Privacy Policies



Updated 10/1/2010

Each time you “You or “Your” visit or use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time you visit the Website, you should check the date appearing at the end of this Privacy Policy. If that date is later than the date of your last visit, you should review any changes to this Privacy Policy.

IF AT ANY TIME YOU FIND THIS PRIVACY POLICY UNACCEPTABLE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE WEBSITE.
International Housing Placement Service, Inc. DBA Usa-Internships.com. This privacy statement covers the Web site Usa-Internships.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices available for you’re review.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact info@Usa-Internships.com.
Our Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and use the personal information you provide to us on www.Usa-Internships.com  and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Web site and our products and services.
What Information We Collect?
When you visit or use our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.
Registration/Purchase Information
You will provide us information about yourself, your firm or company, and your practices when you register to be a member of Usa-Internships.com, register for certain services, and alerts if applicable, or purchase services through our site. This data collection can include such personally identifiable information up to and including but not limited to: name, company name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card information.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.
Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs (“Log Files”) to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Generally speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering and expanding our business activities, providing customer service and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies that originate from their sites. We have no access to or control over these cookies. See “Service providers/ Third Party Advertisers.”
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you purchase services on our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from other shoppers so your shopping cart is only available to you. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from seeing unnecessary advertisements or requiring you to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not store any personal information that you provided to us in your cookies.
Service Providers / Third Party Advertisers
We use third parties to perform our credit card processing and email services on our site. When you purchase a product or service from us, our credit card processing company will facilitate the transaction. An email service provider will provide our email service. We may share billing and email information as necessary to the third party to provide that service. These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose, including their own marketing purposes.
Business Transitions
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer, email, and visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or any dissolution. All transferred personally identifying information will be subject to this Privacy Policy or to a new privacy policy if you are given notice of that new privacy policy via email.
Notice of Changes
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site.
 Are Information Transmissions Secure?
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology 3.0 or higher (SSL) 128 bit encryption services, which are enabled by PayPal, Inc
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however, we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.  If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at info@Usa-Internships.com.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You can update your registration information online by logging into your account and using the edit function displayed. 
Miscellaneous Disclosures
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law or comply with legal process served on us or Affiliated Parties (as defined in our Terms of Use Agreement); (b) protect and defend our rights and property, our site, the users of our site, and/or our Affiliated Parties; or (c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of our site, us, or third parties.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information collected by those third-party websites. Before visiting or providing personally identifying information to any third-party website, You should review its privacy policy and practices, and should take those steps necessary to, in Your discretion, protect Your privacy.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to our privacy policies or procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.  This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice. Usa-Internships.com reserves the right to make changes, additions, deletions, and modifications at any time.
International Users - Applicable Law
Usa-Internships.com collects, processes, stores, discloses and disposes of personal information that you submit to us in accordance with applicable United States law. Please note that the personal information you submit to our Site will be transferred to the United States to be processed by Usa-Internships.com in order to provide this Site and its services to you or for such other purposes as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you are not a resident of the United States, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and use your personal information, as discussed in this privacy policy, outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, we may store such personal information in the United States, outside your resident jurisdiction. In particular, you are advised that the United States uses a sectoral model of privacy protection that relies on a mix of legislation, governmental regulation and self-regulation. Please be aware that United States law may offer different levels of protection for personal information than may be available in your country.
Security of Personal Information

Usa-Internships.com has implemented and maintains reasonable security procedures and practices to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction, or disclosure of your personally identifying information.
Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
International Housing Placement Service, Inc. DBA Usa-Internships.com and its affiliated companies respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our content partners and those posting to this site to do the same. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied and is accessible on this site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent with the following information:
1.    the electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2.    a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed and a description of the infringing activity.
3.    identification of the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists, for example the URL of the website where it is posted or the name of the book in which it has been published.
4.    identification of the URL or other specific location on this site where the material that you claim is infringing is located; you must include enough information to allow us to locate the material.
5.    your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
6.    a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
7.    a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Our agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this site can be reached as follows:
By Email:
info@Usa-Internships.com
This contact information is only for reporting copyright infringement.

International Housing Placement Service, Inc dba Usa-Interships.com
2500 E. Foothill Boulevard, Ste. 205
Pasadena, California 91107

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