Clarksons is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Clarksons site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Clarksons site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Clarksons collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Clarksons also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Clarksons. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Clarksons for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Clarksons site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Clarksons public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Clarksons does not read any of your private online communications.

Clarksons encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Clarksons so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Clarksons is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Clarksons and Clarksons family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Clarksons collects and uses your personal information to operate the Clarksons Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Clarksons also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Clarksons and its affiliates. Clarksons may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Clarksons does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Clarksons may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Clarksons may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Clarksons, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Clarksons does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Clarksons keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Clarksons, in order to determine what Clarksons services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Clarksons to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Clarksons Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Clarksons or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Clarksons; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Clarksons, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Clarksons Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Clarksons pages, or register with Clarksons site or services, a cookie helps Clarksons to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Clarksons Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Clarksons features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Clarksons services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Clarksons secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Clarksons secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Clarksons will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Clarksons encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Clarksons is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Clarksons welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Clarksons has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Clarksons at tech@purplecs.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.