Top Echelon Contracting, Inc. ("Top Echelon Contracting") is at all times interested in providing you with the best possible Web site and service user experience. Part of our commitment to your experience includes your privacy. We endeavor to provide you with a safe and secure Web site environment and try to ensure that any personal information that we collect about you remains private. The following Privacy Policy Statement covers all information collected from you by Top Echelon Contracting.

GENERAL INFORMATION. Like most Web sites, Top Echelon Contracting generates and maintains Web site log files that track, among other things, the IP Address of the visitor, date, time, search terms used and Web pages visited. We only use this information anonymously and in the aggregate. From time to time, we may share this information with our vendors, suppliers and advertisers to help them better understand our site and services. When we share this information, we only provide the information in its aggregate form. We will not release any of your personally identifiable information without your approval and/or authorization.

USER SPECIFIC INFORMATION. Some of Top Echelon Contracting's services require that we collect personal information from you. For instance, our Contracting OnDemand™ Rate Calculator requires that you send personal identification information to us. We may use your information to administer our services and contact you unless you tell us not to. Our use of your information will relate only to our efforts to achieve the purpose for which you submitted your information. Any messages we send to you will either be related to the purpose for which you submitted the information or specific opportunities or announcements about our Web site and/or services. We will not generate "mailing lists" for sale, lease, rent or distribution to third parties. Your information will not be released unless you give us permission to do so or we are required to do so as a matter of law.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES. Top Echelon Contracting's Web site may provide links to different Web sites operated by other entities ("3rd Party Sites"). If you use these links, you will leave our Site and go to a 3rd Party Site. If you decide to visit any 3rd Party Sites, you do so at your own risk. You should take protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements from 3rd Party Sites. Top Echelon Contracting does not warrant, endorse, or make any representation regarding any 3rd Party Sites, their privacy policies or the content, information, or materials contained on any 3rd Party Sites.

CHILDREN. Top Echelon Contracting does not target minors, adolescents, or children as users of this Web site. Nor do we collect information specific to adolescents or children. Top Echelon Contracting believes that all parents should monitor and control their minor child's use of the Internet; and that access to Top Echelon Contracting's Web site by a minor has been approved by his or her parents. In as much as we can not control anyone's access to our Web site, we encourage parents to utilize web filtering technology to help them supervise their children's use of this Web site and the Internet in general.

COOKIES. To optimize your experience at Top Echelon Contracting's Web site, we utilize a common feature of your browser known as a "cookie." Cookies are files stored on your computer's hard drive that maintain information about your name, passwords, preferences, etc. The use of cookies allows us to provide you with a faster, more enjoyable experience while visiting our Web site. If you are uncomfortable with accepting this information from us, you may set your browser to reject cookies. Rejecting cookies will, however, negatively affect your experience at our Web site.

USER IS RESPONSIBLE. Ultimately, you, the user, are responsible for protecting your private information online. We endeavor to provide you with the tools you need to successfully use our Web sites and related services while protecting your private information. However, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your user account information and passwords. Please exercise care and caution whenever you are asked to provide personal information online.

DISCLAIMER. This Privacy Policy Statement is for informational purposes only. It is not a contract between you and Top Echelon Contracting and you should not rely upon it as your sole method of privacy protection for personal information. This Privacy Policy Statement does not generate any legal rights or obligations on behalf of any party.

ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS. If you are or become a client or employee of Top Echelon Contracting, Inc., you may be subject to contractual obligations and/or employment policies that are related to the protection of your and others' privacy and personal information. In such case, your contractual relationship with Top Echelon Contracting will govern our use of your personal information and our policies will provide you with information regarding procedures relative to protecting the privacy of our customers and employees.