Privacy
Index Open, a service of PhotoLibrary Group respects your privacy , we do not sell your personal information. We only collect this information to enhance your experience on our site, to aid in the process of your purchase, provide support, or share to you information about our product, services, or news about our company. You may contact Index Open at anytime with any privacy concerns or issues you may have.

We will send registrants of Index Open email communications on information we think they will find useful, including information about new products and services from our selected partners. It is our policy to never send messages to members who have asked us not to do so, through an unsubscribe process. In every email, we will remind you of your option to opt-out of future email communications. No information about you will be sold to outside parties or used in any unethical manner. Your credit card information is encrypted and stored in a secure environment.

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Personally Identifiable Information
The only Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that Index Open collects is information that you voluntarily supply when registering for a collection of free images or when licensing images. Other information that is automatically transmitted by your browser, includes the URL of the Web page you were just on (known as the "Refer"), the IP (or Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version you are using to access our site is considered anonymous. All PII is stored by Index Open in an encrypted format.

We will send registrants of Index Open email communications on information we think they will find useful, including information about new products and services from our selected partners. It is our policy to never send messages to members who have asked us not to do so, through an unsubscribe process. In every email, we will remind you of your option to opt out of future email communications. No information about you will be sold to outside parties or used in any unethical manner. All PII collected by Index Open is securely saved and kept in strict confidentiality. Index Open will not share this information with any outside organization unless you specifically authorize us to do so or it is required by law.

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What are Cookies? Why are They Being Used?
A cookie is a text file on your computer, that stores information about your browser, security requirements, and the images you see on Index Open. As you move through this site, various actions, such as saving a User Name and Password, or holding images for order will attach a "cookie". This information is held within your machine and is communicated to our server only when you visit this site. Its only purpose is to keep track of your image requests on the Index Open site so that you can receive the pictures you need in the most efficient manner possible.

Cookies only contain information that the server computer "knew" in the first place, and can only be read by the serving domain that placed them. For instance, Amazon.com utilizes cookies, but Index Open’s servers can't read their contents nor can Amazon.com’s servers read ours. Cookies are an essential part of how the Internet works today, and allow server computers to recognize your computer's browser when you return. If you have ever gone to a Web page that automatically provides personalized content without you having to "sign in, " such as your own stock portfolio, this is almost certainly being accomplished with a cookie. Since cookies are only text files, they cannot "run" on your computer and have no ability to search your computer for other information, or transmit it to anyone.

Read what Microsoft and Netscape have to say about cookies.

For Microsoft, please visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/insider/guide/advsec.asp#cookies

For Netscape, please visit:
http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/privacy.html#cookies

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What is SSL?
SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, is the technology used to encrypt information as it passes between your computer and Index Open, ensuring your security. This technology requires that you have a SSL enabled web browser that allows this "key exchange" of information.

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Which Web Browsers Use SSL?
Examples of web browsers using SSL are Netscape versions 2.0 and higher, Internet Explorer versions 2.0 or higher, or the America Online web browser version 3.0.

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What Web Browsers Do We Support?
Web browsers that indexopen.com supports would be all versions of Internet Explorer 5.0+ (for PC and Mac), Netscape 6+ (for PC and Mac), AOL 5.0+, as well as Opera, Mozilla, and Safari Browsers.

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