Your privacy is of great importance to eFREIGHT International LLC ("eFREIGHT"). You are valued by eFREIGHT and we will take appropriate measures to protect the information provided by and collected from you on our website www.efreight.com (the "Website") in connection with the functions, facilities and services offered on the Website.
We gather information so that we can improve and personalize your experience with eFREIGHT. Information that we collect falls in to the categories listed below.
Information that Users Give Us: We receive and store the information that you enter at the Website or give to us in any other way. When you choose to provide information, we will use it for purposes that include: fulfilling your orders, responding to your inquiries or requests, customizing the Website for you, improving the Website and communicating with you.
Automatic Information: Whenever you interact with eFREIGHT, we receive and store certain types of information. For example, we use "cookies" to obtain information when your web browser accesses the Website. A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier, which we transfer to your computer via your web browser and store on your computer's hard drive. The cookie file allows us to recognize you and your computer when you visit the Website. On most web browsers you will find a "help" section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie, and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they will enable you to take advantage of some of the Website’s features.
We are not in the business of selling our user's information. There are, however, certain limited circumstances in which we may share such information with certain third parties, as set forth below.
Agents & Carriers: eFREIGHT, like many companies, hires other companies to perform certain functions. Examples include processing payments and performing credit checks. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information they need to complete the task and they are not allowed to use that information for any other purpose.
Promotional Notices: On occasions we may contact our users about our product or service. If we contact you in this way, it will only be to provide you with information about our products or services that we think you will like. If we do this, the only communication you receive will be from us and we will not give business information about you, such as your name or e-mail address.
Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses, stores or assets. In transactions such as these, user information is generally one of the transferred business assets. Moreover, in the unlikely event that eFREIGHT or one of its business lines are acquired, user information may be one of the transferred assets.
Protection of eFREIGHT and Others: We may release account and other personal information when we believe that such release is appropriate to comply with law; protect the rights of, property or safety of our users, eFREIGHT or others; or enforce our Terms and Conditions and other agreements. In addition, we may exchange information with other organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
We take reasonable security measures to protect the information of our users. For example, when personal information is sent to and from your computer and our computers, such information is sent over a secured connection commonly known as SSL (Secured Sockets Layer). Our SSL certificate employs 128-bit encryption which is the strongest allowed by United States law.
If you desire to review your own personal information, to correct existing information, or to request a deletion of your information, please contact eFREIGHT via email at service@efreight.com. eFREIGHT reserves the right to maintain your personal information if eFREIGHT has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to the Website for violating eFREIGHT's Terms and Conditions.
As outlined in this Privacy Policy, you can always choose not to provide information. However, doing so may prevent you from accessing certain features of the Website.
You may be able to access third party websites through links available on the Website. You understand and agree that your use of such third party sites will be governed by the privacy policies of those sites and not by this Privacy Policy. eFREIGHT shall not be responsible for the actions of the operators of such third party websites.
Any submissions that you make to any public areas of the Website such as bulletin boards ("Public Areas") will be public and will not be subject to this Privacy Policy. eFREIGHT does not control, and is not responsible for, the actions of other users of the Website with respect to any information you post in Public Areas. In addition, information that you submit to Public Areas may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages and for other purposes.
The Website is not intended for children. eFREIGHT does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide information on this Website without their permission.
If you choose to visit the Website, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, including limitations on damages and application of the law of the State of New Jersey. If you have a concern about privacy at the Website, please send an e-mail with a detailed description of your concern to service@efreight.com and we will try to resolve it. Our business and the Website may be subject to periodic changes. The Terms and conditions and this Privacy Policy may change also. Our use of the personal information that we receive and store is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in effect at the time of our use of such personal information. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Website.
Effective April 13, 2006