Pickering & Associates, Inc. (“PAI”) publishes this privacy policy so interested parties can clearly understand this aspect of the company's relationship with its customers. PAI does not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide it to us. We do not sell or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties for their use in marketing their products or services to you without your consent.

Communications to Provide Service
If you decide to provide us with your contact information by e-mailing us or placing an order, we may send you some service related announcements concerning the web site or other business services or contact you regarding your customer service request or your order.

Notice of Collection of Information
PAI collects aggregate statistical information about overall traffic to its web site, click stream access and use data about how visitors access and use the site. Click stream data may include information such as IP address information, entry and exit points for the site (referring URLs or domains), search terms, site traffic, page views, and impressions. Such aggregate and click stream information and data will not personally identify you.

Notice of Use of Information
PAI reserves the right to compile, store, publish, promote, report or otherwise disclose or use for any business purpose any and all such non personally-identifiable, aggregate, and click stream information and data collected on the site. PAI uses such information to help maintain a high level of service quality, to determine what services and programs its customers might wish to see from PAI in the future, for marketing, and for other business purposes.

Links
This site contains links to third party web sites. Please be aware that PAI is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. PAI encourages you to be aware when you leave PAI's site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally-identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on this site.

Changes to Privacy Policy
By accessing and using the PAI site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy policy as modified by PAI from time to time. If PAI modifies this privacy policy at any time, PAI will post the revised privacy policy on the site and update the release date of the privacy policy. Therefore, PAI encourages you to read this privacy policy and each time you visit the site check the release date to see if it has been updated. PAI will only use information collected from the site in accordance with the privacy policy in effect when the information was collected.

Fraud Protection & Compliance with Law
We may disclose any information, including personally identifiable information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. In addition, PAI reserves the right to disclose your in the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims, or to protect the rights, property or safety of PAI, PAI's employees, customers, or the public.

We may also exchange information, including personally identifiable information, with other companies and organizations for credit fraud protection and risk reduction. PAI does not guarantee error-free performance under this privacy policy. PAI will use its reasonable efforts to comply with this privacy policy and will take corrective action when it learns of any failure to comply with it. PAI shall not be liable for any damages related to this privacy policy.

Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or pertaining to the collection or use of your personal information, please contact PAI at 206.365.5525.