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PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting the Statistical Design Institute, LLC website. This notice addresses privacy concerns about the information collected on this site.


Introduction
Statistical Design Institute,LLC, the owner of www.stat-design.com is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its members, customers and visitors. This privacy policy describes what information Statistical Design Institute,LLC will collect from visitors and purchasers such as yourself, and how we will use that information once it is collected. This policy does not apply to the practices of any third party, affiliate, or business partner that Statistical Design Institute,LLC does not own or control.

What websites does this policy apply to?
This privacy policy applies to the Statistical Design Institute,LLC website, www.stat-design.com. It does not apply to websites of any Statistical Design Institute,LLC member or affiliate. It does not apply to websites operated by organizations or groups who associate themselves in any way with Statistical Design Institute,LLC. It does not apply to any other websites, including those which have hypertext links to the Statistical Design Institute,LLC website nor to external links that Statistical Design Institute,LLC may link to.

Links to other sites (external links)
This site has links to other websites as a convenience to our customers, members and visitors. When you use one of these links, you are no longer on this site and this privacy policy will not apply. When you link to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

When you follow a link to one of these sites neither Statistical Design Institute,LLC, nor any employee of Statistical Design Institute,LLC warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by these external sites, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from these systems, and can not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of their information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from these systems does so at his or her own risk.

Collection of non-personal data
When you browse the Statistical Design Institute,LLC website, you do so anonymously. We do not collect your email address or other personal information. We do automatically log and store the standard data collected by all web server software. That information is as follows:

1. The Internet Protocol (IP) address. The IP address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. We use the IP address to respond to your browser's request.
2. The type of browser and operating system you used. Your browser supplies us with this information.
3. The date and time you visited this site
4. The web pages or services you accessed at this site
5. The website you visited before coming to this website
6. The number of bytes sent by our server.

We summarize the information listed above to determine:

• The time it takes for our web server(s) to respond to your requests as you browse through our site
• What browsers are being used on our site to determine what techniques we can use to develop pages that will work with different browsers (item 2 above)
• How often our pages are being used (item 4 above)

By the traffic from other sites, such as the search engines that are good at directing people to our site (item 5 above).

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this site may monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. If security monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, system personnel may provide the results of such monitoring to the appropriate officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under state law and federal statutes including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file created by a website and stored on your computers hard drive. When you revisit the website, your browser sends this bit of information back to the site. Cookies allow websites to maintain information on a particular user.

With cookies it is possible to save unique information which the website can then use either while you browse or when you return to the website. Typical data saved in cookies are things such as your site preferences, the date when you last looked at a specific page or a random number used to identify your session at a particular website. For example, an online bookstore might use a cookie to identify you so it can store the contents of your shopping cart.

If you do not want information stored through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers allowing you to deny or accept the cookie feature (refer to your browser's help function for details). While most browsers have the option allowing you to control the use of cookies, doing so might result in some features on the website to not working properly.

Statistical Design Institute,LLC cookies
Statistical Design Institute,LLC uses cookies to store non-personal information and data for site and session management purposes. These cookies are written in such a way that they are only used by our website management tools or our web applications and these only read the cookies they place on your computer. They neither retrieve information from other cookie files, nor access any other information on your computer.

If cookies are used on our website for any other reason, their use will be clearly marked. The statement will specifically explain the use of the cookies, what information is being stored and whether the information is deleted or retained for future use when you complete your session.

At the present time, Statistical Design Institute,LLC cookies will be deleted automatically when you quit the browser, unless you are a client and check the "remember me" box when you log in. This may change in the future as Statistical Design Institute,LLC strives to personalize your web experience with us. The Statistical Design Institute,LLC website cookie will not damage your system or files in any way.

Collection of your personal information
Online forms are available for customers to request information, products, and services. We obtain information you provide to us via these forms, such as your name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address. We may use this information to provide you with information about the products and services offered by Statistical Design Institute,LLC that you have requested. We collect information about you only if you voluntarily provide contact information within these forms.

Control of your personal information
Statistical Design Institute,LLC will not sell or share your email address or any other personal identifiable information with other organizations. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf. We will only provide those companies with the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. We will not knowingly contract work to other companies that abuse personal information.

Disclosure of your personal information
Statistical Design Institute,LLC may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) satisfy a legal order or comply with legal process; (b) defend the rights of Statistical Design Institute,LLC or its affiliates or business partners; or (c) protect the personal safety of Statistical Design Institute,LLC employees, agents, affiliates, business partners, customers or website users.

Privacy policy changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy for www.stat-design.com, we will post the modifications so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Questions
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact the Statistical Design Institute,LLC staff