RPPS Privacy Policy General MasterCard International, Inc. ("we," "us") has prepared this policy to provide an overview of the information we may collect about individuals and businesses ("you") in connection with the online services we make available to businesses. Information We Collect General When you register, and at other times, we may collect personally identifiable information from you that may include name, age, address, e-mail address, credit card number and facts about your computers, profession, company and similar information. We do not, however, knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen. We also may collect other information, including information about your transactions with us or others. Web Site Usage Information: We may automatically collect IP addresses and Web site usage information from you when you visit our Web site. This information helps us, among other things, evaluate how our visitors and subscribers use and navigate our Web sites [on an aggregate basis], including the number and frequency of visitors and subscribers to each Web page, and the length of their visits. How We Disclose Information Collected We may disclose information to third parties for a variety of business purposes. For example, we may disclose the information: For the purposes for which you provided the information including, for example, to enable us to process, validate and provide service. To send you e-mail notifications or to otherwise contact you. To enhance existing features or develop new features, products and services. To provide advertisers and other third parties with information about our user base and usage patterns. To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you and others see based on personal characteristics or preferences. To those who provide services to us. Cookies We make use of "cookies" on this site. Cookies are small files that are stored on a user's computer by the web server through the user's browser. The actual contents of the cookie information can be retrieved by the same web server to identify the computer and subsequently to customize, monitor, or regulate the use of the site based on information stored in the cookie or host server. One of the ways we use cookies is to identify computers that are being used to make repeat visits to our web site. Please note that if you enter our web site from another web site, the other site may use cookies to learn of your visit to our web site. We have no control over cookies used by other sites. Third-Party Links Links to third party sites are provided for your convenience by MasterCard. MasterCard neither endorses nor guarantees any offerings of the third party providers, nor does MasterCard make any representation or warranty of any kind about the content, use of or inability to use, the third party sites. These third party Web sites may have a privacy policy or security practices different from MasterCard, so it is important to read the policies of these sites before using them. How we update this privacy policy We reserve the right to change or supplement this privacy policy at any time. Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted to this web site. Any changes will become effective upon posting. We urge you to monitor this web site to stay abreast of any changes. By using the services provided on this site and thereby accepting the terms and conditions of this privacy policy, you agree to receive privacy notices at this web site and to review this privacy policy from time to time in order to stay informed of any changes which may occur.