Additionally, you may decide to register with us on-line. If you do, we may by using the information you submit, provide you with custom information about our solutions for your business needs. Occasionally, we may use "cookie" technology to provide you with pertinent information. If desirable, the browser can be set to notify you when you receive a "cookie." A cookie is a small element of data that can be sent by our web site to your browser and stored on your hard drive. This will enable us to recognize you when you return to our website.

FTD takes all commercially reasonable precautions to adequately prevent others from freely accessing the information you provide or that we compile. As you are no doubt aware, however, despite these precautions, zealous hackers may wrongfully gain access to this information. Although such unauthorized access is unlikely, our lawyers suggested that we inform you of the risk and advise you that FTD is not liable for any damages caused by such unauthorized access. Finally, our website contains links to other sites. While we try to link only to sites that share our privacy concerns, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices utilized by any other sites.

To keep user in control of user's information and the communications directed to user, FTD allows user to opt-out of receiving communications from FTD. If user objects to any use of user's information by FTD, user may send a request via electronic mail to vsilvani@firsttechdirect.com or by modifying user's information on the form containing such information submitted by user online.

FTD reserves the right to modify or amend this Policy at any time and for any reason. Any changes to this Policy posted on the Web site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use the Web site after any changes are posted, user acknowledges acceptance of those changes.

Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to user's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make web surfing easier for the user by saving user's preferences while visiting a Web site. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information supplied by the user. A cookie cannot read data off user's hard drive or read cookie files created by other web sites. The use of cookies is an industry standard that can be found on most major Web sites.

Cookies help FTD determine which pages of its Web site are popular by showing how and when users use the Web site. Many improvements and updates to the Web site are based on such data as total number of users and pages viewed. Cookies allow this information to be easily tracked by FTD. FTD uses information obtained from cookies to provide services better tailored to users' needs.

FTD has two primary uses for its cookies. First, FTD uses cookies to specify unique preferences. For example, in the Careers section of the Web site, FTD can ascertain what user is most interested in by user specifying keywords in career opportunities. Second, FTD uses cookies to track user trends and patterns. This helps FTD understand and improve areas of the Web site that user finds valuable. While both of these activities depend on the use of a "cookie," users to the Web site have the option of disabling cookies via users' browser preferences.