Updated 8/21/2012
Acknowledgement and acceptance of terms
Knower Academics, LLC is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing www.knoweracademics.com, you acknowledge and fully understand the Knower Academics, LLC Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.
Participating merchant policies
Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites such as external payment processing, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online merchants and others who participate in Knower Academics, LLC services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.
Information we collect and how we use it
Knower Academics, LLC collects certain information from and about its users three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with cookies.
Web server logs
When you visit our website, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
• Your Internet protocol address.
• The kind of browser or computer you use.
• Number of links you click within the site.
• State or country from which you accessed the site.
• Date and time of your visit.
• Name of your Internet service provider.
• Web page you linked to our site from.
• Pages you viewed on the site.
Use of Cookies
Knower Academics, LLC may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.
Knower Academics, LLC reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into www.knoweracademics.com a site that relies on third-party cookies).
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our website.
Personal information uses
Visitors to our website can register to purchase merchandise. When you register, we will request some personal information such as name, address, email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other relevant information. If you are purchasing merchandise, we will request financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the merchandise you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.
We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including:
- To fulfill your requests for merchandise;
- To protect ourselves from liability;
- To respond to legal process or comply with law; or
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.
Changes to this statement
Knower Academics, LLC has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Legal
Knower Academics, LLC maintains its website as a service to the Internet community. Access to and use of www.knoweracademics.com is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and all applicable laws. We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this posting.
This site and all of its contents including, but not limited to, all text and images (“content”) are owned and copyrighted by Knower Academics, LLC or others with all rights reserved unless otherwise noted. The content, without the express written permission of Knower Academics, LLC or the rightful owner, may not be distributed, downloaded, modified, edited, reused, reproduced, transmitted, performed, displayed or otherwise used by any mechanical or electronic means, except as provided herein.
Any content that is a trademark, logo, or service mark is also a registered and/or unregistered trademark of Knower Academics, LLC or others.
Contacting us
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, please contact us at info@knoweracademics.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or question.