• We make no effort to identify public users of our site. No identifying data is disclosed to any third party for any purpose. Data that we collect is used only for server administration.
  
  
• This statement applies to non-customer interactions with the Computer Online Center Web servers. It does not apply to email sent to Computer Online Center staff or customers.
  
  
• Any questions regarding the web site and the privacy policy can be directed to contact|at|computeronlinecenter|dot|com
  
  
• We log http requests to our server. This means that we know the originating IP (e.g. 234.65.76.852) address of a user agent requesting a URL. We also know the Referrer and User-Agent information accompanied with an HTTP request.
  
  
• Computer Online Center uses cookie technology to make your use of the Sites more convenient and to support our internal business purposes. A cookie is a piece of information that is transferred to a User's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. For example, Computer Online Center uses cookies to remember your e-mail address so that you will not have to re-enter this information each time you visit the Site. Computer Online Center also uses cookies to help track referrals from third party web sites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can set up your browser to alert you every time a cookie is offered, letting you decide whether or not to accept it. You can use and visit the Site with cookies disabled, but you will not automatically be recognized by the Site upon re-visiting. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of our Sites' best features, so we recommend that you leave them turned on.
  
  
• Some of our business partners use cookies on our Site (for example, advertising partners). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission for them to set cookies.
  
  
• We also log requests to our search, cgi, and list maintenance services. This data is only used for administration and researching the efficacy of our tools.
  
  
• Logged information is kept indefinitely as admistrative material; it is not disclosed outside of Computer Online Center host site personnel. Aggregate (completely non-identifying) statistics generated from these logs may be reported as part of registrar accreditation or similar processes.
  
  
• This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Computer Online Center. However, our Site contains links to other web sites owned and operated by third parties. The third parties who operate these sites may treat the collection, use and disclosure of personal information differently than we do. This could be the case even for those web sites that carry Computer Online Center's or its affiliates' trademarks or logos or which are framed by a Site. Please be aware that Computer Online Center is not responsible for the data collection, use and disclosure practices of companies or organizations to which our Sites may provide links. We encourage our Users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
  
  
• Computer Online Center reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If Computer Online Center makes a change, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you are aware of any changes. If we make a material change to this Privacy Policy we will make reasonable efforts to notify you. For example, your continued consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information or your continued use of our Sites following the notification or posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy shall constitute your acceptance of these changes.
  
  

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Statement for Customers

• We use customer related information for the purposes of administering Computer Online Center, and communicating with our customers, and conformance to regulatory or accreditation authorities.
  
  
• This statement (and the Non-Customers above) applies to customer and accreditation or other non-public interactions with the Computer Online Center Web site.
  
  
• Any questions regarding the web site and the privacy policy can be directed to contact|at|computeronlinecenter|dot|com
  
  
• Customers' interactions with the site are authenticated. After all, we bill customers. Consequently we have the capability to identify users and their activities
  
  
• By requesting a password you are added to our newsletter mailing list, and "opting-in" to infrequent mailings, for which you may also opt-out, while remaining a customer of Computer Online Center.
  
  
• Use of Personal Information for our internal business purposes. Computer Online Center uses the personal information you provide for the purposes for which it was provided, for example, to process an order; to record your rental of a product and its return date; to support an online subscription service; to collect debts and recover overdue rental products; to notify you that you have won a contest or sweepstakes; to respond to your inquiries or complaints or to contact you or send you information about your membership. In addition, Computer Online Center, its subsidiaries and franchisees may share and use information collected through the Site to administer and manage our business, including, for example for account maintenance and collections purposes, and in connection with information technology services. In addition, personal information may be used to create a profile that we keep on individual Users that details their preferences and behavior. This profile may be used to develop and improve the products, benefits and services, Computer Online Center, its subsidiaries, franchisees and business partners offer to our Members or Users, to improve the Site and the associated user experience, and to develop pertinent marketing promotions to Users and Members.
  
  
• Where permitted or required by law, Computer Online Center may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your consent, for example in response to a court order or subpoena or to comply with a legally permitted inquiry by a government agency.
  
  
• This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Computer Online Center. However, our Site contains links to other web sites owned and operated by third parties. The third parties who operate these sites may treat the collection, use and disclosure of personal information differently than we do. This could be the case even for those web sites that carry Computer Online Center's or its affiliates' trademarks or logos or which are framed by a Site. Please be aware that Computer Online Center is not responsible for the data collection, use and disclosure practices of companies or organizations to which our Sites may provide links. We encourage our Users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
  
  
• Computer Online Center reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If Computer Online Center makes a change, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you are aware of any changes. If we make a material change to this Privacy Policy we will make reasonable efforts to notify you. For example, your continued consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information or your continued use of our Sites following the notification or posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy shall constitute your acceptance of these changes.
  
  

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