APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally site and governs data collection and usage. By using the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally does not read any of your private online communications.

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally and APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally collects and uses your personal information to operate the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally Web site and deliver the services you have requested. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally and its affiliates. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally, in order to determine what APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally pages, or register with APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally site or services, a cookie helps APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally is protecting your information.

Contact Information

APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally has not adhered to this Statement, please contact APS Solutions for Business Trade Ally at support.evolve@dnv.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.