PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY. Privacy is very important to us. We also understand that privacy is very important to you. This Privacy Statement tells you how we protect and use information that we gather through The Franke Group web site.

This Privacy Statement was last revised on January 3, 2005. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. Significant changes to the Privacy Statement are discussed below in the Section called "Changes to the Privacy Statement." We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement each time you visit the web site.

When you visit a website, certain information about you can be collected automatically. When you browse through our site, read pages, or download information, we collect certain information to measure how many visitors come to the different areas of the site. We use this information so we can make the site more useful.

The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when visiting our web site. We collect and use your non-personal information (information that is not identifiable to you personally) differently than your personal information.

We collect and store no other information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide it. For example:

• If you send us an e-mail or submit an online form, we do not automatically receive your e-mail address. However, you will need to provide it to us if you would like an e-mail response. We will receive no other personally identifying information from your e-mail unless you provide it.
• If you submit a form on our website, we will receive only the personal information you include in the form.
• Children's Privacy: We knowingly do not collect or retain any information from children.

We will not share your personal information collected from this web site with an unrelated third party without your permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Statement.

In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. For example, we may use different vendors or suppliers to ship you products that you order on our web site. In these cases, we provide the vendor with information to process your order such as your name and mailing address. In all cases in which we share your personal information with a third party, we will not authorize them to keep, disclose or use your information with others except for the purpose of providing the services we asked them to provide.

We will not sell, exchange or publish your personal information.

We may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting web site visitors who violate our rules or engage in behavior which is harmful to other visitors (or illegal).

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary to:

• enforce this Privacy Statement and the other rules about your use of this web site
• protect our rights or property
• protect someone's health, safety or welfare
• comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail

Our website has links to other web sites (non TFG sites) You should be aware that:

• If you access another site through a link we provide, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site.
• TFG is not responsible for the contents of any pages referred from its website.

When visiting our website, your Web browser may produce pop-up advertisements. These advertisements were most likely produced by other websites you visited or by third-party software installed on your computer. We don't produce pop-up ads and don’t endorse or recommend products or services for which you may view a pop-up ad on your computer screen while visiting our site.