Your privacy is important to us. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy.

• We do not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes.
• We will not share your contact information with another user, without your consent.
• Any sensitive information that you provide will be secured with all industry standard protocols and technology.

Notice of all changes that materially affect ways in which your personally identifiable data may be used or shared will be posted in updates to our Privacy Policy. If you continue to use any Netphase site after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.

Please read this privacy policy to learn more about:

• What personally identifiable information of yours is collected by Netphase
• How the information is used
• With whom the information may be shared
• What security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected by Netphase
• How to contact us

Scope of Privacy Policy

Netphase, LLC. operates several websites in whole or in partnership with others. These sites include:

• Netphase.com
• HomeschoolApple.com
• UniversalBusinessListing.org

When referencing Netphase in the information that follows, it should be noted that all Netphase properties adhere to the same privacy policy, except as noted on individual sites. In the event that a separate privacy policy is in effect and displayed on a partner site, that policy will super-cede the information contained within this policy.

Information Collection

Registration and Contact Submission

In order to become a user on some Netphase sites, you may first have to create an account. To create an account you are required to provide contact information as required for the proper functionality of the site. Once you register with a Netphase site and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us and we protect your personal information.

In order to begin a new subscription to the Netphase Newsletter or to contact us via our web form, you must first provide us with an email address on one of our web sites. Once you provide us with your email, you are not anonymous to us and we protect your personal information.

We may, additionally, track non-personal information about your visit including the domain name and the name of the Web page from which you entered the site, how much time you spend on each of our pages and the IP address associated with your computer. We use this information to improve the performance and operation of our site.

Netphase automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Netphase cookie information, and the pages you request.

Cookies & Log Files

Like most web sites, Netphase uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer that allows Netphase to recognize you as a user when you return to our site using the same computer and web browser. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features our website. The cookies do not contain or capture any personal information.

One type of cookie, known as a “persistent” cookie, is set once you’ve logged in to your Netphase site account. The next time you visit the Netphase web site, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing user so you will not need to log in before using the service. In order to access or change any of your private information, however, you may need to log in securely again with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log out of a Netphase site you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a “session” cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to a Netphase site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.

Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit a Netphase web site we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave Netphase. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the Netphase service. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is never shared with third parties without your permission or except when required by law.

Children

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. Netphase websites are not designed to attract children under the age of 13 and Netphase does not knowingly collect personal information from children on our Web sites.

Information Use

Netphase is an Internet Application Development company specializing in Web and iPhone applications. Netphase may utilize the information collected at its sole discretion in such manner it deems appropriate.

Netphase Communications

Netphase will communicate with you through email and notices posted on its websites. These include a series of newsletter emails that help inform new, existing, and prospective clients about Netphase products and services. Please be aware that you will may also receive certain emails from Netphase related major changes or enhancements to the sites. Netphase may send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving such information. If you wish to opt-out of receiving promotional emails, please contact Netphase by clicking on the contact us link located at the top of this page, or click 'unsubscribe' in the promotional email itself.

Information Sharing

Sharing Information With Third Parties

We may use aggregated information concerning how visitors use our Web sites and share such information with third parties in order to improve our Web. For example, we may share how many individuals visited our Web site and, on average how long they stayed on each page. Such use and sharing of aggregated information will not reveal any of your personal information to third parties.

Netphase does not rent, sell, disclose or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you’ve requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances

• We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
• We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Netphase’s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
• We transfer information about you if Netphase is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Netphase will notify you before information about you in transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
• Netphase may offer a “share this” feature, which allows users to publish Netphase articles or services to the public Internet and third-party sites such as social networks (i.e. Facebook, MySpace, etc.. Sharing such information about Netphase content to these third-party sites is optional by the user. If the user shares information with a social networking or other third-party site but then later decides to “unshare”, delete, unpublish or otherwise remove the shared content from the third-party site, Netphase does not warrant how third-party search engines will update their cache.

We may provide aggregated data about the usage of our services to third parties for such purposes as we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate. If you would like to be excluded from the aggregated research or products based upon aggregated data about our users’ activities on the site, please email customer service.

Partnering with Other Search Organizations to Offer Combined Services

Netphase may partner with other online services to give you the combined results of both services. Whenever we offer such combined services it will be your choice to make use of the combined services or not. In these cases, your personally identifiable information will only be passed from Netphase to the partner if you choose to use the combined service.

Legal Disclaimer

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Security

In order to secure your personal information, access to your data on Netphase sites is password-protected, and sensitive data is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and our web site. To protect any data you store on our servers we also regularly audit our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and we use a tier-one secured-access data center.

Netphase continues to evaluate and implement enhancements in security technology and practices, however we can only take steps to help reduce the risks of unauthorized access. Netphase has taken the following steps in this regard:

Secure Socket Layer (SSL): Netphase may use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption when transmitting certain kinds of information, such as payment information. An icon resembling a padlock is displayed on the bottom of most browsers window during SSL transactions that involve credit cards and other forms of payment. Any time Netphase asks you for a credit card number on Netphase for payment or for verification purposes, it will be SSL encrypted. The information you provide will be stored securely on our servers. Once you choose to store or enter your credit card number on Netphase, it will not be displayed back to you in its entirety when you retrieve or edit it in the future. Instead of the entire number, you will only see asterisks and either the first four digits or the last four digits of your number.

Secure Storage: Netphase maintains reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.

Vendors and Partners: Netphase works with vendors and partners to protect the security and privacy of user information.

Employee and Contractor Access to Information: Netphase limits access to personal information about you to those employees who we reasonably believe need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.

Education and Training for Employees: Netphase has implemented a company-wide education and training program about security that is required of every Netphase employee.

If Netphase learns of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using this Web site or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of this site. Netphase may post a notice on our Web site if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a Web browser enabling you to view the Netphase Web site. Netphase may also send an e-mail to you at the e-mail address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving an electronic notice) you should notify us via any of the methods available on our Contact Us page. You will find a link to the Contact Us page located in the footer section of most pages of the site.

If you believe your Netphase account has been compromised, please report the incident using our contact form. In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, state or local law enforcement agencies directly.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Netphase may update this privacy policy. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on this site. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Our Privacy Policy is regularly reviewed and revised to make sure we continue to serve the best interests of our customers. We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes.

Questions or Comments

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please use the contact information on our Contact Us page found on this web site. From there you will find information on how to submit your question or comment via email form, by telephone or mail.