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Hawkes Learning Systems/Quant Systems Inc, a South Carolina company is committed to maintaining privacy and a secure transaction environment. The purpose of this Privacy Statement, is to disclose how we gather information and our disclosure policies.

This Privacy Statement describes the information we collect, the information we track, how we store that information.

We are committed to maintaining the privacy of your information. Topics addressed in this Privacy Statement:

1) The information collected by us from you. 2) How we use your information. 3) How your information is shared and with whom. 4) How we use "Cookies". 5) Security. 6) Changes to this Privacy Statement.

1) The information collected by us from you.

When you purchase from us, we collect information such as name, address, email address, and phone number.

When placing an order we secure: Name, shipping address, billing address, city, state, ountry, zip, phone number, credit card number, and email address. We will not share sell, trade or rent your information with anyone without first obtaining your permission, unless it is necessary to facilitate the transaction such as shipping agents or credit card verification.

When you use our online Customer Support we request the following information: Name, shipping address, billing address, city, state, country, zip, phone number, email address, order number, product number, product name or type of problem by category, and a description of the problem or question.

2) How we use your information.

As you use the site, register, purchase products or services we collect certain information to set up your account, facilitate your purchase, customize and improve your experience on the site, and to tailor the type and content of any information or notices directed to your account.

Customer Support information is used to facilitate your inquiry, solve problems with your account and purchases, and answer any questions you have.

3) How your information is shared and with whom.

We will not share, sell, trade or rent your information with any third parties without your express permission except to provide the product or service (shipping agents or repair and warranty services), as a matter of law or government regulation or regulatory authority, to cooperate with law enforcement agencies and authorities, and to protect our rights per our Terms of Use/Service and this Privacy Statement.

Any third parties, with whom we share information, with your permission, are informed of our policies regarding information and are required to adhere to those policies.

4) How we use "Cookies" and profile based advertising.

We may use Cookies for tracking functions and maintaining your shopping cart. Our Cookies contain no personal information and are small text files we store on your computer to improve your site experience and facilitate your login by remembering your password, for example. Only the server that placed the file can read these text files stored on your computer. Cookies are not required to browse the site but are necessary for registration, account set-up and making purchases. You can set your browser to disable the use of Cookies and/or to warn you when Cookies are being requested so you can determine whether to accept the Cookie.

5) Security.

We use the industry standard, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt your transaction, which includes all information submitted on our secure order form. Your browser will let you know if you have a secure connection by denoting a key or closed padlock in the lower left portion of the status bar. This includes technology and software based protections, on-going training of personnel in security matters and our policies, and regular reviews which result in disciplinary action (which may include prosecution) for employees who knowingly violate our procedures. Access to your information is limited to trained, authorized employees, who need to access the information during the course of performing their job function. The actual credit card transaction is done through paymenttech, and their servers. Paymenttech is a secure credit card verification agency referred to us by Yahoo.

6) Changes to this Privacy Statement.

Any changes to these policies will be posted in this Privacy Statement. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy from time to time at our discretion, including, but not limited to modifications, additions and deletions. This posted Privacy Statement was last modified on July 24, 2001.

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