The following sets forth TransitCenter, Inc.'s (the "Company") statement regarding your submission of your personal information via this website. By using this website, you consent to the following. The terms "you," "your" and "user" as used herein refer to all persons and entities accessing this website for any reason. 1. Collection of Information. In order to use certain areas of this website, or to obtain additional information from the Company, you may be asked to provide information, including without limitation, a valid e-mail address, telephone number and mailing address; furthermore, the Company may collect other data regarding your use of this website such as click-stream data, your IP address, access times and the referring website addresses (collectively, your "Information"). It is the Company's policy to use its reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of such Information collected via this website consistent with the following. Except as set forth in this privacy statement, the Company does not disclose to third parties your Information without your consent. 2. Use and Disclosure of Information. The Company will use the Information you provide as needed in order to process your requests (e.g., to provide additional information) and to provide the products and services offered by the Company. The Company may share your Information with entities with whom it has contracted to provide these products and services, such as the participating transportation agencies, and with whom it has otherwise requested to perform functions on its behalf, such as its Internet hosting provider. The Company may also use your Information to send you additional data on products and services offered by the Company or by third parties. The Company may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, aggregate Information. Furthermore, the Company may disclose Information in order to: (a) protect the interests of the Company and the participating transportation agencies; (b) protect the safety of the respective employees, customers and agents of the Company and of the participating transportation agencies; (c) protect the respective property of the Company and of the participating transportation agencies; (d) protect the property and/or the safety of third parties; (e) prevent a crime or protect national security; (f) assist with legal investigations; or (g) comply with the requests of government agencies, judicial process or other legal process requiring the production of such Information. The Company may disclose and transfer Information to a third-party who acquires all or a substantial portion of the Company's business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of the Company's assets. In addition, in the event the Company becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Company or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of Information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court. 3. Links to Other Websites. This website may contain links to other websites over which the Company has no control. The Company is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from this website. You should review the privacy policies of those other websites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information. This privacy statement applies solely to the Information collected on this website, and does not apply to any information collected by the Company in any other fashion. 4. Transmission and Posting of Information. Please remember that if you transmit or post any Information in any public areas of this website, such Information may be collected and used by others over whom the Company has no control. The Company is not responsible for the use made by third parties of Information you transmit, post or otherwise make available in public areas of this website. 5. Use of Cookies. The Company may use "cookies" to help personalize and streamline your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer by a web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to save you time. A cookie may tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you register for an account or other services, a cookie helps the website to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). By using cookies, the website can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized experience. When you return to this website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can continue use of the website without re-entering that information. Cookies may also be used to track click streams and for load balancing. You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on this website. 6. Use of Web Beacons. Pages of this website may contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow the Company to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver certain services. Web beacons are not used to access your Information on this website; they are a technique used to compile aggregated statistics about usage of this website. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. 7. Security. The Company has implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, the Company cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. 8. Children This website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. The Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. 9. Changes to Privacy Statement. The Company may revise this privacy statement at any time by updating this posting. Updated: 3/1/02