At Essociates Group, Inc., we dedicate our company to enhancing the way individuals and companies manage business forms. In that effort, we respect and protect the privacy of those who visit or use our web site. When we collect information from you, we want you to know how it is used. To demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices, we have adopted leading industry privacy guidelines.

This privacy statement defines privacy aspects specific to Enstruction Series training courses, Enformation Central and software purchases where identifiable personal information may be collected and shared:

1. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally
identifiable information is collected from you through the web site

2. How the information is used

3. With whom the information may be shared

4. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse
or alteration of information under Essociates Group, Inc. control

5. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

This privacy statement does not apply to the practices of companies that Essociates Group, Inc. does not own or control, or to people that Essociates Group, Inc. does not employ or manage.

Information Collection and Use
Essociates Group, Inc. is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.

Essociates Group, Inc. does not offer services or sell products to children. We do not request or knowingly collect personally identifiable contact information from anyone under the age of 13.

Enstruction Training Course Registrations
We request information from the user on our various registration forms. Here, a user must provide contact information like name, company name and email address. If the user opts to pay any registration fees via credit card, an email invoice will be forwarded to the proper billing contact and subsequent entering of financial information (credit card number, expiration date) is maintained offline with our credit card processing company. This information is used for invoicing purposes and to fill customer requests. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

Enformation Central Subscriptions
We will request information from the user in order to complete a subscription request. Here, a user must provide contact information like name, company name and email address. If the user opts to pay a subscription via credit card, an email invoice will be forwarded to the proper billing contact and subsequent entering of financial information (credit card number, expiration date) is maintained offline with our credit card processing company. This information is used for invoicing purposes and to fill customer subscription requests. If we have trouble processing a subscription request, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

Software Purchases
Whenever a user desires to purchase any offered software product from this web site, contact information like name, company name and email address must be provided. If the user opts to purchase a product via credit card, an email invoice will be forwarded to the proper billing contact and subsequent entering of financial information (credit card number, expiration date) is maintained offline with our credit card processing company. This information is used for invoicing purposes and to fill customer orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

At this time, we offer Amgraf, Inc.’s OneForm^® Designer Plus software. To view their policy, go to www.amgraf.com.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site.

Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Data collected allows us to provide site enhancements and troubleshoot problems. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
Essociates Group, Inc. does not share information with our partners, suppliers and trade members except as defined below:

Credit Card Payment Service
In the course of processing a payment transaction, we typically receive from the merchant or a financial institution information related to the transaction. This normally includes information about the payment that a user has furnished the merchant or financial institution in placing the registration, subscription or order. We do not directly acquire any financial information from users through www.essociatesgroup.com. (To review our credit card company’s privacy statement, go to http://www.quickbooks.com/.)

Specific Service Providers
We occasionally partner with other outside parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Professional Associations
We partner with specific trade professional associations to provide access to association memberships. When the user signs up for this opportunity, we will share names or other contact information that is necessary for the association(s) to provide this benefit. These associations are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing access to memberships.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Essociates Group, Inc. is not responsible for the 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 each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and company address), and demographic information (such as ZIP code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Any other survey or contest that deviates from this stated policy will explicitly state this from the survey or contest page.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, that information is protected both online and off-line.

When our email invoice asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and protected with SSL (Secured Socket Layer).

We do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an e-mail to support@essociatesgroup.com.

Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your ZIP code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by emailing support@essociatesgroup.com or by calling 913.284.6573.

Notification of Changes
Essociates Group, Inc. reserves the right to modify or amend this privacy statement at any time and for any reason. If there are material changes to this statement or in how Essociates Group, Inc. will use personally identifiable information, we will post notice on this Privacy Statement page prior to implementing the change. If you have additional questions about this Policy, please contact us at support@essociatesgroup.com.