July 5, 2008

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PRIVACY POLICY

The following describes Pitney Bowes' collection, use and disclosure of information gathered from online visitors to postinsight.com, a web site owned and operated by Pitney Bowes. The policy set forth below relates solely to information collected online through the postinsight.com website.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to webmaster@pb.com.

This web site is the responsibility of Pitney Bowes Inc. Pitney Bowes can be contacted by mail at One Elmcroft Road, Stamford, CT 06926-0700, USA, attention Jean-Philippe Ducasse. The web server on which this web site is housed is owned and maintained by Pitney Bowes.

1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors

Pitney Bowes automatically collects and/or tracks (1) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, and type of web browser of visitors to our web site, (2) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with us via e-mail, post messages to our bulletin boards, or post messages to our chat groups, (3) information knowingly provided by the visitor in registration forms, surveys, and contest entries, and (4) aggregate or specific information on what pages visitors access.

Some Pitney Bowes web sites use a technology called "cookies". A "cookie" is a small text file that a Web site can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about your activities on the site or to make it easier to use certain site functions. These cookies may be used to obtain data such as the visitor's name, user-name, and pages or advertisements viewed by the visitor. When the visitor revisits the company's web site, we can recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitor's experience accordingly. Although cookies are stored on the visitor's hard drive and not stored, in any form, by us, the visitor can set his or her browser to provide notice whenever a cookie is received, which gives the visitor the opportunity to decide whether to accept it or not.

Certain Pitney Bowes web site pages may have software installed within the page which provides us with information about the "clickstream" of our customers during their Pitney Bowes web site visit. This software indicates which pages the visitors came from, what navigational paths they took, and which areas of the site they visited.

Certain Pitney Bowes Web Site pages may have software installed within the page which provides us with information about the "clickstream" of our customers during their Pitney Bowes Web Site visit. This software indicates which pages the visitors came from, what navigational paths they took, and which areas of the site they visited.

Certain email communications you may receive from us, if you sign up for our email distribution service, may contain "Web beacons". Web beacons consist of a line of code on our site that delivers a small graphic image from another Web site or third party ad server. They may not be visible as the beacon is generally a 1x1 pixel that is often designed to blend into the background of a Web page. We use may use beacons to monitor the effectiveness of ad banners in our email distributions.

2. Use of Personal Data Collected

Names, postal and e-mail addresses, and phone numbers provided to us may be added to our databases. Personal data collected by us will be used for feedback purposes, for a statistical analysis of users' behavior, for content improvement, and to customize content and layout of our site.

3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

We maintain a secured area on our site for transmission of personal data, and store all personal data in a private database which is not connected to the Internet. Although we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the personal data you provide to us, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. We will have no liability for disclosure of such data due to errors in transmission or interception by unauthorized acts of third parties.

We may, from time to time, make certain information about our site visitors available to third parties for the following purposes: we may disclose information to vendors who facilitate and/or support our servers and/or web pages; and/or we may disclose information to entities to whom we are legally required to disclose information.

4. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data

Upon request by e-mail or by mail, we will provide to visitors a summary of any personal information retained by us regarding the visitor. Visitors may modify, correct, or update their personal record or cause their personal record to be removed from our database. Company will only send personal records to the e-mail address on file for the visitor name associated with it.

5. Company's Right to Contact Visitors

We reserve the right to contact site visitors regarding this privacy policy or any other policies or agreements relevant to site visitors.

6. Other Sites

Our site may contain links to other sites. Other sites may also reference or link to our site. Pitney Bowes is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites.

7.Company's Right to Change Privacy Policy

By using the site, you signify your assent to this Statement. If you do not agree with the terms of this Statement, please do not visit our site. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this Statement at any time. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes to these terms shall be deemed your consent to any such changes. Such changes will be evidenced by a change in the effective date for this Statement set forth above.


 

 

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