PLEASE READ THE ABACA USA PRIVACY POLICY (THE "PRIVACY POLICY") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE ABACA USA WEB SITE AT WWW.ABACAUSA.COM (THE "WEB SITE") AND/OR SUBMITTING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ON OR THROUGH THE WEB SITE THAT COULD IDENTIFY YOU (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER). BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS IN THE PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE.

ABACA USA PROCEDURES TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your privacy is important to us. Any personal information you provide to us will be dealt with in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Abaca USA is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and your options regarding the ways in which your personal data is used. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to our processing please contact us by sending an e-mail to licensing@abacausa.com.

We may request information from you in order to process your transaction, fulfill your order or provide you with the services and products you expect. This information may include, but is not limited to, details such as your name, your address, your e-mail address, telephone number, social security number, and bank account details. If you subscribe to any Abaca USA service or product we will use your personal information to provide you with the service or product you select (e.g. sending you password reminders or notices about the relevant service or product being suspended for emergency or routine maintenance). In addition, we may collect information from you, for example, in order to reply to any inquiry you make of us or notify you of a change to our service. We may use the information you provide for our own internal statistical purposes. We may also use your personal information to provide you with information relating to products or services we think may interest you, by letter, email or on your mobile device, where you have consented to receiving such information. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers or in secure filing systems to minimize the risk of any unauthorized disclosure or use of your personal information.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION VIA THE INTERNET IS NOT COMPLETELY SECURE. ALTHOUGH WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF YOUR DATA TRANSMITTED TO US VIA THE INTERNET; ANY TRANSMISSION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ONCE WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR INFORMATION, WE WILL USE STRICT PROCEDURES AND SECURITY FEATURES TO TRY TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.

Abaca USA is a member of the PA Group*, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and an affiliate of Abaca Press SAS** of Paris, France. We may give your personal information to other companies within the PA Group or Abaca Press, for the purposes of providing products and services you have requested from us and so that those group companies can provide you with information, relating to products and services we think may interest you, where you have consented to receiving such information. If we give any of your personal information to our affiliates within the PA Group or Abaca Press, our affiliates will be required to use and disclose your personal information only in accordance with the data protection law in the United Kingdom or France, as applicable. Each PA Group company and Abaca Press maintains secure servers or in secure filing systems to minimize the risk of any unauthorized disclosure or use of your personal information

When you visit this Web Site or any PA Group company web site we may use a "cookie". Cookies are text files stored by your browser software that identify your computer to our server. We may use cookies to obtain information about your general internet usage, improve our site and deliver a better service to you. To do this, cookies enable us to estimate audience size and usage patterns, store information about your preferences and recognize you when you return to our site. We do not use cookies to store your personal information. Please note that our site may include elements provided by third parties who may also use cookies, over which we have no control. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the settings of cookies. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Web Site.

LIMITATIONS ON USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will not disclose any personal information you provide to us to any third party organization outside the PA Group of companies and Abaca Press, unless:

• we need to do so to provide you with the products or services you select;
• we are obliged or permitted by law to disclose it;
• we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
• Abaca USA or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it will be one of the transferred assets; or
• to protect the rights, property, or safety of Abaca USA, any PA Group company, Abaca Press or customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

OPT-OUTS AND CORRECTIONS

Whenever you submit personal information to Abaca USA you may opt out of receiving any further promotional material from us. If you wish to opt out of receiving any promotional material from us or from any PA Group company or from Abaca Press, please contact the Abaca USA personnel to whom you submitted your personal information, or you may send an e-mail, or use the "unsubscribe" process described in the promotional email.

If you wish to correct, update or obtain a copy of any of the personal details we hold about you, please contact us by e-mail licensing@abacausa.com.

You will also have the right to request a copy of personal information that any PA Group based in the United Kingdom may hold about you and have any inaccuracies corrected. Please address those requests to: The Data Protection Officer, Legal Department, The Press Association Limited, 292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1AE. Any request may be subject to a fee (currently £10) to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

PASSWORDS

If you log in as a registered user of the Web Site, you will be required to use a password. All users are encouraged not to share their password or account information with others. It is a violation of our privacy policy for anyone to knowingly disclose the password or account information of another user to the public, either directly or indirectly.

THIRD PARTY WEB SITES

This Web Site may contain links to other web sites which are outside our control and are not covered by our Privacy Policy. Please note that, if you access other sites using the links provided on our Web Site, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. We encourage you read the privacy policy of any site linked from our Web Site so you understand how your personal information may be used by the operators of the linked sites. Abaca USA will not have access to your personal information that you provided to sites linked from this Web Site, and we are not responsible for any of the procedures, policies or activities of any web site that can be linked from this Web Site.

CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS, BLOGS

Abaca USA does not currently maintain a chat room, bulletin board, blog or other user information sharing forum on this Web Site. However, such forums may be available on web sites that can be linked from this Web Site. Please be aware that these information sharing forums are often accessible by the public and are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN

The material on our Web Site is intended for our customers, and is not intended for use by children under the age of 18 without parental or guardian supervision. We do not knowingly collect or use any personal information from children.

TERMS OF USE

Use of our Web Site is also governed by our Terms and Conditions and we encourage our users to review them before using this Web Site.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time.Any changes we make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, you will be notified by e-mail. Your continued use of the Web Site after the Privacy Policy has been amended shall be deemed to be your continued acceptance of the Privacy Policy, as amended. Certain provisions of this Privacy Policy may be superseded by legal notices or terms located elsewhere on the Web Site.

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on June 3, 2009.

*PA Group means PA Group Limited (a company registered in England with the company number 4197) and any other company which is more than 50% owned or controlled by PA Group Limited or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries (such as PA News Investments Limited, The Press Association Limited or PA Photos Limited) from time to time.

**Abaca Press means Abaca Press SAS (a company registered in France).