Because we gather information about the users of the Packaging Business system, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that data. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to modify it.

Information Packaging Business gathers and tracks
Packaging Business gathers two types of information about its users:

• Data that users provide through ovoluntary registration on our site; and
• Aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our site.

Such information enables us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and helps us understand the demographics of our audience.

Packaging Business does not share information about individual users with any third party.

Packaging Business gathers user information in the following processes:

• Registration
  Packaging Business is a business-to-business transactional marketplace. Although many features of Packaging Business are available to anonymous users, often they must register and be approved prior to accessing content. By registering, users take advantage of various personalized features such as the ability to invoke unique functions and content based on their identity. During registration, users supply information required to enable transactions--including, but not limited to--username, password, "ship to:" address, e-mail address, and country.

  Polling
  The Packaging Business site may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what the Packaging Business audience thinks about important issues. Packaging Business uses a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

  Message boards/forums
  Packaging Business may, from time to time, offer message boards or forums, where users can enter into lively, real-time or non-real-time conversations about a variety of topics. Packaging Business requires message board users to complete the registration process described above, even if they do not intend to make purchases.

  Electronic newsletters (Dispatches)
  The Packaging Business site may offer free electronic newsletters to users. Packaging Business will gather the e-mail addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from Packaging Business mailing lists by following the instructions contained in every dispatch. Users may be offered the ability to subscribe to these newsletter(s) during registration, or within the Packaging Business site at various times and locations.

  Surveys
  Occasionally, Packaging Business may conduct user surveys to better target content and services to our audience. Packaging Business may, at its discretion, share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with Packaging Business vendors and other business partners. We do not share any information about specific individuals or buying companies with any third party.

  Contests, loyalty programs, and sweepstakes
  Packaging Business may occasionally offer loyalty programs, contests and sweepstakes in which we request certain information. These promotions will be conducted in full accordance with U.S. federal and state laws. The full rules and all information about such contests will be clearly posted during the event. Any information gathered will be used only to verify user identity and to contact winners and/or prize/point recipients. Again, we do not share information about specific individuals with any third party.

  Usage tracking
  Packaging Business tracks user traffic patterns throughout the site, however, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. Packaging Business does segment overall usage statistic according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser). Packaging Business tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter into the Packaging Business Marketplace search engine, but this tracking is not associated with individual users.

  Cookies
  A cookie is a small data file that some web sites attach to users' hard drives when they visit the sites. A cookie file can contain information, such as a user ID, that the site uses to track the pages users visited. The only personal information a cookie can contain has to be supplied by the user.

  A cookie can't read data off a hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Packaging Business uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above), when users register as Packaging Business members, and when they click on various links and promotions throughout the site. When users register, Packaging Business uses a cookie to store the user ID. We do not store passwords or any personal information. We use this ID to identify users anonymously in our database and to track the pages they visit on our site. Cookies also enable users to enter various parts of the Packaging Business site as a member without having to log on each time, and to visit member-restricted areas of the site.

Use of the information
Packaging Business uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

As stated above, Packaging Business uses information that users voluntarily provide to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls and message boards. We may send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (daily, weekly, or monthly--depending on the newsletter). Occasionally, Packaging Business sends out special communications when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in a new promotion.

Packaging Business never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers or partners. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our site are most (and least) popular based on traffic to those areas. Packaging Business does not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service our users.

Sharing of the information
Packaging Business uses the above-described information to tailor our service to suit the needs of our users. This is essential to making our service the best it can be. We do not share information about individual users with any third party.

Packaging Business Clients
Packaging Business is not responsible for the content or business practices of its web site clients. Information contained in those sites is the responsibility of the individual corporations.

Opt-out policy
Packaging Business gives users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:

• Opting not to receive our electronic newsletters and order status emails when registering for the site;
• Opting not to provide certain personal information when registering for the site (see above); and
• Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, including the Packaging Business Marketplace, which completely alleviates the need for Packaging Business to collect any information from our users.

Correct/update policy
Packaging Business offers users the ability to correct or change the information collected during registration for the site (see above). Such changes may be activated by simply going to their user profile, clicking the edit link, and making changes to their data as it is displayed in the subsequent form. Users may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. Users who are experiencing problems or who have any questions about how our services work can contact us via e-mail at: packaging@polysort.com.

Delete/deactivate policy
Users may unsubscribe to any of our electronic newsletters or order status emails at any time by following the instructions contained at the end of every communication. Currently, Packaging Business does not offer users a means by which to completely delete personal information established at the time of registration for any site.