www.thekarateguy.com has security measures in
place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration
of the information under our control. Firewalls
are in place to prevent unauthorized access to
equipment and servers. All systems are monitored
for suspicious activity to prevent any breaches
in security.
The Paterson's Karate Works and Karate Guy websites
also employ a secure socket layers (SSL) security
protocol, which is a standard industry tool used
to provide data encryption on pages and areas
where Paterson's Karate Works data are collected.
SSL protects the Paterson's Karate Works information
transmitted from a user's computer to The Paterson's
Karate Works, allowing for safe transmission of
financial information over the Internet. The Paterson's
Karate Works also uses digital certificate authentication
to ensure secure transactions.
Your IP Address
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems
with our server, derive usage statistics, and
to administer our Website. All usage statistics
are only used as aggregated data to derive statistics
and not to identify individuals accessing the
Web site.
Session Tracking
Our sites uses session information to identify
specific user's shopping cart for our online e-commerce
system. Session information is also used to prevent
users from duplicating responses in any Web site
events. Paterson's Karate Works information is
not held in session variables for your privacy
and protection.
Financial and Customer Information
Our site uses order forms that allow customers
to purchase products and services. We collect
a visitor's contact information (address, phone,
e-mail address, etc.), transaction data (items
purchased), and financial information (credit
card numbers). Financial information is used to
collect payment from the user for billable products
and services. Credit Card information is never
stored on our servers. Your Paterson's Karate
Works personal information is never used by any
party other than The Paterson's Karate Works to
track online sales activity. Your contact information
will be used to contact you as needed. If you
do not wish to be contacted for reasons other
than relating to your purchase, you can contact
Paterson's Karate Works to inform them of such.
Links
Our site contains links to other sites. The Paterson's
Karate Works is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of Web sites linked from
Paterson's Karate Work's Website, nor does linking
to other Web sites indicate any endorsement of
the site or the products or information provided
on such sites.
Public Forums
The Paterson's Karate Works makes available discussion
and password based entry forums available to its
users, the following will apply. Discussion forums
are made available to the general public so, please
remember that any information disclosed in these
areas becomes public information, and you should
exercise caution when deciding to disclose any
personal information.
Private Forms
Patersons's have also made available a members
only section thereby members must apply and go
through an approval process to gain entry. Although
we take great lengths to ensure privacy, in no
way can we control members giving out passwords
or login ID's to third parties.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy/security
statements, Paterson's Karate Work's Web site
practices, or your dealings with our website,
please use the contact information at the top
of this page
