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DMC CORPORATION PRIVACY POLICY



The DMC Corporation recognizes the importance of your privacy. We have established this privacy policy as part of our commitment to protecting your privacy and using your personal information responsibly.

Information Collection and Use

The DMC Corporation is the sole owner of the information collected on this site (other than Yahoo! Store--please see their privacy policy above). Any information you provide to us (such as name, address, email address, telephone and credit card information) is maintained in private files on our secure servers or internal systems and all information you provide will be processed and securely maintained in our Web server and internal systems located within the U.S.

You should be aware that we may disclose specific information about you if necessary to do so by law or based on our good faith belief that it is necessary to conform or comply with the law or is necessary to protect us, the users of our website, the site or the public. Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. For example, we may be required to disclose information to the government or to third parties, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we cannot guarantee, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will always remain private.

It is possible that DMC could merge with or be acquired by another business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that DMC would share some or all of your information with that new business entity in order to continue to provide services to you. If such an event occurs, you will receive notice as provided in the paragraph entitled "Notification of Changes" below.

To ensure compliance with federal law, we do not intentionally collect or maintain information provided by children under the age of 13 without the consent of their parents or guardians.

We will not sell, share, or rent your personal information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this policy.

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us at several different points on our website, in order to enhance your experience on the website. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily, in order to use certain features of our website.

DMC Shopping Center and Security Policy

DMC takes precautions to protect your personal information to protect sensitive information online.

For all purchases, DMC uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) underneath HTTP, providing an encrypted channel and server authentication, so that all such information is transmitted through a secured server connection. Before your order is processed online, your browser will make a confirmed identification that the transmission of all data is being made. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottoms of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un–locked or open, when you are just "surfing." You can learn more about SSL at www.SSL.com.

When a credit card order is placed, your contact information on the order form (i.e., name, billing address, shipping address and telephone number) and financial information (i.e., credit card number, expiration date) are used to verify payment authorization and proces your order. When we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used so that we can complete your order.

DMC uses an outside shipping company to ship orders, and Yahoo processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any purposes other than in connection with your orders on DMC Shopping Center.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to participate in any of our sweepstakes, contests or monthly drawings that take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Log Files

We gather navigational information such as IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track usersą movement, and gather broad demographic information. This helps us improve the quality of user online experiences by recognizing and delivering more features, services and products our users prefer. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

External Links

DMC contains links to other sites. Please be aware that DMC is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this DMC Web site.

Supplementation of Information

In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.

In order for this website to enhance its ability to tailor the site to an individual's preference, we combine information about the purchasing habits of users with similar information from our partners to create a personalized user profile. When a user makes a purchase from either of these two companies, the companies collect and share that purchase information with us so we can tailor the site to our users' preferences.

Sharing

We will share aggregated demographic information with DMC partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.

These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Correction/Updating Personal Information:

If your personal information changes (such as your zip code), or if you no longer desire our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove your personal data provided to us. This can be done by emailing Customer Services at dmcusa@dmcus.com.

Notification of Changes

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of information you provide as described in this privacy policy by DMC. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on DMC main page so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an email. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you may email us at dmcusa@dmcus.com.


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