DSS Privacy Policy

Digital Switching Systems, LLC (DSS) understands that your trust is our most important asset and takes the protection and proper use of your personal information seriously. We respect your privacy, and take great care to safeguard information in our possession. Your preferences for use of your information are our highest priority.

Digital Switching Systems, LLC does not share customer information (including e-mail addresses) unless it is necessary to provide you with Digital Switching Systems, LLC products or services, or we are legally required to do so.

Even within Digital Switching Systems, LLC, we restrict access to your information to those individuals who need it to provide you with services. Any third-party companies we must use to provide you with services are required to keep your information secure and confidential.

In this policy, the words "we", "our", and "us" refer to Digital Switching Systems, LLC and our web site at www.DigitalSwitchingSystems.com and the phrases "personally identifiable information" or "personal information" mean any information by which you can be identified or contacted, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, etc.

Categories of Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
We collect personally identifiable information, as defined above, from you when you register on our website, place an order with us, subscribe to Digital Switching Systems, LLC email updates (e.g. our e-mail newsletter), or through communications with you. We may also collect personal information about you from other third parties, such as demographic firms, to make our future marketing efforts more efficient.

How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information that we collect to conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible products and services. To best serve you, we may share your personally identifiable information with service providers that provide support services to us or that help us market our products and services. Service providers, third parties who perform services on our behalf, are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us to provide you with the products and services available from Digital Switching Systems, LLC. We may also, in certain instances, disclose your personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action to protect your rights or the rights of Digital Switching Systems, LLC or others. We may also disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe it is required by law.

Cookies and Web Beacons
Our website does not use "cookies" to distinguish you from other visitors, track your IP address and usage of our site, and to identify the name of the Web site from which you linked to DigitalSwitchingSystems.com.

A cookie is a small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. A "session cookie" expires immediately when you end your session (i.e., close your browser). A "persistent cookie" stores information on the hard drive so when you end your session and return to the same website at a later date, the cookie information is still available.

Your Information, Your Choice
To update us with your information sharing preferences, you may send your request to Digital Switching Systems, LLC, PO Box 31727, Raleigh, NC 27622-1727. Please note your preference as stated below: "I prefer not to receive direct mail advertisements, such as periodic catalogs and mailings regarding products, special promotions or upcoming events."

Please note that such requests may take up to four weeks to become effective.

Security
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of personally identifiable information transmitted to us using this website. To guard your information, our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL encrypts your credit card number, name and address so only Digital Switching Systems, LLC is able to decode your information. Please note that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information.

Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change this policy, and to apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law. If our information practices change in the future, we will notify you by posting the policy changes on our website. Effective Date: This policy was last updated on October 20, 2006.

Additional Information For your convenience, Digital Switching Systems, LLC may link to unaffiliated third party websites. This Privacy Policy and Security Statement does not apply to unaffiliated third party websites.

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy please contact us at:

Digital Switching Systems, LLC
PO Box 31727
Raleigh, NC 27622-1727