Privacy Statement

Genealogical Publications is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Quintin Publications Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Quintin Publications website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Quintin Publications collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Quintin Publications also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Quintin Publications. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Genealogical Publications for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Genealogical Publications Web site.

As indicated above, Quintin Publications will directly send to you eMails, from time to time, about our products and services and/or about products and services from external business partners. To the best of our ability, Genealogical Publications believes that we are complying with the applicable laws covering the regulation Commercial eMail and therefore our eMails are not considered SPAM. If you believe otherwise we would be very interested in hearing your feedback and comments to better serve you and all of our customers.

Our compliance with the law includes the Federal CAN-SPAM Act which requires Genealogical Publications to provide you the ability to remove yourself from our eMail lists at any time by eMailing us at RemoveFromList@quintinpublications.com or by clicking on this automated web link; click here ###web link###, by FAXing us at 401-726-0327, or by Calling us at 401-723-6797. In addition this information is also included in each and every eMail that we will send to you. To be clear, Quintin Publications assumes we have your permission to send you future eMails until you tell us otherwise by using one of the available methods listed above.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Genealogical Publications public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Quintin Publications does not read any of your private online communications.

Quintin Publications encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Quintin Publications so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Quintin Publications is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Quintin Publications and Genealogical Publications family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Quintin Publications collects and uses your personal information to operate the Quintin Publications Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Quintin Publications also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Quintin Publications and its affiliates. Quintin Publications may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Quintin Publications does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Quintin Publications may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Quintin Publications may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Quintin Publications, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Quintin Publications does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Quintin Publications keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Quintin Publications, in order to determine what Quintin Publications services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Quintin Publications to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Quintin Publications Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Quintin Publications or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Quintin Publications; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Genealogical Publications, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Quintin Publications Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a 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. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Quintin Publications pages, or register with Quintin Publications site or services, a cookie helps Quintin Publications to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Quintin Publications Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Genealogical Publications features that you customized.

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 prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Quintin Publications services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Quintin Publications secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Quintin Publications secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Quintin Publications will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Genealogical Publications encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Quintin Publications is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Quintin Publications welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Quintin Publications has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Quintin Publications at info@quintinpublications.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.