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APL Limited, American President Lines, Limited
and APL. Co. Pte Ltd. (collectively "APL" or "we" or "our") are committed to maintaining
the privacy of users who access our Web site (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy Statement
(the "Privacy Policy") explains the types of information we gather and what we do with
it. By using the Site, you agree to the terms and policies described in this Privacy Policy.
1.
Information Collected on the Site
APL
does not request or require any information from anonymous visitors to the Site. APL collects
information only from those users who wish to conduct business transactions (i.e. buy or
sell products or services) on the Site and who have registered on the Site ("Registered
Users"). When you become a Registered User of HomePort, you provide your name, address,
telephone and fax number, e-mail address and a unique User id. You are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of any User id as well as any account number, account name,
or passwords, if applicable, for the services you utilize through the Site.
APL needs
the information Registered Users supply for (a) personal identification, (b) to allow us
to contact you for customer service, if necessary, (c) to make improvements to HomePort,
to other materials or products offered on the Site and to the Site in general, and (d)
to enable Registered Users to track shipments, view outstanding charges payable to APL
and obtain other user-specific information. Your e-mail address is collected to send you
an e-mail message confirming your new member registration as well as confirmations for
other services you transact with APL on-line. In addition, APL may use such information
(i) for demographic profiling, ad targeting, statistical analysis, to conduct surveys and
similar marketing activities; (ii) to investigate violations of either its Privacy Policy
or its "Terms of Use"; and (iii) to notify Registered Users about important changes to
the Site or promotions or opportunities You may always decline to receive these messages
by following the process to Opt Out as described below or as described within a particular
message.
APL will
deactivate accounts of Registered Users that have been inactive for an extended period
of time.
Registered
Users may access and change their information at any time via the Site as described in
Section 7 below.
2.
Use of Cookies and Log Files
The Site does not use persistent or stored cookies; however, it does use temporary or per-session
cookies. Temporary or per-session cookies act as a randomly generated session ID; they
last only while the Registered User is logged onto the Web site, and are cancelled at the
end of the session (i.e., the Registered User logs out of the Site or closes their Web
browser program). The Site uses temporary cookies for security purposes. Each time a Registered
User logs onto the Site, the Site server generates a temporary session ID, which it associates
with the user's login name, password and computer during that particular session. This
allows the Registered User to move from page to page in the Site during a specific session,
without having to re-enter the user login name and/or password. The temporary cookie allows
the Site server to continuously verify that the user is a permitted user as the user moves
from page to page during a specific session. When the Registered User logs out of the Site
the temporary session ID is cancelled, and is removed from the temporary memory of the
user's computer; and the association in the Site server between the temporary session ID
and the specific user login name and password is also terminated.
APL also
uses log files for anonymous site usage analysis. A "log file" is a data file that records
a Registered User's activity while using the Site.
3.
Security
APL stores information received from Registered Users on secure computers. Only a small
number of APL employees and/or contractors of APL have physical access to these computers.
APL uses firewalls and other security technology to prevent APL computers from being accessed
by unauthorized persons.
While APL
has taken measures to protect Registered Users' information, please know that (i) no computer
system is immune from intrusion; and (ii) information transmitted to the Site may need
to pass through many systems in order to process such information. Therefore, APL cannot
guarantee the absolute security or confidentiality of information transmitted to the Site.
4.
Provision of Information to Others
When you submit personal information through this Site, you understand and agree that this
information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed
in any of the countries in which APL transact business, including, without limitation,
the United States. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain
activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may
be undertaken by trusted vendors of APL. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use
your personal information for their own purposes and to treat the information as confidential.
APL has
established relationships with various service providers whose services are available to
you from this Site or from Web sites that are linked to this Site or who support APL by
providing services which are transparent to you. Typically, these providers offer services
that APL customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with
APL services and products. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide
personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal
information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Web site will be subject
to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while
on this Site in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that
they will share with APL personal information collected from you. In such instances, APL
may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
When ordering
products or services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending
upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as
mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect
to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.
If APL
sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or APL (or
a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, APL may provide
to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was
sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.
Other than
as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise specifically communicated to you by
APL, APL does not provide information supplied by users to any third parties, except where
law, court order, or governmental authority requires or based upon the good faith belief
that disclosure is necessary including, without limitation, to protect the rights of APL
when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our
rights or causing harm to third parties.
5.
Links to Other Sites
The Site may contain links to Web sites other than our own and for which we are not responsible.
Such Web Sites may collect personal information from you. These Web sites may send their
own cookies to you, and may collect information and use it in a way inconsistent with our
Privacy Policy. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection
and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable
to that Web site which should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.
Unless APL explicitly states otherwise, such references in no way indicate our endorsement,
recommendation or preference of any such products, services or information contained on
any other site.
6.
Additional Information
APL may alter, update or otherwise change this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect material
changes in the way APL uses your information. Any such changes will be posted on this page.
You should periodically check this Privacy Policy to review the current terms and guidelines
applicable to your use. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of such changes
will indicate your full acceptance of those changes.
7.
Updating Your Personal Information, Opt Out Policy
At any time, you can access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences,
including unsubscribing to HomePort or as a Registered User of the Site by utilizing the
“My Profile” page on HomePort or by sending an e-mail to homeport@apl.com.
As a Registered User, you will occasionally receive e-mail messages from us as described
in Section 1 above. If you would prefer not to receive these messages you may opt out by
following the instructions within the e-mail message or by contacting us at homeport@apl.com.
APL reserves the right to limit certain services to Registered Users who will accept e-mail
messages.
8.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail to webmaster@apl.com.
If you believe that we have not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your
personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write to
APL at the following address:
APL Limited
General Counsel
1111 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
In your
letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the
ways in which you believe that the Privacy Policy has not been complied with so that we
may investigate your inquiry. Please note that if you provide APL with inconsistent privacy
preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact
you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), APL cannot
guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.
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