Privacy-Policy

Scope

This statement applies to AEROSHIPPER customers and Webship visitors, unless a separate privacy notice is prominently displayed.

Uses

• We use your information to provide you with AEROSHIPPER products and services, or respond to your inquiries.
• We do not sell customer or mailing lists to outside parties, including marketers.
• We protect your information under the Privacy Act. We only share your information in the following limited situations: to a congressional office on your behalf; to financial entities regarding financial transaction issues; to an AEROSHIPPER auditor; to entities, including law enforcement, as required by law or in legal proceedings; to customs agencies relating to outgoing international mail; to contractors and other entities to fulfill your product or service; or with your consent.

Our privacy policy tells you about our information practices when you provide personal information to us, whether collected online or offline, or when you visit us online to browse, obtain information, or conduct a transaction. Personal information may include your name, email, mailing and/or business address, phone numbers, or other information that identifies you personally.

Key aspects of our privacy policy include:

• We do not sell or rent your personal information to outside parties.

• We do not market other products or services to you without your consent.

• We do not use web analysis tools (e.g., cookies) to identify you personally without your express consent.

Notice of our privacy practices

The following describes the ways we collect information from you, and the protections that apply to your information.

AEROSHIPPER collects personal information from you and from your transactions with us. We use information we collect to provide you certain products and services, and if needed to respond to your inquiries or requests for information. We occasionally collect data about you from financial entities to perform verification services and from commercial sources. We do this, for example, to pre populate data fields in call centers to facilitate transactions, or to market products to consumers who have agreed to receive such messages.

Privacy Act Rights

AEROSHIPPER follows the privacy requirements of the Privacy Act, which protects your personal information that we maintain in what is called a system of records. A system of records is a file, database, or program from which personal information is retrieved by name or other personal identifier. In other words, the Privacy Act applies when we use your personal information to know who you are and to interact with you – such as when you provide information to request a product or service, register on Webship, or submit an inquiry or complaint. The Privacy Act provides comprehensive protections for your personal information. This includes how information is collected, used, disclosed, stored, and discarded.

When we collect and maintain personal information from you offline, a Privacy Act notice will be provided. The following is your Privacy Act notice for personal information collected online:

Privacy Act notice: Your information will be used to provide you requested products, services, or information. Collection is authorized by 39 USC 401, 403, & 404. Providing the information is voluntary, but if not provided, we may not process your transaction. We do not disclose your information to third parties without your consent, except to facilitate the transaction, to act on your behalf or request, or as legally required. This includes the following limited circumstances: to a congressional office on your behalf; to financial entities regarding financial transaction issues; to an AEROSHIPPER auditor; to entities, including law enforcement, as required by law or in legal proceedings; to domestic and international customs relating to outgoing international mail pursuant to federal law and agreements; and to contractors and other entities aiding us to fulfill the service (service providers).

Information Collected from Emails and Online Forms

Many of our programs and websites allow you to send us an email. We will use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry, provide information, or to fill your order for products and services in which you have expressed an interest.

Remember that email may not necessarily be secure against interception. If your email communication is very sensitive, or includes information such as your bank account, charge card, or social security number, you should send it by mail unless the Web site indicates the particular site is secure.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

We automatically collect certain information about your visit to Webship. We limit the data collected to meet specific business needs and to fully protect your privacy. We thus may know what path(s) you took on Webship, but we don’t know who you are. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not use this information to identify you personally without your express consent.

We automatically collect and store the following information about your visit:

General log information—Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" or "yourschool.edu"); Internet Protocol (IP) address; operating system; the browser used to access our Web site; the date and time you accessed our site; and the pages that you visited. We use the information to help us make Webship more useful to visitors. We use it to learn about how locations on our site are being used, what information is of most and least interest, and to ensure Webship can interface with the types of technology our visitors use. We also use the information to tell us of any possible site performance problems.

Referral and statistical information where we have links or ad banners to or from Webship – Such data may include aggregate data such as the number of click throughs that occurred. It may also include specific data, such as whether you are a repeat visitor; whether you visited a page with a banner on it or clicked on an ad banner and then used our site (for instance, to register or make a purchase); the value, date and time of any sale; and the identity of the site which you linked to or from Webship. We collect this information to know which links and banners are effective. For example, this allows us to determine which ads may be of most interest and to help us control how many times a specific ad is displayed.

How Data Is Collected Cookies and Other Web Analysis 

We understand that you may have questions about Web technology and information that is collected as you surf or conduct business online. AEROSHIPPER has very strict policies about Web analysis tools. Such tools include what are known as cookies and Web beacons.

Webship strictly limits the types of analysis tools allowed, the data collected, and how long the tools last, in order to best serve your business needs and also safeguard your privacy.

Cookies

Cookies may be categorized as session or persistent, which describes the length of time that they stay on your system. Both session and persistent cookies are used on this site. The following are detailed descriptions of how we use these cookies.

Session Cookies

A session cookie is a small piece of textual information that a server places temporarily on your browser during the time your browser is open. The cookies are erased once you close all browsers. We use session cookies in the following manner:

• Log on and log off administration—If you decide to register with our site, so as, for example, to use one of our online services, session cookies help with the log on and log off process. The cookies enable us to recognize your log on ID when you log on so that we do not establish a duplicate registration record for you.
• Transactions and site usability — We use session cookies to improve how you navigate through Webship and conduct transactions. As examples, session cookies are used to maintain your online session as you browse over several pages; to store and pre populate information so that you do not have to re enter the same information twice. Session cookies may also be used to collect referral statistics when you click on a link or ad banner to or from Webship.

Persistent Cookies

A persistent cookie is a small piece of text stored on your computer’s hard drive for a defined period of time, after which the cookie is erased. We do not collect or link to personal information through persistent cookies without your express consent. We use persistent cookies as follows:

• Site usage measurement—Our site measurement tool uses a persistent cookie to assist us in measuring how and when our Web site and its various components are used. It functions as a “visit cookie,” so that we can determine if you are a repeat visitor to our site. This allows us to know if we are attracting new visitors and what aspects of the site seem most useful. The cookie will expire 30 days after your last visit.
• Log off safety function—AEROSHIPPER uses a persistent cookie to automatically log you off of AEROSHIPPER if there has been no activity. This is done for your safety to ensure that, if you have finished using our site, but have forgotten to log off, no one else can use your computer via your log on and password. The cookie is permanently removed from your computer when you log off, or, if you have closed the browser without logging off, it is removed automatically when there is no activity.

Third Party Web Analysis Tools

AEROSHIPPER does not allow Web analysis tools to be used by third parties, except for service providers who help us in performing site analysis or providing a particular product, service, or advertisement. Service providers may use session cookies, just like AEROSHIPPER does, solely to improve the use of the site. Service providers may only use persistent cookies and beacons if specifically approved by AEROSHIPPER, which uses must comply fully with this policy.

Data Derived from Web Analysis Tools

We are careful to safeguard any data derived from cookies and beacons. No data derived from session cookies, or from the log off persistent cookie, are retained. Data derived from other persistent cookies and beacons are retained behind the AEROSHIPPER firewall or a secure firewall of our service provider.

Choice

AEROSHIPPER believes in permission based marketing. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personal information to outside marketers. You will only receive marketing about products and services of AEROSHIPPER or its partners, other than products and services you already receive or are registered for, under the following conditions.

• If you are a consumer, we use an opt in standard. If you have provided personal information to register for or purchase a product or service, we will not use that information to contact you in the future about another product or service unless you have provided express consent.
• If you are a business, we use an opt out standard. We assume you are interested in other products and services that could aid you in your business, and so we will provide information to you unless you tell us you do not want to receive it.​

Security

In those instances where we secure your personal information in transit to us and upon receipt, AEROSHIPPER uses the industry standard encryption software, Secured Socket Layer (SSL). The URL in your browser will change to “HTTPS” instead of “HTTP” when this security feature is invoked. Your browser may also display a lock symbol on its bottom task bar line to indicate this secure transmission is in place.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, AEROSHIPPER employs software programs to monitor network traffic in order to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits other than those uses identified in this policy. Unauthorized modification or misuse of information stored in this system will be investigated and may result in criminal prosecution.

Service Providers

AEROSHIPPER enters into relationships with service providers in order to provide the highest quality product or service. Service providers may include an entity that provides assistance for the program, such as a call center; a provider of advertising services; or a partner for the program. AEROSHIPPER holds service providers to the same rigorous standards of privacy that apply to AEROSHIPPER, including being made subject to the Privacy Act and AEROSHIPPER privacy policies. Service providers that have access to personal information are also subject to security review.

Access

If you have provided personal information to us, you may request to review the information that we have maintained. Please contact the program office that provided you the product or service, the office that handled your inquiry, or the privacy office at the addresses below. We will correct or delete any inaccurate information upon your request.

Inquiries

If you have any questions or complaints regarding our privacy policy or use of your information, we would like to hear from you.

Please contact us at info@aeroshipper.com.

We will investigate and respond to your inquiry. Your inquiry will be treated confidentially and will be protected under the Privacy Act.