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SOLAR PANEL REPORTER PRIVACY DISCLOSURES This statement supersedes all previous versions. The date of this disclosure is 1 November 2009. Information Collection & Use Registration In order to use this Web site, you must first complete the registration form and/or create a user name and password. During registration you give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest. You have the option to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender) to us; we encourage you to submit this information so we can provide you a more personalized experience on our site. Extellar Inc is the sole owner of the information collected on Extellar.Org. Extellar Inc collects personally identifiable information from our users at several different points on our Web site. Orders If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you. Describe any communications (e.g. newsletters, updates) that users may receive when they register. See “Communications from the Site” section for sample language Application Forms If you apply for a loan [purchase an insurance policy, other product or service requiring financial information] on our site, we require that you provide certain personally identifiable information, including your name, address, phone number, credit card number [and Social Security number]. This information is necessary to process your application and to contact you. Describe any communications (e.g. newsletters, updates) that users may receive when they register. See “Communications from the Site” section for sample language Social Security Numbers We do not require your social security number to provide any service. Surveys or Contests From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). We use this information conduct research and further to notify contest winners and award prizes. We also use this information to monitor site traffic or personalize the site (in the case of anonymous information collected in surveys), to send participants an email newsletter or requested information. We use a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests; that company is prohibited from using our users’ personally identifiable information for any other purpose. We will not share the personally identifiable information you provide through a contest or survey with other third parties unless we give you prior notice and choice. Tell-A-Friend If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. Extellar Inc does not store this information after its usage for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. Communications from the Site Special Offers and Updates We will occasionally send you high quality information. Out of respect for your privacy, we always present the option not to receive these types of communications. Please see the “unsubscribe” message at the bottom of all communication from Extellar.Org Newsletters If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, we provide you a way to unsubscribe. Please see the “unsubscribe” message at the bottom of all communication from Extellar.Org Service-related Announcements We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Please see the “unsubscribe” message at the bottom of all communication from Extellar.Org Customer Service Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send you a welcoming email to verify your username and email address. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes. Profile We store information that we collect through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third party sources to create a “profile” of your preferences. We tie your personally identifiable information, and your purchasing history, to information in the profile, in order to provide tailored promotions and marketing offers and to improve the content of the site for you. We do not share your profile with other third parties. Supplementation of Information In order to provide certain services such as lessons, whitepapers, interview recordings and transcripts and ebooksc to you, we may on occasion supplement the personal information you submitted to us with information from third party sources. Information Sharing and Disclosure We do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information: We do share Personally Identifiable Information with Third Parties when it is required to provide services or information which you have requested or which Extellar Inc may send you from time-to-time. Below are some examples of relationships or situations involving sharing personal information with third parties: Agents We use an outside shipping company to fulfill orders, and a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes. Legal Disclaimer We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site Choice/Opt-out We provide you the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information. For example, if you purchase a product/service but do not wish to receive any additional marketing material from us, you can indicate your preference on our order form. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at unsubscribe@extellar.org You will be notified when your personal information is collected by any third party that is not our agent/service provider, so you can make an informed choice as to whether or not to share your information with that party. Log Files As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information. [IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable information to validate self-identification information. We use a third-party tracking service "Google" that uses cookies and scripts to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site in the aggregate e.g., usage and volume statisticsimprove the usability of our website. Cookies A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited. Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. See “Third Party Advertisers.” Links to Other Sites This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by Extellar Inc. Please be aware that we, Extellar Inc, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site. Security The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at privacy@solarpanelreporter.com Changes in this Privacy Statement If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. Contact Us If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at: privacy@solarpanelreporter.com or (908) 998 2722
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