OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT

We are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers and employees.

1.0 Personal Information

We may from time to time request personally identifiable information such as your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, institution affiliation, or credit card number through various activities of the company. This personal information is collected and used by our staff for the sole purpose of facilitating a relationship or business transaction. When collecting personal information for storage in an online database, our website and online database resides behind a firewall. You are not required to provide information to individually identify you when submitting these forms although we must have sufficient information to enable us to contact you. The data collected on these forms will be submitted solely to the staff of Williams Gengakki Violins, who will use the information for such purposes as responding to you, conducting specific business at your request or on your behalf as requested by you, or assembling data to enter into a business relationship with you.

1.1 Do We Sell or Rent Personal Information?

We do not sell or rent any of the personal information we receive.

1.2 E-mail

We do not sell or rent e-mail addresses to other organizations or companies. We may generate e-mail for the following types of communication:

Uses that will allow you to opt in or opt out. (You will not be subscribed without your permission)

1. Notification e-mail to which the individual may subscribe and unsubscribe.

2. Commercial e-mail, which is sent to promote a Williams Gengakki Violins product or service (You may opt not to receive this type of email).

3. Relationship e-mail, which is sent as an informational service because of a relationship with Williams Gengakki Violins.

Uses that do not use a formal opt in or opt procedure

1. Correspondence from Williams Gengakki Violins staff as a result of a communication initiated by a customer.

2. Transactional e-mail, which is the result of a business transaction initiated with Williams Gengakki Violins or that is ongoing, such as invoicing and project discussions.

3. Notification emails to communicate technical issues such as server maintenance.

E-mail that has a provision for opt-out will include instructions on how to do so. All inquiries regarding subscription-based e-mails should be directed to our contact information on the contact us page. Postal mailing lists, comprised of full name and postal address, are not created and stored in our offices for any use other than standard business practices such as invoicing. These mailing lists are not sold or rented outside of our offices.

1.3 Third-party Agents

We use third-party agents for several business activities. These agents are not provided your personal information unless it is required for them to complete the specific tasks they have been engaged to perform on behalf of us and our customers. They are permitted to use your personal information only to provide us or you with a specific service and not for any other purpose. Please contact us using the information on the contact us page, if you believe this policy has been violated.

We make every effort to preserve your privacy, but we may need to disclose personal information when required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary.

2.0 Non-Personal Information

Non-personal information is collected behind the scenes by our web server and is used to compile general website usage statistics or facilitate access to restricted website services. Such information includes:

• IP address of computer

• Browser-related information

• Locations visited on the website

• HTTP cookies HTTP Cookies

A HTTP Cookie is a piece of data that is stored by your browser in either your computer’s memory or on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to keep track of user session identity on the website, such as tracking items in a bookstore shopping cart or maintaining access to restricted website services. Cookies are also used to track the effectiveness of various services provided on the website. Browsers generally allow you to disable cookies.

3.0 External Links

This domain is the only domains covered by this privacy policy. While the this website may contain links to other sites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites.

4.0 How can you update your personal Information?

Use the information on the contact us page.