Government Institutes Privacy Policy
Government Institutes takes seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy
online. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy and
how it pertains to you as you make full use of our many offerings.
What information this Government Institutes site gathers about you.
What Government Institutes does with the information it gathers.
With whom Government Institutes shares the information it gathers.
Security using SSL - (Secure Server Link)
Information gathered
Government Institutes collects personally identifiable information when you
order any of our books, catalogs, or journals, and when you request that we
notify you about up and coming conferences or new book releases. When you
purchase from Government Institutes, we ask for your name, title, institution or company name,
address, shipping address, daytime telephone number and your email address, along
with any applicable payment information.
What Government Institutes does with the information it gathers
Government Institutes uses this information to fulfill your request, to contact
you about your order if necessary, and to inform you of special events and
new products, depending on the nature of your request.
With whom Government Institutes shares the information it gathers
Government Institutes will not sell, rent or lease any personally identifiable
information to anyone or any other business. Government Institutes will send personally identifiable
information about you to other companies or people when:
We have your consent to share the information.
We need to share the information to provide the product or service you have requested.
We are required to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal processes.
Security using SSL - (Secure Server Link)
Government Institutes may set and access Government Institutes cookies on your computer. No other Internet Server may access
this information. The cookie file is used to
track your order through the completion of the purchase process.
When your order is finalized it will be encrypted prior to being transmitted over the World Wide Web
using Thawte SSL architecture software. This means that all personal information including, name, address, and payment information,
when sent over SSL, cannot be read as it travels over the World Wide Web.
Why is the Government Institutes site so safe?
We guarantee every transaction you make at Government Institutes will be 100%
safe. This means you pay nothing if unauthorized charges are made to your credit card
as a result of shopping at Government Institutes.
Under the Fair Credit Act, your bank cannot hold you liable
for more than $50.00 of fraudulent charges. If your bank does hold you liable
for any of this $50.00 Government Institutes will cover the entire liability for you, up
to the full $50.00.
Government Institutes will cover this liability only if the unauthorized use
of your credit card resulted through no fault of your own from purchases made
at Government Institutes while using our secure server. In the event of unauthorized use
of your credit card, you must notify your credit card provider in accordance
with its reporting rules and procedures.
If you are still are not comfortable using your credit card
over the Internet you may call our Customer Service department toll free at (800) 462-6420 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST.
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the Government Institutes
Customer Service Center.
