Green Efficiency Group is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Green Efficiency Group Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Green Efficiency Group website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Green Efficiency Group collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Green Efficiency Group also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Green Efficiency Group. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Green Efficiency Group for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Green Efficiency Group Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Green Efficiency Group public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Green Efficiency Group does not read any of your private online communications.

Green Efficiency Group encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Green Efficiency Group so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Green Efficiency Group is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Green Efficiency Group and Green Efficiency Group family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Green Efficiency Group collects and uses your personal information to operate the Green Efficiency Group Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Green Efficiency Group also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Green Efficiency Group and its affiliates. Green Efficiency Group may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Green Efficiency Group does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Green Efficiency Group may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Green Efficiency Group may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Green Efficiency Group, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Green Efficiency Group does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Green Efficiency Group keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Green Efficiency Group, in order to determine what Green Efficiency Group services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Green Efficiency Group to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Green Efficiency Group Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Green Efficiency Group or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Green Efficiency Group; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Green Efficiency Group, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Green Efficiency Group Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Green Efficiency Group pages, or register with Green Efficiency Group site or services, a cookie helps Green Efficiency Group to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Green Efficiency Group Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Green Efficiency Group features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Green Efficiency Group services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Green Efficiency Group secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Green Efficiency Group secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Green Efficiency Group will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Green Efficiency Group encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Green Efficiency Group is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Green Efficiency Group welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Green Efficiency Group has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Green Efficiency Group at rick@greenefficiencygroup.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.