TR-1 Autopilots Privacy/Security Statement


Effective Date: 05/14/2007

TR-1 Autopilots, which is a division of Garmin International, Inc., respects your right to privacy and shares your concern about the security of any data you may submit to TR-1 Autopilot’s website. The following statement discloses the guidelines TR-1 Autopilots has established for protecting the information you provide to TR-1 Autopilots during your visit to http://www.tr-1autopilots.com.

This website is owned, operated, and maintained by:
TR-1 Autopilots, a division of Garmin International, Inc.
3248 SE Ferry Slip Rd., South Beach, OR 97366
Phone: (800) 588-7655
E-mail: marketing.tr1@garmin.com

Garmin is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site http://www.tr-1autopilots.com. Because TR-1 Autopilots wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact TR-1 Autopilots by e-mail at marketing.tr1@garmin.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison between you and TR-1 Autopilots to resolve your concerns.

What information about me does TR-1Autopilots collect and how is it used?

TR-1 Autopilots only collects personal information about you if you voluntarily choose to share it with TR-1 Autopilots. TR-1 Autopilots does not share, rent or sell information concerning TR-1 Autopilots’s customers to third parties in ways other than disclosed in this privacy statement

When you visit tr-1autopilots.com, unless you voluntarily disclose personal information, TR-1 Autopilots does not collect or store any personally identifiable information about you. However, TR-1 Autopilots does collect and store certain data about the use of TR-1 Autopilots’s website. This is done on an anonymous basis, and the same information is collected for all hits on TR-1 Autopilots’s servers. The information collected may include the time and date you visited the site, the pages you looked at, and your IP address and domain name. TR-1 Autopilots does not link this information to anything personally identifiable to you. TR-1 Autopilots only uses this information for system administration and to help TR-1 Autopilots develop ideas about how it might tailor its site to improve your visit. This information is not rented or sold to third parties and will not be used by TR-1 Autopilots to contact you in any way.

The TR-1 Autopilot Web site does not use tracking technologies, such as cookies or web beacons.

On the tr-1autoilot.com website, there are a few opportunities for you to share personal information about yourself with TR-1 Autopilots in order to request product information or register your warranty information. This may include contact information about you such as, your name, and your mailing address and e-mail address and information related to the product you have purchased or where you heard about our products or saw our advertisements. Submission of this information is strictly voluntary. If you choose to share any personal information with TR-1 Autopilots, TR-1 Autopilots may store it and use it for internal marketing research and other marketing purposes, including e-mailing you with special promotions and other programs of interest. TR-1 Autopilots may also, in the event that this information is collected as part of a warranty registration process, use this information to contact you later. If the information is sent as part of a website evaluation, TR-1 Autopilots may also use the information to contact you about your comments. However, TR-1 Autopilots does not share, rent or sell your information to another company in ways other than disclosed in this privacy statement.

You may decide to send TR-1 Autopilots personally identifying information in an e-mail message which might contain information or inquiries about TR-1 Autopilots’s products or services. TR-1 Autopilots will use this information to identify you as a TR-1 Autopilots customer and to respond to the electronic mail. TR-1 Autopilots will only use the information obtained to resolve the issue identified in the e-mail. TR-1 Autopilots never sells e-mail addresses.

TR-1 Autopilots may transfer personal information that you share within the Garmin group of companies in order to provide the information you request. Except as specified above, TR-1 Autopilots will only share your personal information with third parties if:

• TR-1 Autopilots has your consent;
• TR-1 Autopilots determines that it is required to do so by law, such as in response to a court order or subpoena;
• TR-1 Autopilots finds that you are in breach of its terms and conditions or any of its policies or usage guidelines for specific products or services;
• it is necessary in TR-1 Autopilots’s opinion to do so to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute criminal offences or attacks on the technical integrity of TR-1 Autopilots’s site(s) or its network;
• it is necessary in TR-1 Autopilots’s opinion to do so to protect the rights, property, or safety of TR-1 Autopilots or its employees, the users of its website(s), or the public.

Most browsers have the ability to notify you if you change between secure and insecure communications, receive invalid site identification information for the site you are communicating with, or send information over an unsecured connection. TR-1 Autopilots recommends that you enable these browser functions to help ensure that your communications are secure. You can also monitor the URL of the site you are visiting (secure URLs begin with https:// rather than the normal http://), along with the security symbol of your browser (an open or closed padlock in Netscape or a broken or complete key in Internet Explorer) to help identify when you are communicating with a secure server. You can also view the details of the security certificate of the site to which you are connected. TR-1 Autopilots encourages you to use this to check the validity of any site you connect to using secure communications.

TR-1 Autopilot’s servers protect your personal information using firewall technology
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You should carefully review security/privacy policies of any third party sites accessible from TR-1 Autopilots’s site. Other sites accessible through TR-1 Autopilots’s website have their own policies and data collection, use, and disclosure practices. Please consult each site's policies and practice. TR-1 Autopilots is not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. The information practices of those websites linked from TR-1 Autopilots’s site are not covered by this Privacy/Security Statement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.

What about testimonial copy?
Testimonials submitted to www.tr-1autopilots.com may be used on the website and in promotional newsletters or other publications. TR-1 Autopilots gains your consent for posting via submission of your testimonial either written or electronic. Please indicate if you do not want your submission published or if you would prefer TR-1Autopilots to use your initials rather than your full name, which will be displayed.

Does TR-1 Autopilots offer opt-out or opt-in services?
As stated above, TR-1 Autopilots may send you information of interest via email. If you choose to stop receiving these emails in the future, please follow the unsubscribe instructions within each email communication or send an email to marketing.tr1@garmin.com. TR-1 Autopilots will not provide or share any mailing lists or other information about you to another company or service for promotional purposes. Any service related emails (to confirm a purchase, etc.) generally do not offer an unsubscribe as they are necessary to provide the service you requested.

What if information I have previously submitted has changed?
I f you need to change the information you have sent to TR-1 Autopilots on a product registration, please e-mail marketing.tr1@garmin.com. If you need to correct, amend or delete submitted information that is inaccurate please contact TR-1 Autopilots at marketing.tr1@garmin.com. TR-1 Autopilots will respond to your email request within 10 -15 business days.

Is TR-1 Autopilots responsible for all of the material I see on TR-1 Autopilots’s website?
TR-1 Autopilots does maintain responsibility for and authority over all information contained on its website. However, TR-1 Autopilots may post links to sites that TR-1 Autopilots does not control. TR-1 Autopilots is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites.

What's TR-1 Autopilots’s policy regarding children's use of the tr-1autopilot’s website?
While TR-1 Autopilots encourages everyone to visit its web site and learn about the company and GPS technology and applications, TR-1 Autopilots has no desire to collect information from those under the age of 18.

Where can I learn more about using the Internet and protecting my privacy?
The United States Federal Trade Commission has a web page http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html devoted to providing you with information about protecting your privacy online. TR-1 Autopilots encourages you to familiarize yourself with the concepts discussed on this page.

Privacy/Security Policy changes

If TR-1 Autopilots makes changes to any terms or conditions of this Privacy/Security Statement, these changes will be posted on the tr-1autopilot’s websites in a timely manner. If TR-1 Autopilots decides to change this Privacy/Security Statement, it will post those changes to this Privacy/Security Statement and other places TR-1 Autopilots deems appropriate, which may include its website, for a period of time TR-1 Autopilots deems appropriate, so that you are aware of what information TR-1 Autopilots collects, how TR-1 Autopilots uses it, and under what circumstances, if any, TR-1 Autopilots discloses it. TR-1 Autopilots reserves the right to modify this Privacy/Security Statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If TR-1 Autopilots makes material changes to this Privacy/Security Statement, TR-1 Autopilots will update this Privacy/Security Statement and notify you by means of a notice on TR-1 Autopilots’s website. In case of a business transition where a portion or TR-1 Autopilots’s entire business is acquired, TR-1 Autopilots will notify you as described above in this paragraph.

Disclaimer

While TR-1 Autopilots continues to work hard to protect your personal information, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure and TR-1 Autopilots cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to TR-1 Autopilots. Transmitting personal information is done at your own risk.

Tell TR-1 Autopilots what you think
TR-1 Autopilots welcomes your questions and comments about security and privacy. Please send e-mail to marketing.tr1@garmin.com