Top Five Things You Need to Know
About Internet Privacy

1.  There is no such thing as "absolute privacy" on the Internet. There is a wealth of direct and indirect information about Internet users available to any Web site they visit. For example, online registration of software can send the configuration and content information of your personal computer to the registering entity. In addition, your Internet Service Provider keeps logs of the sites you visit for a limited period of time. This activity is seldom monitored. However, they are required to produce these logs for legal authorities, if requested.

2.  Most sites keep track of visitor frequency and duration in order to help customize their content. Most Web sites keep track of how their visitors use their site. For example, frequency of visits, duration and selected links all may be tracked in order to provide users with the content they most wish to access. The Internet sites that provide the highest levels of personal privacy all publish an explicit privacy policy. Sites that do not have a clear, concise privacy policy should be considered suspect.

3.  Sites without clear, concise privacy policies should be considered suspect. Users who are concerned about safeguarding their privacy should look for and understand the privacy policies of the sites they visit. The purpose or intended use of any information that is gathered by the site should be fully disclosed. A user should not disclose any information to a site if he or she has any reservations about the use of that information. For example, disclosing a phone number or e-mail addresses can give a site a vector to public domain sources of information on that user.

4.  Employers may monitor and log employee e-mail and Internet access. Internet users should also be aware that workplace related e-mail and Internet access is also logged and frequently monitored. Employers have almost no exposure or limitations with respect to how they use this information.

5.  Internet users can set up the browser software to limit certain types of disclosures and some third-party attempts to collect personal data. Internet users can limit their privacy exposure by simply managing a few configuration details in their browser software. You can refer to your browser's help function or contact your browser software provider for details regarding the most secure browser configuration. In addition, users can further limit their privacy exposure by using software tools that make their profiles anonymous to the sites they visit.

GR Independent Models has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for all of our web sites as well as all business classes off of these domains plus any domains under the direct control of GR Independent Models.

Information Automatically Logged

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and your shopping cart, and to gather broad demographic information. Basically, our market research allows us to tailor our content to a broad range of visitors. In some cases our target audience is quite focused as a result of this information.

Cookies

Our Site may use cookies to keep track of your shopping cart, if any. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, and to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.

However, some of our Banner advertisers may drop temporary cookies onto your computer. If you have programmed your browser correctly, you will receive a warning of a cookie being dropped and you will have an opportunity to act upon it. We encourage you to accept these cookies because it is the only way the Banner Advertising can work correctly if you click on it.

Any other cookies that may be dropped by an ISP and hosting services we use, are definitely not authorized and we will take a positive and swift action to make sure such unscrupulous actions cease to exist. We frown on any ISP or hosting service that takes advantage of you without your express permission and without our express permission. These are mutually binding terms and one cannot negate the other.

Advertisers

We may contract with an outside ad company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we may use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information.

Registration Forms

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and postal address), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the registration forms is used to snail mail or email information about our company. The customer's contact information is used to send promotional material from some of our partners to our customers, and to get in touch with the customer when necessary; you can opt out of those situations on their web sites as we have no control over their policies.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

Order Forms

Our site may use an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect contact information (like email addresses), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the order form is used is used to snail mail or email information about our company. The customer's contact information is also used to send promotional material from some of our partners to our customers, and to get in touch with the visitor when necessary.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

External Links

Our site may contain links to other sites. GR Independent Models is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Special Relationships

Any special relationships that we have are defined in the legal notice stated at the bottom of each of our pages. Beyond that stated, there are no other relationships.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Security is defined in the legal statements as defined at the bottom of each of our pages. Any violation of our security policy by an ISP or hosting service will be dealt with quickly and positively, including the filing of criminal charges where warranted. This includes harvesting email addresses for use in SPAM and/or solicitation of any kind. Solicitation to our members is strictly prohibited. Violators will be prosecuted along with their origination ISP.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving promotional/marketing information from our partners, and us.

• You can send email to privacy

• You can visit the following URL: contact

• You can send mail to the following postal address: GRIM Webmaster, PO Box 8227, Grand Rapids MI 49518-8227

• You can call the following telephone number: 616.776.9901

• Any verbal conversation must be followed by in-writing confirmations otherwise we will ignore such verbal requests.  This protects you from unauthorized opt-outs by people posing as you with or without your permission.

Data Quality/Access

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:

• You can send email to privacy

• You can visit the following URL: contact

• You can send mail to the following postal address: GRIM Webmaster, PO Box 8227, Grand Rapids MI 49518-8227

• You can call the following telephone number: 616.776.9901

• Any verbal conversation must be followed by in-writing confirmations otherwise we will ignore such verbal requests.  This protects you from unauthorized opt-outs by people posing as you with or without your permission.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:  privacy