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Privacy Policy
This policy covers how we treat personal information that we collect and
receives, including information related to your past use of our products and
services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable
like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not
otherwise publicly available.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or
control, or to people that we do not employ or manage.
Information Collection and Use
General
We collect personal information when you register with us, when you use or buy
our products or services, when you visit our pages or the pages of certain
partners, and when you enter promotions. we may combine information about you
that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other
companies.
When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, zip
code, occupation, industry, and personal interests. Once you register with us and
sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
We collect information about your transactions with us and with some of our
business partners. We automatically receive and records information on our
server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie information,
and the page you request.
We use information for the following general purposes: to customize the
advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and
services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide
anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people
or companies except to provide products or services you have requested, when we
have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
Many downloadable software applications that we sell require the software
developers to provide the customer with a registration code to convert trial
versions into full versions. In these cases, we must provide the software
developers with relevant customer information in order for them to generate a
registration code and email it to the customer. Although we strongly encourage
software developers to follow strict privacy policies, we cannot be responsible
for the privacy practices that each of the software companies follow. If you
are concerned about the privacy policy of a certain developer or software
company, you may contact them directly or visit their individual web sites.
We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with us
under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal
information to help us communicate with you about offers from us and our
marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right
to share this information.
We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or
exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent,
or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations
involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of
our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
We transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another
company. In this event, we will notify you before information about you is
transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We do not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact
with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you
are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption
that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
Cookies
We may set and access cookies on your computer. Cookies are small information
files stored by your browser on your hard drive that allow us to provide
advanced features such as content and shopping cart personalization. The
cookies we use do not contain any personal information. If you wish, you can
change your browser settings to disable cookies, but please note that cookies
must be enabled on your browser in order to make a purchase at our web site.
Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences
General
You can edit your Account Information, including your marketing preferences, at
any time. New categories of marketing communications may be added to the
Marketing Preferences page from time to time. Users who visit this page can opt
out of receiving future marketing communications from these new categories or
they can unsubscribe by following instructions contained in the messages they
receive.
We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the
service, such as service announcements or administrative messages, that are
considered part of your account, without offering you the opportunity to
opt-out of receiving them.
Confidentiality and Security
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe
reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products
or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the
way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address
specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.
Questions and Suggestions
If you have any questions and comments about our Privacy Policy please contact
our customer support.
Effective Date: January 15, 2004
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