Privacy Policy
Welcome to the website properties (the “SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites”)
of SynergeTech Solutions, Inc and its affiliates, successors, and assigns (collectively
referred to as “SynergeTech Solutions”). SynergeTech Solutions products
and services (collectively, the “Products and Services”) are offered
by SynergeTech Solutions through web pages at or linked to the SynergeTech Solutions
Web Sites, and are made available subject to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy
discloses the privacy practices of SynergeTech Solutions. SynergeTech Solutions
reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion.
You are at all times responsible for reading and understanding any notices regarding
this Privacy Policy and the current version of this document, as well as reading
and understanding the current versions of all other SynergeTech Solutions policies,
procedures and guidelines relating to the Products and Services and the SynergeTech
Solutions Web Sites. YOUR CONTINUED
USE OF SYNERGETECH SOLUTIONS
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SOLUTIONS’S POSTING OF ANY
CHANGES WILL
CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE
OF SUCH CHANGES. IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO
ANY CHANGES TO
THIS PRIVACY POLICY,
DO NOT CONTINUE TO
USE THE PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES OR THE
SYNERGETECH SOLUTIONS WEB SITES.
- What information does SynergeTech Solutions collect?
- What are “cookies” and how does SynergeTech Solutions use them?
- What organization is collecting the information?
- How does SynergeTech Solutions use the information it collects?
- With whom does SynergeTech Solutions share the information that is collected?
- What types of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse
or alteration of your information?
- Updating your personal information and privacy preferences.
- Inquiries and Complaints
- Disputes
Please note that SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites may contain links to other sites
and that these sites’ Privacy Policies may not conform to our own. This SynergeTech
Solutions Privacy Policy does not cover third party data collection practices and
SynergeTech Solutions does not assume any responsibility for any actions of third
parties. You are solely responsible for reading and understanding the privacy and
other policies of such web sites, and for complying therewith.
1. What information does SynergeTech Solutions collect?
SynergeTech Solutions sometimes needs to collect information to understand what
differentiates you from other unique users. We collect two types of information
from you, “anonymous information” and “personally identifiable
information.” Anonymous information refers to information that cannot be tied
back to a specific individual. Each time a visitor comes to a SynergeTech Solutions
Web Site, SynergeTech Solutions collects some information to improve the overall
quality of the visitor’s online experience. For example, SynergeTech Solutions
collects general information regarding the visitor’s IP address (e.g., whether
the user is logged on from a .com, .gov or .edu domain), referral data (e.g., the
address of the last URL a user visited prior to clicking
through to a SynergeTech Solutions Web Site), and browser and platform type (e.g.,
a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform). SynergeTech Solutions also collects
aggregate search terms from its search services for internal reporting and targeted
content presentation (that is, web pages which are dynamically displayed based on
your individual interests). SynergeTech Solutions collects this user information
for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and target content.
In addition to this anonymous data, SynergeTech Solutions may also collect personally
identifiable information. Personally identifiable information refers to information
that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address. SynergeTech
Solutions collects personally identifiable information in the following ways from
different parts of its network of web sites:
- Most of the personal information is gathered when you register with one or several
of SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites (often when you use a computer program or other
Product or Service for the first time). If you choose to register, you may provide
SynergeTech Solutions with your name, postal address, email address, birth date,
gender, zip code and other requested information. While not all of this information
may be required, the more information you volunteer (and the more accurate it is),
the better we are able to customize your experience.
- SynergeTech Solutions may also specifically ask you whether we may send you information
about Products and Services related to a SynergeTech Solutions purchase.
- SynergeTech Solutions collects information from commercial transactions, from requests
for information on the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites, and from its registration
database.
- SynergeTech Solutions may review and compare installation information from your
computer, including product, version, build, language, and OEM.
- If you contact SynergeTech Solutions, we may keep a record of that correspondence,
including your email address. We use that information so that we may respond to
that email, and for future reference.
2. What are “cookies” and how does SynergeTech Solutions use them?
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is
transferred from a web site to the hard drive of your computer so that the web site
may identify you and track your activities on the web site. This unique number identifies
your browser to computers whenever you visit the web site making use of them. A
cookie will not allow a web site to learn any personally identifiable information
(such as your real name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed.
In order to improve the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites, we use cookies to track
your visits. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your
browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide
whether to accept it. For some SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites that require an authorization,
cookies may not be optional; users choosing not to accept cookies may not be able
to access such Web Sites or to use some or all of the Products and/or Services otherwise
available on such Web Sites.
3. What organization is collecting the information?
When you provide information on any of the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites, that
information is collected and maintained either by SynergeTech Solutions or by an
authorized agent of SynergeTech Solutions, unless specifically stated otherwise
at the point of collection.
4. How does SynergeTech Solutions use the information it collects?
Any personal information you provide to SynergeTech Solutions at any of the SynergeTech
Solutions Web Sites is maintained and accessible only by SynergeTech Solutions and
its authorized agents, unless specifically stated otherwise. SynergeTech Solutions
may request information from its users so that users can enjoy customized experiences
across SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites, including personalization services, interactive
communications, discussion groups, and many other types of content and services.
Most of these Products and Services are free to you. In order to provide great content
and services free of charge, SynergeTech Solutions may display advertisements.
The following are examples of how SynergeTech Solutions may use the information
it collects:
- SynergeTech Solutions may provide you with technical support, updates to Products
and Services, and upgrades to newer products as they become available.
- SynergeTech Solutions may offer its users the ability to personalize content such
as news, local resources, links to other web sites, and more.
- SynergeTech Solutions may, from time to time, use your information to contact you
about changes or enhancements to SynergeTech Solutions Products and Services.
- SynergeTech Solutions may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities
to provide information on individual users to the appropriate governmental authorities.
In matters involving a danger to personal or public safety, SynergeTech Solutions
may voluntarily provide information to appropriate governmental authorities. If
you are a member of the military, you should not register any personally identifiable
information at the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites in the eventuality that it may
be subpoenaed.
- SynergeTech Solutions sometimes uses an individual registered user’s data
to “pre-populate” forms that are displayed when that user has logged
in for the purpose of collecting individual data by SynergeTech Solutions and/or
its advertisers and sponsors.
- SynergeTech Solutions may use the aggregate data collected to inform our sponsors,
advertisers and other third parties as to numbers of people who have certain demographic
characteristics and the number of those people who have seen and “clicked”
on specific pages or advertisement(s). We may also disclose to such third-parties
the overall demographics available regarding who saw and “clicked” on
advertisements. No personally identifiable information will be disclosed to any
individual, whatsoever, as part of this process without your express consent; only
information in an aggregate form.
- In the event SynergeTech Solutions sells assets (or the assets of a division or
subsidiary) to another entity, including, without limitation, in the event of bankruptcy,
or if SynergeTech Solutions (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged
with, another entity, SynergeTech Solutions may provide to such entity customer
and visitor information (both aggregate and personally identifiable) that is related
to that part of the business that was sold to or merged with the other entity.
- If you inform SynergeTech Solutions that you are interested in receiving offers
or information, SynergeTech Solutions may send you email or otherwise contact you
about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you, including, without
limitation notification of sales, coupons, newsletters and other communications.
For those who elect to receive such materials from SynergeTech Solutions or third
parties, and who indicate that they do in their profile, SynergeTech Solutions will
release personally identifiable information. Information released may include your
name, email address and other information supplied in the SynergeTech Solutions
registration process, and only when you specifically grant us that right.
- SynergeTech Solutions also uses aggregate data to perform statistical analyses
of the collective characteristics and behavior of our registered users and visitors,
to measure user demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the SynergeTech
Solutions Web Sites, and to analyze how and where best to use our resources.
5. With whom does SynergeTech Solutions share the information that is collected?
Information about our customers and visitors to the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites
is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling
it to others. We share customer information only as described in this Privacy Policy
and with affiliates, subsidiaries and agents that either are subject to this Privacy
Policy or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy
Policy.
When you submit personally identifiable information to SynergeTech Solutions, you
understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries
and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which SynergeTech Solutions
and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices, including, without limitation,
the United States. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect
to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of
your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of SynergeTech Solutions.
Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their
own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
SynergeTech Solutions has established relationships with various service providers
whose services are available to you from the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites or
from web sites that are linked to the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites. Typically,
these providers offer services that SynergeTech Solutions customers might find useful,
such as those that can be used in conjunction with SynergeTech Solutions Products
and Services. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personally
identifiable or other information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to
the contrary, personally identifiable information that you provide while you are
visiting a provider’s web site will be subject to the privacy policy posted
on such web site, and personally identifiable information that you provide while
on the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites in conjunction with a provider’s service
will be subject to this Privacy Policy. As noted above, you are solely responsible
for reading and understanding the privacy and other policies of these service providers
and all other third party web sites you visit. You should be aware that our agreements
with these service providers often provide that they will share with SynergeTech
Solutions personal information collected from you. If we do receive information
from a third party service provider, we may use this information in a manner consistent
with this Privacy Policy. In the situation where web sites have a SynergeTech Solutions
“look and feel,” and you reasonably believe you are on a SynergeTech
Solutions Web Site, the web site should be collecting information in an intermediary
capacity, and not for secondary purposes.
6. What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse
or alteration of your information?
SynergeTech Solutions has security measures in place to attempt to protect against
the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. We have implemented
rules and procedures designed to limit access to the information you provide us
to authorized SynergeTech Solutions employees and agents. Despite the steps we take
to ensure the protection of your information, unfortunately we cannot guarantee
that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur. To better protect you, we
encrypt particularly sensitive information, such as credit card numbers collected
for a commerce transaction on the SynergeTech Solutions Web Sites, prior to transmission.
You are responsible for the security of your SynergeTech Solutions ID and password.
Please take care when using and storing them. SynergeTech Solutions recommends that
you do not divulge your password to anyone. You should log out of your browser at
the end of each computer session to ensure that others cannot access your personal
information and correspondence, especially if you share a computer with someone
else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.
7. Inquiries and Complaints
If you have any concern about privacy at SynergeTech Solutions, please send us a
thorough description of your concern to privacy@synergeTechsolutions.com and we will try to resolve it.
9. Disputes
If you choose to visit any SynergeTech Solutions Web Site, your visit and any dispute
over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Legal terms and conditions,
including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the
law of the State of California.
Last updated: 7/7/2011