NSGDatacom, Inc. Online Privacy Statement
NSGDatacom respects
your privacy and is committed to protect the personal information
that you share with us. Generally, you can browse through our
website without giving us any information about yourself. When
we do need your personal information to provide services that
you request or when you choose to provide us with your personal
information, this policy describes how we collect and use your
personal information.
Information Collection
Personal information
means any information that may be used to identify an individual,
including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address,
a home, postal or other physical address, other contact information,
title, birth date, gender, occupation, industry, personal interests,
other information when needed to provide a service you requested.
When you browse our
website, you do so anonymously. We don't automatically collect
personal information, including your email address. We do log
your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give
us an idea of which part of our website you visit and how long
you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to any personal
information unless you have logged in to our website. NSGDatacom
collects personal information when you register with NSGDatacom
for a NSGDatacom account, when you use certain NSGDatacom products
or services, such as when you log into our e-Tac. From time to
time, NSGDatacom receives personal information from business partners
and vendors. NSGDatacom only uses such information if it has been
collected in accordance with acceptable privacy
practices consistent
with this Policy and applicable laws.
Access to certain NSGDatacom
web pages require a login and a password. The use of those web
pages, and the information or programs downloadable from those
sites, may be governed by a written agreement between your employer
and NSGDatacom. Unless you request deletion of your personal information
as specified below, your personal information may be retained
by NSGDatacom to verify compliance with the agreement, log software
licenses granted, to track software downloaded from those pages,
or track usage of other applications available on those pages.
Notice
When personal information
is collected, we will inform you at the point of collection the
purpose for the collection. NSGDatacom will not transfer your
personal information to third parties without your consent.
Cookies and Tracking Technology
A cookie is a small
data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when
you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as
a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited,
but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information
you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk
or read cookie files created by other sites. Some parts of NSGDatacom's
website use cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this
in order to determine the usefulness of our website information
to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure
is in helping users reach that information.
If you prefer not to
receive cookies while browsing our website, you can set your browser
to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when
your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all
cookies by turning them off in your browser, although you may
not be able to take full advantage of NSGDatacom's website if
you do so. In particular, you may be required to accept cookies
in order to complete certain actions on our website. You do not
need to have cookies turned on, however, to use/navigate through
many parts of our website, except access to certain of NSGDatacom's
web pages may require a login and password.
How We Use Information Collected
NSGDatacom may use information
for several general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain
products and services, to personalize your experience on our website,
to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, software
updates, special offers or other information we think you'd like
to hear about either from us or from our business partners, and
to better understand your needs and provide you with better services.
We may also use your information to send you, or to have our business
partners send you, direct marketing information or contact you
for market research.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Because NSGDatacom is
a global company, your personal information may be shared with
other NSGDatacom offices around the world. All such entities are
governed by this Privacy Policy or are bound by the appropriate
confidentiality and data transfer agreements.
Your personal information
is never shared outside NSGDatacom without your permission. Inside
NSGDatacom, data is stored in controlled servers with limited
access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United
States or any other country where NSGDatacom, its subsidiaries,
affiliates or agents are located.
NSGDatacom may send
your personal information to other companies or people under any
of the following circumstances: when we have your consent to share
the information; we need to share your information to provide
the product or service you have requested; we need to send the
information to companies who work on behalf of NSGDatacom to provide
a product or service to you (we will only provide those companies
the information they need to deliver the service, and they are
prohibited from using that information for any other purpose);
or we want to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements,
software updates, special offers or other information we think
you'd like to hear about either from us or from our business partners
(unless you have opted out of these types of communications).
We will also disclose your personal information if required to
do so by law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or in urgent circumstances,
to protect personal safety, the public or our websites.
Data Security
Your NSGDatacom account
information is password-protected for your privacy and security.
NSGDatacom safeguards the security of the data you send us with
physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. In certain areas
of our websites, NSGDatacom uses industry-standard SSL-encryption
to enhance the security of data transmissions. While we strive
to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security
of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take
every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on
the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of
letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.
Children and Privacy
Our websites do not
target and are not intended to attract children under the age
of 13. NSGDatacom does not knowingly solicit personal information
from children under the age of 13 or send them requests for personal
information.
Third Party Sites
NSGDatacom's website
contains links to other sites. NSGDatacom does not share your
personal information with those websites and is not responsible
for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the
privacy policies of those companies.
Our website may contain
links to websites operated by other companies. Some of these third-party
sites may be co-branded with a NSGDatacom logo, even though they
are not operated or maintained by NSGDatacom. Although we choose
our business partners carefully, NSGDatacom is not responsible
for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties
that are linked to our site. Once you have left our website, you
should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party
website to determine how they will handle any information they
collect from you.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
NSGDatacom will amend
this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes
in the way we use your personal information we will make that
information available by posting a notice on this site.
Questions or Suggestions
If you have questions
or concerns about our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal
information, please email us at privacy@nsgdata.com.
This
document was last updated February 10, 2002.