PRIVACY STATEMENT
Last Updated: April 1,2006
Security Hunter.com and its affiliate Oracle Surveillance
Systems, Ltd (collectively referred to in this Privacy
Statement as "we" or "SHC") recognize
the importance of protecting the privacy of all information
provided by users of our web sites, registrants for
our events, recipients of our e-mail newsletters and
all other customers of our products and services.
We created this policy with a fundamental respect
for our customers' right to privacy and to guide our
relationships with our customers. This Privacy Statement
discloses the privacy practices for all products and
services owned by SHC. A current list of our publications,
web sites, online webcasts, newsletters and trade
shows can be found at http://www.securityhunter.com.
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
SHC collects information from our website users,
subscribers and other customers. In this section of
our Privacy Statement, we describe the type of information
we collect and how we use it to provide better services
to our customers.
Registration and Ordering
When attending our trade shows and other in-person
events, participating in our customer-sponsored webcasts,
using some of our websites and signing up for certain
selected services (such as free subscriptions), users
must first register. During registration, users are
required to give their contact information (such as
name, e-mail address, mailing address and phone number).
For internal purposes, we use this information to
communicate with users and provide requested services,
and, for our website visitors, to provide a more personalized
experience on our sites. We also may collect demographic
information (such as job title and purchasing responsibilities,
company information and professional certification).
We use aggregate demographic information about our
audience to improve our service, for marketing purposes
and/or industry reporting purposes.
Many of our products and services are free to subscribers
who meet certain demographic criteria. Independent
auditors may need to certify the eligibility of these
subscribers. In order to do that, we may collect unique
identifiers (such as mother's maiden name) that we
disclose to the auditors strictly for industry reporting
and audit verification purposes.
For our services that require payment (such as labor
services, products and service agreements), we also
collect credit card information (such as account name,
number and expiration date), which is used for our
or our agent's billing purposes only, and is not otherwise
shared.
E-mail Newsletters
If users wish to subscribe to our e-mail newsletters,
we ask for contact information (such as name, e-mail
address and, occasionally, demographic information).
We use this information in the same manner as we use
contact information in the registration and ordering
process described above. Recipients of our newsletters
can unsubscribe using the instructions listed at the
end of the e-mail newsletter.
Surveys and Contests
From time to time we invite web site users and other
customers to provide information via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and the website user or other customer therefore
has a choice whether to disclose requested contact
information (such as name and mailing address) and
demographic information (such as zip code or job title).
In addition to the other uses set forth in this policy,
contact information collected in connection with surveys
and contests is used to notify the winners and award
prizes and to monitor or improve the use of, and satisfaction
with the website or other SHC product or service.
Subject to the given customer's preferences (as described
in the "Permission" section below), such
information also may be shared with third party sponsors
of such surveys or contests.
Interactive Features
At some of our sites, we offer interactive and community
features such as discussion boards, webcasts and user
profiles. Note that all personal information sent
or posted via such features becomes public information
for which we are not responsible.
Referrals
If customers elect to use our referral service for
informing a friend about our sites and services, we
may ask them for the friend's name, job title and
e-mail address. SHC will store and use this information
to send the friend an invitation. This information
may also be used to provide information about our
company and related products and services. The referred
person or company may contact us as via COMM Center
to request that no further communications be sent.
Communications with Us
We have features where our customers can submit information
to us (such as our feedback forms). Where such submissions
include requests for service, support or information,
we may forward them to our agents, as needed, to best
respond to the specific request. In addition, we may
retain e-mails and other information sent to us for
our internal administrative purposes, and to help
us to serve customers better. Please note that letters
and similar submissions may be made public.
Communications from Us: Service Updates,
Special Offers
In order to best serve our customers, we may send
updates that contain important information about our
products and services. We may also communicate with
a customer to provide requested services and for account-related
issues via e-mail, phone or regular mail. In addition
to such service and product-essential messages, we
offer our customers the option to receive information
about our company, related products, services and
special deals, however, persons can choose not to
receive these communications from us by emailing this
request via COMM Center.
Automatic Data Collection
Our web sites, newsletters and, from time to time,
certain other products and services have features
that automatically collect information from customers,
to deliver content specific to customers' interests
and to honor their preferences. This information assists
us in creating products and services that will serve
the needs of our customers.
For example, we use "cookies," a piece
of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Cookies benefit the user
by requiring login only once, thereby saving time
while on our web site. If users reject the cookies,
they may be limited in the use of some areas of our
web site. For example, the user may not be able to
participate in sweepstakes, contests or drawings.
Additionally, we may note some of the pages the user
visits on our web sites and via our email newsletters
through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gifs)
and web beacons. The use of cookies, pixels and web
beacons enable us to track and target the interests
of our users to enhance the experience on our sites
and via our email newsletters.
In addition, some of our business affiliates use
cookies on our web sites and in our email newsletters,
in ads or promotions. However, we have no access to
or control over these business affiliates' cookies;
we urge users to read their privacy policies for information.
In particular, we use a third-party advertising company
to serve ads when you visit certain SHC web sites.
Such company may use information (not including your
name, address, email address or telephone number)
about your visit to these web sites in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services that may be
of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements
to these web sites, our third party advertiser may
place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
If you would like more information about this practice
and to know your choices about not having this information
used by this third party advertising company, please
contact our webmaster.
We also use an email delivery and marketing company
to send emails (including newsletters) for which you
have registered (or otherwise agreed to receive).
Web beacons and cookies may be used in such email
messages to help us measure the effectiveness of our
advertising and how customers use our web sites and
other products and services.
For our internal purposes, we gather date, time,
browser type, navigation history and IP address of
all visitors to our web sites. This information does
not contain anything that can identify users personally.
We use this information for our internal security
audit log, trend analysis and system administration,
and to gather broad demographic information about
our user base for aggregate use.
We may combine demographic information supplied
by a customer at registration with web site usage
data to provide general profiles, in aggregate non-personally
identifiable form, about our customers and their preferences
in the content of the site and advertising. We may
share this composite information with our advertisers
and business affiliates to help them better understand
our services.
WITH WHOM YOUR INFORMATION IS SHARED
When we have co-branded, customized, private label,
"powered by" or sponsored products and services,
or when we join with other parties to provide specific
services (however, we do not share credit card information
with such third parties), then, subject to the given
customer's preferences we may share (provide and receive)
personal information with such third party. In particular,
please note that, subject to the given customer's
preferences, will be shared with the sponsor of the
particular event/seminar(s). These sponsors will use
the information according to their own privacy policies,
and we urge participants to read those policies and
be aware of their privacy practices before registering.
Other than as set forth above, we do not share personally
identifiable information with other companies, apart
from those acting as our agents in providing our product(s)/service(s),
and which agree to use it only for that purpose and
to keep the information secure and confidential. Also,
our parent, subsidiary and affiliate companies, entities
into which our company may be merged, or entities
to which any of our assets, products, sites or operations
may be transferred, will be able to use personal information.
We will also disclose information we maintain when
required to do so by law, for example, in response
to a court order or a subpoena or other legal obligation,
in response to a law enforcement agency's request,
or in special cases when we have reason to believe
that disclosing this information is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone who
may be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property.
Users should also be aware that courts of equity,
such as U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, might have the authority
under certain circumstances to permit personal information
to be shared or transferred to third parties without
permission.
We may share aggregate information, which is not
personally identifiable, with others. This information
may include usage and demographic data, but it will
not include personal information.
CORRECTION/UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
If your personally identifiable information changes
(such as zip code), or if you no longer desire our
product(s)/service(s), we provide a way to correct
or update your personal data: you may either contact
Customer Support for the applicable product or service
or, change your preferences via COMM Center.
PERMISSION
Our customers are given the opportunity to choose
whether to receive information from our affiliates
and us not directly related to the product or service
for which they registered (or which they otherwise
agreed to receive). Customers also have the opportunity
to choose whether to have personal information shared
with third parties for marketing purposes. Instructions
for how to exercise these choices are contained in
e-mails sent by us, on our product websites and in
each of our publications. Customers also can go to
our COMM Center at any time to change their preferences
Please note that we will endeavor to implement your
permission requests within a reasonable time, although
for a time you may continue to receive mailings, etc.,
transmitted based on information released prior to
the implementation of your request. In addition, please
note that even after such request is implemented,
you will continue to receive information directly
related to the product or service for which you registered
(or which you otherwise agreed to receive), so you
always are kept informed.
YOUR
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code
Section 1798.83 permits those customers that are California
residents to request that SHC not share your personal
information with third parties for their direct marketing
use. To make such a request, visit COMM Center or
write us at:
| SecurityHunter.com |
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| Baltimore , Maryland 21244 |
SECURITY
We use reasonable precautions to protect our customers'
personal information and to store it securely. Sensitive
information that is transmitted to us online (such
as credit card number) is encrypted and is transmitted
to us securely. In addition, access to all of our
customers' information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted. Only employees who
need the information to perform a specific job (for
example, a billing clerk or a customer service representative)
are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Finally, the servers on which we store personally
identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
LINKS
Our web sites contain links to other sites. SHC is
not responsible for the privacy practices or content
of such other sites. We encourage our users to be
aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each web site to which we may link that
may collect personally identifiable information.
NOTIFICATION and CHANGES
If we change our Privacy Statement, we will post those
changes on this page so our clients are aware of what
information we collect, how we use it and under which
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Users should
check this policy frequently to keep abreast of any
changes.
For questions about this Privacy Statement, contact:
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For all other questions concerning the practices
of this site or any dealings with Securityhunter Inc.,
Securityhunter.com or Oracle Surveillance Systems,
Ltd, contact us at:
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Securityhunter Inc
One Securityhunter Place
Baltimore, MD 21244-7277
1-800-397-5300
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