Rice Pedersen is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Rice Pedersen site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Rice Pedersen site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Rice Pedersen collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Rice Pedersen also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Rice Pedersen. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Rice Pedersen for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Rice Pedersen site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Rice Pedersen public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Rice Pedersen does not read any of your private online communications.

Rice Pedersen encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Rice Pedersen so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Rice Pedersen is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Rice Pedersen and Rice Pedersen family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Rice Pedersen collects and uses your personal information to operate the Rice Pedersen Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Rice Pedersen also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Rice Pedersen and its affiliates. Rice Pedersen may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Rice Pedersen does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Rice Pedersen may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Rice Pedersen may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Rice Pedersen, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Rice Pedersen does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Rice Pedersen keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Rice Pedersen, in order to determine what Rice Pedersen services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Rice Pedersen to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Rice Pedersen Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Rice Pedersen or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Rice Pedersen; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Rice Pedersen, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Rice Pedersen Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Rice Pedersen pages, or register with Rice Pedersen site or services, a cookie helps Rice Pedersen to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Rice Pedersen Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Rice Pedersen features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Rice Pedersen services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Rice Pedersen secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Rice Pedersen secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Rice Pedersen will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Rice Pedersen encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Rice Pedersen is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Rice Pedersen welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Rice Pedersen has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Rice Pedersen at adam@one40.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.