Universal Space Systems, LLC (USS) has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site – UniversalSpaceSystems.com. This site contains links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other sites.

We may use “cookies” to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site. We use your Internet Protocol (IP) computer address to help diagnose problems with our computer server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and your shopping cart if you choose to purchase merchandise when that option becomes available.

Our site uses forms for you to request information, products and services. We collect your contact information (email address, etc.) and financial information (account number, credit card numbers, etc.). Contact information from our forms is used to send orders and information about our company to you. This contact information is also used to get in touch with you if necessary. Visitors to UniversalSpaceSystems.com may opt-out of receiving future mailings from us. WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT YOU GIVE TO US TO OTHER COMPANIES UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION. Financial information that is collected is used only to bill a client/customer for products or services purchased.

 

If you elect to submit information as a Space Tourist (Astronaut), you will be asked to provide general personal information as part of the process. This information will be entered over a secured Internet network connection and stored in our secured, company databases. Here is how this information will be utilized:

 

YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE HELD AND HANDLED AS PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL. THIS PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL NEVER BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, OTHER COMPANIES OR POSTED ON OUR WEB SITES WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESSED PERMISSION. WITH YOUR AUTHORIZATION THAT IT CAN BE RELEASED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THIS INFORMATION IS USED TO BUILD YOUR BIOGRAPHY AND WILL BE POSTED IN THE ASTRONAUT BIOGRAPHY SECTION OF UNIVERSALSPACETOURS.COM. AT ANY POINT IN TIME YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR DECISION TO NOT RELEASE THIS PERSONAL INFORMATION, HOWEVER, UNIVERSALSPACESYSTEMS.COM IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ACTIONS RESULTING FROM AN EARLIER DECISION ALLOWING US TO POST THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEB SITES.

 

In future capabilities of this Web site, you may elect to submit medical information as part of the Space Tourist (Astronaut) screening process. This information will be entered over a secured Internet network connection and stored in our secured, company databases. Here is how this information will be utilized:  

 

MEDICAL INFORMATION WILL BE HELD AND HANDLED AS PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL AND ONLY RELEASED TO LEGAL, AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PERSONNEL DIRECTED BY UNIVERSALSPACESYSTEMS.COM TO EVALUATE A POTENTIAL CLIENT’S SUITABILITY FOR A SPACEFLIGHT MISSION. NO MEDICAL INFORMATION WILL EVER BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, OTHER COMPANIES OR APPEAR ON ANY ASTRONAUT BIOGRAPHIES THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO POST ON UNIVERSALSPACESYSTEMS.COM. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. (NOTE: PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE INTO ANOTHER COMPANY'S MISSION TRAINING PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL DETAILED MEDICAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED, BUT NOT THROUGH THIS WEB SITE).

 

If we elect to allow advertisements to appear on this site in the future, they will be delivered to you by third party companies. If you “click” on advertisements located on UniversalSpaceSystems.com, these companies may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser, and may use anonymous information (which can include date/time of banner ad shown, the banner ad that was shown, their cookie, the IP address, etc.) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you and to collect statistical information.

Choice/Opt-Out

UniversalSpaceSystems.com provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our advertisers by contacting us on-line via the Webmaster E-mail address located at the bottom of every Web page of UniversalSpaceSystems.com. Subject of the E-mail must be "Opt-Out".

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us on-line via the Webmaster E-mail address located at the bottom of every Web page of UniversalSpaceSystems.com.

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