Our Privacy Policy
COMMON INTEREST PUBLICATIONS (CIP) Which include Common Interest Magazine, Carolina Outdoors, Coffee Break & Local Tourism Guides, recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information about our customers. Personal information includes all of the personally identifying information that is provided to CIP. Common Interest Publications is sensitive to these privacy interests and believes that protecting valuable personal/financial information is one of CIP most significant responsibilities.
The policies outlined below describe Common Interest Publications policies to protect your privacy.
Use, Collection and Retention of Client Information
CIP collects, retains and uses only the information about our customers that is required by law to administer CIP business and provide high-level services to our clients. We retain this information no longer than necessary to meet these objectives.
Maintenance of Accurate Information
CIP has
established procedures so that a client's financial information is accurate,
current and complete in accordance with reasonable commercial standards.
Any request to correct inaccurate information is responded to within a timely
manner.
Limiting Employee Access to Information
All CIP employees are educated about the importance of privacy and confidentiality. Only those employees having a business reason for knowing such information have access to personally identifiable information.
Protection of Information via Established Security Procedures
CIP maintains rigorous security standards and procedures regarding unauthorized access to customer information.
Restrictions on the Disclosure of Account Information
CIP provides information about customer accounts or other personally identifiable data to third parties only when:
the information is provided to help complete a customer initiated transaction,
the customer requires it,
the disclosure is required by/or allowed by law, or
it is necessary to process transactions and provide our services.
Maintaining Customer Privacy in Business Relationships with Third Parties
If it is necessary to provide
personally identifiable customer information to a
third party, CIP shall insist that the third party adhere to
similar
privacy principles that provide for keeping such information confidential.
Disclosure of Privacy Principles to Customers
CIP customers
have the right to know what information we keep
about them and how the information is used. Customers have the right to have any
inaccurate information corrected or deleted.
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