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Italbiz.com, Inc. ("Italbiz.com") is committed to ensuring your privacy as you take advantage of this Web site. The purpose of this statement is to explain the types of information Italbiz.com obtains about users of this Web site, how the information is obtained, how it is used, how it may be disclosed to others, and how users can restrict its use or disclosure. The principles of privacy protection contained in this statement comply with the U.S. safe harbor described at www.export.gov/safeharbor. Italbiz.com initially intends to verify its continuing compliance with these principles through self-assessment, but in the future may, in its discretion, verify compliance through outside assessment.

This Web site allows users to take advantage of a full range of Italbiz.com services, including, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, vendor marketplaces or showrooms, personal and business Web pages, yellow page listings, electronic mail posting and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable users to communicate with the public at large or with a group collectively. Italbiz.com does not ensure, and you should not expect, any privacy during such communications. The protections ensured by this Privacy Policy apply only to the information supplied by users to Italbiz.com and do not apply to communications users may engage with third parties through this Web site. Moreover, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Italbiz.com does not own or control, or to people that Italbiz.com does not employ or manage. While you may have the opportunity to purchase goods or services from other users of this Web site, Italbiz.com is not involved in user-to-user dealings (be they sales transactions or mere communications) and does not warrant the privacy policy of any Italbiz.com customer Web site. Users should review the privacy policies of any non-Italbiz.com Web site before providing personal information.

The Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information

The only personally identifiable information Italbiz.com obtains about individual users through its Web site is information supplied voluntarily by the user. For example, some pages within Italbiz.com Web sites require a user to provide personally identifiable information to subscribe, order a product or to otherwise register with Italbiz.com. At such time each user may be asked, for example, to complete an online form that will include a request for the user's name, mailing and email address(es), telephone and fax numbers, as well as choices for a personalized experience on the site. Before submitting personally identifiable information, users will have the opportunity to request that their information not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes Italbiz.com collects this personally identifiable information to complete business transactions, deliver products and services, administer individual accounts, provide customer support and meet government regulatory requirements.

Italbiz.com does not collect any sensitive information such as information regarding health or medical conditions, ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or the sex life of individuals.

If you purchase Italbiz.com goods or services through this Web site, Italbiz.com or one or more of its third party billing contractors collects credit card information for billing purposes. This information is processed for Italbiz.com by the third party contractor. That third party and Italbiz.com use security techniques, including encryption and secure servers, to protect against unauthorized access by employees or other third parties to transmitted information used for billing purposes. Neither Italbiz.com nor our third party contractor stores, uses or shares credit card information between them for any other purpose. Moreover, third party billing contractors will not be permitted to transfer any Italbiz.com billing information to any other third party.

Other than to third party billing contractors and strategic partners (e.g., marketing alliance partners and/or investors), Italbiz.com does not presently sell or voluntarily share the information with third parties. However, it may choose to do so in the future with partners who offer products and services that may be of interest to you. In such event, you will be given the opportunity to tell us that you do not want your information shared by contacting us at Italbiz.com Customer Service. Italbiz.com also compiles online transaction and registration information for internal analyses such as researching and identifying market segments and needs. Italbiz.com may also use this information to contact customers with updates about Italbiz.com’s products and services by email. At the time of collection, customers will be given a choice to opt-out of receiving these email updates.

Italbiz.com will transfer individually identifiable information only to those to third parties, including to third party billing contractors, that subscribe to essentially the same privacy principles as are reflected in this Privacy Policy.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

Italbiz.com collects and uses some non-personally identifiable, generic information about our users as a means of measuring the effectiveness of our Web site. Italbiz.com servers identify certain user information in the normal course of operation, but such information does not reveal a user's personal identity. We collect this information only in the aggregate and use it to evaluate and improve our Web site and to provide targeted information, such as demographic information, that may be of interest to users of our Web site. The following are examples of non-personally identifiable generic information.

IP Addresses: An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to a user's computer whenever that user is using the World Wide Web. Web site servers can automatically identify individual computers by their IP address. Italbiz.com collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information. Italbiz.com does not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information.

Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies allow Italbiz.com to save certain information about a user, such as a password or individual preferences, in order to facilitate and enhance the user's future activities on Italbiz.com Web sites. Italbiz.com will not use cookies to retrieve information from a user's computer other than that voluntarily supplied by the user. Except as otherwise provided in this statement, Italbiz.com will not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes. Italbiz.com will use cookies to make improvements and updates to the Web site and to better tailor services to our users' needs.

Computer Settings: Settings, technical and other information from your computer, such as your operating system, browser version, connectivity, various communication parameters and other information related to the operation and interaction of Italbiz.com Web sites may be collected by Italbiz.com. This information is used in the aggregate to administer our system and make improvements to our site. Except as otherwise provided in this statement, Italbiz.com will use this information only to provide technically appropriate formatting of information provided by Italbiz.com and access to Italbiz.com Web sites.

Business Transfers

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy assets. In such transactions, customer information generally is considered a business asset. In the event that Italbiz.com, or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information obtained through its Web site (personally identifiable as well as non-personally identifiable) may be included as one of the transferred assets.

Confidentiality and Security Safeguards

Italbiz.com takes reasonable precautions to protect individually identifiable information against loss, misuse, alteration, destruction, unauthorized access and disclosure. Italbiz.com also takes reasonable steps to ensure that data is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete and current. Once we receive individually identifiable information that was entered into our web site, it is stored behind a firewall. Thereafter, the information is accessible only to those employees who need it in order to perform their jobs. All Italbiz.com employees are required to comply with our privacy and security policies to ensure that such information will be handled in confidence and will not be disclosed to unauthorized Italbiz.com employees or to third parties.

Disclosure Pursuant to Legal Process

Italbiz.com will, pursuant to applicable law, regulation or legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order, allow access to all available and relevant information in order to comply with such process and protect Italbiz.com's property and rights, including those articulated in the Italbiz.com Terms and Conditions of Use. Italbiz.com may also allow access to this information under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of this Web site or the public or the safety and integrity of this Web site.

Other Web Sites

Italbiz.com, is not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of any third parties or any non-Italbiz.com Web sites, including Web sites reached through a link on a Italbiz.com Web site or any Italbiz.com customer Web site. Other Web sites may have different privacy policies, or no policy. Users should review the privacy policies of any Web site before providing personal information.

Applicability of Privacy Policy and Updates

The practices outlined above are current as of February 2001. From time to time Italbiz.com may review and revise these practices and will communicate any updates. Please periodically return to review these policies.

Information Provided by Children

Italbiz.com's Web site is not targeted at children and does not collect or use any personally identifiable data from children.

User Registration Access and Correction Process

If you wish to review personal information provided to Italbiz.com, you can contact us at any time at Italbiz.com Customer Service. Reasonable access to the information will be provided within 60 days at no cost to the user, or an explanation will be provided as to why such access could not be provided. You may within reason, correct, amend or delete any such information that is inaccurate.

Complaint Process

If at any time you believe that Italbiz.com has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at Italbiz.com Customer Service and Italbiz.com will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly investigate and resolve the problem.

Questions

For more information, questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Italbiz.com data protection procedures please contact Italbiz.com's Customer Service.