We respect
and are committed to
protecting your privacy.
That is why we have
adopted this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy
Policy lets you know how
your personal information
is processed and explains
data collection and use
practices for the
SystemTech Communications
Network. The "SystemTech
Communications Network"
includes all Web pages,
newsletters, discussion
forums and lists and
opt-in announcement lists
owned and operated by the
SystemTech Communications
Corporation and each of
its wholly-owned
subsidiaries including,
without limitation,
SystemTech Media, Hometown
Media, and Derek Peck
Networks as linked
directly or indirectly
from the
SystemTechWebDesign.com
(collectively the "Site")
home page (collectively
hereafter "STCS"). By
accessing the STCS
Network, you are
consenting to the
information collection and
use practices described in
this Privacy Policy.
We promise
that we will use your
personal information only
in ways that are
compatible with this
Privacy Policy as follows:
What
information are you
collecting and how are you
collecting it?
Do we
collect IP addresses?
Every computer connected
to the Internet is given a
domain name and a set of
numbers, that serve as
that computer's "Internet
Protocol" IP address. When
a visitor requests a page
from any Web site within
the STCS Network, our Web
servers automatically
recognize that visitor's
domain name and IP
address. The domain name
and IP address reveal
nothing personal about you
other than the IP address
from which you have
accessed our Sites. We use
this information to
examine our traffic in
aggregate, and to
investigate misuse of the
STCS Network, its users,
or to cooperate with law
enforcement. We do not
collect and evaluate this
information for specific
individuals. Our Web
servers do not
automatically record
e-mail addresses of the
visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, STCS or
its advertisers may send a
"cookie" to your computer.
A cookie is a small piece
of data that is sent to
your Internet browser from
a Web server and stored on
your computer's hard
drive. A cookie can't read
data off of your computer
hard disk or read cookie
files created by other Web
sites. Cookies do not
damage your system. We use
cookies to identify which
areas of STCS's Network
you have visited or
customized, so the next
time you visit, those
pages may be readily
accessible. Our
advertisers may also use
cookies to ascertain how
many times you've seen an
advertisement. Our
advertisers and we may use
this information to better
personalize the content,
banners, and promotions
that you see on our Site.
You can choose whether to
accept cookies by changing
the settings of your
Internet browser. You can
reset your browser to
refuse all cookies, or
allow your browser to show
you when a cookie is being
sent. If you choose not to
accept these cookies, your
experience at our Site and
other Web sites may be
diminished and some
features may not work as
intended.
What
personal information do
you collect?
Wherever STCS collects
personal information we
make an effort to include
a link to this Privacy
Policy. We will ask you
when we need information
that personally identifies
you (personal information)
or allows us to contact
you. The personal
information we collect may
include your name, title,
company or organization
name, e-mail address,
phone number, work or home
address, information about
your job function,
information about your
company, and credit card
information.
We may
request your e-mail
address or mailing address
for the purposes of
conducting a contest or to
provide additional
services (for example,
subscriptions to
announcement lists or
information about
conferences and trade
shows). Participation in
contests or other
promotions on the STCS
Network is completely
voluntary and you have a
choice whether or not to
disclose personal
information. Information
requested may include
contact information (such
as name and shipping
address), and demographic
information (such as zip
code). Contact information
will be used to notify the
winners and award prizes.
If you are
purchasing something on
the STCS Network, we, and
any third party provider,
need to know your name,
e-mail address, mailing
address, credit card
number and expiration
date. This allows us, or
third party providers, to
process and fulfill your
order and to notify you of
your order status. Credit
card and e-mail
information will not be
shared or sold to third
parties for any purpose
except as provided in this
Privacy Policy without
your express permission.
STCS also
offers access to some
services that require
registration. We may use
your registration contact
information to send
notification to you of
products and services by
e-mail and/or postal mail.
We may share that
information with our
clients and they may also
send you promotional
materials. We may also use
your IP address internally
and share it with third
parties.
When you
sign up for a STCS e-mail
newsletter, you are given
the opportunity to sign up
for targeted third-party
mailings. Whether or not
you want to receive these
announcements is your
choice. If you choose to
receive an announcement
from a specific
distribution list, you
will receive commercial
messages from independent
third parties that have
contracted with STCS to
send messages to the list.
You may stop the arrival
of these announcement
lists at any time by
removing your e-mail
address at anytime.
When you
sign up for a STCS
discussion forum, your
name or alias is recorded
solely for purposes of
maintaining your own
account within the forums.
This information is not
used to monitor your
activity within a forum,
nor is it used to identify
you outside the STCS
network.
When you
use co-branded services,
or those provided by a
third party, within the
STCS Network, your
information may be passed
to the co-brand or third
party provider and their
use of your information is
subject to their
applicable privacy
policies.
We may from
time to time send e-mail
announcing new products
and services. If you
choose to supply your
postal address in an
online form, you may
receive postal mailings
from STCS or third party
companies.
Will you
disclose the information
you collect to outside
third parties?
STCS will disclose
personal information
and/or an IP address:
1) To
contact you regarding
other products and
services which may be of
interest to you
(including those we may
offer jointly with other
companies). At any time,
however, you may opt out
of such contact;
2) When required by law
or in the good-faith
belief that such action
is necessary to:
a) Cooperate with the
investigations of
purported unlawful
activities and conform
to the edicts of the law
or comply with legal
process served on STCS;
b) Protect and defend
the rights or property
of the STCS Network of
sites and related
properties, or visitors
to the STCS Network of
sites and related
properties;
c) Identify persons
who may be violating the
law, the STCS legal
notice and Web site User
Agreement, the rights of
third parties, or
otherwise misusing the
STCS Network or its
related properties;
d) Fulfill a user's
order or request;
3) To process and
fulfill your order or
notify you of order
status;
4) When we have your
consent to share the
information;
5) When you use
co-branded services
within our network of
sites, you grant us
permission to pass your
registration information
back to that service
partner. Their use of
your information is
subject to their
applicable privacy
policies.
We maintain
a strict "No-Spam" policy
that means that we do not
sell, rent, or otherwise
give your e-mail address
to a third-party, without
your consent or as
permitted by this Privacy
Policy.
What else
should I know about my
privacy when online?
The STCS Network contains
many hyperlinks to third
party Web sites. The STCS
Network also contains
advertisements of third
parties. STCS is not
responsible for the
privacy practices or the
content of such third
party Web sites or
advertisers. STCS does not
share any of the
individual personal
information you provide
STCS with the third
parties to which STCS
links, except as stated
elsewhere within this
Privacy Policy, although
STCS may share general,
aggregate data with such
third parties (such as how
many people use our Site).
Please check with those
Web sites to determine
their privacy policy.
If you use
STCS's discussion threads,
you should be aware that
any personally
identifiable information
you submit there can be
read, collected, or used
by other users of these
forums, and could be used
to send you unsolicited
messages. We are not
responsible for the
personally identifiable
information you choose to
submit in these discussion
threads. In order to avoid
your e-mail address or
other personal information
from being gathered and
used by others for
inappropriate or harmful
purposes, STCS advises
that you should be
cautious about posting a
real e-mail address or
other personal information
to newsgroups, chats, or
other public forums.
Please keep
in mind that whenever you
voluntarily disclose
personal information
online - for example
through e-mail, discussion
lists, or elsewhere - that
information can be
collected and used by
others. In short, if you
post personal information
online that is accessible
to the public, you may
receive unsolicited
messages from other
parties in return.
Certain
STCS media properties use
a shopping cart feature
that safeguards this
information by using
industry standard SSL
(Secure Socket Layer)
encrypted servers. SSL
codes the information
transferred between you
and the server, rendering
it unreadable to anyone
trying to intercept the
information. Other STCS
media properties do not
use SSL and thereby do not
offer a secure coded way
to transfer information.
Ultimately,
you are solely responsible
for maintaining the
secrecy of your personal
information. Please be
careful and responsible
whenever you're online.
Business
transfers
We are always seeking to
improve our network of Web
sites and our business. In
accomplishing these
objectives, we may sell a
company, assets or
websites or one or more of
the companies in our
corporate family may merge
with, or be acquired by,
another company. In
connection with the
foregoing, we may transfer
some or all of your
information in order that
the service being provided
to you may continue or for
other business purposes.
Your
Consent To This Agreement
By using the STCS Network,
you consent to the
collection and use of
information by STCS as
specified above. We
reserve the right to
modify this Policy. If we
decide to change our
Privacy Policy, we will
post those changes on this
page so that you are
always aware of what
information we collect,
how we use it, and under
what circumstances we
disclose it.
Please send
any questions about STCS's
Privacy Policy to:
mailto:privacy@systemtechwebdesign.com
Please note
that your use of the STCS
network of Web sites is
governed by our
Legal Notice.
(Revised
July 22, 2007)
