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Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices. The Audio Video Systems, Inc. (AVS) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: www.avsinc.net. By displaying this privacy statement, this web site has agreed to notify you of:

What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally identifiable information that is collected from you through the web site
The organization collecting the information
How the information is used
With whom the information may be shared
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information contained within www.avsinc.net
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the Webmaster at webmaster@avsinc.net.
You do not have to give us personal information to visit our site. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still visit www.avsinc.net and download outreach materials.

Privacy Statement

We pay special attention to privacy issues. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any sensitive information on www.avsinc.net. Never give out information about an organization, a patient, health care provider or another person if you do not have the express authority or permission to share that information publicly. Never submit content to www.avsinc.net if you do not have the express authority or permission to share that information publicly.

The purpose of our Privacy Statement is to identify the information we may collect about you, describe the uses we may make use of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and discuss your options for controlling your information.

IP Addresses

IP addresses along with other information such as browser type, access times and pages visited are automatically logged by the site to help diagnose problems with our server, analyze trends and to administer our Web site. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. So while the user session will be tracked to give us an idea what parts of our site users' are visiting, the user will be anonymous.

Outside Links and Content

This site contains links to other sites. When you select a link to an outside organization's Web site, you will be notified that you are leaving www.avsinc.net. AVS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

AVS is not responsible for the content of any referenced web pages created by external parties. AVS does not necessarily endorse the companies or organizations featured on these pages. AVS provides links to other Web sites when, in our judgment, information residing on these sites would be helpful to Web site users. We cannot assure that the content will remain the same. It is the responsibility of Internet users to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, and reliability of information found. If you have any concerns regarding the security or privacy of our affiliates, we encourage you to review their privacy policies or even to contact them directly.

Website Accessibility

AVS has made every effort to make our site easily accessible by all and assistive-technology-friendly. To get the best experience using our Web site, we recommend using a modern browser (version 5 or higher). If you have any problems accessing the site or content, please contact us at webmaster@avsinc.net and let us know so we can continue to improve.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser -- along with a Web page -- when you access a Web site. There are two types of cookies. A session cookie is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's memory. Because a session cookie is never saved, it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved by your browser to a file on your hard drive. Some AVS applications also use session variables, which are similar to session cookies and are not saved after you close your browser.

AVS uses session cookies only. We do not use any persistent cookies.

AVS's Use of Cookies

Certain applications on www.avsinc.net require session cookies to function correctly. If you have session cookies disabled, you may not be able to use these applications or features of our site.

Where they are used, AVS's session cookies and/or session variables remember your selection criteria.

You do not need to have session cookies enabled to view static web content on www.avsinc.net. We have set our software so that your browser will only return cookie information to the domain where the cookie originated (in this case, www.avsinc.net). No other site can request it.

Note: Regardless of the particular uses for cookies on the AVS web site, we will not share any cookie information with any third parties.

Data Collection

We may collect personally identifiable information (name, e-mail address, physical address, and other unique identifiers) only if specifically and knowingly provided by you.
Personally identifying information collected will be used only in connection with AVS, or for such purposes as are described at the point of collection.
AVS will protect the personal information that you share with us. AVS does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information to third parties. If we share demographic information with third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.
Information collected is for statistical purposes. AVS performs analyses of user behavior in order to measure customer interest in the various areas of our site. AVS also uses emailing tools to send out information and newsletters to subscribed users.

E-Mail

While AVS will make every attempt to protect the personal information that you share with us, electronic mail is not secure against interception. If your communication is very sensitive, you may want to send it by postal mail instead.

We want to be very clear: we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. AVS will only use information for the purpose for which you submitted it, such as replying to a request or forwarding recent new releases to members of the press via e-mail.

All of our users' information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. At hire, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our visitors' information is protected. Finally, the servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information, we will employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. Aggregated, statistical information is not shared with any outside organizations or parties. This information is not distributed or sold to other partners.

If you have any questions about the security at our Web site, you can send an email to webmaster@avsinc.net.

Choice/Opt-Out

To remove your information from our database, to not receive future communications or to no longer receive any of our services, tools or resources you can send email to: webmaster@avsinc.net.

E-mail Links

We use Webmaster e-mail links located in the bottom navigation on every page to allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments you may have. We read every message sent in and try to reply promptly to each one. This information is used to respond directly to your questions or comments. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard the information. Your personal information is only shared with third parties with your explicit permission.

Corrections/Updates

To modify or delete information provided to AVS, please e-mail webmaster@avsinc.net.

Legal Disclaimer

We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Web site.

Notification of Changes

We will notify you directly if there is a material change in our privacy practices. We will take commercially reasonable measures to obtain written or active e-mail consent from the user if AVS and www.avsinc.net are going to be using the information collected from the user in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection. We will also post the changes in our privacy statement 30 days prior to a change.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact webmaster@avsinc.net.

Web site Content

Content and material on this site was prepared by AVS.

Audio Video Systems, Inc.

14120-K Sullyfield Circle • Chantilly, VA 20151

P: 703-263-1002 • F: 703-263-0722

Toll Free: 1-877-AVS-1175 (287-1175)

E-mail: General - info@avsinc.net • Sales: sales@avsinc.net