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Privacy Statement
Fairfield Research Corporation (FRC) recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about our customers. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, the word customers includes visitors to our web sites, subscribers to and users of our services.
Personal Information
We collect personal information when we provide our services to you.
Generally we will tell you why we are collecting information when we
collect it and how we plan to use it or these things will be obvious
when we collect the information. We usually collect personal information
directly from you although sometimes we may use agents or service providers
to do this for us. We may also acquire lists from other sources, both from
other companies and from other public documents.
Use of Information
We usually collect personal information such as your name, address,
telephone number, and where appropriate, your financial details. When
you are online, we collect information regarding the pages within our
network which you visit and what you click on. As a general rule we do
not collect sensitive information. However, if we do, it will usually be
for the purposes of providing our goods or services and if the law requires us
to, we will seek your consent to collect it. We use your information to provide
our services to you, to fulfil administrative functions associated with these
services.
Use of Aggregate Data
We may collect certain non-personal information to optimise our goods
services including our Web pages for your computer (e.g., the identity of
your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address
and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such non-personal
information for internal purposes, including but not limited to improving the content of our sites.
FRC may use personally identifiable information in aggregate form to improve our services
including our Web sites and make them more responsive to the needs of our customers.
This statistical compilation and analysis of information may also be used by FRC
or provided to others as a summary report for marketing, advertising or research purposes.
Use by Third Parties
FRC may disclose aggregate data to its service providers
and contractors or any other third party in an effort to improve web site service.
Cookies
Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for
record-keeping purposes. Cookies can facilitate a user's ongoing access to and
use of a site. They allow us to track usage patterns and to compile data that
can help us improve our content and quality of service. If you do not want information
collected through the use of Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that
allows you to deny or accept the Cookie feature. But you should note that Cookies may
be necessary to provide you with features such as merchandise transactions or registered services.
What you should know about privacy on the Internet
Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is
to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence
if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place
like a library or Internet café. You as an individual are responsible for the security
of and access to your own computer. Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
over the Internet that this information can be collected and used by others. In short,
if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive
unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of your username and passwords and any account information.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the Internet.
If you have a question concerning
your information privacy or if you would like more information about our approach to privacy, please contact us.
Phone: 203.972.0404 or email us at frc@frcinvest.com.
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