Integrated Payment Processing takes privacy and data protection issues very seriously. We understand the importance of confidentiality and trust when handling personal and private financial information. We have designed this Privacy Policy to explain how we handle personally identifiable information collected from merchants who register for services and submit information to Integrated Payment Processing. As Integrated Payment Processing evolve, we may revise this policy, so please check back frequently.
We recognize your expectation of and respect your right to privacy. Furthermore, we maintain strict standards for security and confidentiality designed to prevent misuse of any information our customers share with us. We collect, retain and use information about customers only where we reasonably believe it would be useful and allowed by law to administer specific business relationships and to provide products, services and other opportunities to our customers. We use information we collect to identify you, to communicate with you, to help us respond to your questions, and to understand which of our products and services will best meet your needs.
Cookies: As with many websites, our Website uses a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a unique, random number that is stored in the browser on your computer. The cookie doesn’t actually identify you, just the computer that is used to visit the site. Cookies automatically identify your browser to the Website whenever your computer is used to visit the Website. Cookies also let us know how many people visit the Website and where visitors go on the Website. In addition, cookies can let us know non-personally identifiable information, like what web browser is being used to access the Website. For registered users, cookies can make using the Website easier for you by saving information such as your passwords or preferences. By tracking how and when you use the Website, cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the Website are based on data obtained from cookies. Accepting cookies allows you, among other things, to personalize your experience on the Website. Cookies may also allow the Website to present to you advertising that may be of special interest to you. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, your browser should contain an option that allows you to disable or delete cookie data at any time. Some areas of the Website, however, may not provide you with a personalized experience if you have disabled the use of cookies. The cookies are not tied to personal information.
IP Addresses and Click-Stream Data: We may collect IP addresses and/or click-stream data. An IP address is a number associated with the service through which you access the Internet, like your ISP (Internet service provider) or your company. Standing alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable information. However, we may combine this information with personally identifiable information. Click-stream data is information collected by our computers when you request certain pages from the Website. Click-stream data may include such information as the page viewed, the time, the source of the request, the type of browser making the request, the preceding page view and other such non-personal information. When analyzed, this data helps us analyze how visitors arrive at the Website, what type of content is most popular, what type of visitors in the aggregate are interested in particular kinds of content and advertising, and the like.
Protecting personally identifiable information about merchants and consumers is an important part of our business. We will not reveal specific information about customer accounts or other personally identifiable data to unaffiliated third parties for their independent use. We share and disclose such information only as described below. Integrated Payment Processing will send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when: 1) we have your consent to share the information; 2) we need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested; 3) we need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Integrated Payment Processing to provide a product or service to you (unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide them beyond what is necessary to assist us in providing a product or service to you); and 4) we also may release personally identifiable information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with applicable law; enforce or apply other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Integrated Payment Processing, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and risk reduction.
In order to attain the most complete and accurate records, we consistently maintain customer information. If you have reason to believe that your account information or records are incorrect, please contact a Customer Service Representative. We respond to requests to correct inaccurate information in a timely manner.
The information we collect is used to enhance your visit to the site, for internal tracking and site improvement purposes, to enable us to contact you, and to process your transactions you enter into on our site. Integrated Payment Processing also utilizes cookie technology and click stream analysis for these same purposes. You may configure your browser to reject cookies, but this may affect your ability to utilize our site to the same extent as a user who accepts cookies. Integrated Payment Processing does not acquire any more information about you than is required by law, is otherwise necessary to provide a high level of service efficiently to you, or to make its site as dynamic and useful as possible.
Information security is critical to our business. We work to protect the security of your information during transmission. We store information gathered on secure servers located in a locked data center. The number of employees involved in the management of the data center that have physical access to these servers is limited. We use firewalls and other security technology to prevent our servers from being accessed by unauthorized persons. Employee access to customer information is limited only to those employees who need the information in order to service our customers. We have educated our employees so they understand the importance of confidentiality and customer privacy, and they have been trained to adhere to the strictest of security measures. Customer information is dealt with in the most professional manner possible, and we believe in taking appropriate disciplinary measures where necessary to enforce employee privacy responsibilities.
In continuing our commitment to provide quality products and superior service to you, we will make the privacy policy available to you. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time. We may receive personal information when you use our website to apply online for products, access or provide account information and send us e-mail. We also track the hyperlink you use to find our website. This information helps us evaluate the effectiveness of our website and improve its content. We may use the information we receive to customize your visit to our website and to design products and services that meet your needs. We may also use the information to communicate with you by e-mail. We have taken a number of steps to keep your personal information secure when accessing our website.