Privacy Disclaimer

Last updated August 30, 2010

To underscore our commitment to privacy and our vision that good privacy is good business, we have adopted this online privacy policy, which reflects and implements our corporate privacy principles in an online setting, for this website, environmentalnavigators.com, which is operated by the Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training LLC, a subsidiary of Aarcher, Inc. (“AARCHER”), 910 Commerce Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

This site is not directed at children. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us at:

Aarcher, Inc.
ATTN: Legal
2635 Riva Road, Suite 100
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
410-897-9100

Information Collection

I. Personally identifiable information

This site only collects personally identifiable information from you if you chose to provide this information to us. Personally identifiable information collected with your consent may include, for example, your name, photograph, email address, demographic information, telephone number(s), facsimile numbers, social and professional networks, employer, job title, bar association details, your professional experience and credentials, your education, your hobbies and interests, and information relating to any orders you place, or any inquires you may make through our website.

II. Cookies

“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. This site uses first-party and third-party cookies, however personally identifiable information is not collected through the use of cookies. Cookies are used to track user IDs and passwords, provide tailored content, and determine whether a visitor is unique or whether the visitor has viewed our site before.

While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you before accepting them. Your browser manufacturer has information on changing the default setting for your specific browser.

III. Non-personally identifiable information

This site also collects non-personally identifiable information. For example, as you browse this website we may collect information about your visit, but not about you personally. Via web server logs, for example, we may monitor statistics such as: the number of people that visit our site, which page(s) are visited on our site, from which domain our visitors come (e.g., aol.com, hotmail.com), and which browsers people use to visit our site (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari (for Apple Computers), Mozilla Firefox). We may use an outsourcing program to assist us in analyzing this data to better tailor our website.

Information Use and Consumer Choice

The information collected by this website is used only for responding to your inquiries and otherwise corresponding with you, for processing transactions you request, maintaining your account (if you have one), for other purposes permitted by your organization’s subscriber agreement(s) (if any), and for the administration, review and/or the improvement the content of our websites. For example, we use information provided to us to customize your experiences on our website in various ways, such as suggesting news articles or member posts that may be of interest or displaying recent status updates from your connections when you log in to environmentalnavigators.com. Similarly, your information may be used to enhance the experience of your connections. You may also have choices about the sharing of information that you include in your environmentalnavigators.com profile with other users.

We may contact you in response to your comments or inquiries, as part of the maintenance of your account with us (if you have one), to provide additional information regarding AARCHER, or to complete a transaction that you requested. We may also contact you to inform you of other products or services we think may be of interest to you, but we offer you an opportunity to opt not to receive such communications.

Our website uses third-party advertising companies and advertising networks to serve ads and collect information when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, phone number or email address) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements on this and other websites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Access and Correction

As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information collected through this website. Furthermore, we believe that the individual is invaluable in ensuring that data is complete and accurate. We will provide you with access to any personally-identifiable information you provide through our website for as long as we maintain that information in a readily accessible format. Similarly, we permit and encourage you to correct inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through this web site.

If you wish to correct any inaccurate information you have submitted to this site, please either use mechanisms provided by the site or contact AARCHER at 410-897-9100.

Security

We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of personally-identifiable information collected through this website. We recognize the importance of security for all personally-identifiable information collected by our website.

Once we receive personally-identifiable information, we take steps to protect its security on our systems.

We limit access to personally-identifiable information to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities.

Other Websites

This online privacy policy only applies to the website(s) identified in the first paragraph of this privacy policy. Our website, however, may include links to other websites which may be operated by other AARCHER companies or by third parties. If you visit a website not listed above, we recommend that you review the online privacy policy of that website to determine how the operator of that website will handle personal information collected through that website.

Policy Changes

We may revise this online privacy policy from time to time. Modified policies will be posted on the website and are effective immediately.