ICTC Society is committed to protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This
Statement of Privacy applies to the ICTC Society Web
site and governs data collection and usage. By using the ICTC Society
website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
ICTC Society collects personally
identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work
address or telephone number. ICTC Society also collects anonymous
demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code,
age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and
software that is automatically collected by ICTC Society. This information
can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information is used by ICTC Society for
the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to
provide general statistics regarding use of the ICTC Society Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data through ICTC Society public
message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note:
ICTC Society does not read any of your private online communications.
ICTC Society encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from ICTC Society so that you can understand how
those Web sites collect, use and share your information. ICTC Society is
not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites
outside of the ICTC Society and ICTC Society family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
ICTC Society collects and uses your personal
information to operate the ICTC Society Web site and deliver the services
you have requested. ICTC Society also uses your personally identifiable
information to inform you of other products or services available from
ICTC Society and its affiliates. ICTC Society may also contact you
via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of
potential new services that may be offered.
ICTC Society does not sell,
rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. ICTC Society may, from
time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a
particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number)
is not transferred to the third party. In addition, ICTC Society may share
data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you
email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except
to provide these services to ICTC Society, and they are required to
maintain the confidentiality of your information.
ICTC Society does not
use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or
political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
ICTC Society keeps
track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within ICTC Society,
in order to determine what ICTC Society services are the most popular.
This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
ICTC Society to customers whose behavior indicates that they are
interested in a particular subject area.
ICTC Society Web sites will
disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so
by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a)
conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on
ICTC Society or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of
ICTC Society; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of ICTC Society, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The ICTC Society Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your
online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by
a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to
your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a
web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary
purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The
purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a
specific page. For example, if you personalize ICTC Society pages, or
register with ICTC Society site or services, a cookie helps
ICTC Society to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as
billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same
ICTC Society Web site, the information you previously provided can be
retrieved, so you can easily use the ICTC Society features that you
customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you
may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the
ICTC Society services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
ICTC Society secures your personal information from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. ICTC Society secures the
personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a
controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is
transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
ICTC Society will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. ICTC Society encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how ICTC Society is protecting
your information.
Contact Information
ICTC Society welcomes your comments
regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that ICTC Society has
not adhered to this Statement, please contact ICTC Society at
ictc@ictcsociety.org. We
will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.