Use of Information: As a general policy no personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, is automatically collected from your visit to this web site. However, certain non-personal information is recorded by the standard operation of AvalonTC Internet servers. Information such as the type of browser being used, its operating system, and your IP address is gathered in order to enhance your online experience.

Our Sites' various registration forms and surveys may request that you give us contact information (such as your name, mailing and/or e-mail address) demographic information (such as your age and gender) Personally identifiable information is never sold or leased to any third parties. With your permission, we may use your contact information to send you information about our company and what we're doing. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings.

Our Sites use various request forms for you to request information, products, and services. We collect contact information (such as your name, mailing and/or e-mail address). Contact information from a form is used to fulfill certain requests, and to provide information about our company to you if requested. The contact information is also used to get in touch with you when necessary regarding your requests. Your Financial information that is collected is used to process your request for products and services, and will not be shared with third parties who are not involved with the transaction.

Use of Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies make using our Sites easier by, among other things, saving your passwords and preferences for you. These cookies are restricted for use only on our Sites, and do not transfer any personal information to any other party. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies; however, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. (Note: you will need to consult the help area of your browser application for instructions.) If you choose to disable your cookies setting or refuse to accept a cookie, some parts of our web sites will not function properly or may be considerably slower.

Use of IP Addresses: An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet provider whenever you're surfing the Web. When you requests pages from this web site, our servers log your IP address. We collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, and to audit the use of our Site. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that your session will be logged, but you are anonymous to us. We may use your IP addresses in cooperation with your Internet provider to identify you if we feel it is necessary to protect our service, Sites, customers, or others.

Links to Other Sites: We are not responsible for the content or practices of third party websites that may be linked to our Sites. Our Sites may also be linked to websites operated by other companies. Visitors to these web sites should refer to each web site's respective privacy policies and practices.

Choice/Opt-Out: Our Site may provide you the opportunity to opt-in to receive communications from us at the point where we request information about you. You always have the option of removing your name from any e-mail list to not receive future communications. In order to ensure immediate removal from any list, it is best to follow the specific instructions outlined within the communications you receive from us since AvalonTC operates many sites tailored to specific interests. However, if you are unable to complete the process indicated in the communications, then just send us an e-mail at with a copy of the undesired email attached to the request and stating your wish to be removed from the mailing list.

To view educational material on consumer privacy, please see http://www.ftc.gov/ .

Your Acceptance of These Terms: By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of the AvalonTC Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. AvalonTC reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this policy at any time, so visitors are encouraged to review this policy from time to time. Your continued use of the AvalonTC following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

Last updated June, 2004