GPE will safeguard any confidential information acquired by us in connection with your use of this Web site, by upholding the privacy principles and procedures set forth below. We tell the clients that we will share with legal authorities later in the doc.

Use and Collection

GPE will only collect personal information from you in connection with your use of this site to facilitate your use of this site and the delivery of our services.

The confidential information we collect about you comes primarily from the information and materials you provide and your communications to us in connection with your use of this site. We may also collect information about your experiences as you utilize this site. GPE will use this confidential information to confirm your identity, to process transaction and service requests, to assess the usage and performance of our on-line products and services, to assist our sales and business representatives in understanding your needs and preferences, and to fulfill our legal and regulatory requirements.

"Cookies" are small text files consisting of encrypted information assigned to a computer's browser. For users of the non-public areas of this site requiring a password, GPE may use cookies for administrative purposes, such as to maintain security on the site or to identify you so that you do not have to input your password multiple times as you navigate the site. The cookies do not collect or transmit your personal information.

Security

GPE is committed to being at the forefront of information security to protect the privacy and confidentiality of your information.

Only authorized GPE employees or agents will have access to your confidential information. All of our employees and service providers are held to stringent standards of privacy and security and are bound by confidentiality agreements.

Users of the non-public areas of this Web site will be required to identify and authenticate themselves prior to accessing our services. Generally, identification and authentication take place through the use of your user name and a password.

The non-public areas of this site are built upon a secure infrastructure with multiple layers of protection, including measures ranging from proper physical security of our machines to system intrusion detection capabilities. Within those non-public areas, GPE makes use of industry-standard Secure Socket Layer and encryption technologies.

Security is a cooperative effort between GPE and the users of this site. Please remember that your user name and password are personal to you and should not be made available to any other person. Also, you should discontinue their use and advise us if you have any reason to suspect that someone else may be using them.

Information Sharing

GPE will not sell your confidential information.

In order to provide efficient and reliable services, and to improve product and service options available to our clients, GPE may share your personal information with our affiliated companies or service providers around the world. In either instance, your personal information will remain subject to stringent confidentiality protections.

GPE may share your information with our affiliated companies to facilitate the services provided through this site. GPE and its subsidiaries adhere to applicable legal and industry standards regarding the protection of our customers' confidential information.

To the extent that GPE may engage unaffiliated companies to assist in providing services, those service providers will be subject to strict contractual requirements to maintain the confidentiality of any confidential information that they may obtain in the performance of their services. Those service providers may use confidential information only in the course of providing services to GPE and only for the purposes that GPE dictates. In addition, GPE will make every effort to ensure that they receive only the minimum amount of confidential information necessary and will be allowed to retain that information only for as long as required for the provision of these services.

Disclosure

GPE may disclose information in order to cooperate with legal authorities or to protect our rights and interests and those of our business partners.

GPE may, when and to the extent appropriate, disclose your confidential information to law enforcement or regulatory authorities.

GPE may also disclose your confidential information as necessary to perform credit checks, enforce our legal rights, collect debts or otherwise protect our interests and property.

Links

Site visitors should be aware that other Internet sites to which you link from this site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of this Privacy Policy.

If this privacy policy changes in any way, you will be notified through this site or by other appropriate means. If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact GPE.