Swarts, Manning & Associates acknowledges the importance of protecting the privacy of our customers and vendors alike. We collect no information about you when you visit our site unless you specifically send us an e-mail. Even then, we use your e-mail address for internal purposes only, to quickly and effectively process your request. We will never sell, distribute, or in any other way disseminate your information to others.

The information we collect from you is used to improve the services we and our subsidiaries offer, to improve our web site's content, and to contact you with updates to our web site or other marketing information. However, Swarts, Manning & Associates will not share any information obtained on this site with any other company or sell information obtained on this site to any company or marketing group external to Swarts, Manning & Associates and its subsidiaries.

For more information on this Privacy Policy, please click on any of the topics listed below.

• What information does Swarts, Manning & Associates capture when visitors come to its web site?
• Does Swarts, Manning & Associates ask for personal information?
• How does Swarts, Manning & Associates use the information?
• Will Swarts, Manning & Associates use my information for any other purposes?
• What happens when I leave the Swarts, Manning & Associates Web Site to visit a linked business partner's web site?
• Does Swartsmanning.com use cookies?
• What is a cookie?
• Can cookies be removed from my hard drive?
• Are there additional resources on information privacy?

What information does Swarts, Manning & Associates capture when visitors come to its web site?
No information is collected simply by visiting our web site. Should a visitor elect to contact Swarts, Manning & Associates via the on-line form, an e-mail is generated and sent to our offices. Your name and e-mail address, as entered on that form, are the only information we will see.
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Does Swarts, Manning & Associates ask for personal information?
Only your name and e-mail address are currently collected, and only by your electing to contact us via our on-line form. Future changes and added features may request personal information. This list may be expanded without notice.
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How does Swarts, Manning & Associates use the information?
We only use your information to respond to your on-line inquiries and comments. In the future, additional information will help us identify the type of web site content our customers value most. We will then use this information to improve the web site. None of the information collected is shared with organizations external to Swarts, Manning & Associates and its subsidiaries.
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Will Swarts, Manning & Associates use my information for any other purposes?
Swarts, Manning & Associates may periodically send you notices, updates and information about various products and services if you grant us your permission to do so. Your information will never be provided, in any fashion, to any outside agency, company or other entity. Information is only used internally for Swarts, Manning & Associates, by Swarts, Manning & Associates.
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What happens when I leave the Swarts, Manning & Associates Web Site to visit a linked business partner's web site?
When you leave Swartsmanning.com to visit one of these sites, the only information transferred to the third party is the fact that you came from Swartsmanning.com (the “refer” address). This practice allows the third party to monitor its own web site traffic, but does not provide them with any information about you. Swarts, Manning & Associates is not responsible or liable for the independent privacy policies of our third party sites. You should consult the privacy policies at those sites to determine how your information may be used.
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Does Swartsmanning.com use cookies?
A: No, not at this time.
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What is a cookie?
A cookie is a series of data characters that, when programmed into a web site, is placed by the Web Server into the browser's application folder on your computer. Once placed onto your machine, the cookie will allow the web site to "recognize" you as a unique individual.
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Can cookies be removed from my hard drive?
Yes, cookies can be removed from your hard drive. Also, depending on what type of web browser and what browser version you are using, you may be able to change the properties on your cookie file so that cookies are not used or saved. Please check with your browser provider for more information on removing cookies. However, please note that future changes to the Swartsmanning.com web site may require that cookies be enabled for the user to register or access on-line content.
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Are there additional resources on information privacy?
The Electronic Privacy Information Center www.epic.org (EPIC) focuses public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure. EPIC Alert www.epic.org/alert is the online newsletter of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. The newsletter is bi-weekly and covers issues related to privacy and civil liberties in the information age. Swarts, Manning & Associates reserves the right to amend the privacy policy at any time with or without notice. Please check back frequently in the event of changes. Your use of Swartsmanning.com constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy.