Privacy Policy
Overview
Your
privacy is important to M.E. Sharpe, and we are committed to
respecting that privacy. This statement describes the personal
information practices for the M.E. Sharpe Web site, including what
type of information is gathered and tracked, how the information is
used, and with whom the information is shared.
Personal
Information
In general, you can visit the M.E. Sharpe Web site
without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal
information about yourself. In using specific features of the site,
such as the online commerce functionality, you will be asked to give
us personal information, such as your name or e-mail address, that
will be needed to (for example) correspond with you or process an
order. Aside from aggregating data, with all personal information
removed, to allow us to check on our own performance, it is our
intent that your personal information will be used only to fulfill
the request(s) you make of us, and to allow us to contact you if
there are any problems with your request. We will not exchange or
sell your email address to third parties.
Information
Security and Quality
We intend to protect the integrity of
your personal information. To do this, we have implemented
appropriate technical and organizational measures, such as using
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption for transmission of credit card
numbers and passwords, to help us keep your information secure,
accurate, current, and complete. We will make a sincere effort to
respond in a timely manner to your requests to correct inaccuracies
in your personal information, to remove personal information you do
not want stored, or to answer any questions you may have about our
use of your information.
Information
Gathered through Cookies and Other Technologies
In general,
you can use the M.E. Sharpe Web site in all ways without using the
technology known as "cookies." A cookie is a short
identifier, stored on your computer, that a site may use to identify
you when you make return visits to it. The features of the M.E.
Sharpe site were designed to work without cookies, so if you turn
them off, you may still browse, search, and shop at our site.
Performance may be slower, however, and the "Remember Me"
feature (for registered site users) will not function. We may collect
anonymous information from visits to the M.E. Sharpe site to help us
provide better customer service and a better customer experience. For
example, we keep track of the domains from which people visit, and we
measure aggregate user activity on The M.E. Sharpe Web site, but we
do so in ways that keep user's personal identity and information
anonymous. The Publisher or the analytic vendors it selects may use
this data to analyze site usage trends and statistics, to help us
improve our site.
When we collect personal data from you in
connection with a transaction (an order, e-mail request, etc.) we may
extract some information about that transaction in an anonymous
format and combine it with other anonymous information such as
clickstream data. This anonymous information is used and analyzed
only at an aggregate level to help us understand trends and patterns
in our site's usage.
Business
Relationships
The M.E. Sharpe Web site may contain links to
other Web sites. The Press is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of these Web sites.
Questions Regarding
this Statement
Any questions
regarding this statement or our privacy policies should be directed
to the M.E. Sharpe electronic site manager at:
M.E. Sharpe, Publisher
80 Business Park Drive
Armonk, New York 10504
ETCcustserv@mesharpe.com
By visiting and using
the M.E. Sharpe Web site, you are accepting the practices described
in this Privacy Policy. This privacy statement was last updated on
September 2, 2009.