Cumberland Group – Chicago, Inc., owner of the www.CumberlandChicago.com web site, is committed to protecting your privacy. Please read on for more details about our privacy policy.

What information do we collect? How do we use it?
When you submit a Contact Request Form, we need to know your name, title, company name, e-mail address, telephone and mailing address. This allows us to process and fulfill your request. When you sign up for our The Cumberland Group Email Newsletter, we need only an e-mail address - which we use to send the information you requested. We monitor visitor traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of our site. We may also use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to the Web site, new services, and special offers we think you'll find valuable. If you would rather not receive this information, you can send us an e-mail to info@CumberlandChicago.com notifying us of such, or you can use the "unsubscribe" function included with each e-mail we send from the site.

How do we protect your information?
When you submit a Contact Request Form, or subscribe to our The Cumberland Group Email Newsletter, the information you send to us is initially stored in our server behind a firewall and protected with standard password/logon procedures. We then remove the information from the server and store it on a local drive so that none of it resides on a public server, except for your e-mail address, which we store in a password protected flat file on the public server used for the subscribe and unsubscribe functions of the e-mail subscription scripts.

What about "cookies"?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, but they do enable us to provide some personalization features. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. Even without a cookie, you can still use most of the features in our site.

Will we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may choose to do so in the future with trustworthy third parties, but you can tell us not to by sending an e-mail message to remove your name at info@CumberlandChicago.com. (If you use more than one e-mail address send this message from each e-mail account you use.) Also, we may provide aggregate statistics about our e-mail subscribers, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information. We may release information when we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with law, or (ii) protect the rights, property or safety of my content, or others.

How do we allow visitors to update or change the information we collect?
You may update or change information related to your e-mail subscription by accessing the e-mail subscription section of the Web site with your name and e-mail account. For other questions related to updating or changing your account information, please send e-mail to us at info@CumberlandChicago.com.

In summary
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect on the site to make visiting our site personable and to enhance your overall visitor experience. We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may choose to do so in the future with trustworthy third parties, but you can tell us not to by sending an e-mail message to info@CumberlandChicago.com. If you never want to receive any announcements or special offers from us, visit our e-mail subscription page to change your preferences. Remember to change your preferences for each of the e-mail accounts you have given us.

Your consent
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by The Cumberland Group. If we do change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Tell us what you think
We welcome your questions and comments about privacy. Please send e-mail to info@CumberlandChicago.com. (2/11/06)