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This Privacy Policy was last reviewed on February 9, 2010.

This document sets forth the Arts Systems Online Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") for this Web site, www.npidataservices.com (the "Site"). It describes the practices for gathering, storing and disseminating information. By visiting this website or portal, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions set forth in this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access this website, portal, data, products or services. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you expressly consent to the use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information, as outlined below. You can visit this Web site and portal without telling us who you are and without giving any personal information about yourself. If you elect to access products or services through this website, Arts Systems Inc., may collect certain information about you as set forth below.


How your personal information is used?

Arts Systems collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. Arts Systems does not sell or share your information with any third parties for marketing purposes other than through cookie use described below.

If you subscribe to a service or register a product, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and other products and services of Arts Systems if you have so opted to receive such communications.

Arts Systems may collect information about the use of the Site, such as the types of services utilized, number of users accessed the web site daily etc. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. Arts Systems may use this aggregate, non-identifiable statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.

Protection of your personal information

The personal information that you provide in connection with registering yourself as a user of Arts Systems products or services is classified as Registration Information. Registration Information is protected in several ways. Your Registration Information resides on a secure server that only selected Arts Systems personnel and contractors have access to via password. Personal information that you provide that does not constitute Registration Information also resides on a secure server and is only accessible to selected Arts Systems personnel and contractors via password.

Arts Systems stores personally identifiable information in a secure manner and considers it to be part of the assets of its business. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, Arts Systems has put in place, physical, electronic and administrative procedures to safeguard and secure the information it collects online. However, data security is constantly evolving. As such, you should consider any communication or information you transmit to Arts Systems as non–confidential, and you agree that Arts Systems will not be liable or responsible if information that belongs to you is intercepted and used by an unauthorized recipient.

Entities collecting personal information

Personal information on this Site is collected by Arts Systems Inc. Arts Systems Inc is headquartered at 38237, Corbett Drive, Sterling Heights, MI - 48312.

The Site may contain links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.

Children

Arts Systems uses reasonable efforts not to collect, use or disclose personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. This website and the products and services distributed through this website are not targeted at children and children may not purchase any of the Arts Systems data, products or services.

Collection of personal information

Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity. As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with e-commerce or newsletter subscription activities, Arts Systems will ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, Arts Systems may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, e-mail address, employer, state, city, zip code and telephone number. When ordering products or services on the Site, you will be redirected to paypal site to provide the payment information.

When you use the Site, Arts Systems or third parties authorized by Arts Systems may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Site and its services. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of your computer. We use these environmental variables to facilitate and track your use of the Site and its services. Arts Systems also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Site. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.

When you submit personal information to Arts Systems through this Site, you acknowledge that with respect to certain activities, trusted vendors of Arts Systems may undertake the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.

Use of cookies

When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and access important information without revealing your identity. In order to improve our Site, we use "cookies" to track your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card, and enables Arts Systems to record your passwords, purchases, and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages.)

While Arts Systems uses cookies to track your visit to www.npidataservices.com, and our Web servers automatically log the IP/Internet address of your computer, Arts Systems does not generally use this information to identify you personally. However, if you expressly provide consent for www.npidataservices.com to "remember" the unique identifier that you select when you register for various activities on the site, that unique identifier will be stored on a cookie on your computer, linked to your registration information, and your navigation path around the site will be tracked. We use this data to understand how our site and services are being used so we can understand our customers and offer appropriate products and services.

Your choices with respect to personal information

Arts Systems recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Site. Without your consent, Arts Systems will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from Arts Systems, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Site.

There are other instances in which Arts Systems may divulge your personal information. Arts Systems may provide your personal information if necessary, in Arts Systems's good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant, or order or to protect the rights of Arts Systems or others.

Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, Arts Systems will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.

No guarantee

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, and despite our efforts, Arts Systems cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, or to or from our online products or services.

Updating your personal information and privacy preferences

You may access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences (such as whether you wish to receive promotional communications and product notification from Arts Systems) by writing Arts Systems at:

Arts Systems Inc
Attn: Preferences Updates
38237, Corbett Drive
Sterling Heights, MI 48312
USA

Please include your name, address, and/or e-mail address when you contact us.

Privacy-related inquiries and complaints

Arts Systems takes its users' privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that Arts Systems has not complied with this Online Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write to the Arts Systems Privacy Officer at the address indicated above. In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the Arts Systems Online Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.

Changes in Privacy Policy

Arts Systems reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will provide notice of material changes on this page of the Site. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which Arts Systems is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described below in the section titled "Updating your personal information and preferences." You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days with the following exception: If at the time you provide personal information to Arts Systems you are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit how such information will be used to communicate with you by Arts Systems, Arts Systems will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent. However, if Arts Systems sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or Arts Systems (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, Arts Systems may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.