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Our Commitment to Privacy
We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have
adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal
information is processed and explains data collection and use practices for the
NASACO Network. The "NASACO Network" includes all Web pages, newsletters,
discussion forums and lists and opt-in announcement lists owned and operated by
NASACO.
We promise that we will use your personal information only in ways that are
compatible with this Privacy Policy as follows:
What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?
Do you collect IP addresses?
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of
numbers, that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address. When a
visitor requests a page from any Web site within the NASACO Network, our Web
servers automatically recognize that visitor's domain name and IP address. The
domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP
address from which you have accessed our Sites. We use this information to
examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of the NASACO
Network, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement. We do not collect and
evaluate this information for specific individuals. Our Web servers do not
automatically record e-mail addresses of the visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, NASACO or its advertisers may send a "cookie" to your
computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet
browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie
can't read data off of your computer hard disk or read cookie files created by
other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to identify
which areas of NASACO's Network you have visited or customized, so the next time
you visit, those pages may be readily accessible. Our advertisers may also use
cookies to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. Our
advertisers and we may use this information to better personalize the content,
banners, and promotions that you see on our Site. You can choose whether to
accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can reset
your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a
cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience
at our Site and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work
as intended.
What personal information do you collect?
Wherever NASACO collects personal information we make an effort to include a
link to this Privacy Policy. We will ask you when we need information that
personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you.
The personal information we collect may include your name, title, company or
organization name, e-mail address, phone number, work or home address,
information about your job function, information about your company, and credit
card information.
We may request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of
conducting a contest or to provide additional services (for example,
subscriptions to announcement lists or information about conferences and trade
shows). Participation in contests or other promotions on the NASACO Network is
completely voluntary and you have a choice whether or not to disclose personal
information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name
and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
If you are purchasing something on the NASACO Network, we, and any third party
provider, need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing address, credit card
number and expiration date. This allows us, or third party providers, to process
and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status. Credit card and
e-mail information will not be shared or sold to third parties for any purpose
except as provided in this Privacy Policy without your express permission.
NASACO also offers access to some services that require registration. We may use
your registration contact information to send notification to you of products
and services by e-mail and/or postal mail. We may share that information with
our clients and they may also send you promotional materials. We may also use
your IP address internally and share it with third parties.
When you sign up for a NASACO e-mail newsletter, you are given the opportunity
to sign up for targeted third-party mailings. Whether or not you want to receive
these announcements is your choice. If you choose to receive an announcement
from a specific distribution list, you will receive commercial messages from
independent third parties that have contracted with NASACO to send messages to
the list. You may stop the arrival of these announcement lists at any time by
removing your e-mail address from the list by forwarding the announcement list
to announcement@nasaco.info or by following the instructions on the e-mails you
receive.
When you sign up for a NASACO discussion forum, your name or alias is recorded
solely for purposes of maintaining your own account within the forums. This
information is not used to monitor your activity within a forum, nor is it used
to identify you outside the NASACO Network.
When you use co-branded services, or those provided by a third party, within the
NASACO Network, your information may be passed to the co-brand or third party
provider and their use of your information is subject to their applicable
privacy policies.
We may from time to time send e-mail announcing new products and services. If
you choose to supply your postal address in an online form, you may receive
postal mailings from NASACO or third party companies.
Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third parties?
NASACO will disclose personal information and/or an IP address:
1) To contact you regarding other products and services which may be of interest
to you (including those we may offer jointly with other companies). At any time,
however, you may opt out of such contact;
2) When required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is
necessary to:
a) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and
conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on NASACO;
b) Protect and defend the rights or property of the NASACO Network of sites and
related properties, or visitors to the NASACO Network of sites and related
properties;
c) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the NASACO legal notice and
Web site User Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the
NASACO Network or its related properties;
d) Fulfill a user's order or request;
3) To process and fulfill your order or notify you of order status;
4) When we have your consent to share the information;
5) When you use co-branded services within our network of sites, you grant us
permission to pass your registration information back to that service partner.
Their use of your information is subject to their applicable privacy policies.
We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we do not sell, rent, or
otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party, without your consent or as
permitted by this Privacy Policy.
What else should I know about my privacy when online?
The NASACO Network contains many hyperlinks to third party Web sites. The NASACO
Network also contains advertisements of third parties. NASACO is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such third party Web sites or
advertisers. NASACO does not share any of the individual personal information
you provide NASACO with the third parties to which NASACO links, except as
stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although NASACO may share general,
aggregate data with such third parties (such as how many people use our Site).
Please check with those Web sites to determine their privacy policy.
If you use NASACO's discussion threads, you should be aware that any personally
identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by
other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages.
We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to
submit in these discussion threads. In order to avoid your e-mail address or
other personal information from being gathered and used by others for
inappropriate or harmful purposes, NASACO advises that you should be cautious
about posting a real e-mail address or other personal information to newsgroups,
chats, or other public forums.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that
information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal
information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return.
Certain NASACO media properties use a shopping cart feature that safeguards this
information by using industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted
servers. SSL codes the information transferred between you and the server,
rendering it unreadable to anyone trying to intercept the information. Other
NASACO media properties do not use SSL and thereby do not offer a secure coded
way to transfer information.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
Business transfers
We are always seeking to improve our network of Web sites and our business. In
accomplishing these objectives, we may sell a company, assets or websites or one
or more of the companies in our corporate family may merge with, or be acquired
by, another company. In connection with the foregoing, we may transfer some or
all of your information in order that the service being provided to you may
continue or for other business purposes.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By using the NASACO Network, you consent to the collection and use of
information by NASACO as specified above. We reserve the right to modify this
Policy. 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.
Please send any questions about NASACO's Privacy Policy to: privacy (AT) nasaco.info
Should you have other questions or concerns about these copyright policies,
please contact us or send us an e-mail at info(AT)nasaco.info
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