American Messaging strives to maintain high standards for the protection of privacy over the Internet. The purpose of this statement is to explain to our visitors the type of information American Messaging obtains about visitors to our websites, how we gather it, how we use it, how long we retain it, and how visitors can restrict the use or disclosure of personally identifiable information.

Information we collect
The personal information American Messaging obtains about individual visitors to our websites is information the visitor supplies voluntarily. This means that you can visit our websites without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. To gauge the effectiveness of our websites, we do collect some generic information about our visitors. Our web servers automatically recognize a visitor's domain name (such as .com, .edu, etc.), the point of entry from which a visitor enters our site including web pages, User Guide CDs or banner ads, which pages a visitor visits on our site, and how much time a visitor spends on each page. We use web beacons (a.k.a. clear gifs) to track use of our site and to track what sites users came from and go to after leaving our site. We do not track user activity on sites outside of American Messaging. We aggregate this information and use it to evaluate and improve our websites.

American Messaging may collect personally identifiable information (such as name, email address, postal address) and/or third party personally identifiable information through this website. You may choose to provide individual information to American Messaging in a number of ways through our website such as by:

• Ordering a product or service from us
• Sending us e-mail
• Registering to receive news, online account access, public policy updates or information about our products
• Applying for a job or a grant
• Entering a contest

When visitors supply information about themselves for a specific purpose, American Messaging uses the information for that purpose (such as to provide the information the visitor has requested or to consider a visitor for a particular job). When visitors use our websites to order services, or to request information about them, we may use the individual information as we would use the same information obtained off-line - for example, to evaluate your service needs and contact you regarding additional services you may find useful. You have the right to choose not to receive this information by notifying us of your preference.

We do not sell individual information obtained on-line about our visitors. And, we will not disclose the individual information provided to us on-line to anyone outside of American Messaging unless you specifically authorize it, it is required by law, disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of customers, employees or property, it is part of performing a service you have requested, or we have asked a third party to perform a service on our behalf to serve you better. When we provide information to third parties to perform services on our behalf, we do not permit them to use the information for any other purpose. If you provide individual information to us in the context of an event American Messaging sponsors with another company, such as a contest, or if you register on a co-sponsored site or feature, you may also be providing the information to the co-sponsor. In those circumstances, the co-sponsor's privacy policy will control, so review their information carefully. American Messaging from time to time uses third party contractors to perform services such as website management, site design, site hosting and special promotions but does not use user information for other purposes beyond providing specific services on American Messaging website.

Email
American Messaging does not send unsolicited "junk" email (spam). We may use email to communicate with our customers, to respond to visitors' emails, to confirm orders placed online, and to send information that a visitor has requested. If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can simply reply to ask not to receive future emails.

Use of cookies
American Messaging websites also use "cookies". They allow us to serve you better. When you use our site we send information, a cookie, to your computer and it is stored there. When you return to our site, your computer sends the cookie back to us. This allows our server to recognize your computer and any settings you created on our site. It restores those settings so you don't have to enter the same information every time you visit. The fact that our server recognizes your computer when it retrieves the cookies does not mean that American Messaging is actually acquiring personally identifiable information about you. You can set your browser to delete cookies or to tell you before you accept one. Look in your browser's Options or Preferences menu.

Security
American Messaging uses Secure Socket Layer technology with encryption for the transmission of sensitive data such as credit card information and Social Security Number.

American Messaging is committed to safeguarding customer privacy on all American Messaging websites. We require our employees to protect the privacy of information about our customers and expect our partners and suppliers to do so as well. You can feel confident that your individual information will be protected when you access your account or order services from our web sites over the Internet. We employ security measures to safeguard your transactions with us.

Compliance with laws
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Links to other websites
The American Messaging websites contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites. To improve the services it can offer you, American Messaging may opt to expand its capabilities for obtaining information about users in the future. American Messaging will update this privacy statement continually to ensure that you are aware of developments in this area.

Updating your information
Users may access, correct, and update information they have provided to American Messaging by visiting our site. The Contact Us area of the site contains email links by which users can send in information updates.

Notice of changes
We may make changes to this policy from time to time without notice, so please check back here from time to time. American Messaging will provide 30 days notice on our web site of any material changes in the use of personally identifiable information.

Use of website by children
Our website is not designed or structured to attract children under 13 years of age. Children 18 and under are not permitted to provide information to our website without parental consent.

Contacting us
For inquiries regarding our privacy statement, contact us.