Makiane International Corporation (“Makiane”) realizes that your privacy is important to you. Therefore, Makiane is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that is collected as you access and use the information on the website (“Site”). Makiane may, in its sole discretion, revise this Privacy Policy periodically. It is recommended that you check back often for any changes made to this policy so that you stay informed about the information we collect and how we use it. By accessing and using this Site, and by submitting information as you use this Site, you agree to Makiane’s use of such information as described herein. This Site may contain links to external sites that are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and Makiane does not assume any responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which we link. Makiane encourages you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit your personal information there.
Gathering of Information and Dissemination
Makiane collects information from our users when they seek additional information regarding our services. Some of our Site’s account setup and other forms may ask users to give us specific contact information, unique personal identifiers, financial information, subject areas of interest, hobbies, and/or demographic information. We may use this data to improve the visitor’s experience at our Site. We sometimes collect demographic information and the types of user’s systems and browsers for internal purposes, so that we may better understand the user population of our Site, identify subject areas of interest, and determine whether the Site is designed to work with the computer settings of a majority of our visitors. Makiane also may conduct user surveys on the Site, which typically are intended to provide Makiane with information such as user identity, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were seeking and whether the Site content is relevant to user needs. Makiane uses this information to improve our web content, navigation, and overall visitor experience.
Any personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, hobbies, subject areas of interest, etc., allows Makiane to keep you informed about updates to the service and to notify you about other products and services that Makiane offers that may be of interest to you. Makiane will not sell, share, rent or otherwise provide any of that information to third parties. Makiane may disclose the information to third parties who perform services on our behalf in connection with the Site and have a need to access the information in connection with those services. In addition, Makiane may disclose contact information for you in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners with regard to allegations of infringement of copyright or other intellectual property rights arising from information that you posted on the Site or provided to Makiane. Our Site also provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the points where we request information. Please feel free to contact us as indicated below.
E-Mail Addresses
We may collect the e-mail addresses of users who send us e-mail messages. We will not, however, sell any e-mail addresses to any third party.
Cookies
Makiane may use browser cookies on this Site to keep track of your visit to our Site. A “cookie” is a small amount of data that is sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Use of cookies may allow Makiane to provide better Site features, better customer service, and better customer experience. Makiane may also use cookies to track which areas of the website are most popular with our users and to further Makiane’s understanding concerning overall use of the Site. As with most internet browsers, cookies can be erased from your computer hard drive, blocked, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or a help screen to learn more about these functions and how to use them. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies.
Security Practices
Makiane employs technological and operational security practices designed to protect personally-identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor who has been granted access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take precautions that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, Makiane cannot guarantee that such information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons.
Links to Other Web Sites
Makiane does not assume any responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party websites to which we link.
Compliance With Law
Makiane complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. Makiane may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to United States or other legal authorities without express user consent if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction. In addition, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of this Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through this Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.
Minors
This Site is not directed to children under the age of 18, and Makiane does not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger. If you are under 18 years of age, do not submit any information about yourself to this Site. If we discover that a child under the age of 18 has provided the Site with personally-identifiable information, we will delete it from all Makiane systems.
Use of the Site
By accessing and using the Site, you understand and agree that you are subject to certain terms and conditions as explained in our section of Terms of Use.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or how Makiane operates this Site, please contact us.