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• Other units within the family of The McGraw-Hill Companies;
• Companies outside The McGraw-Hill Companies whose products or services we feel may be of interest to you;
• Applicable project owners and architects so that they can monitor use of  their intellectual property rights in the applicable plans and specifications; 
• Product manufacturers in order for the manufacturers to follow-up on your requests; and
• Other businesses in the form of a listing in a directory published by McGraw-Hill Construction that includes your contact information.  Directories of this nature are used by other firms to conduct marketing activities.
• by other firms to conduct marketing activities.

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Your information will be maintained in a secure database in the United States and the database will be accessed only by authorized employees.

If you do not wish to have your name shared as previously described, if you wish to review the accuracy of the information you've provided or if you have any questions about our privacy practices, please send us a note with your name, address and account number to:

Amy Sidelinger
Privacy Officer
McGraw-Hill Construction
148 Princeton-Hightstown Rd
Hightstown, NJ 08520
Construction_Privacy_Policy@mcgraw-hill.com

Please be assured that we take your concerns about privacy quite seriously, and we intend to take every reasonable effort to protect your privacy. To that end, The McGraw-Hill Companies has developed a comprehensive privacy policy. For more information about The McGraw-Hill Companies' Customer Privacy Policy, see www.mcgraw-hill.com/privacy.html. For a complete listing of The McGraw-Hill Companies' premium brands, visit our Web site at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.