VALUCARD may use cookies technologies as part of its core mission to discover and inform visitors to our site. Cookie technology may be implemented at some VALUCARD Web sites. At no time is private information you have given us, whether stored in cookies (persistent) or elsewhere, shared with third parties that have no right to that information. If you do not wish to have persistent cookies stored on your machine, you can turn them off in your browser. However, this may impact the functioning of some VALUCARD sites.

Information Collection
We may collect and store information for statistical purposes. For example, we may count the number of visitors to the different pages of our Web site to help make them more useful to visitors. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

• The Internet domain (for example, "valucard.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "myaccount.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our Web site;
  


• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
  


• The date and time you access our site;
  


• The pages you visit; and
  


• If you visited this VALUCARD Web site from a link on another Web site, the address of that Web site.
  

The information that you provide on a VALUCARD Web site will be used only for its intended purpose, except as required by law or if pertinent to judicial or governmental investigations or proceedings.

E-Mails
By sending us an electronic mail (e-mail) message, you may be sending us personal information such as your name, address, and e-mail address. We may store your name, address, and e-mail address of the requester in order to respond to your request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of the e-mail. Under limited circumstances, including requests from Congress or private individuals, we may be required by law to disclose the information you submit. Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is very sensitive, or includes personal information like your Social Security number, you might want to send it by postal mail instead.

Registering:
Some of our Web sites ask visitors who request specific information to fill out a registration form such as recruitment, vendors looking for marketing opportunities by visiting our VALUCARD Acquisition Internet Service site may be asked to "register" to obtain email notices of business opportunities. Other information collected at Web sites through questionnaires, feedback forms, or other means, enables us to determine visitors' interests, with the goal of providing better service to our customers.