P r i v a c y P o l i c y

ECS WILL NEVER SELL OR GIVE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AWAY.

Thank you for visiting the ECS Web site and reviewing our privacy policy. ECS does not collect personal information about you when you visit our Web site unless you choose to provide that information to us. Personal information is information that can be linked to an individual.

This Privacy Policy has been developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the finest quality services with the highest level of integrity and security. Our Policy guides how we collect, store, and use information and will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our visitor's changing needs. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy and Security Policy frequently and remain informed about any changes to it, so we encourage you to visit this page often.

Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site:

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

ECS automatically gathers information about every visit to our Web site. That information is gathered and stored even if you do nothing during your visit but browse through our Web site, read pages, or download information. The information gathered does not identify you personally. This information is gathered and analyzed to make our site more user friendly and evaluate our sites effectiveness. Only the following information about your visit is automatically gathered:

1. The Internet domain from which you access our Web site. The Internet domain is the name of your Internet provider and is followed by a designation such as .com, .net, .org, .edu., etc. This is not your e-mail address.
2. The IP address assigned to your Internet session. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access any part of the Web. The IP address is not assigned by ECS.
3. The type of browser used to access our site such as, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or another.
4. The type of operating system used to access our site such as, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or another.
5. The date and time you access our site.
6. The pages of our site you visit
7. If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site.

Use Of Cookies

Certain sections of the ECS Web site use "cookies" to store user information and enhance the user's visit. A cookie is a small string of text that a Web site can send to your browser. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your email address. Cookies on our site securely store a user's ID and password, identify which parts of our site have been visited. Cookies help us understand which parts of our Web site are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our site so we can make the site even better.

Cookies were originally designed to help a Web site distinguish a user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. If you are just browsing ECS's Web site, a cookie identifies only your browser. If you become a member, or registered user on ECS's Web site (with a user ID and password), we may use cookies so that we can provide personalized information that we believe will be of value to you based on preferences you have indicated while visiting the site. It is possible to set your browser to inform you when a cookie is being placed and decide whether to accept the cookie. If you are just browsing our site and are not a registered user, you do not have to accept a cookie and you can still continue browsing the site. However, previous members revisiting our donation process should accept cookies, as they are essential for site administration and security.

Interactive Material

Portions of this site may allow users to post their own material. The materials posted by users do not necessarily reflect the views of ECS. By posting materials to the ECS Web site, you represent that you have all necessary rights in and to such materials, and that such materials will not infringe on any personal or proprietary rights of any third parties, nor will such materials be harmful, defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene, lewd, lascivious, harassing, or otherwise objectionable.
ECS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to review, edit, or delete any material posted by users that ECS for any reason whatsoever determines may be harmful, defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene, lewd, lascivious, harassing, potentially in violation of any party's rights, or otherwise objectionable.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, ECS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY MATERIAL COMMUNICATED BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.

By posting materials to the ECS Web site, you authorize ECS to use, and authorize others to use, any such materials in any manner or medium.

You may not advertise or solicit on this Web site without ECS 's express permission.

If You Choose To Link To Another Web Site From Our Web Site
Our Web site has links to the many other Web sites. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

Questions And Comments?

We have established procedures to ensure that every reasonable effort is made to address your concerns. Feel free to CONTACT US.