Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Privacy Policy page for www.BecomeAnExpertSkier.com. The site is owned and operated by JKS Publishing. The site was developed for recreational skiers to register to receive information products such as web-based training courses and training modules. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At JKS Publishing, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

JKS Publishing created this policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We want our users to always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Please use the following list to locate your topic of interest.

• What is personal information?
• What personal information does JKS Publishing collect?
• How does JKS Publishing use information it gathers about me?
• Does JKS Publishing share my personal information? If so, with whom?
• What is the extent of the coverage of this Privacy Policy?
• Our Disclosure
• Your Consent
• Notification of Changes
• Conflict Resolution
• Contact Information

What is personal information?

Personal information may include such information as your name, email address, mailing addresses, financial information, birth dates, and information collected electronically via cookies.

What personal information does JKS Publishing collect?

JKS Publishing gathers and keeps track of four types of information about users from the following sources:

1. Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions such as when signing-up to receive our free-course.
2. Information that users need to enter if they wish to participate in the forums.
3. Information collected from users when they fill-in the course registration form.
4. Information collected via cookies.

Let's look at each one in turn.

Signing-up to receive our free e-course

Registration is not required on the public side of our site. Here, you can sign-up to receive our free seven-day e-course sent via sequential autoresponder. Users may remove themselves from this autoresponder series by following the unsubscribe information which is situated near the bottom of each of the seven mailings.

During sign-up the user needs to provide the following information:

• First name
• Last name
• E-mail Address

Public Forums inside a Private Site

Forums will be made available to the registered users on the private side of the site. Users of the site's Forums must register separately for this service, which is free of charge, in order to post messages and replies. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. However, because the forums are run within the Members-only area of our site, they are protected from the public at large and open only to registered members.

During registration and to participate in the forums, the user is required to supply the following information:

• Username
• Password
• E-mail Address

Registering for our web-based training course

During course registration a user must provide certain contact information, but we never sell or give away this information. The information will include the following:

• Username
• Password
• Full Name
• E-mail Address
• Phone Number
• Street
• City
• State | Provinve
• Country
• Zip | Postal Code

Cookies

We may place a text file called a cookie in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain personal information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use the public side of the site.

However, you do need cookies to log-in to the Members-only area, which is the private side of the site, and also to participate actively in the forums, also on the private side of the site. A Log-in cookie and a Seal cookie are both set at log-in time.

How does JKS Publishing use information it gathers about me?

Under no circumstances does JKS Publishing divulge any information about an individual user to a third party. As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out our free e-course lessons and to enable users to participate in the forums. We also send out e-mail notifications to members on a regular schedule when lessons are ready to be picked up in the Members-only area. JKS Publishing never shares mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors, or partners.

After signing-up to receive our free e-course

During the sign-up process the user needs to provide his/her first name, last name, and e-mail address. This information is used internally by the Mailing List management software, which sends the seven lessons to the user at the specified e-mail address over a seven-day period. The first name is used to personalize each e-mail at the top.

After the e-course is complete, the user's first name, last name, and e-mail address are retained in the prospects file for future use.

After registering to the forums

During the registration process the user needs to provide his/her username, password, and e-mail address. This information is used internally by the pHpBB software to manage the log-in and e-mail functions for those participating in the forums.

After registering for our web-based training course

During course registration the user enters certain contact information in the registration form, as mentioned above. The information is retained in the Membership database. The Username and Password must be entered into the Log-in form each time the user wants to gain access to the Members-only area of the web site. The E-mail address is used to send a confirmation thank-you notice to the user after he/she successfully registers for the course, as well as for notification when a new lesson has been posted for pick-up in the Members-only area. The rest of the contact information is held in the Membership database for future use, if needed.

The information collected by our authorized retailer, 2Checkout.com, Inc. for secure credit card transaction processing during course registration is used solely by 2CheckOut.com, Inc. and is never seen, stored, or used by BecomeAnExpertSkier.com. The secure credit card transactions are totally conducted on 2CheckOut.com's site. The information is collected there in order to process his/her payment via credit card for our web-based training course, as well as for our ski modules and single lessons.

Cookies

We use cookies to save your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you log-in and participate in the forums in the Members-only area. A product cookie is likely set when a student registers for the course through our third-party payment processing facility. They use cookies to remind them who you are and to find your account information in the database. A log-in cookie, as well as a seal cookie for security, are set each time a member fills in the log-in form to gain access to the Members-only area.

Does JKS Publishing share my personal information? If so, with whom?

JKS Publishing uses the above-described information for internal purposes only. We will not sell, release, or share personal information about individual users with any third party, except under the following circumstances:

• To comply with applicable law or valid legal process
• To protect the personal safety of our users or the public
• To protect the rights or property of JKS Publishing

What is the extent of the coverage of this Privacy Policy?

We respect each site visitor's right to personal privacy. To that end, we collect and use information throughout our web site only as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. This statement applies solely to information collected on this web site.

The public side of our web site, www.BecomeAnExpertSkier.com, contains links to third-party sites. JKS Publishing or any of its affiliates is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites. This Privacy Policy extends only to data collected on pages that are part of the web site, BecomeAnExpertSkier.com.

Our Disclosure

JKS PUBLISHING and WWW.BECOMEANEXPERTSKIER.COM) WILL NOT SELL, TRADE, OR DISCLOSE TO THIRD PARTIES ANY CUSTOMER IDENTIFIABLE OR CONTACT INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE REGISTRATION, SIGN-UPS, OR MAILING LISTS -- INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CUSTOMER NAMES, MAILING ADDRESSES, EMAIL ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS -- WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE CUSTOMER (EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY SUBPOENA, SEARCH WARRANT, OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS OR IN THE CASE OF IMMINENT PHYSICAL HARM TO THE CUSTOMER OR OTHERS). WHEN JKS PUBLISHING USES OTHER AGENTS, CONTRACTORS OR COMPANIES TO PERFORM SERVICES ON ITS BEHALF, JKS PUBLISHING WILL ENSURE THAT THE COMPANY PROTECTS YOUR CUSTOMER IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY.

Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by JKS Publishing.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Conflict Resolution

We are committed to resolving disputes within one week. If problems arise, users may contact us by email at the address given below in the Contact Information section.

Contact Information

If site users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@becomeanexpertskier.com

Website URL: http://www.becomeanexpertskier.com