Secure Internet Commerce Network ("SicommNet," "us," "we" or "our") created this Web Site Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") in order to ensure the confidence of vendors and customers ("you" or "your") using our PublicBuy iCatalog Service (the "Site"), and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy.

  a. Traffic Data Collected. We automatically track and collect the following information when you visit our Site, including your: (i) IP address; and (ii) domain server; (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for improving your experience on the Site. 
   b. Personal Information Collected. In order for you to access certain premium services and to purchase products that we offer via the Site, we require you to provide us with information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information may include: (i) Contact Data (such as your name, mailing and e-mail addresses); (ii) Financial Data (such as your account or credit card number); and (iii) Demographic Data (such as your zip code). If you communicate with us by e-mail, post messages to bulletin boards or complete the online registration forms, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information.

   We use Contact Data to send you information about business opportunities for which you may have profiled yourself, and about our company or our products or services, or to contact you when necessary. We use your Financial Data to verify your qualifications for certain products or services and to bill you for products and services. We use your Demographic Data to customize and tailor your experience on the Site, displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences.

  We do not share Demographic Data with other advertisers. We may share demographic data in the aggregate only, with potential users of SicommNet.

  Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Personal Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect our rights or property; or (c) enforce our Licensing and Service Agreement(s). Your Personal Information is stored on secure servers that are not accessible by third parties. We provide you with the capability to transmit your Personal Information via secured and encrypted channels if you use a similarly equipped web browser.

  In order to ensure that all of your Personal Information is correct and up-to-date, at any time you may visit your personal profile at <vendor.sicomm.net>. Through your personal profile you may: (a) review and update your Personal Information that we have already collected; (b) choose whether or not you wish us to share some of your Personal Information with third parties.

   You must promptly notify us at 800-614-0563 (ext 201) if your credit card, user name or password is lost, stolen or used without permission. In such an event, we will cancel that credit card number, user name or password and update our records accordingly.

   The Site contains links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. We may also make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and news groups available to you. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. We have no control over its use and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your Personal Information.

  We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on the Site. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site.