EPM Communications, Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: EPM Communications, Inc.

IP Addresses
We use your IP address to help identify you and your shopping cart. We may also log your IP address for system administration or troubleshooting. EPM Communications, Inc. may perform statistical analyses of user behavior to measure interest in various areas of our site for product development purposes.

Cookies
Our site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and access privileges. We also use cookies to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.

Cookies are the mechanisms stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive that enable websites to access information that the website gathers or that you may provide to make your shopping more convenient. You can tell your browser not to accept cookies. Unfortunately, for security reasons, and as is true of many other sites, we cannot in that case provide you with access to our site.

Registration and Order Forms
Our site's registration and order forms requires users to give us contact information (such as name, email, and postal address).

For customers who wish to request and/or order products and services, our site's order form requires both contact information and financial information (such as account or credit card numbers).

We may maintain and use contact information and information concerning your inquiries and purchases in the following ways:

1. For the purposes for which you specifically provided the information including, for example, to enable us to process, validate, verify and ship sample issues, research studies or subscriptions.
2. To send you e-mail notifications about our new or existing products and services, special offers, or to otherwise contact you when necessary.
3. To enhance existing features or develop new features, products and services.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Financial information we collect is used only to bill for products and services you order; we treat financial information as confidential and will not share it with third parties, other than credit card processing companies or similar parties responsible for completing the transaction that you have requested.

We have industry standard technology to protect the information we collect and maintain, especially your credit card information, from unauthorized access or use.

Subscription Lists
In accordance with standard industry practice, when you subscribe to an EPM Communications, Inc. publication, EPM may rent, exchange or sell your mailing address to third parties. We do not provide telephone, fax or e-mail addresses to third parties except as may be required for legal reasons, as detailed below. We will be happy to honor your request for us not to share your mailing information with other marketers. See the choice/opt-out section below.

External Links
This site contains links to other sites. EPM Communications, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Children
EPM Communications, Inc. is a business-to-business publishing company and conference producer, its products and services are directed to adults and not to teens or children under the age of 13. EPM Communications, Inc. does not knowingly permit purchases by and will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13.

Updates To This Policy
EPM Communications, Inc. recognizes that internet technologies are rapidly evolving. Accordingly, our privacy guidelines are subject to change.

If we make important changes in our policies concerning the use of personal information that we collect and maintain through our site, we will tell you in this space and post a prominent notice on the system or send you an e-mail.

Compliance with Legal Process
We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our publications and products; or (4) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide false information or attempt to pose as someone else, or violate EPM copyrights, information about you may be disclosed as part of any investigation into your actions).

Agents
We allow access to our database by third parties that provide us with services, such as technical maintenance, but only for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to provide you with those services. Any third party who has access to our database for this purpose is bound by the terms set forth in this policy.

Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving the additional materials noted above. You may (a) opt out of receiving written marketing materials at your mailing address; (b) opt out of receiving email marketing materials at your email address.

Simply notify us of which option you have selected — a or b - by one of these means:

1. You may use our opt-out form at: www.epmcom.com/opt.html
2. You may send email to nomail@epmcom.com
3. You may send mail to the following postal address: 160 Mercer St., 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10012
4. You may call the following telephone number: 212-941-0099

Regardless of whether you select one of the opt-out options, we reserve the right to contact you by any available means concerning orders you place or inquiries you make.

Data Quality/Access
This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:

1. You may send email to custserv@epmcom.com
2. You may send mail to the following postal address: 160 Mercer St., 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10012
3. You may call the following telephone number: 212-941-0099

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with our company or this Web site, please contact: info@epmcom.com