Privacy Policy

The following outlines information gathering and dissemination practices of BitMar.com.
BitMar.com is an Integrated Service provider. Our success relies heavily upon the relationships built with our clients. Consequently, customer privacy is a high priority. Due to the nature of our business it is necessary to gather both personal and financial information from our customers. For this reason, BitMar.com is committed to providing a level of on-line and in-house security to protect valuable customer information. Listed below are our practices concerning customer information that is gathered and exactly how we handle your sensitive data.

Information Collection and Use
BitMar.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site and in any other contact form (phone, letter, email, etc.). We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from the one disclosed on this statement. BitMar.com can collect information from our users at several different points on our website and/or while on the phone with  any BitMar representatives/employees.

Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. BitMar.com rents several third-party sub-contracting services from different organizations in order to provide specific services to its clients. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. 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.

In-house
Our in-house staff uses customer information for billing, customer verification, and troubleshooting purposes, so that we may supply our clients with the level of service they deserve. A customer may be asked for additional or special information in cases where a high-level of security is required between the customer and BitMar.com.

Orders
We may request information from our clients form our website, email, and/or by telephone. Clients are required to provide contact information and financial information (such as credit card numbers, expiration dates, etc.). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders and requests. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the client.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that BitMar.com 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 statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

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 may take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our business partners may use Cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access or control on how these third-party companies use this data.

Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information or to control Cookies.

Security
This website takes precautions to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. If one of our online registration/order form asks an user to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as an order form, the lock icon on the bottom 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." While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, are restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desks. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.

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. For example, to determine if our customers qualify for one of our credit cards, we use their name and social security number to request a credit report. Once we determine a user’s credit-worthiness, this document is destroyed. (or) 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, Company Y & Company Z, to create a personalized user profile. When a user makes a purchase from either of these two companies, the companies may collect and share that purchase information with us so we can tailor the site to our users’ preferences.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users 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 users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.