Privacy Policy

www.mtlaurel.com is the website of EBSCO Development Company, Inc., a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc.

Our postal address is:

EBSCO Development Company, Inc.
5 Mt Laurel Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35242

We can be reached via email at mtlaurel@ebsco.com
We can be reached by phone at 888-408-8696.

EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. wants you to have a positive experience at this web site. We want you to know that we respect the privacy and security of our users. Our goal is to provide you with an experience that delivers the information, resources and services that are helpful to you. In order to achieve this goal, we collect information from you. We discuss our information collection practices below.

This Privacy Policy sets forth the privacy practices in effect at the EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. website. If you do not agree to these terms, do not access this web site.

What Information is Collected and How is it Used?

A. General Collection and Use of Personal Identifying Information

We will only collect and use personal identifying information (such as a first and last name, physical address including a street name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) when a user voluntarily provides it to us. In order to use some portions of our web site, or in order to undertake certain actions, the site may require an e-mail address or other disclosure of personal identifying information. Such disclosure is strictly voluntary. In order to contact us by e-mail, however, you must provide an e-mail address.

We will use the personal identifying information collected for limited internal purposes that may include, but are not limited to, processing your transactions, establishing the identity of account holders, utilizing for customer service, development, content processing, or content classification, and providing you with information concerning our services. We will retain this personal identifying information. We also may use that personal identifying information to improve and customize our content.

We reserve the right to disclose your personal identifying information, if we are required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to comply with any legal process, to respond to claims, or to protect or advance the rights, property, safety, or well-being of our company, our employees, customers, or the public.

B. Collection of Non-Personal Identifying Information

We collect and use non-personal identifying information, including IP addresses and web server log files to track trends, administer the web site, track user movement, and gather demographic information. We use this non-personal identifying information in the aggregate, and to troubleshoot technical errors. We do not combine these types of non-personal identifying information with personal identifying information. We may also share aggregated demographic information with our business partners, sponsors, advertisers, and companies that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC..

Cookies and Web Service Log File Data
We may place a "cookie" or other tracking or information gathering device used in the industry in the browser files of a user's computer. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our web site. We are able to access only the cookies that our sites set on your computer and we are only able to determine the type of computer operating system and browser that you are using. We collect information from cookies and other information gathering devices and log files in the aggregate. We do not link the information collected through cookies or other devices to personal information that users submit online while participating in our activities. Users can set their browsers or third party software to reject cookies. If a user rejects the cookie, the user may be unable to use portions of our web site. Some of the web sites we provide links to also may use cookies. We have no control over these linked web sites or access to or control over cookies or other technology used by linked web sites.

Usage Information Monitoring
In order to provide better system stability, we monitor sessions on our Web site. This is for the purpose of tracking and trouble shooting any technical problems that may arise when someone accesses our Web site. By monitoring the usage, we are better prepared to solve system problems faster. We do not disclose this information to any outside vendor.

C. Security

EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. has taken steps to ensure that personal identifying information collected in the future is secure, and we have limited the number of people who have access to the information, by electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorized access. EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. provides links to web sites outside of EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.. These web sites may not have the same privacy policies as EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.. EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. takes reasonable care in recommending these web sites but is not responsible for their content or privacy policies. We urge users to read the privacy statement of an outside web site when leaving our site and linking to an outside web site.

We always use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site. We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

D. Use of Personal Information Collected

From time to time we may send users email, who have not previously selected the opt-out option on our web site, messages regarding information and offers from our partners and companies that control, are controlled or under common control with EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.. If you do not want to receive e-mails from us in the future, please let us know by sending us an e-mail at to the above e-mail address, or select the "opt-out" option in the "unsubscribe" section of www.mtlaurel.com. at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number, or writing to us at the above address. If you do not want us to share your email address with other companies or organizations, please let us know by contacting us via email or write to us at the above address.

From time to time, we make contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) of those who request the EBSCO Development Company, Inc. Catalog available to other organizations and companies, whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you do not want us to share this information with other companies or organizations, please let us know by contacting us via email or by writing to us at the above address. We will promptly remove your name from the list we share. However, we are not responsible for any other list but our own.

Ad Servers: We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our web site periodically.

E. How to Correct Information

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by contacting us by written request, phone or e-mail at the contact information stated above.

Upon request, we provide site visitors with access to all information [including proprietary information] that we maintain about them, including, financial information (e.g., credit card account information) that we maintain about them, unique identifier information (e.g., customer number or password) that we maintain about them, transaction information (e.g., dates on which customers made purchases, amounts and types of purchases) that we maintain about them, and contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them.

Consumers can access this information by writing to us at the above address.

Consumers can have this information corrected by writing to us or sending us e-mail at the above address or selecting the update my account information option.

F. Questions

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. privacy policy or practices, please go to our contact us page and send us an email or write to us at the addresses found at that page.

G. Changes to Privacy Policy

We will notify you of changes to the EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. Privacy Policy by posting an updated policy on this page with a notification link to this page from the home page or by a "News Box." You agree that continued use of the web site is an acknowledgment and consent to any terms contained in the EBSCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. Privacy Policy, current at the time of use.

H. Effective Date

This policy was last updated on September 20, 2006.