Adoption Wise
PRIVACY POLICY        

Written by Webmaster     
Wednesday, 05 April 2006

Privacy Statement:

Welcome to the Adoption Wise web site. The Adoption Wise has created this privacy
statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy for our web site users
and our membership. The following paragraphs disclose our information gathering and
dissemination practices. The privacy statement may change at any time; any changes will
be posted on this page. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns
please contact us:

Welcome to the Adoption Wise web site. The Adoption Wise has created this privacy
statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy for our web site users
and our membership. The following paragraphs disclose our information gathering and
dissemination practices. The privacy statement may change at any time; any changes will
be posted on this page. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns
please contact us:

          ·Our postal address is:

                  Adoption Wise
                  538 Olive Avenue
                  Holtville, CA   92250

                  ·We can be reached via e-mail at: adopt@adoptionwise.com

                  You can reach us by telephone at 1-760-356-5565

Visitors to the Adoptionwise.com Website
We may collect some or all of the following information about visitors who view or
download information from our website:

Information:                                                        

  • Date
                                                        
  • Time   
                                                      
  • Client IP  


                                                 
  • Server IP

  • HTTP Status


  • HTTP Request URL

  • Bytes Sent

  • Bytes Received

  • User Agent

  • Referrer

  • Protocol Version



The information we collect is used to improve the content of our web services and help us
understand how people are using our services. We analyze our website logs to continually
improve the value of the materials available on our site. The information in our website
logs is not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link it with the individuals
that browse our website. Some of this statistical information, such as a running count of
the number of visitors, may be displayed on the website.

E-mail Messages
E-mail messages, sent to any Adoption Wise address, will be treated the same as any
other written communication. E-mail addresses obtained as a result of a request to our
site will not be sold or given to private companies for marketing purposes.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the
information under our control.

Registration Forms
Our site's registration forms require users to give us contact information (like name and
email address),. We use customer contact information from the registration forms to send
the user information about our services. The customer's contact information is also used
to contact the visitor when necessary.

External Links
AdoptionWise.com contains links to other external web sites that do not fall under the
mainebar.org domain. AdoptionWise.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or
the content of such external web sites.

E-Commerce
Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services.
We collect visitor's contact information (like email address). Contact information from the
order form is used to process orders and to send information about our services. User
payment information that is collected is used to check the users' qualifications or bill the
user for products and services.

Surveys
Our online surveys ask respondents for opinions. Adoption Wise reserves the right to
market the results of all surveys and assures respondents information will not be shared
with any external parties.

Contest
We run contests on some sections of our site in which we ask visitors for contact
information (like email address) and demographic information. The customer's contact
information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary.

Cookies
In order to better serve you, the user, we use cookies for certain types of online
transactions. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on
your computer's hard drive. We do not use cookies in order to track your visit to our
website. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of many of the association's
services, and we recommend that you set your web browser to accept cookies. A unique
number called an IP address identifies every computer on the Internet. Each time you
connect to the Internet your machine is assigned an IP address. An IP address is a
number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets
across the Internet.

Disclaimer
Adoption Wise makes every effort to ensure that published information is accurate and
current. Neither Adoption Wise or its employee' warrant the accuracy, reliability or
timeliness of any information published on the mainebar.org website, nor endorses any
products or services linked from this system, and shall not be held liable for any losses
caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions
of the information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any
information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.

Contact Information
To offer comments about the AdoptionWise.com website or about information presented
in this Privacy Statement, contact the

webmaster at AdoptionWise.com

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 April 2006 )  
Definition:

Date the visit occurred.

Time the visit occurred.

Unique Internet Protocol (IP) Address of the website visitor. The IP  address recorded
is normally that of the visitor's Internet service provider, e.g. aol.com if the visitor
connects from an America Online account.

Unique Internet Protocol (IP) address of the State of Maine web server accessed.

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error code. E.g., "404 Requested Page Not
Found."

Identifies the web page or file requested by the website visitor.

Amount of data sent from the web server to website visitor during that connection.

Amount of data sent from website visitor to the web server.

Type of web browser or other client software that made request to the web server.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred to the requested file.

Version of HTTP used by the visitor's web browser software.