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Who we are

Our website address is: http://nightingaleinterpreting.com/.

PRIVACY POLICY

Protecting your private information in the electronic age of never having enough information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.nightingaleinterpreting.com and Nightingale Interpreting Services and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Nightingale Interpreting Services include www.nightingaleinterpeting.com and Nightingale Interpreting Services. The Nightingale Interpreting Services website is a news and information website currently with possible future capabilities as an ecommerce site. By using the Nightingale Interpreting Services website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our website, Nightingale Interpreting Services may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name
  • Mailing Address
  • E-mail Address
  • Phone Number
  • Employer
  • Job Title
  • Potential client information
  • Any comments provided voluntarily by website visitor(s)


When you purchase Nightingale Interpreting Services’ products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

Nightingale Interpreting Services collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.

Nightingale Interpreting Services may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Nightingale Interpreting Services and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Nightingale Interpreting Services does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Nightingale Interpreting Services may share data with trusted partners to help 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 Nightingale Interpreting Services, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Nightingale Interpreting Services may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Nightingale Interpreting Services or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Nightingale Interpreting Services; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Nightingale Interpreting Services, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

Nightingale Interpreting Services may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Nightingale Interpreting Services, in order to determine what services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Nightingale Interpreting Services to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Nightingale Interpreting Services. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Nightingale Interpreting Services website.

Use of Cookies

Our website may 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 register an account with Nightingale Interpreting Services, a cookie helps us 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 our website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the 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 Services.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

Nightingale Interpreting Services secures your personal information (such as a credit card number) from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. It is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

You can do your part by keeping your passwords secure. In other words, do not share them with anyone.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Children Under Thirteen

Nightingale Interpreting Services does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, Nightingale Interpreting Services may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Nightingale Interpreting Services or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Nightingale Interpreting Services, you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by “replying STOP” or “clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.

Surveys

 From time-to-time our site may request information via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate. Information requested may include contact information and demographic information (such as zip code). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site and or services provided.

Changes to this Statement

Nightingale Interpreting Services reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

Nightingale Interpreting Services welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Nightingale Interpreting Services has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Nightingale Interpreting Services at 713-893-8844 or via email.

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