At Blue Marble Geographics, we believe that understanding what our customers want for products, services and information is an important part of building an interesting and useful online environment. We've designed this web site with this belief in mind, and we've created this privacy statement so that you have easy access to information about our privacy practices.

What information we collect online

When you sign-up to the BeyondGeo.com service, we ask you to provide information by filling out and submitting an online form. All information relating to our customers is stored in a secure environment separate from our Web site.

When you subscribe to BeyondGeoNews, we ask you to provide an email address. We use this information to fulfill your request.

In order to make improvements to our site, we may gather information that helps show how customers use the site. For example, we might do research to determine which areas are accessed most frequently. This information is analyzed only in aggregate and not at the individual level. Personal information, such as your name and email address, is not included in the analysis.

What sort of information we do not collect

When you visit our site, we do not collect your name, email address or any other personal information unless you provide it to us. We do not follow your browsing path outside of www.beyondgeo.com.

Blue Marble Geographics has a strong tradition of providing quality goods and excellent customer service. Our goal is to bring this tradition to the online environment, offering products and services that meet your needs. The information we gather when you visit our site may be used in aggregate to improve the products and services we offer you. In the end, we hope this information will help us tailor our communications so that you receive more of what you want from us and less of what you don't want.

Cookies ~ what they are and how we use them

A cookie is a small file stored on your computer by a Web site to give you a unique ID. Cookies help make it easier for you to use our site, and they help us provide you with the information you need ~ when and where you need it.

A cookie generated by our site contains no information about you. It contains only a numeric ID. In keeping with our standard policy on customer information, we analyze data gathered via cookies only in aggregate, not at the individual customer level.

How we use email

After you sign-up on our site, you will receive an email confirmation. You will receive these emails only if you have provided your email address during sign-up or as part of registering with the site. We send BeyondGeoNews, our informational email newsletter, to subscribers and occasionally to other customers who we think might be interested in learning about sales and special events at our site. Unsubscribe instructions are included in each edition of BeyondGeoNews.

Please note that we do not sell or share email addresses with other companies. We do use email as a means of receiving feedback from our customers, and we encourage you to email us with your questions or comments. We read every email we receive.

What information we do not share with others

Blue Marble Geographics does not share, sell or trade email addresses, information collected as part of a survey or specific details about you. We do not contribute to or participate in shared or cooperative databases, which give other companies access to your personal information. We do not release credit card or financial information for use by other companies.

Thank you,

The Blue Marble Geographics Team