
Privacy Statement
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Edison
Solutions Inc., and its web sites:
http://www.EdisonSolutions.com/. If you feel that Edison
Solutions is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should
contact Edison Solutions by e-mail at
privacy@EdisonSolutions.com.
P3P Statement for Edison Solutions' Web Site
Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) is an emerging industry
standard that provides an automated way for a consumer's browser to
read and interpret a Web site's privacy policy and compare it to the
consumer's own set of privacy preferences. The goal of P3P is not to
eliminate or reduce the exchange of personal data, but to increase
user trust and confidence in the Web through an easy process that
helps users be informed about Web site practices.
Importantly, P3P's implementation has been facilitated with the
launch of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0. With Internet Explorer
powering around 90 percent of the browser market, it is important
that Internet vendors and services providers be able to accommodate
and fulfill P3P needs.
Edison Solutions has always been and continues to be committed to
safeguarding privacy. We have converted our existing privacy policy
to a machine-readable format so that a user's browser can read it
automatically. This will ensure that all Edison Solutions' services
are fully compliant with P3P. This change will not affect the way
that Edison Solutions provides its services, and our tracking
solution will be unaffected.
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Information Collection and Use
Edison Solutions will not sell, share, or rent information to others
in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Edison
Solutions collects different types of information from three
different types of parties: its client marketers ("Clients"), its
distribution partners ("Partners") and end-customers of its Clients
when those customers are referred to the Clients by way of the
Partners.
Partners must register on Edison Solutions' Web site
. Clients are registered by Edison Solutions upon closing of a
relationship agreement with the Client. End customers are never
registered on the Edison Solutions Web site.
Registration
To participate in the Edison Solutions Web site network, a Partner
must first complete the registration form. During registration,
the Partner is required to give their contact information (such as
name and e-mail address). This information is used to contact the
Partner about relationships with Clients in which they have
expressed interest. End customers do not register on any of Edison
Solutions' Web sites.
Order
Edison Solutions does not collect personally identifiable
information when an end customer places an order with one of our
Clients. When an order takes place as a result of a referral from
our Partners, we collect generic order data, such as total order
amount, so that we can ensure that our Partners are compensated
for their referrals.
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Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive
containing information about the user. Edison Solutions uses cookies
to keep track of which customers have been referred to our Clients
by our Partners. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any
personally identifiable information when making purchases through
our network.
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Log Files
Edison Solutions uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the
site, track end customers' movement, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to
personally identifiable information.
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Sharing
Edison Solutions will share aggregated demographic information with
our Clients and Partners. This is not linked to any personal
information that can identify any individual person. Also, we will
not share transaction data about any specific Client with any other
Client, and we will not share transaction data about any specific
Partner with any other Partner. We will share Client data with
Partners, and vice versa, but only when the specific Client and the
specific Partner were both parties to the transaction. In other
words, a Client can see all of his/her transactions across all of
his/her Partners, and a Partner can see all of his/her transactions
across all of his/her Clients. No Client has access to any other
Client's or Partner's data, and no Partner has access to any other
Partner's or Client's data.
From time to time, Partners who register on the
Edison Solutions Web site may be contacted by Edison Solutions
regarding participation in other Clients' marketing programs.
Partners may opt out of this contact. Similarly, Edison Solutions
will share Client information with an appropriate set of Partners,
as determined by Edison Solutions and the Client. Clients may opt
out of this information sharing.
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Online Partnerships
All parties (end customers, Clients and Partners) should be aware
that Edison Solutions is essentially a manager of online
relationships between other Web sites. Edison Solutions' privacy
policy applies to Edison Solutions' own Web sites and servers, and
not those of its Clients and Partners. Any party with concerns about
privacy should investigate the privacy policies of the Client and
Partner who are party to a given transaction. Edison Solutions has
no control over these policies.
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Security
Edison Solutions takes every precaution to protect our users'
information. Sensitive information gathered via our servers is
protected both online and off-line.
All transaction information and sensitive data are transmitted
encrypted using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), an industry leading
standard for transmitting data across networks. We use SSL to secure
the transmission of sensitive data between our network and our
Clients' and Partners' networks.
While Edison Solutions uses SSL encryption to protect sensitive
information transmitted online, we also do everything in our power
to protect user-information off-line. All sensitive information
received from Clients and Partners that is stored on our network is
encrypted. Finally, the servers on which we store personally
identifiable information are kept in a secure hosting environment.
ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are
added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the
importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure that
our Clients' and Partners' information is protected.
If you have any questions about the security at Edison Solutions'
Web site, you can send an email to
privacy@EdisonSolutions.com.
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Supplementation of Information
In order for Edison Solutions to enhance its ability to help its
client marketers and distribution partners tailor their sites to an
individual's preference, we may from time to time combine
information about the purchasing habits of users with similar
information from our Clients and Partners, to create a personalized
user profile. When a user makes a purchase via the Edison Solutions
network, the Client and Partner may collect and share that purchase
information with us so that we can help them tailor their sites to
the customer's preferences.
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Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a Partner's personally identifiable information changes (such as
the zip code), or if a Partner no longer desires to participate in
the Edison Solutions network, we will endeavor to provide a way to
correct, update or remove that Partner's personal data provided to
us. This can usually be done via the Edison Solutions Web site.
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Notification of Changes
If Edison Solutions decides to change its privacy policy, we will
post those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of
what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
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 e-mail. 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.
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Copyright Statement
Edison Solutions provides the information on this server to anyone,
but retains copyright on all text and graphic images. This means
that you may not: distribute the text or graphics to others without
the express written permission of Edison Solutions, "mirror" or
include this information on your own server or documents without our
permission, or modify or reuse the text or graphics on this system.
You may: print copies of the information for your own personal use;
store the files on your own computer for your personal use only, and
reference hypertext documents on this server from your own
documents.