Lewis Chester Associates, Inc. respects the privacy of its visitors ("Users") to our Web site. Lewis Chester assures that the information provided online is used responsibly and appropriately. To protect your online privacy, Lewis Chester has implemented the following policy. The purpose of this policy is to inform Users about information that may be gathered about them when they visit the areas of Lewis Chester's Website.
Lewis Chester collects limited information about Users who visit the Public Areas of the Website. This information is automatically collected on an aggregate basis (“Aggregate Information”) to measure traffic on the Website. Aggregate Information is collected through the use of a “cookie” or small text file placed on the User’s hard drive by the User’s Internet browser. The cookie allows Lewis Chester to track the number of hits or visits to various pages on the Website. When Lewis Chester's Website is accessed through a hyperlink on another website, the cookie will identify and track the Internet Protocol address (“IP”) that linked the User to the Website. If the User did not hyperlink to Lewis Chester’s Website from the most recently visited IP, then Lewis Chester will only identify the User’s Internet Service Provider (e.g., AOL.com, yahoo.com, etc.). The cookie is used only during a single connection to the Website and is not used to track User activity after leaving the Website. It is permanently disabled when the User exits the Website, and information about individual Users is not collected, saved or distributed to others by Lewis Chester .