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Privacy Policy

About Us

This is a privacy policy for Sinclair International. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.sinclairintl.com. Users may go to http://www.sinclairintl.com/ for information on how to opt-in or opt-out of use of their information.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

Sinclair International Privacy Administrator
2330 Wayne Haven St.

Fort Wayne, IN 46803 
USA

You may contact us by e-mail at privacy@sinclairintl.com. You may call us at 260-493-1858.

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals

We have the following privacy seals:

Standard: All applicable laws of the State of Indiana will be used in settling disputes arising from this policy.
Secure Server: Sinclair utilizes a secure server certificate from Thawte for the protection of user information.

Additional Information

This privacy policy is subject to change at any time. Changes will be posted on this page.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 4 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained seperately.

Group "Access log information"

We collect the following information:

Click-stream data
HTTP protocol elements

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Completion and support of the current activity.
Web site and system administration.
Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Our Web server collects access logs containing this information.

Group "Cookies"

We collect the following information:

HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Research and development.
One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you. We also use cookies to allow our server to maintain information about the contents of your shopping cart.

Group "Transaction info (required)"

We collect the following information:

Physical contact information
Online contact information
Demographic data
Purchase information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Completion and support of the current activity.
Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:

Delivery services.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Information we collect in order to process your purchase.

Group "Transaction info (optional)"

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

Physical contact information
Online contact information
Demographic data
Purchase information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:

Delivery services.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Information we collect in order to process your purchase.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

User targeting
Research and development

Policy Evaluation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Unsatisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered unsatisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. The behavior of Internet Explorer 6 regarding cookies set under this compact policy is as follows:

	First-party usage	Third-party usage
Persistent Cookies	Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be downgraded to a session cookie. Medium High: No opt-out is provided, so the cookie will be blocked. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.	Low: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be downgraded to a session cookie. Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be blocked. Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
Session Cookies	Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium High: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.	Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be blocked. Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.

A policy which is considered unsatisfactory by Internet Explorer 6 contains certain categories of data which are used or shared in a particular manner. This policy is placed in the unsatisfactory category, because the following categories of data are associated with this policy's cookies:

Physical contact information is collected.
Online contact information is collected.

In addition, the data is used in the following manner, marking the policy as unsatisfactory:

The data is used for contacting the user.

Note that allowing an opt-out will make this policy acceptable under the Low and Medium settings, and under Medium High for first-party cookie usage. At the High setting, and at the Medium High setting for third-party cookies, all of these data uses must be opt-in for the policy to be considered satisfactory.