PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy which governs the use of personal and identifying information.

TEP understands that the privacy of its users is important. To that end, we have adopted the following policy with regard to the collection, use, and dissemination of personal information requested from visitors to this site. By using this site, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE GATHER ABOUT YOU?

The information TEP gathers falls into two categories: 1) Personally identifiable information, which includes personal information you supply when you subscribe, order, complete a survey, register for an online discussion, enter a contest or provide your e-mail address and 2) Non-personally identifiable information collected through technology, which includes tracking information collected as you navigate use the TEP services.

Use of personal information. We will use your name, and each email address, business or home address, telephone number, fax number and any other personal information that you may choose to disclose to us only to respond to your inquiries, and to provide the services or products you have requested of us if we have agreed to do so. We also use the information for statistical purposes and to help us improve our site and the services that we provide. In addition, if you request to be put on our mailing list, we will use the information you give us to send you our newsletter and other announcements or materials from time to time. We will remove you from our mailing list upon request at any time. We do not use the information for any other purposes.

Disclosure of personal information to third parties. We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law or where reasonably necessary to protect our rights or a third party's rights, for example, in response to a court order, a subpoena, a request by a law enforcement agency or to respond to claims that any content violates the rights of any third party. We reserve the right, however, to provide the information to our employees, contractors, agents and designees to the extent necessary to enable them to perform certain website-related services (such as web hosting or maintenance services) on our behalf. We also reserve the right to disclose the information to any third party to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of our websites or our network; and to protect the rights, property and safety of our firm, the users of our websites and the public.

Protection of personal information. We make reasonable efforts to maintain the security, integrity and privacy of any personal information you choose to give us. Although we will strive to take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Inadvertent disclosures may occur. If you send us information on the “Contact Us” Form, that information will not be treated as confidential.

Security of personal information on other websites. Our site contains links to sites operated by third parties that are not under our control or supervision. Neither we nor our employees, agents or representatives are responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. These sites may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies, or no policies at all. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other sites to see how your personal information will be handled on the third party sites before providing them with your personal information.

Changes to the personal information we have collected. If you wish to know what personal information we have about you, or would like to 'opt out' by having us remove your personal information from our database, please send us an email request.

Application of Privacy Policy to children. TEP does not knowingly collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13.

Modifications. We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time and at our sole discretion, by posting the modifications on our site. The modifications will be effective upon posting (unless some other date is specified). You should review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you are aware of any modifications. Your use of any of our websites constitutes your full acceptance of the Privacy Policy in its then-current form each time you use of any of our websites.

Dispute Resolution. Any disputes, actions or proceedings relating to this Privacy Policy, or to our handling of personal information, will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules, and must be brought in the federal or state courts in the City and County of New York. By using any of our websites, you irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

Terms of Use. Please review our Terms of Use, which govern the use of our site.