WESTARPROPERTIES.COM Privacy Policy

Westar Properties, Inc. ("Westar") is committed to protecting your privacy. Therefore, keeping your personal information secure and using it to ensure that you get the very best goods and services are top priorities at Westar. By accessing, browsing and/or using our www.westarproperties.com Web site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy in conjunction with this Web site's TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

We use the information we collect about you to personalize your experience at our Web site. This privacy statement discloses the information gathering and privacy practices of our Web site.

What information does Westar collect? How do we use it?

BROWSING
A visitor to our www.westarproperties.com Web site is not required to reveal any individually identifiable information, such as name, address or telephone number. However, by virtue of your use and browsing of our www.westarproperties.com Web site, information about you may be tracked by our server. Our servers may collect certain information such as information relating to the make of a visitor's browser software and the Internet domain name of the location from which the visitor enters. Such information helps us diagnose technical problems and manage our site by tracking a visitor's interests. Westar uses this information only in the aggregate, so that we can better serve you.

COOKIES
Westar may use "cookies" for navigation of our Web site and for customization of information that we may present to you. A "cookie" is a small text file that does not personally identify users, although it does identify a user's computer. "Cookies" do not pose a threat to your computer, and they do not contain viruses. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change this feature in your browser.

How does Westar protect customer information?

Westar does not sell or rent customer lists. However, we may contact you to tell you about special services or offers that we feel might be of value to you.

Westar reserves the right to transfer information as part of a corporate reorganization, consolidation, merger or sale or transfer of substantially all of its assets.

Westar will disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

1) Comply with a court order or legal process served on Westar;
2) Protect and defend the rights or property of Westar or visitors to westarproperties.com;
3) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice or the rights of third parties;
4) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities;
5) Comply with other purposes that Westar believes to serve a legitimate purpose.

Your Information
If you give Westar your contact information over this Web site, and you wish to amend that information or have your name removed from our database, please send an email to contact@westarproperties.com.

Security
While security is important to Westar, due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any data you submit to us. However, we will use reasonable efforts to treat as confidential any emails or inquiries sent to us for purpose of seeking information.

DISCLAIMERS
WHILE WESTAR HAS SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR INTERCEPTION, THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE OF SECURITY. IN THE EVENT OF AN INTERCEPTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, WESTAR SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH INTERCEPTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPEICAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) SUFFERED BY A CUSTOMER OR USER EVEN IF WESTAR HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WESTAR DOES NOT WARRANT, EITHER EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY, THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ANY CUSTOMER SHALL BE FREE FROM INTERCEPTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS TO WWW.WESTARPROPERTIES.COM, THE USER OF THIS WEB SITE IS REQUESTING THAT WESTAR SEND INFORMATION TO OR CONTACT THE USER REGARDING OUR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES. WESTAR WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE REASONABLE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN A TIMELY MANNER BUT MAKES NO GUARANTEES FOR THE TIMELINESS OF SUCH RESPONSES. THE USER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WESTAR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAY, NON-DELIVERY OR NON-RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION EXCHANGED BETWEEN WESTAR AND THE USER OR VICE-VERSA DUE TO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY PROBLEMS, MAN-MADE OR NATURAL DISASTERS, FORCE MAJEURE, COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS OR INCORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMAIL ADDRESSES) SUPPLIED BY THE USER.

Privacy Practices of Other Web Sites
This Web site may contain links to other Web sites. When you use a link to go from this Web site to another Web site, the www.westarproperties.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS and this Privacy Policy are no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including sites that have a link on or to www.westarproperties.com, are subject to the privacy policy of that Web site. Be sure to read over that privacy policy before proceeding, as Westar is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites.

Privacy Related Complaints
If you believe that Westar has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information, you may write to us at the address indicated below. In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the ways in which you believe that Westar has not complied with this Policy. We will investigate your concern promptly.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
Westar reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on our Web site. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Web site.

Our postal address is:
Westar Properties, Inc.
2021 Midwest Road
Suite 200
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523

We can be reached via telephone at (630) 705-5500

We can be reached via email at s.baumann@westarproperties.com.