Privacy Policy

Your Privacy

Your right to privacy is important to us. We recognize that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to act in a responsible manner. Any personal information that you provide to Newport Group LLC over this Web Site is accessible only by Newport Group LLC employees. We do not sell, transfer, or disclose e-mail addresses to any third party except when necessary to process a transaction or to comply with applicable laws or valid legal processes.

Our primary goal in collecting information is to provide you with information and services that are most relevant to you and provide you with efficient and effective service while using our Site. You may always visit our Site and browse without giving us any personal information. Please read on for more details about our privacy practices.

What information do we collect? How do we use it?

Personal Information

At times we may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information. Generally this information is requested when you register for an online service or when you provide information in connection with an online transaction.

• When you order, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, shipping and billing addresses, telephone number, and credit card information.
• When you enter a contest or other promotional event, we may ask for your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address so we can administer the contest and notify winners.
• We may use your information to send you information about important product updates and services, special events, eLearning opportunities, and new Web Site features that may be of interest to you.
• Our communications and feedback forms allow you to "Opt-out" (elect not to participate in certain communications) and we will promptly comply with your request.
• Some vendors or merchants providing products or services through our Web Site require your personal information: to effect your transactions; to create and share reports about your transactions among themselves; and to perform credit fraud screening services for transactions between you and us and/or others.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. We may gather this information each time you access our Site. This information, compiled and analyzed on both an individual or aggregated basis, may include:

• Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") of the Web Site you visited just prior to accessing our Site, the URL you go to after leaving our Site, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address.
• We may perform statistical analyses of aggregate customer behavior. For instance, we may analyze which pages on our Site receive the most visitors or how long visitors spend reviewing those pages when visiting the Site. This allows us to measure relative customer interest in the various areas of our Site.
• We then use that information to improve the content of the Newport Group LLC web site to enhance your experience when visiting the Site, to customize the content and/or layout of the Site's pages, and to provide the services required by our individual customers.

What about Cookies?

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. We may track your visit to our Site by giving you a "cookie" when you enter. Newport Group LLC plans to use cookies to make visiting our Site easier. Cookies allow us to save passwords and preferences for you so that you won't have to re-enter them the next time you visit. Cookies help us to collect anonymous click-stream data for tracking user trends and patterns. The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and you'll find them used on most major Web Sites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you've received a cookie or to refuse to accept cookies. You should understand that certain areas of our Site will not function properly if you set your browser not to accept cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

This Privacy Policy was last changed on February 6, 2007. If we make changes to any terms or conditions of the Privacy Policy, the changes will be posted in this document so that you will always know what information we gather as well as how we might use that information and to whom we may disclose it. We may change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Please be sure to check this page before proceeding to use our Site.