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Our privacy policy.

Important information for your use of our website.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Walters Associates, Inc. collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Walters Associates, Inc.’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Walters Associates, Inc.’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Walters Associates, Inc. may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Walters Associates, Inc. also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Walters Associates, Inc. does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Walters Associates, Inc.’s websites choose to interact with Walters Associates, Inc. in ways that require Walters Associates, Inc. to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Walters Associates, Inc. gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at this website to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Walters Associates, Inc. are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Walters Associates, Inc. collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Walters Associates, Inc. Walters Associates, Inc. does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Use of Personal Data

Walters Associates, Inc. may collect aggregated statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Walters Associates, Inc. may monitor the most popular website account on this site. Walters Associates, Inc. may display this information publicly or provide it to others. Walters Associates, Inc. does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Walters Associates, Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Walters Associates, Inc.’s behalf or to provide services available at Walters Associates, Inc.’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Walters Associates, Inc.’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Walters Associates, Inc. will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Walters Associates, Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Walters Associates, Inc. believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Walters Associates, Inc., third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Walters Associates, Inc. website and have supplied your email address, Walters Associates, Inc. may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Walters Associates, Inc. and our products. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Walters Associates, Inc. takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Walters Associates, Inc. uses cookies to help Walters Associates, Inc. identify and track visitors, their usage of Walters Associates, Inc. website, and their website access preferences. Walters Associates, Inc. visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Walters Associates, Inc.’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Walters Associates, Inc.’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Walters Associates, Inc. may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Walters Associates, Inc.’s sole discretion. Walters Associates, Inc. encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.

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