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Web Site Privacy and Disclosure Information




 

Bookhaven Press recognizes that respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost importance. This privacy statement is designed to provide information about the privacy and data collection practices for the site: https://www.federalretirement.net. The Site is operated by Bookhaven Press LLC.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our site coordinator at info@federalretirement.net or by postal mail to:

  • Bookhaven Press LLC
  • 302 Scenic Court
  • Moon Township, PA 15108

Identifying Information. In general, you can visit the Site without telling us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the Site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an order, offer services from us or affiliates that require registration, assist you with technical support issues or to follow up with you. Generally, Bookhaven Press LLC requests identifying information when you:

  • Register on any of our web sites.
  • Place an order.
  • Provide feedback to an online survey or tell us about an idea or suggestion.
  • Participate in a rebate program, contest, or other promotional offer.
  • Request a SPECIAL SERVICE from us or an affiliate
  • Request information or files from technical support or customer service.

In these instances, Bookhaven Press LLC will ask for your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other appropriate information needed to provide you with these services. In all instances, if you receive a newsletter or other mailing from us, you will always be able to "unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.

What Bookhaven Press LLC Will Do With Your Information. If you choose to give us personal information for any of the purposes above, this information is retained by Bookhaven Press LLC and will only be used by us to support your customer relationship. We will not add you to a mailing list, or newsletter without your registration for this service. We will only contact you if further information is required from you to complete a service and if you requested either Bookhaven Press to contact you.

What Others May Do With Your Information. Bookhaven Press LLC does not share, rent, or sell any personally identifying information provided through our Site (such as your name or email address) to any outside organization for use in its marketing or solicitations. From time to time Bookhaven Press LLC may use agents or contractors who will have access to your personal information to perform services for Bookhaven Press LLC (such as DATABASE MAINTENANCE, FURTHER EXAMPLES), however, they are required by us to keep the information confidential and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services for Bookhaven Press LLC. In addition, Bookhaven Press LLC may also share aggregate information about its customers and its web site visitors to advertisers, business partners, and other third parties. For example, we might share that our users are x percent PCs users and y percent Macintosh users. None of this information, however, will contain personal, identifying information about our users. Bookhaven Press LLC does not control the information provided to affiliates and advertisers, refer to their privacy policy.

Third Party & Affiliate Disclosure

Third parties and affiliates are independent entities and not an agent or partner of, or joint venture with, Bookhaven Press LLC for any purpose. Third parties and affiliates DO NOT have any right, power or authority to act or create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf of Bookhaven Press LLC or www.federalretirement.net nor do they represent Bookhaven Press LLC for any purpose.

Bookhavenpress.com and www.federalretirement.net provide links to other sites through various affiliates and third party advertisers that earn commissions. Other Internet sites and services have separate privacy and data collection practices. Once you leave www.federalretirement.net Bookhaven Press LLC cannot control, and has no responsibility for, the privacy policies or data collection activities at another site.

Bookhaven Press LLC also owns and operates a number of other websites that we mention and other related helpful sites in the content as appropriate and provide links to them. As a result, readers may visit other sites and click on a link to an affiliate marketing program.

Text and image ads that appear on this blog may be provided by third parties, for example Google AdSense, Commission Junction, Chitka and Dice. We do not personally endorse the products and services advertised in these ads nor are we responsible for their content. If we do endorse a product in our content and articles it is because we have used or have thoroughly researched the product.

Bookhaven Press LLC is not responsible for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damages of any affiliate or third party that is advertising on our sites.

  • Independent Advisers/agents

    The submitted information is forwarded to a third party independent adviser/agent that assist federal employees, annuitants, and the military with retirement planning, insurance, and estate planning issues. This service is provided by a third party and not affiliated with www.federalretirement.net or Bookhaven Press LLC.

Cookies

At times, we will use a feature on your web browser to send your computer a "cookie". We do not use cookies to retrieve any personal information from your computer. We only use cookies to learn ways to enhance our Sites, and to give you better, more personalized service while in our web site. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent. However, some functions of the Sites will not function if you refuse cookies. These areas of our web site will have information posted about cookies, and when a cookie will be uploaded to your computer.

Children's Privacy Protection

Bookhaven Press LLC is sensitive to the heightened need to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13. The vast majority of the material on our web site is not intended for children and is not targeted to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children and, if we learn that we have received personal data from a child, we will remove this information from our database.

Changes to this Policy

Bookhaven Press LLC may from time to time revise its privacy policy. You should therefore periodically visit this page, so you are aware of any such revisions. We will not, however, use your existing information in a manner not previously disclosed. You will be advised and have the opportunity to opt out of any new use of your information.


Contacting Us. If you have any questions about our privacy policy and/or the practices of our web site, you can write or email to:

Credit Card Security

We know customers are concerned about credit card security. We use Intuit Merchant Services, a well known credit card processing firm. Your information is kept private and secure.