Privacy & Security
 SECURITY
We consider the protection of all personal information we receive
from our Web Site visitors, Subscribers, and Relying Parties
as a core responsibility. We have security measures in place
to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of Personal
Information. As with any transmission over the Internet, however,
there is always some element of risk involved in sending personal
information. In order to try to minimize this risk, we encrypt
information that you submit to us electronically when submitting
requests or ordering certificates. We implement data security
safeguards based upon generally accepted industry standards
to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access,
use, disclosure, alteration, or loss.
You can feel safe when shopping at The Pond Solution
Our XRamp SSL Certificate is recognized as the highest quality
in the industry. XRamp 256-Bit digital encryption is currently
the strongest available to the general public. As the first
Certificate Authority to offer this level of security to customers,
XRamp has established itself at the forefront of technilogical
innovation.
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is the industry standard used by millions
of websites for the protection and security of online transactions.
Our 100% trusted root SSL digital certificate, provides high
level, efficient encryption that will protect the transmission
of orders, passwords and personal details entered on our website.
Our XRamp SSL Certificate features the
following:
256-Bit Digital Encryption
Class 3 SSL Certificates
128 bit and 40 bit backward compatibility
100% Trusted Root Guarantee
We offer the highest standard of security
on our site so that our customers feel secure in transacting business
with us online. Our certificate offer you an additional comfort
by protecting your purchases for up $100,000.00. XRamp guarantees
to our customer that we are real entity and guarantees our geographical
location.
XRamp Certificate is compatible with the following browsers:
Browsers:
Internet Explorer 5.00.2919.6307
and above
Netscape 4.61 and above
AOL 5 and above
Opera 6.1 and above
Mozilla 0.9.8 and above
All versions of Safari
Firefox 0.7 and above (Includes similar
Linux clones, like Epiphany, Galeon, and Konqueror)
Our certificate also protects against
phishing! While lower quality, class 1 and 2 certificates
only validate basic domain information, XRamp Class 3, 256-bit
certificates are fully validated to verify domain and organization
information. By requiring organization validation, XRamp
is making it more difficult for illegitimate companies to
obtain a false certificate.
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PRIVACY
POLICY
The Pond Solution
is committed to protecting personally-identifiable information
INFORMATION COLLECTION & USE
Data Collected from non-Registered Users
You may visit the Web Sites without providing any Personal Information.
Data Collected from Registered Users
We need to collect Personal Information such as name, phone
number, email address, state, and country in order for you to
order products or request information through the Web Site.
We use this information to process your requests, to administer
the Services in which you have expressed interest, and to provide
information to you relating to our Services.
Data Collected through Referrals
We provide a mechanism for you to refer other persons whom you
believe may be interested in our Products. In such cases, we
will send the referral a one-time email inviting him or her
to visit our Web Site. We maintain this information for the
sole purpose of sending this one-time email and for tracking
the success of our referral program, but will not send further
unsolicited communications.
External Links
Our Web Site may contain links to other sites that are not owned
or controlled by The Pond Solution. Please be aware that we
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites that you may access from our Web Site. We encourage you
to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every Web site that collects personally
identifiable information.
Automated Web Site Tracking
When you visit one of our Web Sites, statistics about your visit
are automatically collected. This information does not identify
you personally, but rather identifies information about a visit
to the Web Site. This information may include how many people
visit the Web Site, the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address,
which pages are visited, from which domains our visitors come
and which types of browsers these persons use. We use these
statistics about yourvisit for aggregate, analytical purposes
only, to help us improve the performance and effectiveness of
our Web Site.
Customer Service
We may send Service-related announcements when we believe it
is necessary to do so. For instance, if our Service is temporarily
unavailable, we might send you an email. Generally, you may
not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional
in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you may terminate
any Services that you receive from us. We will communicate with
you in response to your inquiries, to provide the Services you
request, and as we determine is necessary to manage your account.
We will communicate with you by email, telephone, or postal
mail, depending upon the nature and urgency of the matter.
We also provide a web-based form for submitting service-related
questions to us. This form requests name, email address, and
phone number. This personal information is used to contact the
submitter to respond to the service inquiry.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
Aggregate Information
We share non-identifiable aggregated demographic information
about our user base with third parties, such as our marketing
partners and advertisers. This information does not contain
Personal Information and is not used to identify or contact
individual users.
Personal Information
We disclose Personal Information for the following purposes:
- To our contractors, agents,
service providers, and affiliated companies (i.e., parents
and subsidiaries) for purposes of responding to customer
requests; providing requested Services; validating the identity
of subscribers; maintaining and operating our Web Sites,
systems, and equipment; billing and collection; distributing
marketing and informational materials; and internal management
and administration of our business, provided that these
recipients are not permitted to use or disclose the information
for other purposes..
- To other third parties, as
we determine to be reasonable and appropriate to comply
with legal requirements; to obtain required governmental
authorizations; to assert or defend our legal rights, enforce
our agreements, prevent or respond to suspected fraud, or
protect the health, safety, or legal rights of others; to
cooperate with law enforcement authorities; to comply with
a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process; or
in connection with an actual or prospective transaction
involving the assets related to one or more of the Services
to which such Personal Information pertains; in the event
of such a transaction, we will announce any change in ownership
or control of your Personal Information on our Web Site
before the transfer takes effect and will provide an opportunity
to decline to permit the transfer to occur.
ACCESS TO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION
If you wish to view the Personal Information we maintain about
you, or if your Personal Information changes, or if you wish
to terminate a certificate or the Services that you obtain from
us, you may notify us by sending a written mail, email, or facsimile
request as listed under "Contact Us" below.
Depending upon the nature of the information, we may need to
verify your identity and the requested change before providing
access to Personal Information or making a requested change
in our databases. If you request to change any information contained
in a certificate, the certificate may need to be revoked and
a new certificate issued.
A certificate may be revoked or deactivated upon written request
by the Subscriber on whose behalf the certificate is issued,
in addition to the other bases for revocation provided through
our certificate policies.
"EMAIL THIS PAGE"
If you use the "Email this page" feature to send a copy of a
Web Site page to someone else, your email address will appear
as the sender of the email. We do not track the senders and
receivers of Web Site pages in a personally-identifiable manner.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy
Policy, please contact us at: The Pond Solution by email at
info@thepondsolution.com, by telephone at 954-410-4915. |
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