Internet Privacy Policy • Published October 2014
The South Carolina Pawnbrokers’ Association (hereafter referred to as “SCPA”, “the Association”, “we”, or “our”), respects our website’s visitors’ privacy. We use information from your visit to our site to serve you better, but we also understand that this information still belongs to you. The following statement applies to scpawnbrokers.com and explains the Association’s privacy policy in more detail.
The Association’s Use of Personal and Non-Personal Information
- SCPA may collect both personal and non-personal information about our site’s visitors. Visitors are not required to register to access our site’s public pages, so we collect non-personal information to track statistics regarding the number and type of visitors to scpawnbrokers.com to help us improve our site. Non-personal information we monitor includes, but is not limited to: web browsers used by visitors, operating systems, pages visited, dates and times of visits, and what sites or pages referred visitors to our site. We only use this information internally and do not disclose it to any third parties not affiliated with SCPA.
- Personally identifiable information – like a name or address or contact information – is collected only when you voluntarily provide it. Any personal information we collect is kept confidential except as required by law.
The Association’s Use of “Cookies”
- SCPA may place an electronic “cookie” in the browser files of a visitor’s computer. Cookies are small pieces of information that websites transfer to a visiting computer’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies we would use do not enable us to access any personal information about our visitors, but they do allow us to analyze how visitors use our site and improve user experiences. This helps us better understand which areas of our site are most useful so we can plan and improve the site in the future. SCPA does not use cookies to retrieve information from a visitor’s computer that was not originally sent in a cookie.
The Association’s Use of Analytics
- SCPA may use analytics tools to help gather details about visitors’ use of our site. Analytics tools helps website owners understand how visitors engage with their sites. The information we collect through the use of these tools is anonymous and the reports created about website trends do not identify individual visitors.
Internet Communication
- We cannot guarantee the privacy of Internet communication through scpawnbrokers.com because it is not designed as a secure website, and the Internet is not always secure. SCPA does not assume responsibility for any harm, loss, or damage you may incur by sending personal or confidential information over the Internet by or to the Association.
Consent
- Using any portion of this site signifies your consent to SCPA’s online privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, do not use this site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update, change, modify, add, or remove any and all portions of this policy from time-to-time and without notice.
The Association’s website legal notices and terms and conditions for its use can be found HERE.
DATE LAST MODIFIED: 3 October 2014.