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Privacy Policy
Your privacy is
important to MTP Software. This statement discloses the information practices
for MTP Software Web sites, including what type of information is gathered and
tracked, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared.
MTP Software abides by the Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the United
States Department Of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of
information collected from the European Union by a Web site on the mtpsoftware.com
domain.
Personal information
In general, you can visit
MTP Software on the Internet without telling us who you are and without giving
any personal information about yourself. There are times, however, when we or
our partners may need information from you.
You may choose to give us
personal information in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to
give us information, such as your name and address or e-mail id, to correspond
with you, to process an order, or to provide you with a subscription. You may
give us your credit card details to buy something from us or a description of
your education and work experience in connection with a job opening at MTP
Software that you wish to be considered for. We intend to let you know how we
will use such information before we collect it from you; if you tell us that you
do not want us to use this information to make further contact with you beyond
fulfilling your requests, we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal
information about somebody else, such as a spouse or work colleague, we will
assume that you have their permission to do so.
Using and Sharing Personal Information
The following paragraphs
describe in more detail how MTP Software may use your personal information and
with whom we may share it. Depending on the type of MTP Software Web site you
are visiting, one or more of the paragraphs may apply. For example, if you order
a product from an MTP Software Web site, your information will be handled as
described in such paragraphs as Fulfilling Your Transaction Request and
Marketing Use.
Fulfilling Your Transaction Request
If you request something
from an MTP Software Web site, for example, a product or service, a callback, or
specific marketing materials, we will use the information you provide to fulfill
your request. To help us do this, we may share information, with others, for
instance, other parts of MTP Software, MTP Software's Business Partners,
financial institutions, shipping companies, postal or government authorities
(for example, Customs authorities) involved in fulfillment. In connection with a
transaction we may also contact you as part of our customer satisfaction surveys
or for market research purposes.
Marketing Use
The information you provide
to MTP Software on certain MTP Software Web sites may also be used by MTP
Software and selected third parties for marketing purposes. Before we use it,
however, we will offer you the opportunity to choose whether or not to have your
information used in this way.
Information for Business Partners
If you represent an MTP
Software Business Partner, you may visit an MTP Software Web site intended
specifically for MTP Software Business Partners. We may use information provided
on that site to administer and develop our business relationship with you, the
Business Partner you represent, and MTP Software Business Partners generally.
For instance, this may involve using your information to send you details of MTP
Software Business Partner programs. It may also include sharing certain
information with other Business Partners (subject to any confidentiality
obligations that may exist), or MTP Software customers or prospects. In
connection with a particular transaction or program, we may also contact you as
part of customer satisfaction surveys or for market research
purposes.
MTP Software Discussion Forums and Chat Rooms
If you participate in an
MTP Software discussion forum or chat room, you should be aware that the
information you provide there will be made broadly available to others,
potentially inside or outside MTP Software, who have access to that discussion
forum or chat room. Also, please recognize that individual forums and chat rooms
may have additional rules and conditions. Each participant's opinion on a forum
or chat room is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the
opinion of MTP Software.
Other MTP Software Web Site Notices
In some cases, specific MTP
Software Web sites may contain other notices about their use and the information
practices applicable to those sites.
Our Worldwide Practices
MTP Software's privacy
practices are designed to provide protection for your personal information, all
over the world.
We may share your personal
information within MTP Software and transfer it to countries in the world where
we do business.
Some countries may provide
less legal protection for your information. In such countries MTP Software will
still handle information in the manner we describe here.
Information Security and Quality
We intend to protect your
personal information and to maintain its quality. We implement appropriate
measures and processes, such as using encryption when transmitting certain
sensitive information, to help us to keep your information secure and to
maintain its quality.
Supplementing Information
From time to time we may
supplement information you give us via an MTP Software Web site with information
from other sources, such as information validating your address or other
available information about businesses. This is to help us maintain the accuracy
of the information we collect and to help us provide a better service.
Use of Suppliers
In some cases MTP Software
uses suppliers to collect, use, analyze and otherwise process information on its
behalf. It is MTP Software's practice to require such suppliers to handle
information in a manner consistent with MTP Software's policies.
Cookies, Web Beancons, and Other Technologies
We sometimes collect
non-identifiable information from visits to our Web sites to help us provide
better customer service. For example, we keep track of the domains from which
people visit, and we also measure visitor activity on MTP Software Web sites,
but we do so in ways that keep the information non-identifiable. This
information is sometimes known as "clickstream data." MTP Software or others on
MTP Software's behalf may use this data to analyze trends and statistics and to
help us provide better customer service.
Also, when we collect
personal data from you in a transaction, we may extract some information about
that transaction in an non-identifiable format and combine it with other
non-identifiable information such as clickstream data. This information is used
and analyzed only at an aggregate level to help us understand trends and
patterns. This information is not reviewed at an individual level. If you do not
want your transaction details used in this manner you can disable your
cookies.
We collect the information
we mentioned in the previous paragraphs through the use of various technologies,
including one called "cookies". A cookie is a piece of data that a Web site can
send to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer as an anonymous
tag that identifies your computer but not you. Some MTP Software pages use
cookies, sent by MTP Software or its third party vendors, or other technologies
to better serve you when you return to the Web site. You can set your browser to
notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether
to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so,
however, some Web sites may not work properly.
Some MTP Software Web sites
also use Web beacon or other technologies to better tailor those sites to
provide better customer service. These technologies may be in use on a number of
pages across MTP Software's Web sites. When a visitor accesses these pages, a
non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated which may be processed by us
or by our suppliers. These Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies.
If you don't want your cookie information to be associated with your visits to
these pages, you can set your browser to turn off cookies.
If you turn off cookies,
Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages, but
the notices they generate cannot be associated with other non-identifiable
cookie information and are disregarded.
Service Quality Monitoring
Certain Web transactions may
also involve you calling us or our calling you. Please be aware that it is MTP
Software's general practice to monitor and in some cases record such calls for
staff training or quality assurance purposes.
Online Advertising
Certain companies help us
deliver interactive on-line advertising such as banner ads. These companies may
collect and use information about customers to help us better understand the
offers, promotions, and types of advertising that are most appealing to our
customers. After it is collected the information is aggregated so it is not
identifiable to a specific individual.
Disclosures Required by Law
Please be aware that in
certain circumstances, it is possible that personal information may be subject
to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, or
orders.
Links to Non-MTP Software Web Sites
MTP Software Web sites may
contain links to other Web sites. MTP Software is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of those other Web sites.
Notification of Changes
This privacy statement was
last updated on Februaary 23, 2004. A notice will be posted on our Web site home
page for 30 days whenever this privacy statement is changed in a material
way.
Privacy Questions and Access
If you have a question
about this statement, you can send an email to the MTP Software Web site
coordinator. The address for this is
info@mtpsoftware. You can also contact us at this
address if you have a question about MTP Software's handling of your
information.
If you wish to obtain a
copy of particular information you provided to MTP Software, or if you become
aware the information is incorrect and you would like us to correct it contact
us at info@mtpsoftware.
Before MTP Software is able
to provide you with any information or correct any inaccuracies, however, we may
ask you to verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to
respond to your request. We will endeavor to respond within an appropriate
timeframe.
This Web site is maintained by MTP Software.
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