APTE Inc is committed to protecting the personal privacy of all our customers, whichever APTE product or service they may use or purchase. This privacy statement discloses the types of information that we gather, how we use it, and how, and under what circumstances we share it. We will never sell, rent or barter any of the personally-identifiable information that is collected from you during the course of our dealings, unless it is with your consent, or if required pursuant to legal process. You may also volunteer information to create a public profile in the course of participating in public forums, polls, contests, message boards, user opinions and reviews, photo sharing or other forms of public communication and interaction.

WHY DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We collect certain personal information in order to enable you to register to use Schmixer.com and to accurately charge you for any Schmixer.com-related transactions you may conduct at Schmixer.com or our other sites. We may also from time to time send you emails with information on special offers or new products or services. You may “opt out” of receiving such information using the link provided on our mailings.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT

During the course of your transactions, you may provide, and we may collect your first and last name, the username you create to use a program, the password you may create to make your business private, your email address, your street address, city, state and zip code, your telephone number, and the credit card numbers you may use to transact business at our site(s). We also collect your browser type and IP address. We do not retain your credit card information. That information is provided to a third-party company, which processes the credit card transaction.

SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES

We do not provide contact information to third parties without your permission. We share your information with third parties only in very limited circumstances where we believe that such sharing is reasonably necessary to offer you service, or when legally required, or permitted by you.

If the ownership of all or substantially all of the Schmixer.com business were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so that the Schmixer.com can continue operations. In the event of such a transfer, your information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

REMEMBER, you post your user content/information on the Schmixer.com site at your own risk. Although we provide tools for you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may have shared your information. We cannot and do not guarantee that the User Content you post on the site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your User Content.

LINKS

Schmixer.com may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of other websites. When you leave our site, you are encouraged to read the privacy policies of each and every web site that collects personal information. This policy applies only to information collected by Schmixer.com.

USE OF COOKIES

Your internet browser has a feature called “cookies”, which stores small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to our sites. You do not have to have cookies turned on to visit our sites, although active participation in certain areas of our sites may require cookies. Cookies by themselves tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information, in which case we can use that information to enhance your experience, as described below. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID,) but not your password) to make it easier for you to log in when you return to Schmixer.com. By adjusting the settings on your computer, you can elect not to allow cookies to be collected.

We may also use technologies, including electronic images known as “Web bugs”, sometimes referred to as “transparent GIFs”, “clear GIFs” or “beacons” that allow us to track general user-traffic patterns. We also automatically receive and record information from our servers, and from your browser, including your IP address, the time of your visit too pages at our site(s), and information about the pages you visited. Unless you have registered for one of our products or services, the information we gather cannot be matched with any personally identifiable information about you.

We may use cookies and tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including: Keeping count of return visits to our site(s) Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), statistical information on Web-site usage. Determining which features our overall user population likes best Saving your password so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit our site(s) Displaying the most appropriate content based on your interests

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING

Third party advertising may appear from time to time on Schmixer.com. These advertisements may be delivered directly to you. They automatically receive your IP address when that happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies directly to your computer, or use other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and personalize advertising content. Schmixer.com does not have access to or control over the cookies that may be placed by third party advertisers. Third party advertisers DO NOT have access to your contact information stored on Schmixer.com unless you choose to share it with them.