Privacy
What information
do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order,
subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, participate
in a community forum, or provide teaching materials.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to
enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card
information or name of institution. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on
their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of
the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network
privacy policy.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following
ways:
- To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
- To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the
information and feedback we receive from you)
- To improve customer service
(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service
requests and support needs)
- To process transactions
Your information, whether
public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any
other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for
the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
To send periodic emails
The email address you
provide for order processing will only be used to send you information and
updates pertaining to your order.
If you decide to opt-in to our mailing
list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related
product or service information, etc.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future
emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each
email.
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your
personal information when you place an order or access your personal
information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information
is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into
our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those
authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep
the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security
numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
Do we use cookies?
Yes. (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to
your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables
the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture
and remember certain information.)
We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart;
understand and save your preferences for future visits; keep track of
advertisements; and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site
interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the
future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in
better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not
permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us
conduct and improve our business.
If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie
is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser
settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our
services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over
the telephone.
Do we disclose any information to
outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally
identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who
assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you,
so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may
also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply
with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights,
property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information
may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products
or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent
privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the
content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect
the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy, we have taken the necessary precautions to be in
compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will
not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your
consent.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy
Protection Act); we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years
of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are
at least 13 years old or older.
How GlobaLens Collects Non-Personal
Information...
Additionally, the GlobaLens operating system might automatically record some
general information about your visit, including:
- The Internet domain for your
Internet service provider, such as "company.com" or
"institution.edu"
- The IP address of your Internet connection
(GlobaLens does NOT resolve it geographically)
- The type of browser which you
employ such as "Netscape Version X", or "Internet Explorer
Version Y"
- The type of operating system which you employ, such as
Windows, Unix, or Macintosh
- The date and time of your visit to GlobaLens, the
pages which you visit while there, and the URL of the website which you were
visiting prior to GlobaLens, if GlobaLens was linked from that website.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use,
disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at www.globalens.com
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our websites privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this
page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on 07/24/2009
Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using
the information below.
Mailing Address:
William Davidson Institute
724 East University Avenue
Wyly Hall, First Floor
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234
U.S.A.
Email: customerservice@globalens.com
GlobaLens has adopted information
management policies which inform and define the nature of interactions with
website users. Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, these policies
are subject to change. Any changes will be posted on this page and shall become
effective immediately. By your use of GlobaLens,
you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and authorize the usages described
herein. If you do you not so agree, you are not authorized to use GlobaLens.
What GlobaLens Does
GlobaLens activities on this
website include:
- The
sale of international business teaching materials to educators,
facilitated by an e-commerce application
- The
provision of a library of international business syllabi, and a tool for
developing courses
- The
hosting of an interactive space for discussing international business
teaching materials, courses, and teaching issues
In order to conduct
these activities, GlobaLens might collect some or all of the following of your personal information:
- Name
- Mailing
address
- Email
address
- Telephone
number
- Credit
Card delete or open a PayPal merchant account. information
How GlobaLens Collects Personal Information
GlobaLens obtains this
information from three sources:
- From
your GlobaLens registration and your activities on the website
- From
academic institutions which authorize GlobaLens to provide access to their faculty and staff members
- From
the public domain
How GlobaLens Collects Non-Personal
Information
Additionally, the GlobaLens operating system might automatically record some general information about your
visit, including:
- The
Internet domain for your Internet service provider, such as
"company.com" or "institution.edu"
- The IP
address of your Internet connection (GlobaLens does NOT resolve it geographically)
- The
type of browser which you employ such as "Netscape Version X",
or "Internet Explorer Version Y"
- The
type of operating system which you employ, such as Windows, Unix, or
Macintosh
- The
date and time of your visit to GlobaLens, the pages which you visits while there, and the URL of the website which
you were visiting prior to GlobaLens,
if GlobaLens was linked
from that website
What GlobaLens Does With Information
GlobaLens uses your personal information
for the following purposes:
- To
perform statistical analyses measuring relative interest in the various
areas of the website
- To
send you email or conventional mail
- To fulfill
your online orders
In addition, GlobaLens might use cookies:
- To
recognize and better serve you on subsequent GlobaLens visits
- To
recognize your access privileges
- To
track shopping carts through the ordering process
In order to help
evaluate how users make use of or navigate the website, GlobaLens also tracks usage patterns.
This information might include the number and frequency of users to each web
page, and the length of their visits. These data are never matched to
personally identifiable information. GlobaLens does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18.
What GlobaLens Does Not Do With Information
GlobaLens does not:
- Provide
your personally identifiable information to third-party companies or
organizations, except as part of an investigation into violations of
copyright or other third-party rights
- Share
personally identifiable information tracked on this site, in any form,
with advertisers or other parties not related to GlobaLens
Upon request, GlobaLens will remove you from its
email and conventional mailing lists. At any time, you may edit your personal
information by contacting customerservice@globalens.com.
Notwithstanding anything
in this Privacy Policy to the contrary, GlobaLens may disclose your personally identifiable information without your consent, as
permitted or required by law (including, without limitation, pursuant to a
court order or subpoena) or pursuant to lawful requirements to disclose
personal information to government authorities.
Contact Us
For questions or concerns about these guidelines, or to update customer
information, please contact customerservice@globalens.com.
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