Information about Privacy on Parastream.com
Parastream® is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most
pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes
we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement
explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only
applies to Parastream.com; it does not apply to other on-line or off-line Parastream
sites, products or services. Please read the complete Parastream.com privacy statement.
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We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal
information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested
when you are registering before ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access
premium site, signing up for a beta test program, or when purchasing and/or registering
Parastream products. Personal information collected by Parastream.com often is limited
to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information
when needed to provide a service you requested.
For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, we will
request personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name,
address, telephone number, and credit card number.
When you buy and install a new product, we may ask you to register your purchase
electronically. We keep this registration information on file with any information
you’ve already given us on previous visits to our Web site.
Parastream.com also collects certain information about your computer hardware and
software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating
system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information
is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and
to provide general statistics regarding use of Parastream.com.
Parastream.com also collects information about which pages our customers visit within
Parastream.com. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number,
and it is never linked with personal information.
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We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
- To deliver services, such as newsletters, training or software, that you request
or purchase.
- To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
- To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other
new services from Parastream, if you so request.
- To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research
purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant
content. In some limited-entry sections of Parastream.com, with your approval, we
will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide
you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you
the personalized service and won’t merge your personal information with site-visitation
data.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf,
including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions
about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration.
We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service,
and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.egistration.
We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service,
and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
Parastream may disclose your personal information 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 Parastream or the site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Parastream and its family of Web sites, or
(c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Parastream employees,
users of Parastream products or services, or members of the public.
Your information will be stored and processed in the United States, and by using
this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Parastream abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department
of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European
Union.
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When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Parastream.com will
not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than
for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes
stated above.
Parastream.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service
or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming
you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have
chosen.
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We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct
and current.
If you register on a Parastream.com or subscribe to a newsletter, you can review
and edit your personal information at the Profile Center. You will be asked to enter
your .NET Passport and password before viewing your personal information.
At the Profile Center you can:
- View and edit personal information you have already given us at Parastream.com.
- Tell us whether you want Parastream.com to send you marketing information.
- Choose whether you want third parties to send you their offers by postal mail.
- Subscribe, or cancel subscriptions, to newsletters about our services and products.
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Parastream.com is committed to protecting the security of your personal information.
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal
information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the
personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are
located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as
a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
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Parastream.com is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal
information from children.
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When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer’s machine (if the
customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously.
One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics
described above.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to
assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many visitors
clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Parastream.com Web page.
We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information
on Parastream.com; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about Parastream.com
Web site usage. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies but
do not allow other companies to place clear gifs on our sites.
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Parastream.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will
also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
For material changes to this statement, Parastream.com will notify you by placing
prominent notice on the Web site.
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Parastream welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact
us by e-mail, or postal mail.
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