“Cookies” are small text files that are sent to your computer’s browser from our Web server and stored on your computer hard drive. They store and sometimes track information about what you do on TranspoLink. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information. Once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, for example, by registering or purchasing a service, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. Cookies gather information about your usage of this site only, they do not track Internet activity before or after a visit to our site. Cookies cannot gather or change any information stored on your computer hard drive.

Information gathered by cookies makes it possible for us to offer and provide highly customized services. All areas on TranspoLink where you are prompted to log on or that are customizable require that you accept cookies in order for that part of the site to function. We use cookies :

1. During the site subscription process, or during any session in which you change any of your subscription information, as a convenience to you – so you can avoid having to enter you username and password on every screen. This cookie is temporary and disappears when you exit you browser.

2. Once during each visit to our site, if you are a site subscriber, as a convenience to you – so you can avoid having to enter you username and password every time you access a subscriber only area on the site. This cookie is temporary and disappears when you exit your browser.

3. During the login process, you may be given a choice to activate a cookie that allows you to automatically login from your computer without having to remember your username and password. This is completely optional and is provided for your convenience. If you accept, the cookie will be saved to your hard drive, and will not be used for any purpose other than automatic login.

4. During the log-in process to remind us of who you are and to access your profile (stored on our computers) in order to deliver to you a better and more personalized service. This cookie is set when you register or “Login” and is modified when you “Log Out” of our services.

5. To estimate our audience size. Each browser accessing TranspoLink is given a unique cookie which is then used to determine the extent of repeat usage, usage by a registered versus unregistered user, and, in the future may be used to help target advertisements based on user interest and behavior.

6. To measure certain traffic patterns, which areas of our site you have visited, and your patterns in aggregate. We use this research to understand how our users’ habit patterns are similar of different from one another so that we can make each new experience on TranspoLink a better one. We may use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions that you and other users will see on our sites.

By modifying your browser preferences, you can choose to accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies, however, you will be unable to use those services that require registration in order to participate. These services include (but are not limited to): BidLeads, BidLink.

TranspoLink also collects IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our partners and advertisers. IP address information provides a name of the domain hosting your connection but cannot identify you personally.

We have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

Your personal information is password protected so that you, and only you, have access. However, it may on occasion be necessary for TranspoLink employees or contractors working on behalf of TranspoLink to have access to your profile to provide you with support or to perform certain maintenance tasks. This access happens on an as-needed basis only.

You should not disclose your password to anyone. Also remember to sign off your TranspoLink account and to close your browser window when you have finished your work so as to prevent others from accessing your personal information if you share a computer with someone else or use a workstation in a public place.

Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. Inadvertent disclosures may result, for example, when third parties misrepresent their identities in asking the site for access to personally identifiable information about themselves for purposes of correcting possible factual errors in the data.

This Web site may contain links to other sites.

When you click through to these sites, this privacy policy does not apply; instead, the privacy policy of the other site will apply. Their information practices may be different than ours, and Visitors should consult the other sites’ privacy notices as we have no control over the information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. TranspoLink has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies.

When ordering, registering for, or purchasing products or services from these sites, you are entering into an agreement with that site, and not with TranspoLink.

If you have any questions about the privacy policies of these other sites, we encourage you to contact them directly.

If a user’s personally identifiable information changes, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the user information page or by e-mailing our Customer Support.