GPN, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Educate Products, LLC and is affiliated with HOP, LLC, understands how important your privacy is to you. We place great emphasis on ensuring that information you entrust to us remains confidential and have therefore adopted the following privacy principles.
1. Your Expectation of Privacy—We recognize that you expect privacy. For this reason we have established specific guidelines and procedures on how your information is collected and maintained to protect against misuse or unauthorized release.
2. What types of personal and non-personal information do we gather online and offline and how do we use it? — We gather personally identifiable information when you contact us or visit our Site. We collect only personal information that you provide to us. We use personally identifiable information for shipping and billing purposes, to respond to consumers’ requests, to provide consumers with special offers, and to notify consumers of new product launches. We also use the personally identifiable information to personalize your experience on our Site, to customize our reading assessment, and to allow us to better understand how we may serve your needs. We use non-personally identifiable data for internal business and marketing purposes, and may share both personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable data with third parties and affiliates, including with our parent company, and with subsidiaries and affiliates of GPN and our parent company. We receive and store certain types of information automatically through the use of "cookies" and 1-pixel GIFs.
We do not use cookies or GIFs to retrieve personal information about you from your computer.
3. Do we disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties?—We may share personally identifiable information with our current or potential business partners. From time to time, we may provide your name, address and telephone number (not your e-mail address) to reputable companies whose products or services you may find of interest. If you do not want us to disclose this information please contact us at: GPN, 1407 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231; 1-800-228-4630; askgpn@smarterville.com. Please be sure to include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number to ensure we can process your request. We will process your request promptly. Please be aware that you may receive another contact before your name removal takes effect. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
We may share personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable data with our parent company and with subsidiaries and affiliates of GPN and our parent company. We also provide personally identifiable information to third parties that we use for our own business purposes, such as to process your order or request for information, or to provide services for us.
Notwithstanding anything else in this policy, we may: (a) disclose personal and aggregate information when required by a valid legal mechanism such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court, government or administrative order, or when we deem it necessary to protect the integrity of our Site or the safety of Site users, our employees or property; and (b) disclose personal information in the context of the sale of some or all of our assets or other transfer of our business. In such event, we may retain a copy of the transferred information.
4. What about children's privacy?— The Site is not targeted to children, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 on this site. We do not sell products for purchase by children; we sell children's products for purchase by adults. This Site is entirely aimed at adults. If registration or other information provided through our Site reveals that the visitor is a child, we will not allow the child to continue to provide personal information, and any information provided at that point will be deleted from our records. We do not filter advertisements or other content that children may view through the public portion of our Site. We may in the future offer computerized learning products to be used by children online, some of which may require you to enter additional information such as a child's age, gender or reading ability so that we can deliver a quality experience.
5. Notice to California Residents about Your California Privacy Rights— In addition to other rights described in this Privacy Policy, if you are a California resident and a GPN customer, you have the right to request information from GPN regarding the manner in which GPN shares certain categories of your personal information with third parties, for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. California law provides that you have the right to submit a request to GPN at its designated address and receive the following information within thirty (30) days of our receipt of the request: (1) the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year, (2) the names and addresses of third parties that received the personal information during the preceding calendar year, and (3) if the nature of a third party’s business cannot be reasonably determined from the third party’s name, examples of their products or services. You are entitled to receive a copy of this information in a standardized format, and the information will not be specific to you individually. All requests for such information must be in writing and sent to GPN’s designated address: GPN, 1407 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
6. Our Security Procedures to Protect Information—We maintain security standards to protect against unauthorized access to your confidential information. This includes the continual review and updating of these standards, including employee training, procedures and the software and/or hardware that will ensure the integrity of this information.
7. Restrictions on the Disclosure of Account Information—We will not reveal specific information about your purchases or other personally identifiable data to outside parties or other companies for their independent use. Personal information may be supplied to reputable information reporting agencies, in the performance of bona fide corporate due diligence or one of the following: (1) as part of a transaction you initiate (2) per your request or authorization (3) the disclosure is required or allowed by law, or (4) you have been informed in advance of the possibility of disclosure for marketing purposes and provided with the opportunity to decline or "opt out".
8. Disclosure of these Privacy Principles to You?—We have adopted and prepared these Privacy Principles so that you know how we treat your personal information and how we will ensure it will remain confidential. If you have further questions regarding these principles please e-mail us at GPN or contact us at 1-800-228-4630. You can write or notify us of your desire not to be contacted or "opt out" for special marketing offers by GPN at the address below:
GPN, LLC
1407 Fleet Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
8. How can I remove my information from your rental list?—If you do not want us to disclose personal information that you provide to us to third parties for their own marketing purposes, please write to us at: GPN, 1407 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 call 1-800-228-4630 or e-mail at gpn-do-not-rent@educateproducts.com, with your full name in the subject line. Please be sure to include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number to ensure we can process your request. We will process your request promptly. Please be aware that you may receive another contact before your name removal takes effect. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
9. Can I opt out of receiving communications?—Yes. We will process your request promptly. Please be aware that you may receive another contact before your name removal takes effect. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. This Web site gives you the following options:
If you do not wish to receive direct mail communications, send an e-mail to gpn-do-not-mail@educateproducts.com with your full name in the subject line. Please include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number to ensure we can process your request.
If you do not wish to receive e-mail communications, send an e-mail to gpn-do-not-email@educateproducts.com with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Please include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number to ensure we can process your request.
If you do not wish to receive telephone communications, send an e-mail to gpn-do-not-call@educateproducts.com with your full name in the subject line. Please include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number to ensure we can process your request.
If you prefer, you can send us a letter at the following address. Please include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number to ensure we can process your request:
GPN, LLC
1407 Fleet Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
These Privacy Principles apply to all visitors to this site, including all purchasers of GPN products. We reserve the right to change them, along with any related provisions, at any time.
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