Your Privacy
Your privacy is of great importance to us. As a user of this web site (the "Site"), you are valued by us and we will take appropriate measures to protect the information provided by and collected from you on the Site in connection with the functions, facilities, products and services offered on our Site. As our business changes and grows, so will this policy.

Cookies
At times, we may use a feature of your browser to send your computer a "cookie". Cookies are used by thousands of web sites in order to enhance your web experience. A cookie is a small data file that assigns a unique anonymous number to your browser from a web server and is stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies cannot damage or read information stored on your hard drive. Cookies make your web experience more enjoyable by storing passwords and preferences. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to inform you when a cookie is being placed on your hard drive. However, your election not to accept cookies may diminish your experience with the Site because of additional time needed to repeatedly enter information.

Disclosure of Personal Information
We will not disclose, sell, trade, or rent Personal Information without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary to provide you with a requested service. In certain rare circumstances, we may be compelled by law to disclose your Personal Information, such as in connection with a lawsuit or other legal proceeding. In the event disclosure is required, we will use reasonable commercial efforts to try to secure confidential treatment of the disclosed Personal Information, including prohibiting use of the information for any commercial purpose.

In addition, we reserve the right to disclose certain information when, in its sole discretion, it determines that such disclosure is necessary to protect Echelon Partners or its employees, their rights or property, or to protect the physical safety or health of employees of Echelon Partners or a member of the general public.

Any submissions that you make to any public areas of the Site such as bulletin boards ("Public Areas") will be public and will not be considered Personal Information. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the actions of other users of the Site or of Clients with respect to any information you post in Public Areas. In addition, information that you submit to Public Areas may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages and for other purposes.

Links to Third Party Sites
You may be able to access third party web sites through links available on this Site. You understand and agree that your use of such third party sites, including other Echelon Partner sites, will be governed by the privacy policies of those sites and not by this Privacy Statement.

User Access to Personal Information
If you desire access to your own Personal Information, to correct existing Personal Information, or to remove your Personal Information, please contact us using the contact information provided within the Site. If you request removal of Personal Information, you acknowledge that residual Personal Information may continue to reside in Echelon Partner's records and archives, but Echelon Partners will not use that information for a commercial purpose. Echelon Partners reserves the right to maintain your Personal Information if Echelon Partners has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to the Site for violating the Echelon Partners Terms of Use.

Protection of Information
Echelon Partners will maintain the confidentiality of the information it collects. We maintain internal practices that help protect the security and confidentiality of this information by limiting employee access to and use of this information.