Employee Assistance of the Pacific Online Privacy Statement

At Employee Assistance of the Pacific we believe our online visitors have a right to know our practices regarding the information we collect when you visit our Web sites and what type of information is collected. The guidelines contained herein apply only to your visit to the Web sites operated by or for Employee Assistance of the Pacific. While we do not generally require that you provide us with personally identifiable information to visit and use Employee Assistance of the Pacific sites, please note that in order to participate in some activities, for example EAP Web Counseling, it will be necessary for you to provide this information.

Collection of Information

For each visitor to an Employee Assistance of the Pacific Web site, the web server automatically recognizes and stores information such as the visitor's IP address. We use this information to follow visitor traffic patterns through our sites for purposes such as enhancing site usability. Your computer provides this information automatically each time you log on, unless you've activated blocking technology available in some browsers.

When you visit Employee Assistance of the Pacific's sites or advertisements appearing thereon, or use one or more of the Employee Assistance of the Pacific Web site services, we may use an industry-wide technology called "cookies" which stores certain information on your computer and which will allow us to customize your experience to better match your interests and preferences or to simply facilitate your signing in to use the services. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase cookies, we may not be able to restore any preferences or customization settings you previously specified and our ability to personalize your online experience would be limited. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.

Additionally, Employee Assistance of the Pacific may ask you to provide personal information, meaning individually identifiable information such as your email address, name, mailing address, telephone number, or persistent identifier associated with individually identifiable information (such as a customer number held in a cookie) to enable you to participate in contests, or bulletin boards, to fill out a registration form or to order products and services using these sites. Employee Assistance of the Pacific may combine the information you provide on our Web sites with information we may collect offline from you or from third parties so that we can more effectively tailor our site, services and offerings to you.

Unless you instruct us otherwise, Employee Assistance of the Pacific may contact you to provide information about products, services, promotions, contests, or other activities or offerings that may be of interest to you. You can instruct us if you do not wish to be contacted by emailing us.

Employee Assistance of the Pacific will not share the personal information you provide on the Employee Assistance of the Pacific Web sites with any other parties, except (a) with your consent, (b) as may be permitted or required by law or court order, or (c) to persons or companies with whom Employee Assistance of the Pacific contracts to carry out the internal operations of the site or our business (for example, to send you a promotional item that you have requested on the site).

The personnel and sub-contractors which make up Employee Assistance of the Pacific may share your personal information internally with each other in order to contact you about products, services or other offerings that may be of interest to you. Employee Assistance of the Pacific will not share your personal information with any third parties.

Security

Employee Assistance of the Pacific takes great care in maintaining the security of your personal information and in preventing unauthorized access to it through the use of appropriate technology and internal procedures. However, Employee Assistance of the Pacific does not guarantee that unauthorized access will never occur.

Use and Disclosure of Anonymous Aggregated Information

Employee Assistance of the Pacific may also collect, aggregate and maintain anonymous information about the visitors to our Web sites, such as visitors' hobbies, interests, purchasing habits, and the like. This data can then be used to tailor Employee Assistance of the Pacific's Web site content and advertising to deliver a better experience for our visitors. Employee Assistance of the Pacific may also share such aggregate information about our visitors with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties; for example, to inform them about the percentage of male/female visitors or percentage of visitors within a particular age range.

Policy Governs Use; Changes to Privacy Policy

The terms of this policy will govern the use and any information collected while it is in place. Employee Assistance of the Pacific reserves the right to change this policy at any time, so please re-visit this page as often as you wish.