect our partners and suppliers to do so as well. You can feel confident that your individually-identifiable information will be protected when you access our webpages or order services from us over the Internet. We employ security measures to safeguard your transactions with us. The COGNET Group websites may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites. To improve the services it can offer you, The COGNET Group may opt to expand its capabilities for obtaining information about users in the future. The COGNET Group will update this privacy statement continually to ensure that you are aware of developments in this area. The COGNET Group has adopted Privacy Principles that state our commitment and define our policy on safeguarding customer privacy in all of our businesses.