Privacy Statement for U.S. Computer Corporation

U.S. Computer Corporation has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for our Web sites: http://www.uscomputer.net and http://www.uscomputer.net.

Information Automatically Logged

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site, and to help identify you and your shopping cart. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information, and for other purposes including security and fraud prevention measures to protect you and us.

Cookies

Our Site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart, track special credits and bonuses, and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your information so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site, and for other purposes including your personal viewing preferences.  We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on some, but not all, of our web pages when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Advertisers

We use outside ad companies to display some of the ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad companies, and we do not have access to this information. Customer data collected from these ads is shared with the advertising companies.

Order Forms

Our site uses order forms for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect contact information (like their email address), financial information (like their account or credit card numbers), unique identifiers (like their social security number), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the order forms is used to ship purchases, identify customers, assist in fraud control and identification, deliver information about our company, and to send promotional material from some of our partners to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary, and for other similar purposes.

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

Financial information that is collected is used to check the users' qualifications for registration, to bill the user for products and services, and for other purposes such as fraud management.

Unique identifiers (such as social security numbers) are collected from Web site visitors to verify the user's identity, for use as account numbers in our record system, and for other purposes related to user verification and identification.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site.
We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

Surveys

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like email address), and demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the surveys is used to ship purchases, information about our company, and to send promotional material to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary, and for other purposes including identification.

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

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site.
We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

Contests

We run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like email address), and demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the contests is used to ship purchases, information about our company, and to send promotional material to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary, and for other purposes.

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

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site.
We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. U.S. Computer Corporation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Certain products offered on our site may be from links on these other sites who may via their site, collect payment and other information. At the present time we have associations with Amazon.com, Microsoft, Learning University, PC Flowers & Gifts, Prodigy, J.C. Penny, Cybergate and hundreds of other companies. Information collected by these associates is controlled solely by their policies and privacy statements which are available on their sites.

Special Relationships

This site maintains special relationships with other sites some of which are owned by U.S. Computer Corporation and some of which are not. U.S. Computer Corporation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such non owned sites. Certain products offered on our site may be from links on these other sites who may via their site, collect payment, fulfill orders, process email, verify credit or other information, gather statistics and other data and information. At the present time we have associations with such companies as BigMailbox.com, Hitbox.com, Digital River, ShopNow.com, Tutorials.com, ClickTrade, MSN, LinkExchange.com, LinkShare. Nextchange and hundreds of other companies,partners, and affiliates which may process part or all of our data and or orders and or which may use information from this site for statistical or other purposes. Information collected by these non owned associated sites is controlled solely by their policies and privacy statements which are available on their sites.

Special Technology & Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. As part of our fraud control and security methods we use other technology to record your visit if you attempt to access password protected or restricted areas of our web site or you attempt an illegal act such as credit card or other payment fraud. In addition to protect customer privacy and security we record information if you view  past invoices online, view a gift certificate online, view a warranty extension online, make a purchase online, or check our fraud control information. This technology cannot be disabled by our visitors.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Supplementation information from third parties

This site supplements the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties. An example would be verification of your credit card billing address, zip and phone with the credit card company or bank.

Choice/Opt-Out

1. You can goto remove.htm and delete your email / name and or add your email / name.

Data Quality/Access

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:

1. If you have not made a purchase from USC, you can go to remove.htm and delete your email / name and or add your email / name.
2. If you have made a purchase at USC and wish to update your information, you can go to removestore.htm and modify/add/delete your email or address. To meet sales tax and other tax agency laws we may be required to keep a copy of your original address/ name to meet applicable law. You cannot access or delete those sales and return records.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can view our Q&A section on privacy or contact us using this form.