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PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the PAAC Transit Development Plan website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

PAAC Transit Development Plan collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by PAAC Transit Development Plan for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PAAC Transit Development Plan Web site.

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

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

Use of your Personal Information

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

PAAC Transit Development Plan does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. PAAC Transit Development Plan 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, PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

PAAC Transit Development Plan does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

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

PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PAAC Transit Development Plan; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PAAC Transit Development Plan, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan pages, or register with PAAC Transit Development Plan site or services, a cookie helps PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the PAAC Transit Development Plan 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 PAAC Transit Development Plan services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

PAAC Transit Development Plan secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. PAAC Transit Development Plan 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

PAAC Transit Development Plan will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. PAAC Transit Development Plan encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how PAAC Transit Development Plan is protecting your information.

Contact Information

PAAC Transit Development Plan welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that PAAC Transit Development Plan has not adhered to this Statement, please contact PAAC Transit Development Plan at webmaster@portauthority.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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