GalleryWatch.com Privacy Statement

Welcome to GalleryWatch.com’s web sites (GallerywatCh.com, usbudget.com, USCongress.com)

GalleryWatch.com, the foremost provider of e-information and solutions to the U.S. legislative and regulatory markets, recognizes its responsibility and is committed to fair information practices. GalleryWatch.com has measures in place to protect your privacy and we want to make sure you are comfortable exploring our sites and using our information.

The following explains our general principles for the collection and use from customers and visitors to our web sites, what information we collect about you, how we use it and what choices you have regarding this information. This policy applies to all information collected from or submitted to GalleryWatch.com’s web subscription and public access web sites.

Our Web Site contains links to other web sites operated by third parties. GalleryWatch.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of such third party web sites and this Notice does not apply to those web sites.

What we know about you :

IP Address

As with all Web sites, this site automatically recognizes your domain name, IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the referring site you passed through to reach our site, the exit pages, date and time of visit and pages visited. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site and track site usage.

How we use “Cookies” and why

Our site temporarily uses custom "cookies" to restrict access to bona fide subscribers and to enable you to set up customized reports, lists, newsletters, profiles and alerts that no other subscribers are permitted to see.

Upon closing your web browser the custom cookie is removed from memory and deleted with no record of the session being maintained by GalleryWatch.com.

Personal Information collected from site visitors

Any additional information you provide us, such as your name, organization, address, telephone number, e-mail address, interests and products you subscribe to is only collected upon your request.

In a few areas on our Web Site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to verify whether you are entitled to access and use certain information, materials and services available from our Web Site, or to enable us to enhance your site visit, to assist you with customer service or technical support issues, or to follow up with you after your visit, or to otherwise support your customer relationship with GalleryWatch.com. It is completely optional for you to participate. However, failure to participate may mean that you cannot access and use certain information, materials and services.

For example, we request information from you when you:

  1. Log-on to certain areas of our Web Site, such as the GalleryWatch.com and USBudget.com subscription services, where you may be prompted to provide us with your GalleryWatch.com ID name and password as a condition to gaining access to certain information, materials or services.
  2. Subscribe to a newsletter or desire to be added to our mailing lists for other products or services.
  3. Participate in a promotional offer, request a trial, request additional product or services information, receive technical or customer support, or receive information outside of subscription services.
  4. Provide feedback in an online survey.

In each of the instances above, we typically ask for your name, e-mail address, phone number, address, areas of legislative interest, product preference information, as well as other similar personal information that is needed to register or subscribe you to services or offers. On occasion, we may ask for additional information to enable us to provide you with access to and use of certain information, materials and services. In the case of newsletters or mailing lists, you will be able to "unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.

How We Use Information:

GalleryWatch.com only uses your personal information for specific purposes.

The personal information you provide to us when using our Web Site, such as your name, postal or e-mail address or telephone number will be kept confidential and used to support your customer relationship with GalleryWatch.com, and to notify you of special offers, updated information and new products and services from GalleryWatch.com, or offers from third parties that we think may be of interest to you.

GalleryWatch.com may enhance or merge your information collected at its Web Site with other data for purposes of marketing products or services to you.

Circumstances may arise where we are required to disclose your personal information to third parties for purposes other than to support your customer relationship with GalleryWatch.com such as if disclosure is required by law or is pertinent to judicial or governmental investigations or proceedings.

What we tell others about you

We do not furnish to third parties the information that we gather or that you provide to us unless we are legally required to do so. In fact, we work hard to ensure that the information you give us remains confidential and known only by us.

Changes to our policies

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in this privacy statement. If our information practices change, we will post and highlight the policy changes, and we will provide customers with the opportunity to opt out of the new data uses.

Choices you have

If you wish to discontinue receiving communications from us at any time, please let us know by e-mailing, calling or writing us (see addresses below).

Any questions?

For more information on our Privacy Policy, contact us at info@gallerywatch.com or by phone at 512-320-1525.

Our postal address is:

1011 San Jacinto * Suite 405 * Austin, TX 78701

Enjoy your visit to our web sites!