This privacy notice contains the following sections:

Privacy Statement
Collection of Information
Passive Information Collection
Use of Web Beacons
Active Information Collection
Use and Disclosure of Information
Changes to Personal Information
Data Security
Links to Other Sites
Revisions to IPG Privacy Statement
Contact IPG

Privacy Statement
This Web site Privacy Statement (“Privacy Statement”) describes how IPG collects, uses, and discloses personally identifiable information obtained as a result of your visit to this Web site (“Web site”). Your use of this Web site, or submission of any personally identifiable information, is your acknowledgment that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement.

Collection of Information
This Web site may collect personally identifiable information such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and other information that could be combined with your name or identifiers such as the name and nature of your business, site activity data, and product preferences (“Personal Information”). This Personal Information is collected as appropriate or required in order that we may provide you with information or services. Your information helps us answer questions and design products and services. It may also be used to help IPG to redesign the Web site for user-friendly navigation, and to protect IPG from fraud or inappropriate conduct.

Passive Information Collection
This Web site “passively” collects Personal Information during your visit including of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and subsequent log files to identify possible server problems, to improve our site content, and to help us learn more about Web site usage and click-through rates. We also utilize Web beacons to personalize your experience on our site and to perform site traffic metrics.

Cookies
This site uses cookies. Cookies are text files stored on your computer. They can tell a Web site if you have been a visitor before and can pass short bits of information from the Web site back to itself. Any information you choose to provide at a site may be stored in a cookie. Your personal Web browser can be configured to refuse cookies or to let you know when a Web site is attempting to send you a cookie. You can also delete cookies from your computer’s hard drive.

Use of Web Beacons
IPG may include a Web beacon in e-mails sent to you. This Web beacon allows us to ascertain who opens our e-mail. We may record your response which will enable us to tailor future offerings to you. Web beacons typically collect limited information. This information may be a cookie identifier, time and date a Web page was viewed, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon lives (the URL).

Active Information Collection
Actively submitted information is information you provide to us, mainly through our “Contact Us” form. We may further contact you to discuss your original interest in IPG’s products and services, promotions, events, questionnaires, and send newsletters. You can unsubscribe or opt-out of these communications if you wish. You will find more information on unsubscribing in the next section.

Use and Disclosure of Information
IPG may use, disclose and otherwise process Personal Information collected via our Web site. We may disclose Personal Information to our affiliated companies, IT providers, and other subcontractors or vendors that assist with the maintenance and administration of the Web site, or host our records in a third party enterprise software system.

When deemed necessary, Personal Information shall be disclosed to protect the security of IPG’s Web site and to protect IPG from liability. Personal Information shall be used and disclosed to law enforcement and other persons when we believe it necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone who may be misusing the Web site, impeding the rights of IPG, or when the law requires disclosure.

Personal Information is imported into a Web-hosted, third party enterprise software system which allows IPG to engage in integrated marketing communications. These communications will contain information on how to unsubscribe, also known as opt-out, from future communications from IPG.

Changes to Personal Information
If Personal Information you have previously submitted is no longer valid or contains an error and you wish to update it, please send an e-mail via the “Contact Us” form on the Web site. Alternatively you may submit the information at the contact information listed at the end of the IPG Privacy Statement. IPG reserves the right to use the prior information to verify your identify or to take other actions IPG deems necessary.

Data Security
Transmissions over the internet are never 100% secure or error-free. Please do not send confidential information via the “Contact Us” form. Our vendor-hosts take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.

Links to Other Sites
This Privacy Statement is for this site only. This Web site contains links to other Web sites. If you link to or otherwise visit any other Web sites managed by others, please review the privacy policies at the respective Web sites you visit. IPG does not participate in, nor have control over those other Web sites and cannot be responsible or liable for the policies and procedures followed by other parties.

Revisions to IPG Privacy Statement
IPG reserves the right to change or amend this Privacy Statement at its discretion. It is the responsibility of the Web site visitor to check this Privacy Statement before submitting Personal Information.

Contact IPG
If you have questions or concerns regarding our Web site or this Privacy Statement please contact us utilizing the form in the gray column on this Web site. We may also be contacted at:

IPG
5 Washington Street, Keene, NH 03431
(603) 357-2707

Park Street, Springfield, VT 05156
(802) 885-4422

12 Middle Street, Amherst, NH 03031
(603) 672-8200

Release/Modification Date: 28 October 2008

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